Bruce Prichard Breaks Silence On WWE Changes Following Vince McMahon Departure

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Bruce Prichard has now broken his silence on the recent changes backstage at WWE following Vince McMahon’s retirement.

Amidst ‘hush pact’ allegations in June, Vince McMahon stepped away from his positions as CEO and Chairman, and Head of Talent Relations John Laurinaitis went on administrative leave.

Prichard acted as interim Head of Talent Relations until July 22, when Triple H was named EVP of Talent Relations. Triple H was later named the head of creative and Stephanie McMahon & Nick Khan became co-CEOs following McMahon’s departure.

Commenting on WWE’s future following the management changes on his Something To Wrestle With podcast, Prichard said:

“Let’s call it exciting. It’s exciting times, it’s a time in life to which, people take life for granted sometimes and take things happening around you for granted and it’s all how you look at life. You can either, love life, live life or you can hate life and just exist.

“I choose to…there were times in my life where I chose the latter, but I choose the former. I would rather live life and enjoy it because life is a journey, not a destination. Remember, the light at the end of the tunnel maybe you.”

When asked if he had a message for fans who kept listening while he was on hiatus, Prichard said:

“More than anything, thank you, and I do love you, I really and truly do. That’s not a gimmick, I love you, I actually like you and love you and appreciate you, the fact that you would actually continue to come in and listen to some of our megasodes that we’ve put together that are like, ‘Holy cow, we said that? We did that?’ Thanks for hanging in there.

“Times have been crazy and it’s a period in time that will go down as one of the pivotal points in the world in which I have existed for damn near 60 years. It’s pretty crazy, but you want to bite your tongue. At least, I do. I have to bite my tongue.

“I can’t come out and say things when things are reported incorrectly or just out and out falsehood and lies. Sometimes, it irritates me, and sometimes it doesn’t. I’m not in a position where I can really comment on some of those, but for those that choose to be negative and want to believe the negative, then you’re a negative person and that’s what you’re going to do. Have at it, I’m not going to try and change anything else.

Prichard also addressed reports about his and Vince McMahon’s involvement with NXT following the brand’s reboot in September 2021.

Shooting down rumors about him writing for NXT, Prichard said:

“I do have to say, because it’s something people, even internally, have come to me with and made comments about…that I was writing NXT. I never said a word. You know what else I never did? I never wrote one NXT show in the history of my existence.

“I’m a fan of NXT, I love NXT. Shawn Michaels recently came out and talked about how, ‘It’s been me [Shawn], it’s been me since day one.’ Shawn has done a tremendous job of grabbing NXT by the horns and doing what he’s done. I love Shawn Michaels to death.

“The fact that Shawn finally came out and said, ‘What are you guys talking about?’ To those pundits out there, the dirtsheet writers who reported as fact, not, ‘hey rumors are,’ no, they reported as fact, that I had been involved in NXT.

“The fact of the matter is, they were 100% just fabricated lies. From where? I don’t know. Now that they’ve heard it from two different sources who were actually there and would actually know, they should probably consider their sources, or just stop making things up.

“I just found it so funny when, in an interview, with so many different things going on, Shawn said, ‘I’m gonna comment on that,’ just because so many people were dying on that soapbox and wanted to have my head. Those that want my head are going to want my head, have it at.

“I love what I do, I love where I’m at, what I’m doing, with whom I do it with. Get over it. it’s not all about what you think you perceive. Reality is reality and perception can be reality too, but when your reality is based on the perception that you have no idea about, it’s just wrong.”

Prichard has reportedly been working as part of the WWE creative team since Triple H was put in charge.

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