WWE Senior Vice President Bruce Prichard recently took to an episode of his “Something To Wrestle With” podcast, where he talked about a number of topics including the difference between being over with fans and getting a pop.
Prichard said, “You have these younger kids that they realize, ‘Well, when I take a bump, the crowd pops, so I get a reaction. That’s a good thing! And if I take more bumps, I’ll get more of a reaction.’” “And they mistake that sometimes for getting over. As the business evolves, you’ve got to change with it, and sometimes you’ve got to do more things, but there [are] ways to do it safely. There [are ways] to do more by doing less.”
He also talked about how WWE Hall of Famer Bret Hart and Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart were pretty good examples of being over with the fans and not just getting a pop.
“I think Jim [Neidhart] and Bret both were pretty good examples of that.” “Bret would ground you. Bret would set the pace. [He] didn’t do a lot of crazy stuff, but his work was exciting. It was still good because he did it when he needed to do it, and that was the key.”
You can check out the complete podcast below.
