Bruce Prichard shoots on Kevin Nash leaving the WWF because Bret Hart wouldn't take his finish 

Man, that old championship belt was so regal. I can't believe what a gaudy mess the newest version is.

It was Kevin Nash who claimed it, not Scott Hall. Hall just left because he was given an offer of more money for less dates.

Bret Hart was booked horribly during his third reign and he was right to speak up. Going into WM12 only the most gullible mark would think there was a chance Bret would retain.

Why would he tell Vince to his face when his contract specified in writing? Vince rarely did the honorable thing.....why should anyone else?

Bruce: I have no idea In reality I can't say anything because I still work for vince.

I completely understand that Bruce has to tow the company line but damn why even ask him questions that he's gonna tip toe around. This podcast is good but it could be great if he would just open up.

Bruce is hilarious, when Conrad asked him to just have a regular match and Bruce is like: "It would have just escalated into a goddamn baby bottle match." 🤣🤣🤣

i like how Bruce is pissed that Hall didnt give his notice he wasnt going go renew on time, meanwhile Hall is just being a businessman IMHO and using that as leverage to get the deal he would like with a company he preferred.

Gotta revise the title of this video as it was Nash Not Hall who Bret refused to take the finisher from

I’m a fairly new listener to these podcasts. Does Bruce ever own up to being a part of a bad idea?

I got double the money (if not more) and less dates....but the reason I left the WWF was because Bret Hart refused to look weakened by not taking the jackknife before Main Event championship WM12 match!...even though he had taken half a dozen jacknifes over the prior year. Otherwise I would’ve stayed in the company - Kevin Nash

people forget the actual history. bret was trying to look strong to help his match with hbk at wreestlemania 12 in which he was cleanly putting over shawn look better. it was a long play on his side to ultimately make shawn look super strong which is not bad booking. instead they made bret look like a fluke, lucky champ barely escaping from his victory over nash at survivor series and all the rematch and getting saved vs taker

The photo during these videos is so disturbing lol.

Scott Hall claims he met with Vince McMahon in 1995 to discuss his contract. They couldn't come to terms and that led him to negotiating with WCW.

Undertaker fears nobody

That failed drug test lead to what I think was one of the coolest matches (and first cinematic match) in Wrestlemania history. The Hollywood Back Lot Brawl was awesome!

I also knew it was false.. cause Nash said they were trying to get Bret to go to WCW to boost the favorite nations.. In their contracts... So you leave cause of him, then invite him? I love Nash.. but nah... it ain’t adding up...

I'm with Bruce on this one. I thoroughly enjoyed the Razor/Golddust AND Razor/Kidd feuds of 1995 and 1996.

This Nash story has been proved to be completely false. For one, Bret actually took the power bomb in the match and Undertaker has said he doesn't remember saying anything to Bret.

The baby bottle match or whatever the hell it was, was just a 'fuck you' from Vince because Scott Hall was leaving and they just wanted to mess with his Kliq buddy Sean Waltman (whose nickname was 'Kid').

Nash couldn't perform a proper powerbomb, hence why many guys didn't wanna take his finish. Proper and safe way to perform a powerbomb is when you drop someone, you guide them back down. Nash just dropped people and many got injured

This is brutal to listen to.

The part that was missed about the nash leaving story was that it wasnt because of bret, it was becasue of vince siding with bret when he and taker took it to him. he had frustration over the creative during his title reign, and this was the final straw. he was upset that vince chose to appease bret rather then stand up for what they thought was right for the business. Would he have stayed if bret took the powerbomb, maybe not - but if he felt that vince and creative supported him, then maybe.

"This escalated into a Baby Bottle Match." Bruce, did you seriously just say that? 😂

"Got 3 stars from little bitch boy" lost it on that one lol

The banter between these two is awesome The long pauses of silence Pritchard still selling that awful baby bottle gimmick

I was a heartbroken as a 10 year old when Razor and Diesel left.

Thank Conrad for TRYING to get bruce to answer questions about how wwf sucked in these days☃️☃️

Bruce has so much brown stuff on his nose he must be tasting it.

Whether or not it was a motivating factor for Nash to leave, it was still self-centered on Bret's part not to take the finish. That observation comes with a caveat: is what Nash said about that really accurate? Did Bret Hart really refuse to take his finish? He actually took a number of power bombs from Diesel at the championship match of SS 1995 before "surprising" him with the small package finish. The "message" that you get from that match is that Nash/Diesel could have easily pinned Hart at that point if he hadn't been too lackadaisical to finish him off. So, Hart did sell the power bomb at that time and to that extent.

Losing these guys wasn’t that big of deal in the overall picture of wrestling for the WWE. Both Nash and Hall were reasons why WCW failed for those contracts. Both guys came crawling back for rehab money and the Hall of Fame.

Can we please get a video on the Miami street fight? More details on that match, did u have a location picked out in Miami? What was the layout of the match?was there going to be a car chase? Please do tell..

Yeah, but if Hall would've told you earlier that he was negotiating a deal with Turner, you would've jobbed him out and that would've affected his star-level and the dollar amount Turner was offering him. Same with Nash.

Lol that picture is so funny 😅

Goldust wanted to play Piper's bagpipes...but Goldust was not portrayed as gay.

Diesel, Razor and Shawn all just agreed to only lose to each other and then Diesel had to lose the title AND a cage match to Bret and a Wrestlemania match to Undertaker, and that pissed him off enough to quit. The Kliq had screwed with Jeff Jarrett and Shane (Dean) Douglas in not going along with Intercontinental title changes, and losing to anyone other than each other made them threaten to quit. They would just sit in their hotels drinking and snorting cocaine and refusing to have matches with anyone else. Ulimately, Vince kept Shawn because he didn't want HBK joining the NWO because he felt that would have really been the end of the WWF.

Yeah, Bret Hart refusing to do a move is what made Diesel's life altering decision for him. Sure thing.

Amazing how Prichard can’t ever admit anything wrong in WWE. Like Bret said, there’s a reason why Prichard is still there.

Damn this was when Scott hall gave them kids the real IC belts on Jerry springer

Clickbait. This is just a rehash of Nash’s favorite anecdote

Even as a kid the baby bottle match sucked and was super cringe I laughed when Conrad said he hoped they had one at this years wrestlemania the Internet would go into meltdown if they put a diaper on Alexa bliss Bayley Nia Jax or whoever

8:32 - I actually cried laughing from this point

that delayed positive drug test/suspension is carbon copy of Tully Blanchard's positive coke test isnt?

Bret was right, he was never made to look strong during any of his runs, he lost to Yoko from salt in his eyes (no finish not even a legdrop). Lost a match hours before winning the title. Couldn't beat Diesel at KOTR (on a midcard match), drops the title to Bob FN Backlind. Beat Diesel with a small package to win the title again, couldn't beat Taker at Rumble and now this

Its hilarious conrad is stephanie on the full house cover if he says how rude i may piss myself 😅😅😅

Bruce really showing his corporate side here

I heard Kevin comment on this story on his podcast recently and I think the context he added made the story make a little more sense. Based on how he spoke of it the jackknife thing wasn’t some sole factor in terms of had that gone differently he would’ve stayed. He made it seem more so that either way he was heavily leaning to going to WCW, as the offer was so incredible, but that there was a lot about WWF he didn’t want to leave behind and that he was almost trying to find reasons to stay put. But the Bret thing was the point where he finally gave up trying to talk himself out of leaving and made a final commitment. Whether that’s true or not I guess we can never truly know but from that side of thought it at least can make a small bit of sense. Similar to Bret when he didn’t go to WCW right away and was still basically trying to stick around despite the much better offer because he was so hesitant about how he’d get used in WCW and leaving behind all the good he’d done in WWF. Bret had a similar line of thinking in that he tried to stick around with WWF on the deal he had but asked Vince what his future was and when he didn’t like what he heard finally decided he’d leave. May have been similar with Nash that everything said he should leave but this finally took away any more excuses he could make to himself not to just go do it. That being said I don’t think this truly changed things - the offer was just too good to say no I imagine. But I do think it’s possible that it could’ve been the point that he finally gave up trying to talk himself out of leaving albeit with his mind already 98% made up anyways.

It was Nash however he is so full of shit regarding this matter ! Can you see Kevin going into a massive main event at wrestlemania and the 2 previous PPV'S being booked the way Bret was !? Ridiculous from kev there's no way he would be fine with having to be saved from losing the title 2 PPV'S in a row before mania he's talking out his arse . If anything the way Bret was booked before wrestlemania 12 took away from Shawn's big moment

...and people knock Russo. Nothing this bad ever happened from 97-99.

If i had $1 everytime i have to hear this stupid story id be a millionair. And so what Bret did not want to take the finnish he was protecting his character and making sure the Hitman stayed as a top guy that is why he ended up with one of the highest contracts of all time like 2 years later. I like Nash but your telling me he never played politics to get his way. Im sure he has so this story makes me sick

agree with Conrad. Scott and Sean were way more talented for a match like that, this was the shits

Pritchard can get on Meltzer all he wants but he's been right more than he was wrong when it comes to covering the WWF in those times.

Bruce never takes this show seriously

Idk about Bret not taking the powerbomb was the catalyst for Nash leaving the WWF at the time, however he has said also that he was unhappy with his "lazy/bad" booking & angles in general at that time. So he probably used the Bret thing to justify his general distain for his perceived overall treatment in that promotion.

I think Vince was fine with both guys leaving.

Hahaha "little bitch boy in california gave it 3 stars" killed me

“I love when you’re cantankerous just for the sake of being so”... yeah not me. Bruce is the drizzling shits these days.

Prichard is obviously is not going to burn any bridges with the WWE even if he has to lie.

People have said the jackknife was a dangerous move, Diesel didn’t control his opponents like a decent powerbomb.

So if this is true then Bret is a huge reason for the nwo taking shape. Nwo needed all 3 original members , also Bret can get the credit for the wwe turning things around because of himself not wanting to 1-drop the belt ,2- flat out leaving the company.

"It escalated into a baby bottle match" has gotta be the dumbest shit I've ever heard

Baby bottle match lol the silliness of the mind of Bruce Pritchard and Vince McMahon

Whatever the case may be I think it worked out for everybody involved in the long run

Bruce should've been a CIA agent. He NEVER talks.

"This had escalated into a baby bottle match." Good grief.... Anyway, the answer is: Vince booked it. It was Vince's idea. That's Vince's level of humor printed all over it. And it's awful.

Do people really enjoy listening to Bruce? He's absolutely a Vince ass 💋

Bret Hart: "That doesn't work for me....."

Bret Coulier? Kevin Stamos?

This clip has me dying 😂😂😂😂

Dunno why Bruce even agreed to do the podcast really,,, u either go into a podcast ready to open up or don't do a podcast is you are not ready to open up

Love it when people don't get Bruce's sarcasm lol

I can't believe I'm going to day this but ....... Conrad was right . The baby bottle match was ridiculous . There is no way it could have been done right . Ranks up there with Kennel match .

🎨 work is great

I like Bruce. I really do. But the difference between he and JR is startling.

1995 was a shite year in the WWF

Hogan gave Verne a telegram when left the AWA......it’s been done before Conrad.

According to Nash it was the fact that Vince let Bret get what he wanted despite Nash & Taker making a good point as to why Nash’s point was right is what the final straw was

They tried to make bret lookso damn weak during that 3rd title reign......damn bret couldn't even celebrate after he beat diesel cause he took his finish twice already.......nash was tryna make his match with taker bigger than the main event

Never believed that Nash story about Taker cursing out Bret lol

The baby bottle match was because Scott Hall was always whining, Road dog has said that Scott lines all the time. I don't know why Bruce couldn't just say that, I guess he did but in such a roundabout way that you had to have previous knowledge.

That picture though 🤣👍

That picture is...grotesque.

When Bruce or JR say they have no idea about an obvious issue its an insult to the fans intelligence. Either dont do the podcast or answer the focking question. To say you dont know if the piss test was a shady thing either yay or nay is a lie, so shut up and dont do the interview. Bruce is a Yes man for Vince

Bruce can't figure out losing a One Hundred grand in salary and crappie story lines would make people want to leave Not a smart guy 😉

From what Kevin said in other interviews. Bret didnt want to take the jack knife power bomb. He dodnt want to look weak. I wouldve said. Jusy because you took the move doewnt mean you lost the match. A more dramatic finish wouldve been. Bret take the jack knife. Kevin only gets a 2 and half. It let's kevin do his move and protects Bret at the same time.

Conrad exactly right Bruce shit on Memphis and ecw but good stuff about shit

Well he probably would have gotten that WrestleMania payday and he told Vince in person!?

It was common knowledge Nash was leaving a month BEFORE this even happened with Nash and Bret. 100% horseshit.

Talcum

I don't believe Nash cause Bret let him powerbomb him at the 94 king of the ring so what's the difference??

Conrad is right..... the baby diaper idea was the shits

It’s amazing sometimes Bruce has his own mind, other times like this it sounds like Vince is justifying his bullshit decisions in Bruce’s voice

Nah. It was the money. Clearly. Less dates more money. MUCH more

In context, the crybaby match wasnt that bad. Wwe have done much worse stuff on a monthly basis in the last 20 years

Ah, of course Bruce had no knowledge of the drug testing, just like the steroids and sexual harassment. 🤣

Just remember all the advertiser's are supporting censorship

I believe nash.not.brett....why would he lie...when he decided to leave...plus more.money and less.dates..make.sense...good.mood

Why would Bret whine about taking a Jacknife TO ADD TO THE FINALITY OF THE STEEL CAGE MATCH only for Undertaker to rise from hell; bust through the canvas and suck Diesel into the depths of hell. Therefore Bret seizes the moment to take the victory. Hart vs HBK Diesel vs Taker Goldust vs Piper U. WARRIOR vs HHH

😂 love it .

Kevin was going to wcw...don't badger em...wish em gud luk