Bruce Prichard on WWF's Decline between 1995 and 1996

Published 2018-01-23
Something to Wrestle with Bruce Prichard is an audio podcast that discusses topics, events, wrestlers and memorable moments through the lens of former WWE executive Bruce Prichard co-hosted by Conrad Thompson.

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It hasn't always been record profits and good times for the WWE. In this clip from Something to Wrestle, "Brother Love" Bruce Prichard talks about the WWF's decline between 1995 and 1996.

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All Comments (21)
  • @toucansam3
    I find the business side of wrestling 100X more interesting than the wrestling itself.
  • @Zero8880
    I must be one of the few people that actually enjoyed the New Generation era. But I guess I look at everything, during that time of my life, through rose colored glasses. Oh to be young again.
  • @ssnadera6498
    1996 was their most star filled year in history. Sycho sid, shawn, diesel, hall, farooq, warrior, hhh, bret, owen, taker, bulldog, austin, vader,pillman mankind were all part of the company. Things really started picking up once sid became champ, the pillman gun incident,austins heel character, bret returning,things were getting wacky
  • @BoyleJr
    im always amazed that i got into wrestling during this so called shitty era.summer of 95 i was a huge fan until mid 2002
  • @ps-yk8su
    I have a feeling JR knows the answers to many of the questions he's asking
  • @zanezeiter
    great video clip thanks so much for uploading!
  • @TheCastellan
    Mantar, Duke the Dumpster, Barry Harrowitz, Face Yokozuna, Born again Jake Roberts, The Portuguese Man-o-war, heel 1 2 3 Kid, Face Bigalow. That would probably have a part in it.
  • I lost my serious interest at about 14 in 94 during the cartoon / occupation era. I was a HUGE Demolition mark, but the Repo Man went waaaaay over my head
  • @QuentinDude
    With Flair, Bulldog, Roberts, Sid, Warrior, LOD, Big Boss Man, and Hogan out of WWE by late 92 to mid 93 I stopped watching pretty much till about late 95
  • Right before the 12 minute mark In regards to how many homes they were reaching with their cable deals. Anyone have more info? Specifically if the gap continued through the heart of the Monday night wars and if so why that fact is hardly talked about. Like If wcw is twice as many homes i would hope they'd have higher ratings
  • @C-Lyfe85
    @Something To Wrestle with Bruce Prichard Conrad, you guys should do an episode about WWE leaving the USA network & going to TNN.
  • @QuentinDude
    the ratings now are what they we're back then but I don't see anybody saying WWE is doing bad business now lol
  • @jackkitchen737
    I like these Bruce Prichard interviews. Yes, he tends to forget or miss key elements of the time that they speak of. But so does everyone, sometimes based on ego and sometimes due to destroyed brain cells lol.... This is awesome. He's believable.
  • @GeorgeSquare
    this that this that this that for about 3-minutes ... do I have that right Bruce? A- No.
  • @GeorgeSquare
    I know there was never much money made on the smaller House shows ... but look at it another business way like volume for example. In the mid 80's to mid 90's there was either a House show or a C-town shown almost every single night ... say them events only make 1k profit, a measly 1k profit per show/event ... that's about 300k a year added into the top line, for 10-years. I wouldn't sniff at it.