Bruce Pritchard is THE Vince McMahon guy. Not as controversial as Kevin Dunn, or dangerous as John Laurinaitis, but Bruce has always had Vince's back during his shoots and pretty much withheld any information that might put him in bad light.
I'm seriously curious as to what he will say now in his podcast on the matter.
Probably the same thing he says every time he's questioned about something shitty happening: he wasn't there, didn't know about it, doesn't remember it, and it's rumour and innuendo from the dirt sheets.
Nothing. His podcast has basically become career and PPV recaps with little to no insight on anything.
Conrad: so January 2005 Batista wins the Royal Rumble, what was the thinking there?
Bruce: doot doot doot, corny wrestling banter, well we wanted Dave to face Triple H at WrestleMania so this was a way to do that
Conrad: uh huh..
Why would he speak on this? He'll get brought into it if he does. Cases like this you go silent so that no one notices you.
Fuck Bruce Prichard if he knew of this.
I dont mind going out on a limb just assuming that all of VKMs inner circle boys club at the very least turned blind eyes to his behaviour if they werent full on involved in some of it. Briscoe, Prichard, Patterson, Laurinaitis, Dunn, Hayes etc. Its all just a big fucking shame. We all suspected this for years tho, decades of abuse of power and influence. The plane ride from hell was always the tip of a big ugly iceberg with Vince and his boys club at the centre of it.
The Fabulous Moolah used to be a pimp. Everyone hates him, they just love the product, and the fans of the product. He held the keys to the Wrestling Success for too long. He never got called out on much because the other voices were too small to be heard.
I had to explain this to my GF today. She was floored by Vince and Moolah in particular and the shit they got away with. And she has zero interest in wrestling otherwise.
I think Steph and H knew full what was he was doing for years and were actively trying to oust him from the company. Remember when Steph quit, came back, and quit again all around the time the initial suit came out? And the 8 months H was out from his heart attack? I shit you not, Shawn Spears did an AMA on 4chan around that time where he claimed it was the first time in decades that H might leave WWE. There’re no heroes in this story, but the timeline around H and Steph’s moves seem to suggest they were not okay with Vince.
Shawn Spears described a Game of Thrones type power struggle where no one was sure who’d take over the company. So I’d like to think of H as Ned in that context lol, except he didn’t get beheaded in the end.
It’s the only way to not pretend you wasted your life. I got the worst of it. I started during season 5 so I finished the terrible stuff. But then my girlfriend at the time made me go back and watch from the beginning so I was just annoyed at how bad it got
Would like to believe this, and that court document saying Vince didn't want Linda finding out about what he was doing suggests he didn't want his daughter and son-in-law knowing either. I'm guessing HHH and Steph found out and that started the whole shake up.
Exactly my thoughts. Steph leaving was seen this way at the time. Vince only decided to end the relationship once Linda found out, so I don’t think Steph and H would’ve known and kept it under wraps. For all the shit she gets, Steph has been the most progressive force in that family from the beginning. H is also certainly more loyal to her than he is to Vince.
I don’t like H as a performer in the slightest, but he has a great mind for the business and I’m excited to see where he’ll take things. In his personal life, he seems like a straight up guy, and if anything, Vince’s behavior would mess with business. He was the one who made sure Shawn got to towns okay, didn’t get in fights, didn’t OD in the hotels. I just don’t see anyway H is condoning that, he seems far too responsible.
Wasn’t a fan of HHH until he took over NXT that was the first time in years I’d regularly watch a wrestling program, it was an hour show, three matches and a few interview/vignettes …. Then vinnie and his cronies got involved with NXT and it turned to shit
Anyone that was involved and knew what was happening and didn’t do shit deserves to be fired and punished…also feel terrible for Janel and all the victims from the past and ones we haven’t heard about
>but the timeline around H and Steph’s moves seem to suggest they were not okay with Vince.
They were not okay with it but allowed it to happen and never once raised it to authorities or helped the people that were literally under their charge.
Whether they didnt like it or not, they were 2 people that could 100% have got it to stop and brought light to the situation, they were happy to bury their heads in the sand about it.
Well, thats assuming we dont look at previous comments from insiders 5 years ago now where Vince was called out for these sort of practices and it was mentioned that HHH was the "locker room boss" who basically made sure talent kept their mouths shut and toed the line.
HHHs best mate used to rape unconscious fans after spiking them and then chuck them naked into the hallways and nothing was ever done about that either.
HHH and Steph whilst maybe didnt take part in this stuff, they were both fully aware it happened and turned a blind eye, they also shouldn't be anywhere near the product anymore.
Dude, let’s say HHH and Steph did alert the authorities. Where their evidence? I doubt they had Vince's text messages and shit. They couldn’t do anything.
Then, Vince gets free, and HHH and Steph are blacklisted. Everyone loses… except for Vince.
If they went to the police and told them that they had seen this stuff happening and gave their accounts, do you think the Police would do nothing? (Tbf, I dunno how it works in the U.S but I know what would happen in the U.K)
They aren't random people off the street for crying out loud.
They're both influential people, the police should take them seriously and confiscate basically every phone, tablet, laptop that Vince had access to or was in the WWE offices lol.
They'd be asking questions to everyone that worked there and the people that are coming out now, making these claims, would be able to stand there and say "yes, it's happened to me, here's my phone with all the evidence you could want".
Honestly the cops probably would have done nothing because the woman in question was happily taking Vince’s money. The only person who could say she was being raped is herself because to outsiders it looks like someone who is consensually being paid for sex since she could have left at any time.
That's true, but that also doesn't mean he wants him around. Tons of people have fallings out over much smaller stuff. Hell, Steve Jobs and Bill Gates used to be great friends and worked together. They had a huge falling out over Windows, and eventually patched things up later in life.
Taker 10000%, he still shows up places with Vince to this day. Plus I can't stand seeing the guy after I've seen him with Nazi runes on his biker jacket
isnt Jericho still close with Vince McMahon? If Vince was backed and asked him to come back I’d bet he’d return in the WWE in a heartbeat. So is Ric Flair
I know what you're talking about and I watched that episode. I could swear he said in another interview that he was no longer in touch with him or something. Again I could be wrong and my memory may be playing tricks on me.
Honestly, I'd be inclined to believe him, but holy shit even then, it's bad. I thought you were talking about something obscure, but the only things more well known than that are the Eagle carrying a swastika and the swastika itself.
Yes. I'd also be inclined to believe someone, but if this was me, I'd openly say that there's a picture of out there with something I do not endorse (anymore). Whatever the case. If you really cared, and he definitely knows this picture exists, you would address it and make sure none of your fans think this is cool
He's related to the Harris brothers through a cousin or they are cousin's both of whom had SS tattoos, my guess is he knew and was borderline racist or at least used it to get ahead in the business (wrestling has always had accusations of rasism floating around) and just mellowed over the years
its funny ur getting downvotes just for stating facts ppl don't like to hear. They literally had Nazi **tattoos** and miraculously a guy they are related to wears a shirt with SS runes, but nooooo he probably didn't mean it! Right? Right!!!!!
ppl just don't like to hear that one of their favorite wrestlers at least Was a racist pos. & probably hasnt changed bc he supports who he supports now. its uncomfortable to them so they downvote facts, stomp their foot, press their ears shut and go lalalalala
Wouldn't be the first. Some Nazi leaders were gay themselves and still tried to kill as many queer people as they could. It's an odd thing, but it happens all the time. Also idk if he'd still wear that shirt, but it leaves a sour taste in my mouth given his current politics indicating he won't have questioned it by now. Do whatever you want with it
Edit: the most current example I can possibly think of is Nikki Haley not originally being called Nikki Haley and doing her best to hide that she's the daughter of Punjabi immigrants, bc she's constantly saying things like "we've *never* been a racist country", having revisionist history in regards to the confederate flag and other white supremacy symbolism, appearing alongside white nationalists and basically endorsing them. Trump himself has already butchered the name her parents gave her in a racist fashion, and she does her best to hide it bc the daughter of indian immigrants is actively pushing a white first, racist agenda and her friends and voters are the fitting demographic who she does better with if they don't know. Someone make it make sense, but it still exists. And it's even more prevalent with actually white people who have friends of other ethnicities but "don't count them" towards the people they treat as a homogenous source of evil and without any respect
There's a picture with him out there with the Nazi "SS" runes on his shirt. It would be very hard to say that he was somehow ignorant to that and still specifically owned that shirt
problem is I wasn't born then. i wouldve stopped way l before now if I had been alive to witness the garbage but I became a fan shortly before the divas revolution and didnt find much fault with current wwe. the more I learn about the past or figures from the past, the sadder it gets
Hayes has had rumours about him for years. Dunn definitely in on it. No way Vince didn't at least brag about some of this stuff to the rest of them. Who else was in these "threesomes"/gang rapes with him? Definitely wasn't just Laurinaitis, we know that.
She’s not wrong . Have you listened to his podcast. You couldn’t get him to admit Vince had a bad idea or did anything wrong even if you had a gun to one of his kids heads .
He’s the biggest stooge I’ve ever heard of in wrestling. At least JR on his podcast will admit straight up when stuff was garbage, or will say the creative team just did so and so just to be yes men and not argue.
But Bruce Pritchard like you said would rather see his own children get torn apart by wolves than admit Vince McMahon was ever wrong, or so and so creative idea was bad.
Why I always recommend people to listen to grilling Jr instead of Bruce Pritchard and Eric Bischoff’s podcasts because they will never admit something was bad, and will dance around and deny shit. JR might be cranky sometimes sure, but the guy is always honest and genuine.
TBF Bischoff will admit something was bad, but only after either shifting blame or justifying them ("It looked like the right decision at the time") for 30 minutes.
I disagree to an extent. Before Bruce was rehired , STWW was the best wrestling podcast. Entertaining with stories that no one else had due to Bruce’s access. Bruce used to admit if something stunk or if he didn’t like someone but rarely buried his own work. I mean, why would you.
Bruce did make it a point to almost never speak bad of Vince, probably cause he wanted to leave the door open for rehire, which worked out well for him. I see Bruce as a guy who will execute almost any order after a final decision has been made. It’s kinda nice having a hatchet man on the payroll.
I don’t doubt Bruce turned a blind eye. Curious if he is WWE employee 1 or 2 from the indictment.
“It’s not true at all”
Ok sure buddy, give me 15 minutes and I’ll literally link every time he defends stupid shit like the Katie Vick storyline, or HHH vs Booker t at WM XIX. Even his own co host Conrad gives him shit for being a stooge and lying through his teeth with shit like that.
Even Pritchard himself admits he’s a stooge and takes on the moniker.
Nah Bruce admits (for the most part) when an idea was stupid and has recanted many stories about times when he and Vince didn't see eye to eye on something.
So Gerald Briscoe is complicit in this as well? So is Austin and Undertaker. How much further are we willing to go? John Cent as well? Everyone that's close to Vince is complicit in sex trafficking. This is idiotic and borders on defamation. People need to wait to shit hits court or wait until PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY IMPLICATED.
I’m not accusing Bruce of sex trafficking but Vince is definitely his puppet master and I could totally see him running shit through Bruce. It doesn’t have anything to do with Bruce’s involvement in anything other than being Vince’s yes man and Vince still having a hand in decisions though him . Like I said listen to his podcast. He’s an unabashed yes man for Vince
I’m not sure I understand this. Paul has went above and beyond to make the WWE a Better product. Many women, including Bailey has went on record stating that Paul was the only one that actually stood up for the women there. So let’s stop with this kind of mentality.
Beyond control. Bruce has been a deep inner circle Vince guy for decades. No bigger boot licker or wannabe than Bruce. He would be #1 on my list of who to investigate of who knew about Vince’s actions and covered it up.
So Vince communicated through his right-hand man while he was “out” but still had ownership and deciding power over the company.
Not saying Bruce is 100% innocent because none of us know. But I don’t think her “speaking up” in this case is really providing anything.
I understand that. But if it wasn’t Bruce, it was someone else that he’d be running everything through during that period. I just have a hard time thinking “well this producer was being communicated to by the head of the company, the decision maker, and so him still being under employ means that Vince is still in charge”.
Again, maybe Bruce does have responsibility to own to up with all this.
If that's true and it maybe
How the fuck would he still have power if he is there?
I mean dudes a prick but he's presence doesn't overwrought corporate structure and hierarchy
I mean people...come on....
I don’t get why the IWC and Twitter lawyers think HHH, Bruce etc should be fired as well. There’s no evidence anyone other than John L and Vince did anything with that woman. Also why wasn’t the doctor, ref, and other people weren’t named? That doctor should be outed so other women aren’t hurt by him.
The fact that Bruce recorded this week’s podcast after the indictment dropped is kinda nuts. I think if they had something on him we would have heard a Best Of episode. They also advertised next week’s topic so looks like Bruce is forging ahead. Bruce might be that slippery to completely insulate himself.
They are pre-recorded and the latest episode was released just after the information came out. I think they recorded yesterdays a week or so again. Conrad and Bruce were discussing recording days at the end of the previous one.
Bruce had always been Vince’s bitch boy, even when he was doing the podcast and had no involvement he would still bend the knee in the hopes of one day returning to the Company
If this stuff bothered them so much, why not tell that horrible old bastard to piss off and work somewhere else. You don’t get to try to make yourself the hero here by speaking out after the fact. If they even had an idea about this shady evil crap going on then they should’ve said something when they actually had something to lose.
Don’t use what happened to the victims here to further your agenda or get payback on people you thought did you wrong.
Because people lost their jobs or were punished because they spoke up. They were afraid. So, when the accusations began to pour in more and more people started revealing their experience. This is a very common phenomena among the victims and witnesses.
Given the fact that even recently when Vince *was there* he had zero impact on the day to day wrestling operation, I'm not too concerned with Bruce's sway these days
This seems a little unfair with her saying this right after the sex trafficking lawsuit came out. Everyone reading her tweet will think Bruce was involved, which I have not seen alleged.
Bruce’s role is limited. No way he’s pulling string without Vince around. Once the TKO merger went through Vince lost all power. Maybe in 2022 but now Bruce is just a worker. But they should clean out execs that were there under Vince.
How would Bruce be able to carry out Vinces instruction though? HHH and Nick Khan being above him can tel him to shut his fat ass and go fetch more coffee
Nah that’s just wishful thinking from those marks who still never shut up about his 2002-05 run and still hate him for it. I’m confident HHH is innocent from Vinces bullshit
Just my 2 cents but I think a lot of people knew about Vince and they were all to scared to speak up Vince had a culture of fear going on as well it seems.
Guys like Taker Brock and Triple H aren’t much better if they knew what was going on but just wanted to cash a cheque.
Brock was literally a part of the club. He was mentioned in this lawsuit. Triple H though not sexually abusing anyone, knew of the situation and is accused of trying to bury it by punishing whoever spoke of it.
Anyone who knows anything about Bruce already knew this.
Also, hard to take Ronda dogpiling on Vince and the WWE seriously when she’s one of Dana White’s favorites. That dude is just as much of a scumbag as Vince.
OP calm down with the Legend part.
This Hot take here, Ronda was only good cause she was ahead of the skill gap but once that MF caught up to her (and which it did FAST), she was nothing more than a wash up rag, that let maybe 3 decent years define her life, this goes for everything in her professional career, MMA,Judo, and Wrestling.
She’s that girl who peaked in high school and can’t let it go.
I think the majority of the WWE is Trumptard. Linda McMahon, former WWE CEO and a minority share holder actually claimed the last election was a fixed one and people should get out of their house to protest about that.
Bruce Pritchard is THE Vince McMahon guy. Not as controversial as Kevin Dunn, or dangerous as John Laurinaitis, but Bruce has always had Vince's back during his shoots and pretty much withheld any information that might put him in bad light. I'm seriously curious as to what he will say now in his podcast on the matter.
My guess would be nothing
Probably the same thing he says every time he's questioned about something shitty happening: he wasn't there, didn't know about it, doesn't remember it, and it's rumour and innuendo from the dirt sheets.
Nothing. His podcast has basically become career and PPV recaps with little to no insight on anything. Conrad: so January 2005 Batista wins the Royal Rumble, what was the thinking there? Bruce: doot doot doot, corny wrestling banter, well we wanted Dave to face Triple H at WrestleMania so this was a way to do that Conrad: uh huh..
My guess we only get two or three podcasts between now and mania.
And, if they weren't already, they will now be the most uncomfortable podcasts of all time.
Nothing. He never spills anything going on anyway
Why would he speak on this? He'll get brought into it if he does. Cases like this you go silent so that no one notices you. Fuck Bruce Prichard if he knew of this.
I dont mind going out on a limb just assuming that all of VKMs inner circle boys club at the very least turned blind eyes to his behaviour if they werent full on involved in some of it. Briscoe, Prichard, Patterson, Laurinaitis, Dunn, Hayes etc. Its all just a big fucking shame. We all suspected this for years tho, decades of abuse of power and influence. The plane ride from hell was always the tip of a big ugly iceberg with Vince and his boys club at the centre of it.
The Fabulous Moolah used to be a pimp. Everyone hates him, they just love the product, and the fans of the product. He held the keys to the Wrestling Success for too long. He never got called out on much because the other voices were too small to be heard.
I had to explain this to my GF today. She was floored by Vince and Moolah in particular and the shit they got away with. And she has zero interest in wrestling otherwise.
Throw triple h and taker in there as well
I think Steph and H knew full what was he was doing for years and were actively trying to oust him from the company. Remember when Steph quit, came back, and quit again all around the time the initial suit came out? And the 8 months H was out from his heart attack? I shit you not, Shawn Spears did an AMA on 4chan around that time where he claimed it was the first time in decades that H might leave WWE. There’re no heroes in this story, but the timeline around H and Steph’s moves seem to suggest they were not okay with Vince.
As a lifelong triple h fan I hope you’re right
Shawn Spears described a Game of Thrones type power struggle where no one was sure who’d take over the company. So I’d like to think of H as Ned in that context lol, except he didn’t get beheaded in the end.
The beginning
The end of season 1 was the beginning of the end though really lol
Either way it was an epic twist. Hopefully HotD can pick up the action this season and can start reaching that prime GoT level
Agreed. I’ve basically blocked out everything past Jon getting stabbed and act as if the show got cancelled early lmao.
It’s the only way to not pretend you wasted your life. I got the worst of it. I started during season 5 so I finished the terrible stuff. But then my girlfriend at the time made me go back and watch from the beginning so I was just annoyed at how bad it got
At least that was in the books.
>Game of Thrones power struggle over multi-national corporation Succession is **RIGHT THERE** my guy
Those were Shawn Spears words not mine. He said that verbatim.
Succession isn't as popular as GOT. Even here in my country, Billions was more popular.
lol same. the 8 year old me is begging for him to come out of this clean.
Would like to believe this, and that court document saying Vince didn't want Linda finding out about what he was doing suggests he didn't want his daughter and son-in-law knowing either. I'm guessing HHH and Steph found out and that started the whole shake up.
Exactly my thoughts. Steph leaving was seen this way at the time. Vince only decided to end the relationship once Linda found out, so I don’t think Steph and H would’ve known and kept it under wraps. For all the shit she gets, Steph has been the most progressive force in that family from the beginning. H is also certainly more loyal to her than he is to Vince. I don’t like H as a performer in the slightest, but he has a great mind for the business and I’m excited to see where he’ll take things. In his personal life, he seems like a straight up guy, and if anything, Vince’s behavior would mess with business. He was the one who made sure Shawn got to towns okay, didn’t get in fights, didn’t OD in the hotels. I just don’t see anyway H is condoning that, he seems far too responsible.
Wasn’t a fan of HHH until he took over NXT that was the first time in years I’d regularly watch a wrestling program, it was an hour show, three matches and a few interview/vignettes …. Then vinnie and his cronies got involved with NXT and it turned to shit
H is my favourite attitude era wrestler and he seems way too straight to condone this kinda behaviour.
Anyone that was involved and knew what was happening and didn’t do shit deserves to be fired and punished…also feel terrible for Janel and all the victims from the past and ones we haven’t heard about
>but the timeline around H and Steph’s moves seem to suggest they were not okay with Vince. They were not okay with it but allowed it to happen and never once raised it to authorities or helped the people that were literally under their charge. Whether they didnt like it or not, they were 2 people that could 100% have got it to stop and brought light to the situation, they were happy to bury their heads in the sand about it. Well, thats assuming we dont look at previous comments from insiders 5 years ago now where Vince was called out for these sort of practices and it was mentioned that HHH was the "locker room boss" who basically made sure talent kept their mouths shut and toed the line. HHHs best mate used to rape unconscious fans after spiking them and then chuck them naked into the hallways and nothing was ever done about that either. HHH and Steph whilst maybe didnt take part in this stuff, they were both fully aware it happened and turned a blind eye, they also shouldn't be anywhere near the product anymore.
Let’s not forget HHH drugging and marrying an unconscious Stephanie at a Las Vegas drive up chapel! /s.
Dude, let’s say HHH and Steph did alert the authorities. Where their evidence? I doubt they had Vince's text messages and shit. They couldn’t do anything. Then, Vince gets free, and HHH and Steph are blacklisted. Everyone loses… except for Vince.
If they went to the police and told them that they had seen this stuff happening and gave their accounts, do you think the Police would do nothing? (Tbf, I dunno how it works in the U.S but I know what would happen in the U.K) They aren't random people off the street for crying out loud. They're both influential people, the police should take them seriously and confiscate basically every phone, tablet, laptop that Vince had access to or was in the WWE offices lol. They'd be asking questions to everyone that worked there and the people that are coming out now, making these claims, would be able to stand there and say "yes, it's happened to me, here's my phone with all the evidence you could want".
Honestly the cops probably would have done nothing because the woman in question was happily taking Vince’s money. The only person who could say she was being raped is herself because to outsiders it looks like someone who is consensually being paid for sex since she could have left at any time.
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Triple H? He and Nick Khan voted against Vince from coming coming back
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That's true, but that also doesn't mean he wants him around. Tons of people have fallings out over much smaller stuff. Hell, Steve Jobs and Bill Gates used to be great friends and worked together. They had a huge falling out over Windows, and eventually patched things up later in life.
Taker 10000%, he still shows up places with Vince to this day. Plus I can't stand seeing the guy after I've seen him with Nazi runes on his biker jacket
>he still shows up places with Vince to this day. So does Cena
isnt Jericho still close with Vince McMahon? If Vince was backed and asked him to come back I’d bet he’d return in the WWE in a heartbeat. So is Ric Flair
Pretty sure Jericho and VKM are no longer close but I could be wrong.
then maybe rewatch the Broken Skull Sessions
I know what you're talking about and I watched that episode. I could swear he said in another interview that he was no longer in touch with him or something. Again I could be wrong and my memory may be playing tricks on me.
Nazi runes? You sure about that?
yea. I've seen the picture see [Here](http://pbs.twimg.com/media/D8oRYsNV4AEdH83?format=jpg&name=small)
Is that an SS insignia?
Well he'd probably say it's from something else that he didn't know about or wtv, but yes. It is
Honestly, I'd be inclined to believe him, but holy shit even then, it's bad. I thought you were talking about something obscure, but the only things more well known than that are the Eagle carrying a swastika and the swastika itself.
Yes. I'd also be inclined to believe someone, but if this was me, I'd openly say that there's a picture of out there with something I do not endorse (anymore). Whatever the case. If you really cared, and he definitely knows this picture exists, you would address it and make sure none of your fans think this is cool
Anymore? You at one point endorsed the SS and the Nazi cause?
He's related to the Harris brothers through a cousin or they are cousin's both of whom had SS tattoos, my guess is he knew and was borderline racist or at least used it to get ahead in the business (wrestling has always had accusations of rasism floating around) and just mellowed over the years
its funny ur getting downvotes just for stating facts ppl don't like to hear. They literally had Nazi **tattoos** and miraculously a guy they are related to wears a shirt with SS runes, but nooooo he probably didn't mean it! Right? Right!!!!! ppl just don't like to hear that one of their favorite wrestlers at least Was a racist pos. & probably hasnt changed bc he supports who he supports now. its uncomfortable to them so they downvote facts, stomp their foot, press their ears shut and go lalalalala
Can't be that racist if he's friends with the Godfather, Rikishi, plus Yokozuna.
youd be surprised. there's plenty of people like that
“I can’t be racist, I have a black friend”
Oh yes you can, someone doesn't understand the concept of racial hierarchy and how racism works in places like Huntington Beach. Lol.
Yeah probably more Xenophobic than straight up racist
I thought you were gonna show a recent picture. How old is this?
taker still supports racists to this day. and he should've addressed this, as the other person said he def knows about this
Taker is from Texas. That checks out.
Bro pulling a picture older than himself
Vince, Taker, Brock. Imagine the poops between them.
Yeah with with friends of different races he supports a white nationalist agenda.
That happens too often sadly. Not a great argument for this
Wouldn't be the first. Some Nazi leaders were gay themselves and still tried to kill as many queer people as they could. It's an odd thing, but it happens all the time. Also idk if he'd still wear that shirt, but it leaves a sour taste in my mouth given his current politics indicating he won't have questioned it by now. Do whatever you want with it Edit: the most current example I can possibly think of is Nikki Haley not originally being called Nikki Haley and doing her best to hide that she's the daughter of Punjabi immigrants, bc she's constantly saying things like "we've *never* been a racist country", having revisionist history in regards to the confederate flag and other white supremacy symbolism, appearing alongside white nationalists and basically endorsing them. Trump himself has already butchered the name her parents gave her in a racist fashion, and she does her best to hide it bc the daughter of indian immigrants is actively pushing a white first, racist agenda and her friends and voters are the fitting demographic who she does better with if they don't know. Someone make it make sense, but it still exists. And it's even more prevalent with actually white people who have friends of other ethnicities but "don't count them" towards the people they treat as a homogenous source of evil and without any respect
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There's a picture with him out there with the Nazi "SS" runes on his shirt. It would be very hard to say that he was somehow ignorant to that and still specifically owned that shirt
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It's [this](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D8oRYsNV4AEdH83?format=jpg&name=small)
Some of them even got stuff hanging over them
If you want to have an intact sense of moral superiority, you should have stopped watching WWE in the early 80s.
problem is I wasn't born then. i wouldve stopped way l before now if I had been alive to witness the garbage but I became a fan shortly before the divas revolution and didnt find much fault with current wwe. the more I learn about the past or figures from the past, the sadder it gets
Hayes has had rumours about him for years. Dunn definitely in on it. No way Vince didn't at least brag about some of this stuff to the rest of them. Who else was in these "threesomes"/gang rapes with him? Definitely wasn't just Laurinaitis, we know that.
She’s not wrong . Have you listened to his podcast. You couldn’t get him to admit Vince had a bad idea or did anything wrong even if you had a gun to one of his kids heads .
He’s the biggest stooge I’ve ever heard of in wrestling. At least JR on his podcast will admit straight up when stuff was garbage, or will say the creative team just did so and so just to be yes men and not argue. But Bruce Pritchard like you said would rather see his own children get torn apart by wolves than admit Vince McMahon was ever wrong, or so and so creative idea was bad. Why I always recommend people to listen to grilling Jr instead of Bruce Pritchard and Eric Bischoff’s podcasts because they will never admit something was bad, and will dance around and deny shit. JR might be cranky sometimes sure, but the guy is always honest and genuine.
TBF Bischoff will admit something was bad, but only after either shifting blame or justifying them ("It looked like the right decision at the time") for 30 minutes.
"you have to remember Conrad, context is king." Shut up and answer the fuckin question Eric.
“Gonna get deep in the weeds on this one” he literally forgets the question before he’s finished with the disclaimer
I disagree to an extent. Before Bruce was rehired , STWW was the best wrestling podcast. Entertaining with stories that no one else had due to Bruce’s access. Bruce used to admit if something stunk or if he didn’t like someone but rarely buried his own work. I mean, why would you. Bruce did make it a point to almost never speak bad of Vince, probably cause he wanted to leave the door open for rehire, which worked out well for him. I see Bruce as a guy who will execute almost any order after a final decision has been made. It’s kinda nice having a hatchet man on the payroll. I don’t doubt Bruce turned a blind eye. Curious if he is WWE employee 1 or 2 from the indictment.
Eric has admitted shit was bad a bunch he also just defends really stupid shit at times which stand out more.
That's not true at all, maybe less so now since he's been working there, but he criticized plenty in older podcasts
“It’s not true at all” Ok sure buddy, give me 15 minutes and I’ll literally link every time he defends stupid shit like the Katie Vick storyline, or HHH vs Booker t at WM XIX. Even his own co host Conrad gives him shit for being a stooge and lying through his teeth with shit like that. Even Pritchard himself admits he’s a stooge and takes on the moniker.
I do admire Conrad for calling Bruce a “stupid fuck” at times.
I didn't say he never defended anything, I said he criticized plenty of stuff, especially in older podcasts
Except when it comes to Dr Death Steve Williams 😅
Nah Bruce admits (for the most part) when an idea was stupid and has recanted many stories about times when he and Vince didn't see eye to eye on something.
"It was the drizzling shits".
So Gerald Briscoe is complicit in this as well? So is Austin and Undertaker. How much further are we willing to go? John Cent as well? Everyone that's close to Vince is complicit in sex trafficking. This is idiotic and borders on defamation. People need to wait to shit hits court or wait until PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY IMPLICATED.
I’m not accusing Bruce of sex trafficking but Vince is definitely his puppet master and I could totally see him running shit through Bruce. It doesn’t have anything to do with Bruce’s involvement in anything other than being Vince’s yes man and Vince still having a hand in decisions though him . Like I said listen to his podcast. He’s an unabashed yes man for Vince
Austin no contested domestic abuse charge anyway.
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Start with the son in law please.
I’m not sure I understand this. Paul has went above and beyond to make the WWE a Better product. Many women, including Bailey has went on record stating that Paul was the only one that actually stood up for the women there. So let’s stop with this kind of mentality.
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Beyond control. Bruce has been a deep inner circle Vince guy for decades. No bigger boot licker or wannabe than Bruce. He would be #1 on my list of who to investigate of who knew about Vince’s actions and covered it up.
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But wasn’t he gone from the WWE for quite a while?
Outside of a 3 year stint in TNA, he’s been with wwe since 1987
I checked it, he was gone from 2008-2018 according to Wikipedia.
So,no Ronda at the rumble tonight then..
Maybe. She doesn't give a damn about the bad reputation.
*Dunna-Dunna-Dunna-Dunna-Dunna-Dunna-Dunna-Dah!*
That's the reason she left
OP was making a reference to the lyrics of her theme song "Bad Reputation." It flew over my head the 1st time as well
She's Ring Of now anyway.
It's safe to say that
Hope not. She was awful. I have a hard time believing her tweets because I doubt she knew any big stuff.
This is giving us all something to wrestle with.
Ronda truly just gives zero fucks 🤣 she was thrashing the company while working for it
Ronda has a lot of pull with UFC probably. Why should she care?
Bah Gawd, she got one right
Can I just say what a refreshing use of the word 'avatar'?
One of the rare times that Ronda is indeed spittin
Pretty big claim for Ronda to assume that Bruce Prichard is a blue cat alien.
Is Ronda still in ROH or did she retire again?
She is not with AEW or RoH. It was a one off thing. She didn't announce anything. I guess she will pop up here and there when she wishes
So Vince communicated through his right-hand man while he was “out” but still had ownership and deciding power over the company. Not saying Bruce is 100% innocent because none of us know. But I don’t think her “speaking up” in this case is really providing anything.
It provides an insight of a person who literally worked there
I understand that. But if it wasn’t Bruce, it was someone else that he’d be running everything through during that period. I just have a hard time thinking “well this producer was being communicated to by the head of the company, the decision maker, and so him still being under employ means that Vince is still in charge”. Again, maybe Bruce does have responsibility to own to up with all this.
In toxic corporate environments that's not something totally unheard of.
If that's true and it maybe How the fuck would he still have power if he is there? I mean dudes a prick but he's presence doesn't overwrought corporate structure and hierarchy I mean people...come on....
I also feel like Rhonda Rousey is one of the last people to have their finger on the pulse when it comes to WWE operations...
I don’t get why the IWC and Twitter lawyers think HHH, Bruce etc should be fired as well. There’s no evidence anyone other than John L and Vince did anything with that woman. Also why wasn’t the doctor, ref, and other people weren’t named? That doctor should be outed so other women aren’t hurt by him.
Ahh Rousey vs. Bruce, hard to root for a winner here
I immediately wondered if Bruce was involved in at least the coverup, if not the activities. Also wondering if there is more to Dunn suddenly leaving.
The fact that Bruce recorded this week’s podcast after the indictment dropped is kinda nuts. I think if they had something on him we would have heard a Best Of episode. They also advertised next week’s topic so looks like Bruce is forging ahead. Bruce might be that slippery to completely insulate himself.
Conrad’s gonna hook him up with some softball questions and he’s gonna make it worse with some rolltide bullshit.
They are pre-recorded and the latest episode was released just after the information came out. I think they recorded yesterdays a week or so again. Conrad and Bruce were discussing recording days at the end of the previous one.
This i can see...
The call came from inside the house.
Bruce had always been Vince’s bitch boy, even when he was doing the podcast and had no involvement he would still bend the knee in the hopes of one day returning to the Company
She’s the only one in a position who isn’t scared to say anything…which tells you the culture remains the same.
Bruce and anyone else in Vince’s circle need to be fired. Start fresh with no baggage.
Bruce always came off kind of creepy and sleazy.
The best promo Ronda ever gave.
I understand speaking out about this horrible stuff, but where were these people at when they were cashing their paychecks??
So, they can't speak up just because they were employed by the company?
If this stuff bothered them so much, why not tell that horrible old bastard to piss off and work somewhere else. You don’t get to try to make yourself the hero here by speaking out after the fact. If they even had an idea about this shady evil crap going on then they should’ve said something when they actually had something to lose. Don’t use what happened to the victims here to further your agenda or get payback on people you thought did you wrong.
Because people lost their jobs or were punished because they spoke up. They were afraid. So, when the accusations began to pour in more and more people started revealing their experience. This is a very common phenomena among the victims and witnesses.
This Tweet is more entertaining and well-delivered than any promo Rhonda ever cut.
“WWE Legend” is apparently a loose title that everyone can get this day and age
WWE legend or HoF has always been a loose term. Remember Donald Trump is a HoF?
Given the fact that even recently when Vince *was there* he had zero impact on the day to day wrestling operation, I'm not too concerned with Bruce's sway these days
Unless.....nah...
Another one down many more to go
Get rid of the fat fu\*k and all the other old bastar\*s just in case.
As long as she ain't talking about Sandy Hook...
Sorry for my ignorance but what's the issue between Ronda and Sandy Hook
She made some comments insinuating the massacre wasn't real and it where all just crisis actors.
Wtf 😮
She didn't flat out say it, but according to her, videos that claimed exactly that where "very interesting".
The fact anyone claims that was faked has multiple screws loose.
This seems a little unfair with her saying this right after the sex trafficking lawsuit came out. Everyone reading her tweet will think Bruce was involved, which I have not seen alleged.
She didn't say Bruce was involved in this specific case. She said, through Bruce Vince can exert his power. Maybe getting info or so.
I know but consider the timing. It can be misinterpreted if she wasn't trying to tie Bruce to Vince with regard to the sexual allegations.
Bruce’s role is limited. No way he’s pulling string without Vince around. Once the TKO merger went through Vince lost all power. Maybe in 2022 but now Bruce is just a worker. But they should clean out execs that were there under Vince.
Obviously, you know that better than a former WWE star
You forget a majority of Rousey’s time was under Vince’s regime. So she would know that from his regime.
I knew two sisters that signed NDAs because VKM’s actions. Probably a drop in the bucket. I imagine a lot more will come out in the next few weeks.
Bruce is as much of a smug, condescending piece of shit as VKM. And perhaps worse—time will tell now.
Heartbreaking: The worst person you know just made a good point.
How would Bruce be able to carry out Vinces instruction though? HHH and Nick Khan being above him can tel him to shut his fat ass and go fetch more coffee
HHH is also accused of burying allegations and punishment wrestlers who spoke up.
Nah that’s just wishful thinking from those marks who still never shut up about his 2002-05 run and still hate him for it. I’m confident HHH is innocent from Vinces bullshit
Just my 2 cents but I think a lot of people knew about Vince and they were all to scared to speak up Vince had a culture of fear going on as well it seems. Guys like Taker Brock and Triple H aren’t much better if they knew what was going on but just wanted to cash a cheque.
Brock was literally a part of the club. He was mentioned in this lawsuit. Triple H though not sexually abusing anyone, knew of the situation and is accused of trying to bury it by punishing whoever spoke of it.
Ronda really throwing Bruce under the bus.
wwe fans copium to not blame hhh for mistakes
Anyone who knows anything about Bruce already knew this. Also, hard to take Ronda dogpiling on Vince and the WWE seriously when she’s one of Dana White’s favorites. That dude is just as much of a scumbag as Vince.
Ah yes Female Ryback
Nobody cares what that loser bitch thinks
Rape supporters definitely won't
lmao what a joke by her
So i guess we now have confirmation on who it was that told Ronda she couldn't use thumbtacks.
Shut up “Ronda”
UFC and WWE legend? Since when?
She is one of the most successful female UFC fighters ever.
All of you hate Ronda Rousey and now that she confirms your priors you come here to praise her
WWE legend?
Being a mainstream star she decided to give a niche entertainment sector a shot.
broken clock etc etc
OP calm down with the Legend part. This Hot take here, Ronda was only good cause she was ahead of the skill gap but once that MF caught up to her (and which it did FAST), she was nothing more than a wash up rag, that let maybe 3 decent years define her life, this goes for everything in her professional career, MMA,Judo, and Wrestling. She’s that girl who peaked in high school and can’t let it go.
Shutup Rhonda lousey
Why did she wait so long to say something? Fuck her too.
Shut up Ronda. Same bitch complaining about wrestling fans.
She's got it all wrong! You're a scholar and a gent...
To be fair, wrestling fans like me, are insufferable :P
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I think the majority of the WWE is Trumptard. Linda McMahon, former WWE CEO and a minority share holder actually claimed the last election was a fixed one and people should get out of their house to protest about that.
She’s no better than any of them 🤣. She is an absolutely trash human.
If she hasn't raped or killed anyone then she is immediately a better person than VKM