BRUCE PRICHARD: "VINCE McMAHON's REGRETTED BUYING WCW!"

Bruce Prichard explains why he thinks Vince McMahon wanted to backpedal his purchase of WCW
#bruceprichard #vincemcmahon #wcw

[@Rolo555]

Vince spent more money on women than WCW.

[@zlinedavid]

Vince spent more money on A WOMAN than WCW, let alone all of them.

[@ModernDayRenaissanceMan]

​@@zlinedavidHe spent more money on A BJ from Ivory. I am 99.9% sure she is one of the women according to the timeline & the fact that she went to the HOF when 1 of the payments went through.

[@zlinedavid]

@@ModernDayRenaissanceMan Wasn’t Rock tapping Ivory back in the day?

[@possiblyinsane6995]

@@zlinedavid she had a a fat rump

[@drumitar]

all he got was a logo and some old wrestling rings

[@moopert86]

It never ceases to amaze me how Vince Mcmahon manages to make his words come out so perfectly out of Bruce's mouth.

[@sogood4u489]

Bruce looks like a Wendy's manager.

[@dangxdc8348]

Careful now, Conrad will catchphrase THAT and Bruce will make shirts for PWTees

[@colew.5956]

😂😂😂

[@jayceegenocide4402]

Wendy's RULES!!!!!!

[@hellotube3]

Yes like the taste tester manager

[@dangxdc8348]

@@hellotube3 Bruce's trademark is cracking open a Miller Lite ala Arn Anderson

[@mrchriscornwell]

With Him taking over wcw it , Pretty much destroyed the competition within professional wrestling..

[@blakejarvis5302]

It was gone whether he bought it or not

[@alin81-82]

That was the point.

[@rofbagging9749]

TNA came out a year after WCW died because at the time Jeff Jarrett knew he wouldn’t wrestle again otherwise

[@stephenhoyne9501]

They were gonna go out of business anyway! Turner excecs didn’t want it Timer warmer/ AOL merger didn’t want it and who ever bought it there was no TV deadly so it was doomed regardless of who bought it! We got to see WWE make huge stars out of WCW talent that eventually were signed and most of them eventually fulfilled their potential that they were never gone get to in WCW

[@stephenhoyne9501]

They were gonna go out of business anyway! Turner excecs didn’t want it Timer warmer/ AOL merger didn’t want it and who ever bought it there was no TV deadly so it was doomed regardless of who bought it! We got to see WWE make huge stars out of WCW talent that eventually were signed and most of them eventually fulfilled their potential that they were never gone get to in WCW

[@FFKDTP1]

I don’t believe for a second he regretted this, he gets off on putting people out of work if nothing else

[@hello1568]

The idea that McMahon didn’t jack it to his Monday Night Wars victory is insane

[@wesleywarsmith1113]

Instead of dismantling it. They should have had somebody like Shane or even Paul run it. Keep it separate so the roster isn't too big on either side.

[@jimbowlan5804]

@wesleywarsmith1113 He was till the booker and bagwell match wasnt recieved well by the raw crowd

[@benjaminmee3751]

@@jimbowlan5804he couldn’t sell TV for it either. Because the WCW brand had such a bad reputation, even under the WWF banner, replacing Raw or Smackdown was a no go because neither channel wanted WCW, and they couldn’t sell it to other channels to host it.

[@TheFishingNomad]

That was the original plan. However, WCW ruined its own reputation so badly by that point that no one wanted to watch it, no matter who was running it.

[@amirpourghoureiyan1637]

they couldn't get it with TV so it was dead in the water, they just had to merge the rosters at that point. If Bischoff had managed to convince his backers to go for it anyway then I think they could've survived like TNA did in the early days, bear in mind that their PPV numbers were still far better than what wrestling has today lol.

[@horncrownedproductions9675]

@@benjaminmee3751 Well the main problem was that WWF/E was being blocked by TNN & UPN from airing on other networks and then not wanting to air WCW on their networks either.

[@ShortyRock801]

Bad competition is better than no competition No reason to get any better

[@JamieToomeyPresents]

Before the network, there was WWE 24/7 Classics on Demand, so yes, Vince was thinking about the idea as far back as 2004 when that launched, likely even further.

[@deerocker4113]

Should’ve kept them separate and let Eric run it and have crossover matches

[@philg7196]

The WCW brand would have already returned if it wasn’t owned by WWE. Just off name value someone would have bought it and relaunched it.

[@user-bf8ki9tc8j]

They should have had Shane McMahon legit buy WCW even if Vince was paying for it. WCW could still be running today. Thats a real shame.

[@jamiepreston1490]

It's crazy that Vince McMahon's NDAs was worth more money then the WCW as a company. Those women or men that signed the NDAs must be loaded with money now. Where can I sign one? Janel Grant signed one but I think she'll get the biggest payout of money then all the others combined. Again, where can I sign one? The good thing that came out of this so far is that Vince McMahon has zero control over anybody. For 50+ years he had control over his wrestlers. He belittled and embarrassed and cheated his wrestlers for so many years It's mind boggling. We all know about the female wrestlers and the hell they went through. He is such a spiteful and evil person that he sold the company so his children and grandchildren could not continue on with the company they helped build. Vince's day is coming but not quick enough.

[@QuentinDude]

Vince-is-a-successful-businessman......Who-the-fuck-are-you?

[@LIVEANDUNCUTMUSICMEDIA]

Alligations Vince isn’t going anywhere the investigation has been over Bruce is still at Wwe quit hating were you there? Did u get shit on? I don’t think so that dude played the role of a character yet America loves drama fulfilled bs

[@mrchriscornwell]

Even when Bruce is not working for Vince mcmahon. He still kisses his ass..

[@stillwelltjz6798]

I'm sure he lives a very common life off working for Vince. And now talking about him.

[@jd9119]

He's showing his current and future employers that he will brown-nose even after the end.

[@specialagentorange4329]

Wwe running wcw would have worked if stars werent always switching sides. Ecw relaunch was great but after seeing so many wwe stars take the spot of ecw stars, it wasnt ecw anymore. It was just wwe with the wcw name

[@mariogallego5513]

This is the first time since the Brother Love character, that I've heard Bruce speak. He seems like a good guy.

[@shawnathin7450]

Getting the video library was smart what he should have done was get a 50/50 partner and have it as WWE gets the videos and Vince get someone else to fully run WCW. Now don’t have wrestlers cross over every week but stay for the full term of the contract for the brand they signed.

[@Rjensen2]

You should have followed things at that time. 😂

[@jd9119]

What channel would WCW run on? Time Warner was going to cancel all of WCW's tv shows (except for Worldwide which was syndicated). Without a TV deal, WCW had nothing except a ring and guaranteed contracts that they had to pay out (and Time Warner still had to pay the contracts that weren't on WCW's books). Vince merely bought the Library and got to cherry pick which contracts (that were under the WCW books) that he wanted to keep. If Vince didn't buy WCW when he did, they probably wouldn't have even gotten to do a final Nitro episode.

[@shawnathin7450]

@@Rjensen2 I was I been a wrestling fan since I was a little boy. You might have missed my point. If Vince keep it running he would have to stay away and whoever was in charge like Shane don’t change anything he does. Run it like a separate motion and entity. I’m sure Vince could get a TV deal with other networks or TV station. One more thing no cross promotion if you sign a WWE contract then you can’t wrestle for WCW but when your contract is up you can negotiate to wrestle in WCW only. One more thing is WCW would be like NXT. WCW can be the one that has less PLE and TV shows and more house shows.

[@PhillipSwindall]

Doesn’t know the business? That’s like loving Oscar Meyer hot dogs, but not knowing how they’re made!

[@caranddinertv]

Can Conrad please stop rocking like a madman? His ADHD is triggering mine! 😂

[@bino6588]

Turner as an entertainment multimedia company were complete fools not realizing the wealth in that library alone!

[@DanielMussen-ex8si]

Monday Night Tuesday Night Wednesday Night Thursday Night Friday Night Saturday Night Past Present Future

[@stevenwalker4923]

None of the WCW big name talents wanted to work for WWF knowing they would bury them because they chose WCW and not Vince. All you have to look at is how they treated Sting at Wrestlemania. The only two that were given real shots were Booker T and Goldberg. DDP's run was bad. Vince just had it in for anyone who was part of WCW.

[@Rschr101]

Also they got paid to sit at home.

[@TheBlindEye90]

It had everything to do with their contracts. Research and learn before typing.

[@mikeg2491]

Guys were given a shot though, thing is Vince wasn’t going to treat WCW guys coming in like they were already stars. They basically had to start over from scratch. Guys like Booker T, Shane Helms, Rey Mysterio etc. rose to the occasion because they accepted the circumstances, didn’t cry about it and passed the gauntlet. It’s not fair but if you played the game you could have carved out a second career. Even DDP who had a shatty burial coming in was finally starting to get over again with his motivator gimmick but had to bow out early because of a neck injury.

[@zeromagnum2811]

Wasn't just Booker and Goldberg. They pushed Rey to the moon. Hurricane beat the Rock. Molly Holly and Torrie Wilson. Flair with Evolution. Bischoff as GM. As for Sting, I believe 100% that had he come in 2001 he would have been pushed to the moon. Because he intentionally didnt for so long that was why he got fed to DX at mania. Had he not got hurt against Rollins I think he'd have got 1 push in that run and won the title. And likely got the match with Taker after a point.

[@ryantiller5624]

It was only about half a year later they had Ric Flair and the nWo. If only they could've been patient and held off the invasion angle for just a bit. Imagine if the first "WCW" main event wasn't Booker T vs Buff Bagwell, but something like Flair, DDP & Booker T vs Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash & Scott Hall, a classic WCW vs nWo. And then you could end the match with some WWF guys getting involved and WCW and nWo find themselves fighting them off together and then dramatically realizing they need to put their differences aside and align against WWF. People always say it was impossible to do the Invasion angle properly with the guys they got, but if they just held off for half a year it could've been done.

[@davide.2619]

Me: (sees title) This is interesting, let's hear it Conrad: (opens mouth) Me: Never mind.

[@JoshuaDeraqueIII]

#BringBackWCW

[@checkerchamp8030]

Brother Love needs to come back.

[@tim37471]

Only reason why he regrets it is because TNT merged with a partner and they didn't want WCW. Eric would have bought it before Vince if TNT wanted it to stay on air. The contracts didn't make sense with some wrestlers because Ted paid them out the ass for nothing

[@Appetite4Rose]

Why was Vince worried about going to jail in the steroid trial? I thought he was innocent 🤔

[@danieldonnelly3589]

Innocence and guilt means nothing in the American justice system. You gotta know how to play the legal game.

[@wiscounter]

Nah we KNOW that Tony Khan is overpaying his “talent”. He did that application for tax benefits for his shows in Nevada. He put down an amount for how much the talent was paid for the two days. A little remedial math and one can find out how much they are getting.

[@mattdonovan2133]

I agree he shouldn’t have bought WCW. Reason why, because WCW would have gone down on its own but buying your competition is stupid because it drives down your company. Now that you have no one running neck and neck with you. Hate to say it but WCW is what made WWF at the time interesting because it wasn’t the only option so going back and forth on a Monday night was worth it’s weight in gold. Plus it helped talent perform better because they didn’t want any of their viewers at the time switching to watch WCW

[@jd9119]

WCW was going to be canceled by TBS and TNT. If you don't have a TV deal, you don't have a promotion. WCW was finished. Vince just bought the Library and got to cherry pick some of the lower card talents that he wanted to bring in.

[@undertakerfanz628]

And he took that WCW library and made the WWE network

[@Predators--cz2fb]

It was a good investment for the library at least. The Network was and still is a profitable idea.

[@donovanbradford8231]

I do think the buyers remorse for WCW for Vince is true because while he made a lot of money off its video library I think he realized by 02 what that competitor did fkr his company ratings wise, work wise, talent wise, etc, it gave the WWE a reason to be the best week in and week out and within a few years you could see that company was slipping but with no one to compete with you were in no danger of going out because you're the only show in town. It's one of the few times have the remorse not because you lost money no it's because you suddenly wake up one day and go I've lost my edge or creativity and they way I use to get it back os gone.

[@djg3906]

There’s so many NXT stars that fail when they go to Raw or SmackDown. WCW should be brought back as the step up from NXT. Then a bodafide WCW world champion could clash with a WWE Champion and sell out the box office. A rising NXT star rising up the ranks to the main roster turns a few heads on Raw and SmackDown but they ultimately always lose and half the people that don’t even watch NXT don’t care for who they are yet alone want them to genuinely win the WWE title on night one of their in ring debut. A year down the line they are forgotten or end up in AEW. Ricochet for example would be an incredible asset to a new WCW but instead he is another one that’s gone.

[@baoxidiaoyu]

Heymans shoot promo truths contained enough to regret

[@cutekanjii]

I'm pretty sure in 1992 had Vince gone to jail. Pat Patterson or Gorilla Monsoon would have been more likely candidates to make the final decision than an outsider like Jerry Jarret. I know Prichard is full of BS a lot of the time, but on that one, i believe him.

[@Markcoldfish]

Doubt it it killed the competition and he got the company for nothing

[@clivet3252]

The competition was already dead.

[@jimbowlan5804]

Vince just wanted the video library

[@steveg9941]

VKM didn't regret purchasing WCW AT ALL. It was a plan he had in the works. Why do you think he sent Bret Hart, two years later Russo to destroy WCE. His planned worked perfectly. Look at all PPV names that WWE/F uses from WCW.

[@ModernDayRenaissanceMan]

WCW could have been NXT

[@bradburke8232]

For a guy who thought "having more than one company out there" was a good thing, Vince sure tried like hell to stop or at least undermine AEW before it even started. I'm not saying Bruce is lying but I'm definitely saying Vince was when he said that.

[@scottdebruin3651]

Shout band

[@tommyfraz.]

It’s like Joker killing Batman. Joker doesn’t want to kill him, because that ends their game. I think Vince hated losing that competition.

[@Rschr101]

They made the best out of the situation. The InVasion wasnt nearly as bad as people made it out to be. All those big wcw stars didnt come over until 2002-2003. Followed by HHH beating them all.

[@SonOfMuta]

"Vince McMahon's regretted buying WCW" Whoever came up with the title... learn English

[@ducklife420]

they should have let eric bischoff buy it and run it out of vegas

[@Daves_Faves]

Conrad, could you stop rocking back and forth? You're making some of us seasick. 🤢

[@gary6754]

Pritchard - the predator helper

[@mattdonovan2133]

WWE being renamed and losing its nostalgia. No competition to drive both sides and that’s why when people started jumping to TNA it was like a fresh start and we didn’t have to just watch WWE.

[@pigs18]

WCW was a dead brand. Vince McMahon couldn't get it on TV even with the WWE brand name behind it. So no one was going to get it on TV. Bischoff and company had already pulled out as they weren't going to buy it without a distribution deal. No network wanted to touch it. So if Vince hadn't bought it, it would be in the same place that the second UWF is, regulated to the history books. Vince's deal was the only one worth a damn and as plenty of people have pointed out, he made it back in the DVD sales it afforded him.

[@billcary30]

i will actually take credit for a good idea. i actually came up with the idea for what turned into wwe netowkr. nobody knows, except by former brother in law. i'd bene watching a year? maybe 2? but when i think of this conversation i think this was around superbrawl i because this brother in law was going to tape it for me (he fell asleep and only recorded the doom break up match forward). anyway, i think maybe gwf had started by this point but might be wrong. and at this time i thought wcw was kind of liek the busch series/ of nascar wwe was winston cup or aaa of baseball wwe obviously the big time?/ w hy? because so many talent were leaving fro wcw to go to wwf. and almost none coming the other directoin. i started watching 4/90. in that first 18 months you had the following go to wwf obviously not it order. flair, sid, nasties and i thik others. in that first 2 years. i think the only one i remember coming down was steamboat. anyways back to my network idea, it was basically well the ppv company carries all the ppvs. you call the same people if you have local cable, sattelite, or waht ever. he's like yeah........ i said why can't they put a deal with all the companies that they do ppv's for and make a network that shows everything and old stuff? he's like NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN. HELL WILL FREEZE OVER FIRST. obviously he knew more about the wrestlign than i did at this point, which looking back was weird cause he never said he ever watched it. so wwe netowrk? my idea. vince owes me about 3 trillion.

[@AzulQueso_]

Anyone know why Conrad rocks back and forth

[@JimCornetta]

Dildo

[@jasonrfoss248]

I think it simply comes down to he got a new chair and it has the capability of rocking back-and-forth. If he were to get a static chair that would remedy the problem.

[@Parlimant_Strifey]

It was just something for Vince to bury for good. WCW wasn't ever going to come back after the first time that he let it go, only to land at that mad Trillionaire Ted's feet. He learned well from his son in law, Triple H...bury it!!!

[@number6223]

The vince hate has people blinded. Blame the people that sold it that cheap. Blame the people that couldnt keep up competition with vince.

[@ryansmith3361]

Did you watch the video? With no wcw the quality and effort put into storylines went down the drain. Where can we even watch this wcw library? Wwe network was a failure and shut down. Peacock has next to no selection. So unless you own the dvds. Those years and matches are lost forever And don't get me started on how they totally fucked up the lame wcw invasion story. What a botched opportunity

[@CptGoode]

⁠​⁠@@ryansmith3361did you do any research? The WWE network became a major success. What was an original lost the first couple years turned a huge profit and was later sold to NBC for an even bigger amount. The business world couldn’t stop praising Vince behind it once the network blew up. Not to mention its the main reason now why all these company’s have there own streaming platforms. Of course the invasion angle was lackluster the only major star that immediately came over was booker T Vince didn’t want to pay the guaranteed money as guys on the WWF rosters was even making any where near the 6 figures them guys were making and thanks to how the deals were set up they had to luxury to stay home and collect 6 figures so yeah who wouldn’t do that

[@donovanbradford8231]

Right there with you Turner/Time Warner/AOL made chump change on that deal could have made far more if they sold to someone else. The purpose of a sale like that is to make money and given what they paid the talent of WCW I doubt 4 million covers the roster when WWE in 97 had budget of 5 when they were at deaths door.

[@danpoutsma1351]

​@donovanbradford8231 Yeah, but WCW didn't have TV anymore. That's why the value dropped like a lead balloon. Fusient didn't want it after Turner canceled the programming and no other major network was that willing to carry any wrestling other than WWF, which was locked up by Viacom. Even TNN ultimately passed on airing a WCW branded show. And without any of the top stars, who were sitting at home collecting their money from Turner, it would've bombed anyway. Turner took away all the value by dropping it from their networks and clearly didn't care.

[@nbadecali1927]

Because they lie 🤣🤣🤣

[@Therealgeoffchilds]

He paid his girlfriends more than he paid for wcw

[@NickTaylorRickPowers]

He brought it Solely to brag and shit on his competition

[@user-kbz09]

Conrad is always rocking back and forth. He either has some physical issues or he loves cocaine. Never been a fan of his, maybe his heart is gonna explode?

[@TeamEvilPug]

LIES

[@matthewgabbard6415]

The WWE regretted having Vince return a couple years ago

[@possiblyinsane6995]

i didn't, he built the empire. its his to destroy. well it was

[@zlinedavid]

Given how goddamn good the product is now, makes me wish Vince went away 5 years ago.

[@RJ_MacReady]

The wrong company won the monday night war.

[@specialagentorange4329]

Wcw had no good storylines and only two good ideas they ad were goldberg's winning streak and the nwo

[@MagnetarRising]

Why ANYONE listens to anything Bruce Pritchard says is beyond me. He is a glorified ass kisser and yes man, that is it, that is all!!! He did NOTHING in the Wrestling business aside from Brother Love and sitting in a room with Vince and others and saying YES ! Someone else pitches an idea, Vince oks it and Pritchard says yeah ! Thats all he is..

[@TheGodYouWishYouKnew]

He didn’t buy it. Shane bought it and then invaded WWE. Luckily, WWE persevered and fended off the attack.

[@paulchoccyt1303]

😂😂😂

[@BigDic-qz8su]

No he did it to be petty.

[@maximillionzen]

VINCE MCMAHONS* ...? More than one vince?

[@IanNewYashaTheFinalAct]

Must have meant Vincent Sr. AND Vincent Kennedy McMahon😅

[@jeffreyriley8742]

It was great Vince bought WCW because the fans saw it as the end of the Monday Night War and the WWF won. It gave them stronger cred with the fans. It made them more dominant.

[@konstantinschmid79]

liar

[@turdferguson2839]

Vince stole wcw and then he destroyed it because he wanted to stroke his own ego. There was definitely some funny math going on with the 4.3 million dollar sale when the trucks, sets, cameras and video library alone was worth more than that.

[@basedelon]

So it's Vince's fault the people who owned all that sold that for the price they did?

[@danpoutsma1351]

WCW had no television anymore. Also, Stu Snyder was a bigwig at WWF at the time. He used to be an executive at Turner and put together the deal with his buddy Brad Siegel, the guy at Turner who was in charge of WCW. Some people believe Snyder used his connection with Siegel to have him get new Turner head Jamie Kellner, who hated wrestling, to cancel the shows so Fusient would hopefully pull out and WWF could then buy it on the cheap, since WCW programming on Turner Networks had been an obstacle in them buying it several months earlier (Viacom had an exclusive deal with WWF and they saw a WWF owned WCW with programming on rival networks not under their umbrella as a violation of the agreement)

[@uselessarms6878]

"Stole" something that was for sale. "Destroyed" something that had already ran itself into the ground. Funny math for something the seller priced where they did? Nah. That was what they decided it was worth because they wanted it gone. Also, he didn't buy all of that excess stuff. He bought the rights and the video library.

[@theboxingboy7422]

I mean he got the whole library for pennies on the dollar and he had the bragging rights of saying he 'brought his competition'. In terms of actually doing something with it tho I mean it was his own decision of not wanting to pay the top guys as much as there time Warner deals to come in which he'd of probably made back from a real hot invasion angle instead of the Luke warm one we got. but again its vince so he'd of made the WWF guys look strong and the WCW guys look like jabronis whoever he had for that angle.

[@Hatchbasic]

No way he didn’t. The video library alone made him so much money

[@TheKevinNewsom]

Vince wasn't going to do anything to put WCW over. It was ego over business.

[@MilMaska]

"No. Bruce just smiled and took it" - Jim Cornette

[@above.average.gaming.natio3026]

huuuuuuuuuh?

[@ad-fz9kx]

i was a hardcore wrestling fan from late 70s through the attitude era/nwo….. wwe being the only game in town was the final nail in the coffin. haven’t watched wrestling since

[@rickcalderon5395]

He bought the library. It was a good deal

[@JD0586]

Only hurt the business as a whole, is the main take away.

[@rickcalderon5395]

@ChooPapi12 I agree with that but for him to regret it would means he cared about anyone other than himself. We know that isn't the case lol

[@ryansmith3361]

And where can we watch that library? Wwe network gone. Most stuff not even on peacock. He owns it but it was a bad deal for fans

[@Rjensen2]

​@@ryansmith3361 Very, very few people watched the old stuff. That's why they never did much with it.

[@Wongwongwong10000]

WCW hurt themselves because they were not a company that was making money. They had insane contracts that Turner still had to pay out. AOL Time Warner didn’t want wrestling on their network. Why would any cable network want a wrestling company that is a sinking ship. Vince McMahon was smart to buy it and take it out of it’s misery, WCW had no value accept for the name and tape library so he bought it and made WCW into a joke that it was. WCW is only mentioned in memories. It only hurt wrestlers that needed to make a living in the United States because many independent wrestling organizations were not paying much and TNA at the time was number two but when Eric Bischoff went there turned it into a WCW lite.

[@KingImholte]

He wanted the tapes. He could care less about crap like DDP and Raven. DDP a stalker to the undertakers ugly wife while he’s married to a goddess. Great work.

[@above.average.gaming.natio3026]

k loser

[@RealAlphaDrum]

I'd want the tapes too.

[@KingImholte]

@@RealAlphaDrum Not saying he was wrong

[@martinelstonejr]

Has anyone else noticed that Conrad keeps rocking back and forth lately?

[@PaulShaw-ex7ri]

He is channeling his inner Jesse Ventura

[@MrModamanReviews]

I have. I hope his health is good.

[@CuteLesbo69]

He's trying to reach a bag of chips.

[@JohnnyDouchbag-nr5yf]

Because it helps with hunger pains , since he can't eat while he's interviewing

[@satyricon9955]

yeah, it's weird. and annoying.

[@DaGoodz24]

Not to mention all the licenses and trademarks they acquired like nwo and made a ton on t-shirts, dvd sets containing lots of WCW footage before the network even launched

[@vishnujani9499]

Buying WCW and trying to build it back up as a viable/competitive brand would have been a good long-term plan

[@uselessarms6878]

You really think it would have worked any different than the current "brand split"? Nah. It would have been just like Raw and Smackdown currently.

[@toma.4808]

Yet he tried that with ecw and it sunk

[@vishnujani9499]

@@toma.4808 Yeah true...but I think for all intents and purposes that really wasn't the ECW that fans loved and cared about

[@uselessarms6878]

@@vishnujani9499 The same probably would have been the case for a revived WCW.

[@spiffy8576]

Everyone regrets it. Pro Wrestling has declined drastically since WCW died.

[@JohnnyDouchbag-nr5yf]

Pro rasslin is on life support! Kids don't even care about it anymore. That used to be half the market! Dorks and nerds are what's keeping it from totally disappearing today! Just look at the crowds! 30-50 yr old losers!

[@mwgmusicwrestlingandgames]

Great interview by J.R. keep em coming man

[@joeriveracomedy]

Vince did to wcw what he did to the illegal paralegal but needed a bigger mop

[@Vereid]

The one thing that Prichard, Bischoff, Cornette, Dutch and even Russo agree on - Meltzer is a liar.

[@nick56677]

6:25 thank u Bruce for calling out FatRads hero Meltzer the liar. Meltzers Soap Boy Conrad about shed a tear u ripping on his hero😂

[@8hammer2189]

Vince paid 4.3 million for basically a storyline

[@TheUnorthodoxEcclesia]

And it was a bad storyline

[@sinisterkyle4884]

I’m sure he made it all back off of The Rise & Fall of WCW DVD

[@azarsgp]

And the entire video catalog and merchandising rights, a lot more than just a story.

[@FFKDTP1]

He’s probably made his $4 million back selling nWo t-shirts alone. Clown

[@RedKnight.]

That makes sense if he buys his competition. You have no way to improve yourself and get better if there is no competition for you to actually go against your content will be stale.

[@Moonlightgraeme]

Vince put wcw out of business, its not good to have one company running everything because where do wrestlers go when wwe releases them? At least AEW is around now so talent can go if wwe doesnt want them

[@terrimitchell5236]

It wasn't good at all i think that's when some fans stop watching wrestling i know i did i never been a fan of wwe. Always been a fan of wcw even when they was down.

[@manuelluna8566]

If he didn’t buy WCW, WWF(Now WWE) would’ve had a much longer Attitude era.

[@sleeper43]

One company having a monopoly was not a good thing. Competition drove innovation and pushed the envelope to make incredible tv. Without that competition complacency took over and it has never been the same. That edge is gone. Now, there are other companies though they still are not the caliber of prime wcw and probably never will be. Maybe the new uncensored approach on Netflix may help. I would really like to see aew tna and perhaps even the new really take off and thrive. Bring back competition and a territory system on a nationwide stage. Also, tearing down the forbidden door could be great as wwe and tna are doing now. But reserve it for special occasions. Maybe one super show a year that contains performances from all Companies creating many dream match scenarios. Incorporate company specific special matches like a royal rumble. Ultimate X. Etc.

[@mattdonovan2133]

WWE hasn’t always been that great either. Watch any show ppv or raw from 94-96 it was horrible. It was more cartoon like than jim Cornette think 80s WWF was.

[@metsandjetsfan5174]

If Vince McMahon hated WCW so much, he shouldn't have bought it in the first place, and let the REAL company like Televisa-Univision buy WCW at a fair and just price (value at $40 million) including name, tapes, legal fees and contracts of young talents and get rid of the old washed up has-beens and never will bes and bring in more young talents to focus on clean matches and fresh storylines and better booking so it'll thrive for a long time

[@FIXTREME]

Why would Univision get back into wrestling if Super Astros was a successful flop that ultimately bothered them?

[@mikesmith2718]

Just the library was worth it. If they would have streamed old jcp shows and ran the Monday night wars they could have made money on it but they just put it on the network and now peacock has it and it's not the best. I'm sure he's made money off buying wcw so 🤷

[@Rjensen2]

Very, very few people watched the old stuff. That's why they never did much with it.

[@SaintRomulus-bi9kb]

I wish someone else bought it, maybe their would have been an alternative at the time still

[@paulhager1281]

He should have kept it separate..competition keeps.wrestling fun...wcw was mishandled due to ego...sting and lex,steiner raven,kid man,booker t....should have been tops in wwe...I feel they were better than the rock and stone cold...I personally thought the rock was funny and pretty awesome...but as far as stars I felt these stars were better.and each should have been champions....creating big stars is what wrestlings supposed to be about..get them all over...they could have had their own house shows

[@Ivy-u6h]

Vince does what he always did buy out his competition and if he couldn't buy he would try to put them out of business. God help the company who tried to do the same to Vince how dare they do bad business when that trash was praised and defended for doing the very same thing by St Bruce and the WWE Zombies

[@McMahonHater]

I wish I could have bought it, I'd have released all the guys and made back all my money in murch. Vince buying WCW was horrible, in fact everything Vince did was horrible for the industry.

[@QuentinDude]

go-cry-some-more

[@GreggNowhere]

Bruce: "Meltzer makes stuff up! Also, listen to me make up stuff about Meltzer." I don't like Dave at all, but doing the same stuff you accuse his of doing isn't better in any way.

[@slabbusterrtr7690]

He should've cause it was stupid it killed the market place when he bought it should've kept it going competion makes the product better

[@JohnDoe-gk7ok]

That doesn't make sense. Sure, the invasion angle failed, but the footage and intellectual property had so much value for merchandise, especially the DVDs. For $4 million, Vince probably made a fortune.

[@briansimerl4014]

I agree with Bruce Prichard. Dave Meltzer is a liar and exaggeration machine. It was always wild speculation posing as insider knowledge.

[@darthsebio1726]

Bruce Prichard doesn’t lie..he is working 😂🙄😂🤡😂....

[@nickr0785]

Maybe they will sell WCW off. But then again i doubt it. The worst day is wrestling is when Vince bought WCW and then killed it

[@jonpike9502]

Eric says the exact same thing about Dave. Makes conman look so dumb for defending this 🤡