The source of Bruce Prichard's heat with Jerry Jarrett is really quite simple. In a shoot interview, Jerry Jarrett said that he told Bruce that if Vince went to jail, Bruce would be out of a job. To quote Jerry Jarrett from the shoot interview he did, "I told him up there one day, Why does Pat have you here? He said, what do you mean? I said, you don't ever contribute anything. What's your purpose? He said, well, what's yours? Well, if Vince goes to the pokey, your ass is going to be out of work, cause I'm gonna be in charge. And so, I guess it's still a carry over from that". So Jerry told Bruce when he was working there that if he ends up in charge, he's going to be firing him. I don't know about you, but if someone where I work told me they were going to fire me if they ever got to be in charge, I'd be making fun of them and running them down every chance I got too. Jerry threatened Bruce's job. That's where the heat comes from. I don't think Jerry should have said that. He should have just bided his time. Oh well. But that's what I think is the source of the heat between Bruce and Jerry.
I know this is an old comment but I'm going to reply anyway basically what you were saying is that you would be unprofessional and childish and hold a grudge against someone being honest with you, looks like you have a lot of growing up to do
@@SuperTicklemonsters no it's actually really professional to tell someone that you think they're not the right person for the job that way they have time to improve or look for work somewhere else, besides it's pro wrestling so it's not really professional, at least not until recently in the time period this video refers to it was still kind of shady and seedy, wrestling is entertaining but most of the people involved in it were not professional people or even honest people
I’d believe Bruce over Jerry any day of the week. Fucking wrestling starved while he took the money and built himself his own little empire. He was hated.
@Ivan J California Nah, he’s a dick for generating profit and not distributing it fairly. That’s why Steve Austin hates him and didn’t give his son the time of day. Jerry would run towns, pay his wrestlers dimes (to a point where Austin was eating potatoes everyday) and Jeff and Jerry would be well looked after. He was notorious for it.
@Ivan J California Hold on son. If Vince McMahon, Bill Watts and Jimmy Crockett could pay their staff, so could Jerry. And when your contractors who generate YOU money, it’s YOUR obligation to make sure they’re paid accordingly.
@Ivan J California And they all left and went elsewhere, and paid more. Just because you run a business where you are able to decide how much a talent gets paid, doesn’t mean you’re able or should be able to take liberties with their livelihoods. It’s why he was hated, why Jerry Lawyer was hated when he finally came to the WWF, why people like Stone Cold Steve Austin didn’t want to work with Jeff Jarrett.
@Ivan J California Wow, you really do come across as an empathetic human being. Not to worry, Steve Austin became a millionaire hundreds of times over, Memphis Wrestling is no more and Jerry hasn’t done much since 1992. All is well.
Paul Boesch's coffee boy, in his (very successful) one city promotion, trying to knock one of the most successful promoters and bookers in the history of the business is a fucking joke.
Ze TheGame because Jerry was the only one vinces father trusted and told vince he could trust he would not run the wwf but would oversee creative, and it is true as wwe admitted it themselves
The bushwackers got over. The Disco Inferno was over with fans. Go back and watch old Nitro or old wwf shows. The fans were doing the disco dance and fans were doing the arm thing the bushwackers did. My point is if Terry Taylor embraced the gimmick he could have got it over. Those are 2 shit gimmicks but tje got over because they embraced it. Terry Taylor didn't because he thought he was Ric Flair and he was far from that.
@@bryantcraighead1694 the second he compared it to Matt Bornes depiction of Doink, the concept of Red Rooster made all the sense in the world, and from that perspective I 100% get Bruce's point of view
Prichard tells some good stories, but he's a McMahon/WWE bootlicker all the way. Another guy who would not even be remembered if he hadn't worked for Vince.
Dude I pisses me off that he will never admit that Red Rooster gimmick was a rib cuz he didn't like Terry Taylor ( I think maybe Vince didn't either) or the polkadots for Dusty wasn't a rib. He really is such a blatant kissass. I hate when guys are biased or tow the company line in a shoot instead of being straight up and real. Although Corny can be guilty of that himself the fact that he doesn't hold back at all about guys like Russo is part of what made him a go to guy for shoots cuz he don't give a fuck about possibly burning bridges he wants people to know how he really feels about Russo or the terrible silly shit you see in wrestling today
@@metalthrashingmadman1599 Yeah I know, its pretty low. Everybody knows the RR gimmick was a rib. They hated Terry Taylor and they wanted to fuck with him, from the stupid red Mohawk down to the rooster crowing. I mean FFS, nothing Bruce Prichard says can ever make me believe that Terry Taylor decided to go out on his own and crow like a rooster. Be a man and admit you fucked him over, because you guys could. Every time Bruce talks about Terry Taylor you can literally hear the dislike in his voice. Corny talks about people who should be blackballed from the wrestling business, well Bruce Prichard is one, especially wrestling that is not WWE. You could never trust him because it can be assured he's a stooge and maybe even a GD mole for Vince McMahon.
I would have liked it if Bruce gave some examples of Jarrett's ideas. It was probably a case of "We're the biggest wresting company in the world, we know what we are doing and we're not going to listen to someone with a little company in the south."
Who gave them the biggest stars they ever had. Hogan, Savage, Austin, Rock, Angle. All learned their craft at the knee of Jerry Jarrett and Jerry Lawler.
@@Giveittome655 Vince may have made them superstars because of the larger platform, but they would not have caught Vince's eye were it not for Jerry Jarrett's tutelage.
Probably, but I also think there's some merit to that argument. If Vince's way was truly so terrible and the old school promoters so great, why are they out of business and Vince the billionaire head of a global company? It would be like McDonald's taking pointers from the local burger shack. The latter might make better burgers, but the McDonald's way is the way that makes money.
@@stilts121 Andy Kaufman made Memphis wrestling. Plain and simple. They lucked out into a gigantic star which made their top guy, Lawler, a household name
ROFL finally Bruce admits his issues with Jerry Jarrett were primarily personal. You'd never know that from the version Bruce tells on his podcast. Also, Corny is a complete and utter Jarrett mark (and he's blind to a good deal of fair critiques of Jarrett).
David: Yeah ol'Corny does have a bias for Jarrett but it's understandable: The Jarretts did give him his start in the biz after all. But you're spot on- Bruce's issues with Jarrett are primarily personal. Half of what's left of the industry would debate Bruce on Jarrett's legacy and achievements as well as his ability. Jarrett's had to have burned him in the past somehow or perhaps Bruce thought him and the other office guys were gonna get the gig should Vince have went to jail.
Wait a minute, you're talking about a guy in Prichard that created The Goon, The Red Rooster, Isaak Yankem(Kaner), Bastian Booger, that's genius shit right there. Jerry may not have great ideas but he was a good promoter and businessman. The WWF started to get better and more successful when Prichard left creative and was replaced by Russo!
fjvideo: Pritchard sounds a little "bitterly" dismissive. I'm guessing that Jarrett's burned Pritchard at some point in the past. Either turned him down on something or he blocked him out of something- Jarrett's done something that pissed Bruce off. This comes off as a little "personal".
DarksaberForce I expect that's where the heat stems from. Jerry Jarret wasn't impressed with Bruce Prichard and the idea of Jerry taking over for Vince got Bruce job scared
I'm sure Jerry Jarrett was a genius in the 70s-80s and he probably was a very smart businessman when it came to creating a front office (Vince's specialty) but the most recent example we have of Jerry Jarrett's brilliance is 2002 TNA. I can't see Jerry ever taking over WWF from Vince, and I do think Jerry Jarrett's best move was giving control to Jerry Lawler who's still successful running shows to this day.
Jarrett was successful back in the age of people being gullible enough to think wrestling is real. By the time we get to the ‘90s you couldn’t sell the classic babyface vs classic heel to a National audience.
I love Pat as a talent, but no one would hardly remember him without Vince McMahon, same as Brucie. I doubt anybody outside Vince's inner circle would claim that. They're Vince's cult of personality.
Cornette: "You can't just dismiss Jarrett *lists off Jarrett's achievements and successes*." Prichard: "I can if I ignore the facts." I wish I was 10% as articulate as Cornette.
If you had listened to the interview, you'd hear Bruce say that he likes Jeff. So, yah...maybe listening a tad will prevent ignorant comments like yours.
I know right. I did care how good someone works w/ you (aka Jeff Jarrett), Bruce throwing shade at you dad must make if feel some type of way and if Bruce loves the WWE so bad, why is he not w/ the WWE today? Instead Bruce is pretty much working for Jerry Jarrett's son Jeff.
1. It's Funny that Bruce was Bitter & Jealous of the Fact that Memphis Out-Lasted Houston (Paul Boesch) & the Mid South (Bill Watts) ... the Same Two Territories & Men He'd Later Betrayed to Be Vince's Bitch Boy 2. Jerry Would've Either Fired Bruce Prichard &/or Pat Patterson ... or ... Cut Their Balls Off as Power Brokers in the Company
Bruce is still actively working in it when most of his peers are long gone. You may not like the business these days (and for the record I'm not a fan), but it is what it is, and Bruce knows the score.
@@maxxdahl6062 Perhaps so, but does that really matter if he's working and making money while the people claiming they could do better (and who might be able to), can't even get their foot in the door.
@@Tim85-y2q yes I'm going to comment on an Old Post in case anyone wants to complain about that, okay we get it you are a brother love fanboy, the only reason the guy still in the business is because he's always licking boots
@Tim85 still working in the business doesn't mean you're great at it. Vince is still around and it's obvious he needs to retire because the business has passed him by
I'm not a fan of Cornette's politics or cursing rants about some Wrestling but I'm proud of him for being only one to hold Pritchard feet to the fire about Jarrett...anyone would need to be a fool to believe that Memphis had nothing to do with Jerry Jarrett abilities...Bruce seems to have lot of issues with Jarrett that are personal and I wish someone would ask him to be specific...I listen to Jarrett's podcast and for most part it's informative and his story about being in car with vince Pat and Jarrett is priceless moment...funny as hell...you can check it out here on TH-cam...
Bruce is salty all these years later because Jerry told him he would fire him. If Jerry had kissed his ass like a lot of people did, Bruce would be singing his praises. Also it's absolutely fucking hilarious how hypocritical Bruce can be by calling ANYONE a liar
"and [1970s Memphis/Tennessee] would have been an improvement over what we were giving them"... This viewpoint has to be taken into account when analysing Cornette's defence of Jarrett.
@Strigorvious Dregorous I'm not defending the entertainment value coming from WWF's product in the early 90s and perhaps that Memphis stuff would have been a better watch from both your and my perspective. But Vince was catering to a specific audience and it was not an audience that wanted 70s Memphis. He wasn't catering to us. So the fact that Corny thinks that they would have better off sticking to a regional flavour from 20 years back and presenting it to *that* audience makes me question his views.
@MemphoWrasslin1 I'm completely with you on the general sentiment. I like my wrestling to be on the sports, big match atmosphere side. Basically I like fixed-finish fighting with charisma and microphones segments. For this particular piece, it's a lot funnier to just forget all of that and all of what you said (which I actually agree with fully) and just take the piss out of Corny, Jarrett and Memphis.
Bruce may be a bit jealous of the old man. Probably because Vince loved, and trusted him. Bruce is funny, but he was a bit of a toadie and Jerry made sure he knew it
Bruce Prichard was with the wwe during some of their best moments in all of the businesses life. To discount Bruce’s acumen and credentials would be like discounting Pats or Vince’s. Wether you like it or not, wether you think he’s a carny or not. Love jim all you want(I certainly love him) he never saw an ounce of success even remotely close to Bruce or others. Dreamt of it. Same goes for jerry huhhhh. Sorry!
Bruce is Jealous of Jerry Jarrett for Being Better than Him ... His Territory Lasted Longer than Houston & Mid South Combined ... He Was Able to Call Bruce on His Bullshit ... & ... Jerry is Way More Respected than Bruce Will Ever Be ... Plus, Bruce was Afraid that, If & When Jerry were to Take the Reins, Bruce - & Quite Possibly Many Others- Were Done For
I usually like Bruce Pritchard, because I grew up in Houston TX, and I remember his brother Tom Pritchard wrestling here when I was a kid...I, however, feel compelled to respond to Mr. Pritchard that when Andy Kaufman was going around to the various territories trying to make a spot for himself, according to the historical record he went to New York, NO-GO...He went to Atlanta, NO-GO, he went to Memphis, and Jerry Jarret and Eddie Marlin were skeptical, because they were from the OLD-SCHOOL psychology of PROTECT the BUSINESS, but after further consideration they let it go with Andy Kaufman and Jerry Lawler...This would prove to be a turning point in history and made the events of a local wrestling promotion, a national event, and further making Jerry Lawler a national figure where before he was little known outside his home territory of Memphis...We how grew up here in Houston TX, with little exposure to Memphis wrestling certainly never heard of Jerry Lawler before the Andy Kaufman PILE-DRIVER incident, so I will have to :RESPECTIVELY" call out Mr. Pritchard, as a fan, not as a working insider, who learned about Memphis Wrestling from the Andy Kaufman incident...I will recommend he talk to Jim Cornnett more about the talent swap that brought Jim Corrnett and many others to Mid-South. This talent swap freshened up Mid South, so Jerry Jarrett must have had some idea on how to spot talent that would take what people learned in his promotion, to other territories and evolve into main event talent...Jim Corrnett and the Midnight Express, The Rock and Roll Express, Stan Lane and Steven Kern the FAB'S, the knock-off joke, that would evolve into, THE FANTASTICS, as well as older talent that kept going Tommy WILDFIRE Rich, Austin Idol, Hulk Hogan worked through Memphis with Lawler for a time before WWF...The list goes on...
I actually forgot to mention the merger with W.C.C.W. where he put them back on the map, after Fritz Von Erich dropped his own kids like a bad habit...
I don’t have a dog in the fight but I assume running a global company out of the Northeast is a different beast entirely. Bruce makes Jarrett sound like J. Pederman from Seinfeld.
What’s he lied about? Everything Dave meltzer says is a lie. Bruce was there for and saw it all, but no Bruce is the liar even tho he has no reason to lie about the given subject matter.
Bruce is full of baloney. It's clear he's lying about Jerry not the guy who would have taken over if Vince had gone to jail. His department heads comment was ridiculous. Loved to hear Jim putting Bruce in his place.
I love bruce,but he's been hurt personally by Jerry jarrett and that's clouding up his judgment on giving jerry jarrett his due respect. I just don't see how he can say that jarrett never had a single good idea after all he did in Memphis and Atlanta. It's just ludicrous.
Bruce has a point. Can anyone honestly believe that Vince would allow anyone to take over his business? Would this also be the first time someone was confused over what Vince had in mind for them when they came in? Jarrett in 94, Watts in 95, even Russo in 02. Not to mention endless wrestlers who didn’t work out. Vince vaguely says one thing and they hear another. Everyone thinks they’re going to have total control and run the show before Vince cuts their nuts off and they go home. Cornette even says it here: Jarrett was an old school territory guy who couldn’t work on the big time stage of WWE.
The original mid-80s pathetic attempt to appeal to Southern fans was 90% MSG prodigy McMahon and 10% French-Canadian Pat Patterson. Hillbilly Jim was child-friendly, but never really over with older fans. Blackjack Mulligan's endless promos, featuring his fertilizing wagon killed him before he got into the ring. And, of course, thinking a pudgy, little Elvis-impersonator would make an excellent fan favorite for those stubborn Memphis fans was the topper.
He needs to shut the fuck up. Let the people who were actually in the wrestling business discuss the business. If he doesn't like it, he can fuck off back to the mothership.
The problem is that pretty much everyone in wrestling says that Corvette's idea of good wrestling is that of 70s wrestling. So if Cornette thinks that Jarrett was a 'genius' booker then I'm interpretating that to mean that he was good *once* but obviously out of touch down the line.
I admit I'm fairly ignorant to the territory days other then the history corny has given me but I'm a WWE/F guy. I love something to wrestle with and Bruce always says he's doesn't toe the WWE line but here about doing it nationally. And his small little area sounds a lot like toeing the WWE line
Bruce sounds like a lying and pretentious politician that you just want to punch, while corny sounds like a drunk friend you’re having a beer with and sharing fart jokes and war stories.
Pritchard said himself that had Vince gone to prison, he wouldve named Jerry Jarrett as sitting boss. Only after Jarrett said Pritchard was a puppet did Pritchard say he disliked him.
Corny shut him down with 45 year old statistics off the top of his head I don't know how cornys brain works but it needs to be preserved in a glass case after he passes.
Bruce is a yes man through and through. Maybe there’s a reason he’s like that but I know it’s useless to ask him questions about most things because it’s like talking to a wall. Jerry Jarret nailed it when he referred to Bruce as fetching Pat Patterson’s coffee and telling Vince yeah boss that sounds good boss as his highest moments lol
Also it's pretty clear Bruce is butt hurt because he expected that Vince would put him in charge while Vince was incarcerated and then Vince was like no way and brought in Jerry to run things instead.
A lot of Wrestling shoot/business info is a great insight into psychology. The Bruce Pritchard take(s) on Jerry Jarrett is one of many prime examples. It is beyond obvious that BP felt threatened by JJ in probably a myraid of ways during this short stretch. One of the less obvious, but strong perceived threatening aspects was to BPs relationship/sidekick "status" in regards to Pat Patterson.
I think that the reason Bruce doesn't like Jerry is because he realized a while back that physically they resemble each other quite a lot , i mean look at photos of them side by side
"The way you're paying us, we're not even on food." will never fail to make me laugh
omg thats rich
Lmao
I worked at a few jobs like that.
That's classic 😂😂😂
To be fair, Jerry said he’d fire Bruce to his face. Wonder why Bruce didn’t like him after that
“If Vince goes to the pokey, you’re gonna be out of a job” 😂😂😂
He also told Dr Tom that Bruce didn't want him in the wwe/wwf ie Bruce's brother.
God damn, that Lisa Wolfe gets buried anytime someone mentions her.
when anybody insults the CWA in any way, shape, or form
Jim Cornette: *deeply inhales*
Management *SPRITE SIPPING INTENSIFIES*
Because it was one of the best territories in the history of the business
Same for Bruce when anyone insults the WWF
@@KingGhidorah5464 Except Jarrett had 20 years of solid success. Vince can't say that.
@@jonathanlindsey790 Yes. Memphis was a great promotion. Vince hasn't been running a god damn machine for almost 40 years though?
The source of Bruce Prichard's heat with Jerry Jarrett is really quite simple. In a shoot interview, Jerry Jarrett said that he told Bruce that if Vince went to jail, Bruce would be out of a job. To quote Jerry Jarrett from the shoot interview he did, "I told him up there one day, Why does Pat have you here? He said, what do you mean? I said, you don't ever contribute anything. What's your purpose? He said, well, what's yours? Well, if Vince goes to the pokey, your ass is going to be out of work, cause I'm gonna be in charge. And so, I guess it's still a carry over from that". So Jerry told Bruce when he was working there that if he ends up in charge, he's going to be firing him. I don't know about you, but if someone where I work told me they were going to fire me if they ever got to be in charge, I'd be making fun of them and running them down every chance I got too. Jerry threatened Bruce's job. That's where the heat comes from. I don't think Jerry should have said that. He should have just bided his time. Oh well. But that's what I think is the source of the heat between Bruce and Jerry.
I know this is an old comment but I'm going to reply anyway basically what you were saying is that you would be unprofessional and childish and hold a grudge against someone being honest with you, looks like you have a lot of growing up to do
@@onamattapeeya telling coworkers "hey if I ever get in charge you're gonna be fired" is ridiculously unprofessional.
@@SuperTicklemonsters no it's actually really professional to tell someone that you think they're not the right person for the job that way they have time to improve or look for work somewhere else, besides it's pro wrestling so it's not really professional, at least not until recently in the time period this video refers to it was still kind of shady and seedy, wrestling is entertaining but most of the people involved in it were not professional people or even honest people
@@onamattapeeya Sorry, you lost. The other guy made better points than you did
@@SuperTicklemonsters no it's being honest, so the only thing you have said is your definition of professional is being a liar
Jim is loving the complete BS that Bruce is selling.
I’d believe Bruce over Jerry any day of the week. Fucking wrestling starved while he took the money and built himself his own little empire. He was hated.
@Ivan J California Nah, he’s a dick for generating profit and not distributing it fairly. That’s why Steve Austin hates him and didn’t give his son the time of day. Jerry would run towns, pay his wrestlers dimes (to a point where Austin was eating potatoes everyday) and Jeff and Jerry would be well looked after. He was notorious for it.
@Ivan J California Hold on son. If Vince McMahon, Bill Watts and Jimmy Crockett could pay their staff, so could Jerry. And when your contractors who generate YOU money, it’s YOUR obligation to make sure they’re paid accordingly.
@Ivan J California And they all left and went elsewhere, and paid more. Just because you run a business where you are able to decide how much a talent gets paid, doesn’t mean you’re able or should be able to take liberties with their livelihoods. It’s why he was hated, why Jerry Lawyer was hated when he finally came to the WWF, why people like Stone Cold Steve Austin didn’t want to work with Jeff Jarrett.
@Ivan J California Wow, you really do come across as an empathetic human being. Not to worry, Steve Austin became a millionaire hundreds of times over, Memphis Wrestling is no more and Jerry hasn’t done much since 1992. All is well.
Paul Boesch's coffee boy, in his (very successful) one city promotion, trying to knock one of the most successful promoters and bookers in the history of the business is a fucking joke.
thank you for saying that
Folks you're missing the hatred between "southern wrestling" and "sports entertainment".
If it's between those two. I'm choosing southern any fucking day of the week.
@@maxxdahl6062AMEN
I love that Jim is laughing and having a blast while Brian seems legitimately furious
You can hear the anger in Brian's voice
That makes me laugh that Corny takes it in stride but last can't possibly imagine anyone could disagree with him.
I like how Jim was defending him.
i love how cornette is laughing directly in his face
Yes have to love it
Yes love it Because jim knows prichard is a fucking stupid man
Richard C Clark he's a yes man, always was and still is.
@@clarknapper3933 so true
Ze TheGame because Jerry was the only one vinces father trusted and told vince he could trust he would not run the wwf but would oversee creative, and it is true as wwe admitted it themselves
Bruce Prichard lost his credibility in judging other people's ideas for coming up with THE RED ROOSTER.
I remember he was actually trying to justify the red rooster..i was laughing so hard because he was trying to believe his own BULLSHIT 😁
The bushwackers got over. The Disco Inferno was over with fans. Go back and watch old Nitro or old wwf shows. The fans were doing the disco dance and fans were doing the arm thing the bushwackers did. My point is if Terry Taylor embraced the gimmick he could have got it over. Those are 2 shit gimmicks but tje got over because they embraced it. Terry Taylor didn't because he thought he was Ric Flair and he was far from that.
@@bryantcraighead1694 the second he compared it to Matt Bornes depiction of Doink, the concept of Red Rooster made all the sense in the world, and from that perspective I 100% get Bruce's point of view
Cornette has a laugh that makes me laugh. He's awesome.
Infectious laugh
Let's hear Lisa Wolf stories.Sounds real juicy!
Prichard tells some good stories, but he's a McMahon/WWE bootlicker all the way. Another guy who would not even be remembered if he hadn't worked for Vince.
Defends the fuckin red rooster.
Dude I pisses me off that he will never admit that Red Rooster gimmick was a rib cuz he didn't like Terry Taylor ( I think maybe Vince didn't either) or the polkadots for Dusty wasn't a rib. He really is such a blatant kissass. I hate when guys are biased or tow the company line in a shoot instead of being straight up and real. Although Corny can be guilty of that himself the fact that he doesn't hold back at all about guys like Russo is part of what made him a go to guy for shoots cuz he don't give a fuck about possibly burning bridges he wants people to know how he really feels about Russo or the terrible silly shit you see in wrestling today
Not a rib ... Bother Love is the truth
So true
@@metalthrashingmadman1599 Yeah I know, its pretty low. Everybody knows the RR gimmick was a rib. They hated Terry Taylor and they wanted to fuck with him, from the stupid red Mohawk down to the rooster crowing. I mean FFS, nothing Bruce Prichard says can ever make me believe that Terry Taylor decided to go out on his own and crow like a rooster. Be a man and admit you fucked him over, because you guys could. Every time Bruce talks about Terry Taylor you can literally hear the dislike in his voice.
Corny talks about people who should be blackballed from the wrestling business, well Bruce Prichard is one, especially wrestling that is not WWE. You could never trust him because it can be assured he's a stooge and maybe even a GD mole for Vince McMahon.
I would have liked it if Bruce gave some examples of Jarrett's ideas. It was probably a case of "We're the biggest wresting company in the world, we know what we are doing and we're not going to listen to someone with a little company in the south."
Who gave them the biggest stars they ever had. Hogan, Savage, Austin, Rock, Angle. All learned their craft at the knee of Jerry Jarrett and Jerry Lawler.
Jonathan Lindsey who made stars out of them though? Yeah not Jerry Jarrett
@@Giveittome655 Vince may have made them superstars because of the larger platform, but they would not have caught Vince's eye were it not for Jerry Jarrett's tutelage.
Probably, but I also think there's some merit to that argument. If Vince's way was truly so terrible and the old school promoters so great, why are they out of business and Vince the billionaire head of a global company?
It would be like McDonald's taking pointers from the local burger shack. The latter might make better burgers, but the McDonald's way is the way that makes money.
@@stilts121 Andy Kaufman made Memphis wrestling. Plain and simple. They lucked out into a gigantic star which made their top guy, Lawler, a household name
bruce would say the sky is purple if it caused an argument. he's a professional naysmith.
He'd be kinda right
The sky is violet. We just percieve it to be blue.
No, he'd only say the sky is purple if Vince did first.
Bruce is a professional ass-kisser, so his outpouring of nay-saying is a reflex of all the yes-saying he had to do with Vince.
More like he's a professional yes man for Vincent Kennedy McMahon (, Jr. ?)
Bruce all he did was get pat patterson coffe the biggest thing he ever done...and probably on his knees when he did that...
ROFL finally Bruce admits his issues with Jerry Jarrett were primarily personal. You'd never know that from the version Bruce tells on his podcast. Also, Corny is a complete and utter Jarrett mark (and he's blind to a good deal of fair critiques of Jarrett).
David: Yeah ol'Corny does have a bias for Jarrett but it's understandable: The Jarretts did give him his start in the biz after all. But you're spot on- Bruce's issues with Jarrett are primarily personal. Half of what's left of the industry would debate Bruce on Jarrett's legacy and achievements as well as his ability. Jarrett's had to have burned him in the past somehow or perhaps Bruce thought him and the other office guys were gonna get the gig should Vince have went to jail.
Wait a minute, you're talking about a guy in Prichard that created The Goon, The Red Rooster, Isaak Yankem(Kaner), Bastian Booger, that's genius shit right there. Jerry may not have great ideas but he was a good promoter and businessman. The WWF started to get better and more successful when Prichard left creative and was replaced by Russo!
Are you kidding? Those are exact gimmicks that put me off WWE for years.
I would actually take the mid-90's era over today's crap.
Some was good, but the examples he mentioned above were not, lol.
I should learn to read better, I think he was being sarcastic, lol.
#RussoMarksUnite!!! That's right... #ItsTime to #MakeWWEGreatAgain #ItsTime to #BringBackRusso
Bruce calling anyone else a “habitual liar” never gets old
That's like Hogan calling someone a liar 😂
@@2011nphelps Exactly
No kidding. I was prepared for a lightning strike / thunder at any moment on the audio.
Cause all of you know the exact truth as told by Dave.
Bruce Prichard isn’t a liar
In hindsight, it is hilarious to hear Bruce Prichard criticizing someone else’s booking.
He hadhas no self-awareness
or calling someone a habitual liar
Hearing this, I really wish Jerry took over the WWF. He could book circles around Bruce Prichard.
I think Shane Douglas, if put in a creative/booker/producer role could run circles around Bruce Prichard.
Pritchard is an office a-hole. He makes it his job to undermine others rather than to do his own job.
fjvideo: Pritchard sounds a little "bitterly" dismissive. I'm guessing that Jarrett's burned Pritchard at some point in the past. Either turned him down on something or he blocked him out of something- Jarrett's done something that pissed Bruce off. This comes off as a little "personal".
It could be Bruce was upset Vince didn't trust Bruce to run the company while Vince was in jail.
DarksaberForce I expect that's where the heat stems from. Jerry Jarret wasn't impressed with Bruce Prichard and the idea of Jerry taking over for Vince got Bruce job scared
Vince McMahon will run the show long after he's dead and gone.
Vince' s brain will be uploaded into a computer and continue on.
Oh god i hope so lol
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
You should have went with putting Vince's head in a jar for the Futurama reference.
Only took 4 years to change that! He uploaded his dick in one too many employees🤣!
Well now triple h is running the show
On one of WWE's own documentaries they themselves claimed that Jerry Jarrett was lined up to run WWE had Vince gone to prison.
MrMetalover666 if you mentioned that to Bruce he'd say who ever said it was just speculating and that it was just hearsay.
Stephanie mcmahon said it.
WWE's own documentaries said that DX invading WCW won them the Monday Night War.
wait which documentaries? I believe you but i just wanna see out of interest.
HydroArctic it was one about the steroid scandal in the wwf. The documentary was on Netflix around 2013.
WELL YOU KNOW, U PUT THE CHICKEN IN THE, WELL U KNOW, YOU JUST, HUUUUUUUUUUH???? BRUCE IS THE MAN!
I'm in Tennessee
Prichard’s first statement clearly about Jarrett at 5:30 shows he didn’t come here for a debate. Last should of laughed it off like Corny did
I'm sure Jerry Jarrett was a genius in the 70s-80s and he probably was a very smart businessman when it came to creating a front office (Vince's specialty) but the most recent example we have of Jerry Jarrett's brilliance is 2002 TNA. I can't see Jerry ever taking over WWF from Vince, and I do think Jerry Jarrett's best move was giving control to Jerry Lawler who's still successful running shows to this day.
Jarrett was successful back in the age of people being gullible enough to think wrestling is real.
By the time we get to the ‘90s you couldn’t sell the classic babyface vs classic heel to a National audience.
It's a shame these two doesn't talk more. They're both hillarious in their own ways.
they really need a podcast together
Just a note that Pat Patterson also claimed that Jerry did nothing and was not due to takeover the company.
I love Pat as a talent, but no one would hardly remember him without Vince McMahon, same as Brucie. I doubt anybody outside Vince's inner circle would claim that. They're Vince's cult of personality.
@@jonathanlindsey790 to be fair I don't think Bruce has any achievements on his resume on the same tier as inventing the concept of the Royal Rumble
Cornette: "You can't just dismiss Jarrett *lists off Jarrett's achievements and successes*." Prichard: "I can if I ignore the facts."
I wish I was 10% as articulate as Cornette.
I'm a Bruce prichard guy. His podcast is on my automatic listen list
If you like a podcast full of lies then yeah it's great lmaooo
That idiot Bruce pritchard said it was Jim cornett's idea to put Stephanie on television which everyone knows is a... LIE!
@@jumboincredible You have no idea what are lies and what aren't.
@@8thaccount535Bruce is a known liar and ass kisser Jerry >bruce
Jerry Jarrett was a super successful promoter. What did Bruce ever do?
Funny how now Bruce is working with Jeff after blasting Jerry
well, Jeff doesn't talk to Jerry and hasn't since jerry spld tna out from under him
If you had listened to the interview, you'd hear Bruce say that he likes Jeff. So, yah...maybe listening a tad will prevent ignorant comments like yours.
Jason Ramirez oh my you sure told me
I know right. I did care how good someone works w/ you (aka Jeff Jarrett), Bruce throwing shade at you dad must make if feel some type of way and if Bruce loves the WWE so bad, why is he not w/ the WWE today? Instead Bruce is pretty much working for Jerry Jarrett's son Jeff.
I'm under the impression that Jeff and his dad were still upset with each other over Russo / TNA name...
Jim wants to civil with Bruce so badly in this but he’s having a really hard time lol
Nice to see someone disagree with Jim and not get all scared of him.
Well when you're as stupid as Bruce............
1. It's Funny that Bruce was Bitter & Jealous of the Fact that Memphis Out-Lasted Houston (Paul Boesch) & the Mid South (Bill Watts) ... the Same Two Territories & Men He'd Later Betrayed to Be Vince's Bitch Boy
2. Jerry Would've Either Fired Bruce Prichard &/or Pat Patterson ... or ... Cut Their Balls Off as Power Brokers in the Company
And here we are in 2020 and the business is proving it passed Bruce by every Friday night
Bruce is still actively working in it when most of his peers are long gone. You may not like the business these days (and for the record I'm not a fan), but it is what it is, and Bruce knows the score.
@@Tim85-y2q And his booking is tanking the ratings.
@@maxxdahl6062 Perhaps so, but does that really matter if he's working and making money while the people claiming they could do better (and who might be able to), can't even get their foot in the door.
@@Tim85-y2q yes I'm going to comment on an Old Post in case anyone wants to complain about that, okay we get it you are a brother love fanboy, the only reason the guy still in the business is because he's always licking boots
@Tim85 still working in the business doesn't mean you're great at it. Vince is still around and it's obvious he needs to retire because the business has passed him by
Bruce is hurt because his ass was out the door had jerry taken over had vince gone to jail.
Exactly, Jerry didn't mind getting his on coffee
I'm not a fan of Cornette's politics or cursing rants about some Wrestling but I'm proud of him for being only one to hold Pritchard feet to the fire about Jarrett...anyone would need to be a fool to believe that Memphis had nothing to do with Jerry Jarrett abilities...Bruce seems to have lot of issues with Jarrett that are personal and I wish someone would ask him to be specific...I listen to Jarrett's podcast and for most part it's informative and his story about being in car with vince Pat and Jarrett is priceless moment...funny as hell...you can check it out here on TH-cam...
I'm a fan of his politics and his cursing and he was amazing here.
Bruce is salty all these years later because Jerry told him he would fire him. If Jerry had kissed his ass like a lot of people did, Bruce would be singing his praises. Also it's absolutely fucking hilarious how hypocritical Bruce can be by calling ANYONE a liar
Paul Bosche must be rolling in his grave with way Bruce talks about the old days of wrestling.
He's a Vince Level Self Hating Southerner & a Quintessential Toady for All Things Vince/WWE
"and [1970s Memphis/Tennessee] would have been an improvement over what we were giving them"...
This viewpoint has to be taken into account when analysing Cornette's defence of Jarrett.
@Strigorvious Dregorous I'm not defending the entertainment value coming from WWF's product in the early 90s and perhaps that Memphis stuff would have been a better watch from both your and my perspective.
But Vince was catering to a specific audience and it was not an audience that wanted 70s Memphis. He wasn't catering to us.
So the fact that Corny thinks that they would have better off sticking to a regional flavour from 20 years back and presenting it to *that* audience makes me question his views.
@MemphoWrasslin1 I'm completely with you on the general sentiment.
I like my wrestling to be on the sports, big match atmosphere side. Basically I like fixed-finish fighting with charisma and microphones segments.
For this particular piece, it's a lot funnier to just forget all of that and all of what you said (which I actually agree with fully) and just take the piss out of Corny, Jarrett and Memphis.
He also ran a SUCCESSFUL construction business...Bruce is butt hurt. This subject shines bad on him
Bruce may be a bit jealous of the old man. Probably because Vince loved, and trusted him. Bruce is funny, but he was a bit of a toadie and Jerry made sure he knew it
Bruce actually believes Vince would've trusted him to take over.
Cornette is basically the ultimate dad
"Look at his accomplishments!"
"When"
"1974"
Man does thing 50 years ago, rides on it for the rest of his life.
He had success for many years
I'd be happy with my life's work if my resume looked like Jerry Jarrett's.
Travis Heckle ... He was great in Taxi Driver 😅😅😅
Bruce Prichard was with the wwe during some of their best moments in all of the businesses life. To discount Bruce’s acumen and credentials would be like discounting Pats or Vince’s. Wether you like it or not, wether you think he’s a carny or not. Love jim all you want(I certainly love him) he never saw an ounce of success even remotely close to Bruce or others. Dreamt of it. Same goes for jerry huhhhh. Sorry!
Bruce is Jealous of Jerry Jarrett for Being Better than Him ... His Territory Lasted Longer than Houston & Mid South Combined ... He Was Able to Call Bruce on His Bullshit ... & ... Jerry is Way More Respected than Bruce Will Ever Be ... Plus, Bruce was Afraid that, If & When Jerry were to Take the Reins, Bruce - & Quite Possibly Many Others- Were Done For
Has a thing ever come out of Bruce's mouth that wasn't the wwe spin?
I wish Bruce would have done the " huh what oh you know " at the beginning.
cj8801 well.....you know!!!
bruce pritchard is such a wwe stooge. his opinions always seem suspiciously similar to the wwe narrative.
Perhaps because the WWE narrative isn't always as far off the truth as some fans think.
He's desperate to be brought back and/or inducted into the WWE hall of fame.
Well, you know
I wonder if Jerry has to pay taxes for living rent free in Bruce’s head
Bruce is full of it...and he knows it.
I usually like Bruce Pritchard, because I grew up in Houston TX, and I remember his brother Tom Pritchard wrestling here when I was a kid...I, however, feel compelled to respond to Mr. Pritchard that when Andy Kaufman was going around to the various territories trying to make a spot for himself, according to the historical record he went to New York, NO-GO...He went to Atlanta, NO-GO, he went to Memphis, and Jerry Jarret and Eddie Marlin were skeptical, because they were from the OLD-SCHOOL psychology of PROTECT the BUSINESS, but after further consideration they let it go with Andy Kaufman and Jerry Lawler...This would prove to be a turning point in history and made the events of a local wrestling promotion, a national event, and further making Jerry Lawler a national figure where before he was little known outside his home territory of Memphis...We how grew up here in Houston TX, with little exposure to Memphis wrestling certainly never heard of Jerry Lawler before the Andy Kaufman PILE-DRIVER incident, so I will have to :RESPECTIVELY" call out Mr. Pritchard, as a fan, not as a working insider, who learned about Memphis Wrestling from the Andy Kaufman incident...I will recommend he talk to Jim Cornnett more about the talent swap that brought Jim Corrnett and many others to Mid-South. This talent swap freshened up Mid South, so Jerry Jarrett must have had some idea on how to spot talent that would take what people learned in his promotion, to other territories and evolve into main event talent...Jim Corrnett and the Midnight Express, The Rock and Roll Express, Stan Lane and Steven Kern the FAB'S, the knock-off joke, that would evolve into, THE FANTASTICS, as well as older talent that kept going Tommy WILDFIRE Rich, Austin Idol, Hulk Hogan worked through Memphis with Lawler for a time before WWF...The list goes on...
I actually forgot to mention the merger with W.C.C.W. where he put them back on the map, after Fritz Von Erich dropped his own kids like a bad habit...
I'm not impressed with Brother Luvvvv...
LMAO at "his little area"!
Working!!
Bruce Prichard: ....he is a--just a habitual liar.
Well, if that isn'The pot calling the kettle 'black' IDK what's.🤔
While he was probably joking (wink wink), the idea that Vince would run the WWE from prison is just plain illegal.
“Jerry Jarrett was...”. ....take a breath..“Jerry Jarrett was...”. .....take a breath.....
Ok what did bruce Do when he went to tna? Nothing! But he has the balls to shit on Jarrett. Incredible
I don’t have a dog in the fight but I assume running a global company out of the Northeast is a different beast entirely. Bruce makes Jarrett sound like J. Pederman from Seinfeld.
WOW, Arcadian Vanguard I am addicted!Knowlegde and could listen all night like I am at the clubhouse!
Bruce Prichard Calling Someone "a Habitual Liar" .... the Irony
I Mean, He IS the "Artful Dodger", After All
What’s he lied about? Everything Dave meltzer says is a lie. Bruce was there for and saw it all, but no Bruce is the liar even tho he has no reason to lie about the given subject matter.
I just about rolled on the floor laughing thinking about Vince running the WWF from his prison cell!!!
Most mob bosses and capos still run their business from jail why wouldn’t Vince who ran his business like the mob
@@KHLB516Picturing mob bosses running their business from their prison cell is funny enough!🤣🤣
Bruce is full of baloney. It's clear he's lying about Jerry not the guy who would have taken over if Vince had gone to jail. His department heads comment was ridiculous.
Loved to hear Jim putting Bruce in his place.
@Ze TheGame No, they don't, at all.
I love bruce,but he's been hurt personally by Jerry jarrett and that's clouding up his judgment on giving jerry jarrett his due respect. I just don't see how he can say that jarrett never had a single good idea after all he did in Memphis and Atlanta. It's just ludicrous.
Bruce has a point. Can anyone honestly believe that Vince would allow anyone to take over his business? Would this also be the first time someone was confused over what Vince had in mind for them when they came in? Jarrett in 94, Watts in 95, even Russo in 02. Not to mention endless wrestlers who didn’t work out. Vince vaguely says one thing and they hear another. Everyone thinks they’re going to have total control and run the show before Vince cuts their nuts off and they go home. Cornette even says it here: Jarrett was an old school territory guy who couldn’t work on the big time stage of WWE.
He came when Vince thought he was going to prison. He left as soon as Vince realized he wasn't going to jail. Coincidence?
@@steveschmidt4063 how do you explain the exact same thing happening with bill watts a year later?
Brian seems more pissed than Jim over Bruce's BS
Pritchard is a never was been hanger on, yes man, troll.
Right after I read the name "Mahjong Titans" the word "titan" was said in the video as I had it playing.
Bruce hated jerry cause he told him that if he took over Bruce wouldn’t have a Job
The original mid-80s pathetic attempt to appeal to Southern fans was 90% MSG prodigy McMahon and 10% French-Canadian Pat Patterson.
Hillbilly Jim was child-friendly, but never really over with older fans. Blackjack Mulligan's endless promos, featuring his fertilizing wagon killed him before he got into the ring. And, of course, thinking a pudgy, little Elvis-impersonator would make an excellent fan favorite for those stubborn Memphis fans was the topper.
MSG prodigy or progeny?
In regard to Hillbilly Jim, I think Black Bart had more pop than Hillbilly Jim.
Crazy thing is Vince IS a southerner who pretends to be a northeasterner.
@@rumtuckskatter He's a GD street fighter pal.
He's lying even Vince McMahon said he was going to bring Jared in if he went to jail
😂😂 they were talking over each other for a min lol at 3:50
Cornette is schooling him
Yeah bruce was in tna what did he do in tna? Nothing! Just collect a check. Hes got some nerve in bashing jerry
Brian punching the air like “ LET ME TALK!” Lol
He needs to shut the fuck up. Let the people who were actually in the wrestling business discuss the business. If he doesn't like it, he can fuck off back to the mothership.
Where's the Graphic?
11:41
This is one of the best clips ever lol explains so much xx
I think what Bruce was trying to say by the time Jarrett got to wwf. The business had past him bye
The problem is that pretty much everyone in wrestling says that Corvette's idea of good wrestling is that of 70s wrestling.
So if Cornette thinks that Jarrett was a 'genius' booker then I'm interpretating that to mean that he was good *once* but obviously out of touch down the line.
I admit I'm fairly ignorant to the territory days other then the history corny has given me but I'm a WWE/F guy. I love something to wrestle with and Bruce always says he's doesn't toe the WWE line but here about doing it nationally. And his small little area sounds a lot like toeing the WWE line
Those were the good old days of wrestling. The territory days were the best.
The only thing Bruce is good at is impressions. Pat Paterson may think Bruce was good at another thing.
Bruce sounds like a lying and pretentious politician that you just want to punch, while corny sounds like a drunk friend you’re having a beer with and sharing fart jokes and war stories.
Which episode is this from?
See, even good colleagues and best friends can have a difference of opinion.
Well, you know, you take the chicken and chop the chicken, and the walnuts, you know, chicken salad.
Sorry Bruce , but the southern wrestling was way better than New Yawks.
Then were your Southern wrestling now
@@johnfry1926 Dumb.
Pritchard said himself that had Vince gone to prison, he wouldve named Jerry Jarrett as sitting boss. Only after Jarrett said Pritchard was a puppet did Pritchard say he disliked him.
Cornette laughing at 7:51 😂
Vince’s ego would never allow him to consider anyone being able to replace him.
Corny shut him down with 45 year old statistics off the top of his head I don't know how cornys brain works but it needs to be preserved in a glass case after he passes.
Bruce is a yes man through and through. Maybe there’s a reason he’s like that but I know it’s useless to ask him questions about most things because it’s like talking to a wall.
Jerry Jarret nailed it when he referred to Bruce as fetching Pat Patterson’s coffee and telling Vince yeah boss that sounds good boss as his highest moments lol
I wonder who made more money in the wrestling business...Jerry Jarrett or Bruce Pritchard....just saying.
Jerry Jarrett gave Jim Cornette his start, and Jerry said he'd fire Bruce. So you can understand why they are on opposite sides of this debate lol.
Bruce says Jarrett was never going to run the company while Vince in jail and literally everybody else says other wise. Bruce is a total clown
Well he works for a circus what would you expect.
Also it's pretty clear Bruce is butt hurt because he expected that Vince would put him in charge while Vince was incarcerated and then Vince was like no way and brought in Jerry to run things instead.
Vince tells people what they want to hear, to keep the show going. Prichard is just sour.
A lot of Wrestling shoot/business info is a great insight into psychology. The Bruce Pritchard take(s) on Jerry Jarrett is one of many prime examples. It is beyond obvious that BP felt threatened by JJ in probably a myraid of ways during this short stretch. One of the less obvious, but strong perceived threatening aspects was to BPs relationship/sidekick "status" in regards to Pat Patterson.
I think that the reason Bruce doesn't like Jerry is because he realized a while back that physically they resemble each other quite a lot , i mean look at photos of them side by side