Bruce Prichard shoots on getting fired by Stephanie McMahon
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I was just hearing the podcast dozing off until I heard "you pulled a gun on some writers"!! Now I'm wide awake and listening! 😴😯😆
Hahahaha. Yeah, I turned my head from what I was doing. Wait a damn minute... 😂
@@jacobpluid9378 It's a slobber knocker!
Oh so he's a coward that has to carry a gun around to feel like a man, he's even lower than I thought
i'm surprised you slept through Bruce going "FAAAAHK THAAAAAAAT!" as Vince lmao
Bruce was never Vince’s yes-man. When Vince said no, Bruce also said no. [rimshot]
Not rimshot.....RIMJOB!
Nice.
😂😂😂
I served as General Manager for FastStaff, sometimes we had 20 min meetings coordinated by our Area Supervisor. Covering issues, problems, game plans.
At the end of one meeting, after the Area Supervisor left, some employees accused me of ALWAYS agreeing with what he said and never arguing, or fighting on important issues. I told them, you're right, and you will NEVER see me Do that with him infront of you. What I did not tell them, key phrase "IN FRONT OF YOU", always, 30 mins prior to the group meetings me and the Area Supervisor would fight tooth and Nail for almost 45mins, sometimes getting very heated, about subjects we dissagreed with or I felt he was wrong, Sometimes I did not care if he fired me , I was gonna say what I had to say and many times he conceeded, other times we reached a compromise, and many times we agreed we had to do things because it's what the company demanded and could not change it. But, our game plan was set and we agreed its how we would proceed, so when presented in front of the subordinates, WE were in full agreement of what was going down. Infront of others we are unified, In private meetings prior ,its a civil war. Ask him if I was a "Yes" man..he would tell you, if he had a dime for everytime I did NOT fight against his plans, he would have exactly 10 cents..
@@JPLooney good point and comment.
I worked at a place where one of our top clients was a company where my dad was temporarily a CEO. During this time, I felt a tangible shift in people's behavior towards me, including rather shameless ass kissing.
I hated it. Usually I like to keep a professional distance and it was really hard to keep a healthy, normal perspective on things. When you see people for example laughing at your jokes just because who your father is and you know they didn't laugh before. You were fucked either way - keep a distance and they see you as "look, sonny here thinks he is better than us". Or accept the behavior and then it's "look, sonny here is enjoying getting his ass kissed".
I really hated it. It's literally impossible not to let it get to your head at least somewhat, you need to think about it all the time.
Goes back to what Vince Russo said about her, she doesn't take kindly to people disagreeing with her.
Strikes me as thin skinned. Nice boobs though.
Nor does Vince.
She and HHH didn’t appreciate the dope habit neither
@@lt8499unless you’re their butt buddies like Boy Toy, Kid, or Hall and Nash
The *REAL* issue here was Stephanie's colossal-insecurity about being in over her head in that position. Bruce screwed up, but that is not even close to being a fireable-offense based on things others have done and are STILL doing.
She took advantage of this situation to manipulate it in her favor. Bruce definitely is Vince's crotch-jockey sometimes, but he didn't deserve that. However, I think overall it was the best for him and her quite frankly. She realized how inept she was in that role and that's why she stepped down to focus more on being the Chief Brand Ambassador which she DOES do a great job at and ultimately Bruce is back doing what he did before.
The real issue was Bruce's "demons" and bad habits. He has been sent home more than once and been sent home by Vince McMahon himself in the past. His bad habits are under control these days, but back then they were not under control.
@@Jim-Tuner what bad habits?
@@danielsoto6963 pills mostly. (allegedly)
You worked there?
@@TL2354 He's pretty open about it, isn't he?
Is this the “pulled a gun on some writers” incident? 😂
Scott Steiner was right about Stephanie...yep.
What did he say?
@@BUPMY1 said she was a c you next Tuesday...
Well everybody knows that already we don't need a roided-out has been to tell us
@RUSTY VENTURE he do your mom or something?
The image of Bruce dropping trow and taking a whiz like Butters is just absolutely priceless to me
Lol Stephanie definitely humbled Bruce and Vince humbled her it definitely seems like Bruce is leaving alot in regards to him bringing a gun to work.
The Vince impression 3 seconds in 🤣
Bruce is choosing his words very carefully here. God forbid he accidentally burns his bridge with Vince
Why should he unnecessarily burn that bridge over a podcast? He’s being mindful of what he says because you never know what life has in store for you. Its called Adulting and Maturity.
@@TheeCoachg WHAT!?
They worked together for so long, clearly there is a relationship there that exists even after he was fired. Also keep in mind Vince did so much for him over the years, paid him so much money. He’s not just going to bury him even if he’s upset over how he got fired. I’m super critical of Bruce but this is something I completely understand. It’s not that he’s trying to stay in “good graces” with the company, it’s that you just don’t bury someone like that when you have had such a long relationship. This wasn’t even the first time he got fired, and it probably won’t be the last either since he is back there now (this was recorded before he went back)
Y’all are aware he’s back with the company…right?
@@lanceharlow8621 shut up
I loved when creative was McMahon, Bruce, Russo, Paterson, and JR. That combination gave us the best TV wwe made when Stephanie came on every thing changed
Imagine having Bruce's type of experience in the business, only to get fired by someone like Stephanie lol. It's like an astronaut getting fired by some 6th grade science teacher.
She was not used to how Bruce and her father relate so she probably became defensive
If that teacher was also the daughter of the head of NASA than sure.
Imagine believing that Bruce is comparable to an astronaut. Hey, how have the ratings been since Bruce took over Raw and SD? I'll be patiently awaiting your response with supporting data.
Reminds me of cornette saying " steph needs to be head of creative as much as i need to be the head of nasa" 😭😂
Uh, have you watched Raw lately? Bruce is booking the brand into oblivion, with the maturity and logic of a second grader.
16:58 "who was the hog watcher" it's like listening to a 15 year old frat boy
Hahah. This Conrad guy does come off as someone you'd be annoyed to be interviewd by.
They should fire everyone. The product sucks.
Damn sounds like Bruce is getting interrogated by the cops in this interview lol
Seriously..glad someone pointed that out.
@@Ims51
This is half of Conrads "interviews" lol
Shane looks like his dad but is more like his mother. Stephanie looks like her mother but sounds like her dad. 🤣 I have faith that Shane wouldn't make the same mistakes his father made and can go back to the old days where people make wrestling great again across all promotions.
I attribute my 10-yr hiatus from WWE to Stephanie being Head of Creative. I revisited and eventually left for good.
JD Potempa- For real?...
You worked for WWE?...
Sounded like a fun gig to have.
For how long?...
Also, when did Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley take over as the head of the WWE's creative team?...
@@tthomaselli2 If you can trust Wikipedia she was head of creative in various titles from 2002-2013 when she became Brand Officer.
Different strokes and all but nothing about being on WWE creative seems fun outside of saying you work there. From most accounts of people like Bruce, Cornette, Russo, etc. it seems like it's a 24/7 job.
@@tthomaselli2 her name is now officially Stephanie McMahon Levesque, she took her husband's last name and legally changed her middle name from Marie to McMahon
@@Matt-cr4vv the most important word of that comment was the first word, because lawsuit Wikipedia articles are written by the people the articles are about or someone they hired to write for them, the community Dynamic of Wikipedia is its greatest strength and also its greatest weakness
“JBL isn’t a main guy” *bruce pulls out the hammer*
She's only there because of her Dad lol
It could be argued 100% of people in WWE are only there because of Vince...
@@rockingjamie Well at least they deserve to be there.
Steph and shane are the only ones that can run the company if vince dies.
@@MP-vd1ck Not true. They're not even that smart. You can bring some outsider to turn the company around and he/she would probably do a better job.
@@sj4632 not true,
If it was that simple TNA and AEW would win the ratings war.
The Vinnie Mac impression is priceless.
"FUCK THAT!" hahahahaha
Yea I have given and received that discussion many times... when it's just us it's kewl to talk freely but not in front of the help
Steph was there because of her name.
People who are handed power seem to think they deserve the same respect as the person that earned the power.
Welcome to modern feminism.
What was Shane's role at that time?
Steph knows better than everyone.
I think fans are starving for something like the hey day, whether your flavor was the 80s era or the attitude era. Now it's just shit thrown together with no psychology.
Vince didn't inherit from Vince Sr. He purchased the company from his dad.
Maybe society is at fault because of that.
Is Bruce back with wwe?
She helped KILL wrestling!!!!!
Fales
@@Commandersareass yes you are a fail but it is spelled like this!
Lol you're life is a complete failure
Wrestling has been feminized. Thanks steph.
Bruce Prichard was expendable to the company like 99% of us.
Vince believes that everyone is expendable. He's a psychopath. It's amazing that people like Bruce are capable of going back to work for a man who previously threw you out like trash after 20+ years of working together.
Brucey’s got a gun….
Whole world come undone..
What did McMahon dooo?
Ok…I’ll leave now.
Stephanie said it’s all true…
What did they put us through?
They say when Stephy was bested
They found Vince Sr. underneath a train.
Did the audience have it coming?
Now that Brucey's got a gun
DUBYA, DUBYA, E will never be the sa--hey-ame.
Why dont we run away,,,
run away from the lame?
Hey, hey, hey, yeah,
run away, run away from the lame.
deff leopard?
@@frizzyred1292 Aerosmith
Everybody's on the run whole worlds come undone , everybody s on the run What did her daddy do ? Its Stephys last iou ....
Steph burying and emasculating every single male talent on the roster and then having no payoff made me quit watching WWE for good.
Aww cry more fragile ego.
@@Learningisfree808 Excuse me, what?
Burying the entire roster to put over an authority figure whose last name is already McMahon is height of ego stroking.
@@M0gM00gle That's what her father does. She's overcompensating to try to be like him because Shane is not. The problem that Steph has is like you said. No payoff. Vince would always take a wallop if necessary. He has done every embarrassing-thing possible including being shaved bald at Wrestlemania to show the whole world his pointy-head. :0)
damn how old are you? lmfao das was YEARS ago 😂😂😂
@@misters4022 Yeah I know, wrestling has gotten so bad most old fans have left. Not even wrestlers do...
Oh.. Oh god No...
I'm becoming Jim Cornette...
Jim Kelly? Nfl backround? Bills?
The minute they said his name, I tried looking it up, and the gentleman, you mentioned is all I could find. They should have clarified. 🏈 🙂
It was also Stephanie and HHHs way to oust the old guard and totally make Vince dependent on them. That is the thing with HHH and Steph, one is just a very smart brown noser, and the other one is just clueless and spoilt. But neither are true trail blazing entrepreneurs like Vince.
Well it 's come back to bite them now since Bruce is back and apart of Vince's main crew again. Vince and Bruce along with Nick Khan and John Lauranitis are dismantling everything Triple H and Stephanie have built.
@@andrewvincent7299 Vince and Bruce are making horrible decisions across the board. They are no longer capable of making sound business decisions.
I was hoping this was a recent firing.
What? You don't like watching Goldberg main event PPVs in his 50s?
@@randomtees I would if one of the younger talent took him to the cleaners.
@@randomtees its not Goldberg fault he draw more money than the roster
Is Bruce back working with the WWE?
Yes.
It could have been worse. Triple HHH could have hit Bruce with a sledgehammer and/or pedigree him outside.
Yeah but sometimes after getting hit with a sledgehammer you just get up or shake the guys hand afterwards.
sounds very unfair, but there's always 3 sides to every story, lol. wwe was better with him there tho
Yeah and in the wrestling world you don't know who to believe because so many people are full of crap even good ol Jr has been caught lying from time to time
Damn he is scared of Vince, I bet Vince says he listens just to scare these two. What a rip
It's sad that people would let Bennie Lupton so much power over them, he is just a self-hating Southern boy from a North Carolina trailer park, a billion dollars and a lifetime of steroids cannot change that
Well I guess Ol’ Steph did something right! Pritchard the empty suit!!! 😂😂😂
No, Stephanie was wrong. I'm sure if Vince had a problem with the way Bruce talked to him, he would've definitely said something
1983, ☎️ Ring Ring...... "Hey Bruce it's MJ. Listen, I'm working on this new song for the Album, it's called Billie Jean. I have to do this thing called Motown 25 on National TV, & there's something missing from my set. U know that thing u do everytime u answer a question?" "I've turned it into a new dance move, but The Back Pedal name, just doesn't Pop! Any ideas" That's the History of the Moonwalk guys don't forget to tip ur waitress
He’s talking about an actual gun lmao I thought it was an expression
Makes me wonder how they get along now. Since vince is one thousand percent out of the picture, and Bruce is pretty high up on the pull list
Bruce Is known to not tell the truth tho. I think Lots of what he says is sort of made up.
Wwe gets off on firing and hiring. I worked for a company that did the same thing all the time
FACK THAT!
The Bills QB?
Stephanie doesn't respect the business and tradition. One can respect both in the modern day without looking carnie or outlaw or like a relic, but she only respects what the shareholders demand, with the McMahon family being the biggest shareholders. Just look at the heat she had with Dusty Rhodes and his CHARACTER making her CHARACTER talk to the hand. She actually thought it was real because she's a mark for herself.
Is this current? Bruce got fired?
No Bruce is talking about getting fired in 2008.
This was recorded many years ago.
It was not recorded many years ago. It was recorded in 2017, the second year of the podcast.
2017 is many years ago
@@peteyp365 Feels like it at least
If this was a legit company, with accountability, Stephanie would've been fired long ago. WWE has been going downhill and failing for awhile now and yet she still holds a lot of power even though WWE is shit because of a lot of decisions she's made that have proven detrimental to the brand.
Um, since when was WWE not a legit company?
I've personally noticed women bosses take things more personally than men bosses.
Why the fuck did Bruce Prichard bring a gun to work lol.
Bruce had a better mind for wrestling than guys like Vince Russo, or Eric Bischoff.... Critical to the success of the '80's.
new story line Who was Bruce gonna shoot ? It will be bigger than who shot J.R.
Bruce couldn’t give a straight answer if his job depended on it. In his own podcast in the friendliest possible environment, Bruce contradicts himself, and makes more vague statements than a politician does in a month....
What kind of Company is that...
A little Bruce you should have gone full Jim cornette on their ass.
Nothing to do with the fact he was on pills 24/7 at this time then 😂
Yeah, poor Stephanie. 🤢
WWE started going downhill when it stopped being 3 guys sitting by a pool planning everything. It got way too corporate and cookie cutter as time went on and the product git boring.
Late 2000
@@kevinlee9929 yep, around there it started going south, plus no competition. Once they bought out WCW, and ECW folded. By 2002-03 it started to decline. Still watchable but it changed. By 2006 you could see the writing on the wall, I neve really got into the brock Lesnar, randy orton, Batista's, cena and punk, I was already checking out by then but by 2010, it was completely unwatchable. Then I tried watching again in 2014 and they had pee wee herman guest hosting and grumpy cat.
@@TheFailedmessiah I always say that 2005 was the last time I was fully invested into WWE. Product felt different towards the end of the year once they moved back to USA.
Yeah Vince got greedy and had to take the company public and that was it.
Stephanie just hired him as new talent relations guy
This is a highly selective and self-serving version of the story.
1) This was NOT the first time the WWE sent Bruce Pritchard home to think about things.
2) Even in the days when it was "guys around a pool", Bruce Pritchard was known for being paranoid and insecure in terms of his co-workers. See what happened with Jerry Jarrett and Raven when they were in the front office.
3) Bruce used to have alot of problems. What he would call "demons". Those are a big factor in the story here.
4) Bruce was challenging Stephanie McMahon in front of the people who worked for her. The way he was acting was communicating to people that he was really in charge rather than her.
5) If Bruce had been right, Vince McMahon would have intervened in his favor. That Vince McMahon went along with what was done says everything about the situation. Bruce would not accept it, but by that point Vince McMahon wanted Bruce gone as much as anyone else.
6) Bruce doesn't really explain how having a gun in locked box turned into a story of him pulling a gun on a specific person who was still working in WWE. Stephanie would presumably have talked to that person about before talking to Bruce. If that person had said the story was false, she would not have asked Bruce about it. It just doesn't add up.
7) Bruce's attitude has always been that he is a user of drugs, but that he doesn't have a "drug issue".
8) Bruce could pass a drug test in WWE because the drug tests in the WWE back in the day were a joke. There were all kinds of guys who did serious drugs who had clean drug tests.
9) The vacation thing was a big deal because almost nobody else could get time off during the holidays in the WWE in that era. It wasn't him being "creative" about vacation. It was him being able to get away with doing something nobody else would be allowed to do.
There is probably more to it than he really shares. Honestly, I think the biggest part was probably his attitude being viewed as undermining Stephanie who is already struggling to be respected in her position. And I think you mix that with the fact that WWE was no longer just three people around a pool booking and comprised of a team so the long-term picture probably seemed that the distractions Bruce brought was probably not worth the effect it could have on how the writing staff viewed their surprise as a large team of creative staff likely made him seem expendable when in a previous era it may not have. While Bruce has copped to being sent home multiple times this doesn't totally factor for me. Look at someone who appeared to be a model employee at every step like JR who still got sent home lots of times. I think that's just how things go in WWE more than being indicative of behavior flaw in the employee. That said I don't doubt there were likely things Bruce did do that made it easier to let him go.
Were you there?
@@michaelm2998 In his mind yes.
Wow, Bruce must have really crapped in your workout bag
Why would anyone have a gun?
No more guns!!
Ban all guns!!
I’ll never get why ppl want Bruce to unnecessarily burn his bridge with Vince or WWE over a podcast? He’s mindful of what he says because you never know what life has in store for you,especially when you got a family to provide for. Who knew Adulting and being Mature in how you speak about ppl you may have to do business with again is so frowned upon. Yeah just go on tv/podcast and trash WWE so when the indies cant afford you and the other company lets the inmates run the asylum…you can be broke and struggling because you needed to be funny on a podcast. Smh wrestling fans are so….odd in their logic sometimes.
Its so hot thinking of Bruce with a gun i want to take Blue Chew with him
My man I have looked at your work and I think we should be a tag team. If not I want to say for the record I’m a fan.
@@junedog4390 We can team if Ahmed Johnson can be the spiritual leader. Which work of mine are you a fan of as i have many projects in the works. God bless you my intelligent wrestling fan 🔘🆒
@@chadzbirdzofficial4631 I can dig it. Ahmedu akbar. I’m a fan of the overall piece all the small works make a big picture. I get it and I would do a run in for you if need be✊🏼
Him jumping around and being vague on his answers is annoying but I prefer it over the lying we hear on other podcasts. No answer is an answer.
Honestly they have no talent wrestlers. Everyone misses stone cold, the rock etc nobody will match up to the attitude era period!
Wait... having a gun is very different than pulling a gun on someone. Something is not right about this story.
17:00 are you sure Pat Patterson wasn't the pecker checker?!
Power tripping
Don't worry bruce! Steph will get her just dessert for wronging you
This didn’t age well. lol
Span?
Brother Love pulling a pistol on JBL and his family is great
Ehhh…kind of making excuses for Steph . She should have known the relationship and been able to understand it. She sucked, her and triple h help tank the company creatively. By making it “the triple h show!”. Drove millions of fans away . Vince too . But That’s why I laugh when people worship triple h right now . The bar has been set so low since the old man lost it . Everything Triple h does is gold now . Even in late 99-2000. Triple h’s microphone time was ridiculous. Just long winded, boring promo after the other . For like 5 years straight . It’s what drove me away .
She’s only there cause she’s a McDonald’s or whatever
Bruce screwed Bruce
Again this guy is a owns a mortgage company. No wrestling background, every topic if from another news source.
Bruce Pritchard and Mark Calloway have been awwwwwwwfully quiet this week…
Stephanie gets a lot of shit but there's probably a lot of pressure that goes with her job
Steph and shane are the only two that truly understand the WWE formula that their father pushes.
Steph being "woke" regarding the firearm...
While she definitely is _that,_ I don't think _that_ was the factor in her canning Bruce. She knew she was on some other-ish and when you do people wrong you get paranoid. She probably in the back of her mind thought that Bruce......just might.........you know.
It's irrational yes, but that type of stuff permeates your mind when you feel guilty and screwing people over. You are always looking over your shoulder.
*Mindless right-wing knuckle-dragger alert.*
Poor Bruce, all that Butt Kissing, and gets fired by the daughter? Boohoo
She was clueless and was only there because of her dad! Her stories where absolute shite!!
Look at the shape the WWE is in. And they fired one of the best in the business because daddy's little girl? And people wonder why they've lost ratings and fans? Oh I'm sorry we can't be called fans we are called the WWE universe. So stupid. We can't call them wrestlers they are super stars. Is Stephanie forgetting the second word in WWE?? Hey daddy's little girl.. it's wrestling!! Sorry just WWE took something I truly loved and destroyed it.
AEW gains because of it.
Well he back the product is still dookie whats your excuse now ?
Stephanie got rid of the old guard. Those that knew what worked. The show has been shiiittteee since her an Hunter took over
what's all this steph hate...????
ya do see that the current wwe garbage we are watching and some of the worst wwe programming crap over the years was underneath prichard's watch???
Turns out, it’s worse behind the scenes than everyone thought.
Wasn't aware Stephanie McMahon is a rhino Republican
Rhino is same thing as Democrat.
For some whos family supports the Republican Party she sure does hate guns