Nobody has had a career like Jerry "The King" Lawler. Bruce discusses his legacy prior to joining the WWE, how the deal with WWE came together, the original plan, the feud with Bret, the missteps with Piper, what really "made" him to Vince, the time he sued WWE, the legal trouble and what really happened, the feuds with Warrior and Jake, why he was in the XFL, the situation when he quit, what he said about Bruce while he was gone, how he was received when he returned, what his legacy will be, an...
Mar 01, 2019•4 hr 46 min•Ep 145•Transcript available on Metacast Bruce and Conrad take a closer look at the return of the Deadman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 22, 2019•2 hr 29 min•Ep 144•Transcript available on Metacast Bruce shares one of his fondest memories, when Eddie became the World Champion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 15, 2019•2 hr 11 min•Ep 143•Transcript available on Metacast Bruce and Conrad discuss the business, build up and brutality of the 1999 St. Valentine's Day Massacre PPV. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 08, 2019•2 hr 4 min•Ep 142•Transcript available on Metacast Join Bruce and Conrad as they remember one of the best that ever did it, Gorilla Monsoon. Have a question for our St. Valentine's Day Massacre episode next week? Head over to Facebook right now, www.facebook.com/somethingtowrestle Hurry to BrucePrichard.com to see us in Atlanta (tomorrow!), Connecticut, Indiana, Ohio, and Australia on sale now: www.BrucePrichard.com Save Yourself Some Money: www.SaveWithBruce.com Get a Brand New House with NO MONEY DOWN at BrandNewHouse.com Learn more about your...
Feb 01, 2019•2 hr 46 min•Ep 141•Transcript available on Metacast When did Bruce first meet Sid? When was Sid on the WWF's radar? What did Vince promise Sid to get him to walk away from guaranteed money from WCW? Did Sid regret his decision to leave? How and where did Sid get the name Vicious and why the change to Justice? Did Sid turn down the "Hogan spot" in the WWF? What did Bruce think of the finish to the 92 Rumble? What did Sid think about WrestleMania? Why did Sid leave the company after the European tour? Did Sid ever fail a drug test? What was Sid's s...
Jan 25, 2019•3 hr 54 min•Ep 140•Transcript available on Metacast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 18, 2019•2 hr 20 min•Ep 139•Transcript available on Metacast Royal Rumble 1999 "No Chance In Hell" is a deep dive into the who, whats and whens Austin and McMahon both battled in the 30 man quest for a title match. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 11, 2019•2 hr 27 min•Ep 137•Transcript available on Metacast Bruce shares personal stories of his time with Gene Okerlund. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 04, 2019•2 hr 35 min•Ep 136•Transcript available on Metacast Mrs. Foley's baby boy rips the WWE title from the clutches of Vince McMahon and his corporate champion The Rock. Bruce and Conrad breakdown the decisions made surrounding the historic win. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 28, 2018•2 hr 44 min•Ep 135•Transcript available on Metacast Fire up the WWE Network and join Bruce and Conrad as they re-visit the WWF in a state of transition. The signature open still has the New Generation logo but boy are things different once the show starts. The WWF is coming under fire for "going too far" and there are even reported "riots" at live events. The top star can't wrestle so he fills his time investigating fake Santas... and defending future WWE Tag Team Champions. Plus the guys cover the Undertaker's health problems, the fall out from ...
Dec 21, 2018•2 hr 46 min•Ep 134•Transcript available on Metacast We're one month removed from perhaps the best Russo story line, Survivor Series 1998, and the Rock is no longer the "#2 babyface" he is clearly the top heel and thus this entire PPV is named after him. Join Bruce and Conrad as they examine all of the happenings in the WWF in December 1998! Holidays got you feeling stressed financially? SaveWithBruce.com can help you pay off your credit cards, get a lower monthly payment and even skip your next two house payments! Have a question for our "Austin ...
Dec 14, 2018•3 hr 38 min•Ep 133•Transcript available on Metacast A discussion in detail about a 1997 event entitled D-Generation X: In Your House. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 07, 2018•2 hr 52 min•Ep 132•Transcript available on Metacast Christian a sure-fire Hall of Famer with a story unlike any other Superstar in WWE history. Today Bruce takes us back to the beginning of his wrestling career all the way through today. From paying for his training to the legacy he has left and everything in between. Of course Christian's story is one of highs and lows. Bruce and Conrad examine his on-screen debut, the pairing with the Brood, whether or not that faction ended too quickly, what helped make his pairing with Edge, what writer had t...
Nov 30, 2018•3 hr 13 min•Ep 131•Transcript available on Metacast To say the fall of October 1993 was a tough time for the WWF is an understatement. Vince McMahon and Titan Sports are going to be facing serious charges from the the Federal Government where they would face millions in fines and perhaps lose Titan Towers (and everything in it!). Hulk Hogan is gone so they get Randy Savage back in the ring but before they do, Savage goes on JR's radio show and calls out Hulk Hogan for lying on the Arsenio Hall Show. Vince has decided to shift gears to a different...
Nov 23, 2018•2 hr 16 min•Ep 130•Transcript available on Metacast This is your second annual Something to Wrestle "Thanksgiving Tradition" Survivor Series episode! Fire up the WWE Network to Survivor Series 1988, mute your television, and let Bruce and Conrad talk you through the 1988 Survivor Series where "teams of five strive to survive!" JYD, the Baron, and Don Muraco are out and Scott Casey and Jim Brunzell are in? Bruce discusses the Bulldogs departure, the way Arn and Tully reacted to their first WWF Pay Per View, whether or not Savage had an issue with ...
Nov 23, 2018•3 hr 46 min•Ep 129•Transcript available on Metacast We are one year removed from the Montreal Screwjob and the tide has turned in the Monday Night War--the WWF is near clearly in the lead with "Stone Cold" Steve Austin feuding with "Mr. McMahon." But the story of Survivor Series 1998 is about to further the lead that the WWF has when they crown their "next big thing" champion. The Rock became "the guy" at Survivor Series '98 but HOW they got there was the most masterful part of the story. Vince Russo has said this was the best thing he ever wrote...
Nov 16, 2018•2 hr 28 min•Ep 128•Transcript available on Metacast Nobody has a story like William Regal! Bruce and Conrad cover his start in the business at just 16 years old, touring Europe, a surprise tryout with the WWF nobody talks about, who gave him a tip on how to get hired in WCW, who brought him in, why he left, who he called in the WWF to come in, what happened in the very first meeting, the illness that nearly cost him his life, his addiction, the rocky start with the company, the silly "Man" gimmick, rehab, the release, the match that got everyone ...
Nov 09, 2018•3 hr 4 min•Ep 127•Transcript available on Metacast Take a look into Tough Enough as Bruce discusses the judges, the contestants, and how the decision to bring it to SmackDown upset the veterans. Of course Bruce has an opinion on how the "incident" with Angle took place as well. Why did Puder win? Once he did, how did the veterans treat him? What really happened at the Royal Rumble? Why didn't they ever do anything with him and Angle? What is their relationship like now? We discuss OVW, the letter he got by "accident" and then of course we break ...
Nov 02, 2018•3 hr 7 min•Ep 126•Transcript available on Metacast Bruce tells Conrad all about the time Hunter Married Stephanie... on TV and in real life! What REALLY happened, HOW, WHO knew, and WHEN? Hurry to BrucePrichard.com to see us in Winston Salem, LA, Scotland, Ireland, England, and Phoenix on sale now: www.BrucePrichard.com Tees are at BrucePrichard.com and everything else is at BoxOfGimmicks.com Save Yourself Some Money: www.SaveWithBruce.com Get a Brand New House with NO MONEY DOWN at BrandNewHouse.com Take your manhood to the max by trying Ageles...
Oct 26, 2018•2 hr 3 min•Ep 125•Transcript available on Metacast A vacant title divides the Brothers of Destruction with Stone Cold smack dab in the middle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 19, 2018•2 hr 45 min•Ep 124•Transcript available on Metacast We knew him by many names before we were introduced to "Rikishi" and Bruce touches on everything from the Samoan Swat Team to the Sultan as we examine the career of Solofa Fatu Jr! You'll hear about everything from the inspiration behind the look, who was enamored with his finisher, how Too Cool came to by, and ultimately why it ended. Bruce also reminds everyone about the "bump" nobody talks about and perhaps the only "sawdust moment" in the history of wrestling. And of course you'll find out w...
Oct 12, 2018•2 hr 56 min•Ep 123•Transcript available on Metacast This week we spit in the face of people who don't want to be cool! Carlos Colon is a legend in the wrestling business so it's a no brainer to get his son in the WWE and push him to the moon right? But why didn't it last? What went wrong? What was the word on him coming out of developmental? Who saw something in him on the main roster? We discuss his debut, the US title run, the draft, the IC title run, the WrestleMania moment with Piper and Austin, working against Hogan and Michaels, the infamou...
Oct 05, 2018•2 hr 7 min•Ep 122•Transcript available on Metacast The WWF's business is booming after SummerSlam 1998 but Nitro is winning the ratings war. We'll examine how we got to Breakdown, what it really set up, what changed about Vince's approach to PPVs in this era, we touch on Jim Carrey and Jerry Lawler, Kurt Angle signing, the camps that WWE was running at the time, Hawk's physical ailment nobody was talking about, wrestlers in High Times, Foley not taking more time off after the Hell in a Cell, Shawn Michaels returning, Tiger Ali Singh, what WWE wa...
Sep 28, 2018•2 hr 10 min•Ep 121•Transcript available on Metacast This is a sleeper episode! Bruce and Conrad discuss Ric Flair leaving the WWE, Freddie Prinze, Jr. coming in as a writer, the Mike Adamle experiment, the "independent contractor" lawsuit and debate, Ventura wanting Vince to back him for the Presidency, CM Punk losing the World Title on this PPV without ever even being in the ring, why that happened, why the business was down, Vince sending out feelers for a "WWE Network" (in 2008!), whatever happened to Manu, a young Cody Rhodes, who is to blame...
Sep 21, 2018•2 hr 18 min•Ep 120•Transcript available on Metacast Bruce discusses the details of the 9/11 tragedy from a WWE perspective, who was where, what happened, etc. and then in great detail discusses how SmackDown was rescheduled from Tuesday to Thursday with everything that went into producing a very unique show. Watch the "Roast of Bruce Prichard," the "Monday Night War Debate," or dozens of other shows on demand starting at just $4.99 at FITE.tv/starrcast Want more content? Want the shows early and ad free? Support us on Patreon! patreon.com/Somethi...
Sep 14, 2018•2 hr 50 min•Ep 119•Transcript available on Metacast Bruce answers dozens and dozens of your questions today! Don't miss it! Watch the "Roast of Bruce Prichard," the "Monday Night War Debate," or dozens of other shows on demand starting at just $4.99 at FITE.tv/starrcast Want more content? Want the shows early and ad free? Support us on Patreon! patreon.com/SomethingToWrestle Hurry to BrucePrichard.com to see us in San Antonio, Winston Salem, LA, Scotland, Ireland, England, and Phoenix on sale now: www.BrucePrichard.com Tees are at BrucePrichard.c...
Sep 07, 2018•2 hr 51 min•Ep 118•Transcript available on Metacast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 31, 2018•3 hr 36 min•Ep 117•Transcript available on Metacast RAW is crushing Nitro in the ratings and WCW has Thunder, so why not create a second show right? What did the boys think of an extra day of work? What did the writers think? Who was for it and who was against it? What other names were considered? Why did they settle on this one? Why was there a pilot? Why was going live not considered? How in the world did it wind up on UPN? What McMahon quote caused Conrad and Bruce to argue this week? Join Bruce for a peak behind the curtain into a look at the...
Aug 24, 2018•2 hr 13 min•Ep 116•Transcript available on Metacast The WWF's business has never been hotter than it was in 1998. Less than a year after telling Bret that he couldn't afford his contract, Vince bought a casino! Hear the details of that deal plus everything that went into creating SummerSlam on today's look back at the Summer of 1998! Bruce and Conrad will discuss the thinking behind the "baby face main event" and whether or not it was a mistake in hindsight, why Edge was the mystery partner, the pressure behind having a ladder match at MSG at the...
Aug 17, 2018•2 hr 17 min•Ep 115•Transcript available on Metacast 
