Bruce Prichard didn’t simply return to WWE in 2019 — he received pulled again in by Vince McMahon in a method even he didn’t anticipate.
On a current episode of One thing To Wrestle, Prichard broke down the shocking circumstances round his WWE comeback after greater than a decade away. It began with a gathering on the Elimination Chamber in Houston, a metropolis Prichard was already dwelling in on the time. Only one month after telling Vince McMahon he’d by no means work for him once more, Prichard was requested to fulfill backstage — and what adopted was classic Vince.
“He checked out me, and he says, ‘Let me ask you a query, Does your spouse Miss Connecticut?’” Prichard recalled. “Stated, ‘Nope. How about you? You miss Connecticut?’ I stated, ‘Nope.’ So do that totally different method. I stated, ‘Would you ever contemplate coming again?’ ‘I’ll contemplate something, however I’m fairly glad doing what I’m doing proper now.’ And he goes, ‘I don’t need you to vary a factor you’re doing proper now. I don’t need you to vary a factor. Have all of it.’”
That final half caught Prichard off guard. On the time, he was efficiently working his podcast empire and didn’t need to lose that freedom — however Vince had no intention of fixing his routine. He simply needed him again in inventive.
Even so, Prichard wasn’t going to chunk until it was locked in. And when he requested for a written supply, McMahon’s response was traditional.
“I requested to see the whole lot in writing, and it was virtually as if I had insulted him, that I requested for the whole lot in writing,” he defined. “I had the whole lot in writing in quarter-hour. So each stumbling block that I’m on the lookout for, are you able to give me a motive to say no, you took away from me, and in writing, it was even higher than it was on the cellphone.”
Finally, Prichard gave in to the deal — as a result of, frankly, it was too good to go up.
“Fact be advised, you possibly can refuse something you need to refuse, nevertheless it was a proposal I couldn’t refuse, and I accepted the supply.”
Prichard at the moment holds the title of Government Director – CWT (Inventive Writing and Expertise) in WWE. Although he reportedly took momentary depart in late 2024 for household causes, he resurfaced in November 2025 on his podcast and has been actively talking on WWE’s inventive course ever since.
What do you suppose — did Bruce Prichard make the fitting name coming again to WWE beneath Vince McMahon’s phrases? Ought to extra wrestling veterans be allowed to maintain exterior tasks whereas working behind the scenes? Tell us your take within the feedback under.
December 24, 2025 2:37 pm