BRUCE PRICHARD: JBL’s mistake cost him his job!

In an effort to stir up MEGA heat, JBL takes a misstep that cost him one job, but lit another one on fire.
#bruceprichard #wwe #jbl

[@dustinmasterson411]

JBL vs Cena was perfection.

[@easter_sunday]

Kayfabe is Kayfabe until it's not Kayfabe. Unless it's Kayfabe. And in that instance, it's Kayfabe.

[@TheMagicianBee]

Absolutely awful take from Conrad. ‘It was ‘in character’ so doesn’t count? Yeah, go and randomly attack and abduct people ‘in character’ and see where you end up.

[@ducklife420]

they didn't fire jbl for bullying

[@maximenadeau7926]

Conrad says he totally gets it, then says JBL's firing was silly. No, he doesn't get it.

[@patjablonski9739]

ok commie

[@BernardMarx95]

He’s a dumbass.

[@imfreviews]

Meltzer strikes again

[@deadpilled2942]

It was silly. JBL isn't a Nazi, and German fans heard it all before.

[@rondoughhowell6442]

​@@deadpilled2942 it was silly and stupid

[@rondoughhowell6442]

well most people in Germany don't want to be reminded of the bad times in that country

[@mclovinu69]

1:38 Wait! What?! he was 36 years old?! Dude looked legit 46! AND HE LOOKED OLDER 10 YEARS PRIOR TO THAT!

[@GutturalReef]

I think Brucey is still bitter Paul Boesch like Dave more than him.

[@ithinkaboutthings9052]

It still strikes me as odd that humanoids who would claim to know that “rasslin’s fake” and so on get upset about a guy playing the role of a bad guy would say and do bad things. Yeah, it was a poor decision and since Germany has laws that strongly limit their national history, I could see the gummint expressing a problem with it, maybe a fine and apology.

[@keithb1495]

Can't believe conrad is defending jbl

[@mikegeiler2347]

God I love when Bruce gets butthurt over Meltzer. He actually tried to blame JBLs firing from CNBC on Meltzer? Like they would’ve never found out otherwise? I’m sure plenty of CNBC executives at the time were subscribers to the observer 🙄

[@TheMt45]

Ya, I'm confused about what he thinks Meltzer did wrong here.

[@allanrasmussen4952]

Triple H used to do the same thing every time he was wrestling in Germany. Never understood why any of the was allowed to do it.

[@lawrencedorfman5543]

This is so insane SORRY!

[@Slechy_Lesh]

Very interesting, changing the thumbnail from a picture of what he actually did to a complimentary photo of him

[@MrSheckstr]

Probably because he didnt want to get censors by YouRube

[@deadpilled2942]

​@@MrSheckstrOP is drunk on Sprite and Cheetos

[@mattm9857]

"No charges filed" tell me again Europeans have the same rights as Americans. Holy shit.

[@ArkonBlade]

How many asses has JBL's finger seen?

[@KingSkeletor]

ah Bruce finally admonishing something in poor taste

[@jrwizz]

Randomly enforced 😂😂😂 germany has always been a joke

[@uc95nu51]

Whoa!!! JBL was 36 in them photos? Is that how people see me cuz im 37??? I think i still look like a youthful 19 year old. Sure, i might have a prescription for bluechew but that dont mean nothing.

[@GameTime-yj6qv]

Lol I think most of us see ourselves as younger than we are. But some people do look older than others.

[@speed6725]

Why would you goose step in Germany? Idc kayfabe or not. That’s the wrong country to do that

[@ryanvannice7878]

I'm curious why Bruce spent so much effort blaming Melzer. Could it be deflecting blame? For example, did WWE's top-notch legal team brief the wrestlers that doing any Nazi stuff was against the law in Germany? How about JBL using an outdated gimmick? Using the words of a former WWE employee, Bruce's griping about wrestling journalists gets tiresome.

[@almightyironhead25]

Cheap heat is ALWAYS good....

[@KHLB516]

Really absolutely nothing funny about it and no reason to do it. Dudes a moron, Bully, loudmouth, any other boss besides a weirdo like Vince McMahon and he woulda been out of a job long before this…

[@CT9905.]

It’s Silly when you do not respect another Country’s LAW’S!!’

[@mithall4198]

IKR Just like that WNBA dude.

[@JustifiedNonetheless]

It wasn't illegal. German Criminal Code (Section 86a, paragraph 3: "Subsection (1) _shall not be applicable if the means of propaganda or the act serves to_ further civil enlightenment, to avert unconstitutional aims, _to promote art_ or science, research or teaching, reporting about current historical events or similar purposes." This exemption applies to actors. You don't know what the hell you're talking about.

[@DonChalantly]

JBL wrote his own character that night and his own ticket out. No mistake. Bad choice.

[@NONE2NONE]

I don’t remember there being a nazi character in WWF or wcw. Who!?

[@jd9119]

Hans Schmidt would sometimes work in the North East.

[@jd9119]

What JBL did shouldn't be a crime. Free speech is more important that offending some jchewish people or any law on Germany's books.

[@JustifiedNonetheless]

It wasn't. German Criminal Code (Section 86a, paragraph 3: "Subsection (1) _shall not be applicable if the means of propaganda or the act serves to_ further civil enlightenment, to avert unconstitutional aims, _to promote art_ or science, research or teaching, reporting about current historical events or similar purposes." This exemption applies to actors.

[@vetdad1807]

It's absolutely ridiculous that he got fired over this. Everyone is so quick to point out how "fake" wrestling is but continue to treat it as real. Should Ralph Fiennes find himself out of work permanently because he portrayed Amon Goth in Schindler's List? Christoph Waltz did was frighteningly good as fictional nazi Hans Landa. Should he lose work too? Pro wrestling is the only form of entertainment that gets treated like it's real by people who call it fake. It's no different than a tv show or movie.

[@alfiehickson8440]

Bad comparison. Jbl's real name is John Layfield..its not like an actor in a film being a nazi. His character is not a German or a Nazi or Nazi sympathiser. He's also performing infront of a live crowd! In Germany, infront of Jewish people and others affected. Imagine a big theatre production like hamlet performing in London and America and Europe then when they get to Germany one of the supporting actors starts going off script doing the Nazi salute to get a bigger reaction. It's more like that and John rightly paid for it. The guys a bully and a moron anyway so he deserved it.

[@Bang-bangBart]

You are very very wrong and out of your element

[@AmericanGypsy206]

In Germany, it’s illegal to do Nazi salutes and to talk about Hitler

[@vetdad1807]

@@AmericanGypsy206 So was Schindler's List & Inglorious Bastards outlawed in Germany?

[@vetdad1807]

@@Bang-bangBart Wrestling isn't real, just like Movies & TV Shows aren't real. We can agree on that right? JBL is a performer playing a character, no different than the two men listed.

[@jamesbuchanan3112]

so jbl, a well known bully in the wwe,gave the nazi salute in effort to get heat.he got so much heat he lost his job? an here is bruce sounding like he is making excuses for him..an getting his panties in a wad over the situation.bruce himself says it should of never happened..i agree it should never have.just a silly observation here from me is all.

[@almightyironhead25]

JBL shouldve broke out into "SPRINGTOME FOR HITLER".... I'm sure they would've liked that alot better....

[@iceman-hw7kb]

good we don't need jbl

[@shawnmichaelslazyeye5417]

Doesn’t matter if it s a character it’s a law brah go back to the Buffett

[@JustifiedNonetheless]

Nope. German Criminal Code (Section 86a, paragraph 3: "Subsection (1) _shall not be applicable if the means of propaganda or the act serves to_ further civil enlightenment, to avert unconstitutional aims, _to promote art_ or science, research or teaching, reporting about current historical events or similar purposes." This exemption applies to actors. You don't know what the hell you're talking about.

[@almightyironhead25]

You know... if everybody keeps bringing up old shit, the fatherland und the world will NEVER FORGET....