STW #20: Royal Rumble 1997

Something To Wrestle With Bruce Prichard

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On this episode: What happened when the WWF set their eyes on the enormous Alamo Dome for their 1997 Royal Rumble? Find out as Bruce and Conrad bring you behind the scenes on a very eclectic Royal Rumble!
Something to Wrestle with Bruce Prichard is an audio podcast that discusses topics, events, wrestlers and memorable moments through the lens of former WWE executive Bruce Prichard co-hosted by Conrad Thompson.
The show was launched in August 2016 on MLW Radio. The episodes typically range from 2 hours to 4 hours in length, and include discussions about previous WWE pay-per-views and former WWE wrestlers.
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@cloversocelot 3 года назад

8:35 start your welcome 🙏

@michaelkeller5927 8 месяцев назад

Dude thank you

@GetOnTheFloor82 6 лет назад

8:35 - welcome

@arneandersen9628 6 лет назад

thx

@jonathangriffith4189 6 лет назад

Fuck you 🍅

@CeemPlay 6 лет назад

Jonathan Griffith no u

@Super122291 6 лет назад

Thanks babe ❤️

@jasoncoward-aintscared 4 года назад

@matthewmartn6815 4 года назад

I appreciate what Conrad does I enjoy the show great deal but sometimes I wish Bruce would just give him a good old stunner

@MrBooBeeDoo 8 месяцев назад

Why would Bruce use Stone Colds finisher?

@stefspin3057 5 лет назад

This is one of the greatest channels of all time. Just started to watch raw from jan 96 till jan 2004 in sequence all raws smackdowns and ppvs and tonite is.....RR 97. Puuuuuuurfect👍...who needs game of thrones when u got the wwe network.

@stefspin3057 5 лет назад

@Chris Terry man me too, i cant get enough. For me, it stopped being entertaining around like 2004ish, beforw that i was and i am obsessed. Attitude era 4 Lyfe

@trurobertson 4 года назад

I'm at 1997 right before Bret leaves ...

@Dredsed 3 года назад

You should watch mid south and mid atlantic instead.

@stefspin3057 3 года назад

@@trurobertson you still at it? I took a break for a few months....im just at before wrestlemania 2000...this shit is just too damn entertaining 😆✊

@Dredsed 3 года назад

@@stefspin3057 Then you dont have a clue

@chrisgibbs1053 6 лет назад

Me Hughes definitely should have been in the Nation

@wrestlemaniamaniac3338 4 года назад

He passes him a piece of paper saying fuck Dave meltzer 😂I'm weak

@FatLadyKiller 3 года назад

You're weak? Ok.. 🙄

@quays07 4 года назад

This has to be the best podcasts bruce and conrad really bounce off each other

@kingsgambit9561 4 года назад

I love when Bruce does Terry Funk impersonations 🤣

@robrico129 6 лет назад

Glad I found you podcast... These are awesome.. Still looking for episode on HBK 96-98... Thanks for the great content.

@TheIndustrialRetrospective 5 лет назад

Agreeded! I love the new generation stuff!

@enigmaticpsychocw 4 года назад

1997s Royal Rumble is the most unique Rumble match of all time. Bret Hart winning and then Steve Austin sneaking back in and stealing the victory is just genious writing.

@maxwelljacobfreedom Год назад

Can't say the same for your comment where you misspelled genius

@giangarcia3364 5 лет назад

1:46:45 gets me everytime, oh my lord.

@mikeanthony718 6 лет назад

This was my second p pv, that I got to see in person,my first was survior series 94, both where GREAT!

@CAMZAB 6 лет назад

Good that you got to go.

@Hunnybunchesntotes 8 месяцев назад

Dandy Don was also QB for the Dallas Cowboys during his playing days.

@ssjrblack1365 6 лет назад

I was at this pay per view, awesome show!

@rackballjones6585 5 лет назад

Prove it

@Rschr101 3 года назад

No you weren't.

@The_Sage_of_Six_Paths 8 месяцев назад

Jesus Christ Conrad spent SOOOO much time talking talking about attendance! We get the point!

@gregharper6382 3 года назад

Lol how funny is it now that he said everybody goes back except for me🤣 2:05:53

@tommybritton9335 6 лет назад

He makes me laugh when he does a Vince impressions

@marklupo3441 3 года назад

I love his Vince. But his dusty might be a little better than Cornys lol

@TheRobbieCorbett 3 года назад

@WOLVES19861 2 года назад

Pro nouns pal

@Difrentstyles 3 года назад

This one was great had to leave a comment so funny good shit

@jamesvigg2680 5 лет назад

#LoveToKnow -- Bruce mentions that El Santo was given consideration to be brought in, and Mil Mascaras was brought in. Was any thought given to Blue Demon?? He was younger than Mil at the time, and arguably just as well-known, especially after his 1992 face turn. But he never worked for WWE or WCW. As The Hurricane would say, "Wassup wit dat??"

@jkrausser 5 лет назад

They have a boxing ring, not a wrestling ring spinning in the background.

@jackharper8076 4 года назад

haha nice pickup, i never pay attention to the pics for their podcast

@Dom_721 3 года назад

Listen to the episode and you will find out why

@cryptozoomauler5505 5 лет назад

Is Conrad the only one who cares about the $ figures? I want to hear about the wrestling and backstage stuff. I love the Terry Funk story.

@joemama7163 4 года назад

No he isn't. I love all the backstory.

@jtaco4101 3 года назад

I'm highly curious about the finances of the business absolutely.

@Dredsed 3 года назад

It's because he's a mortgage guy. Its usually interesting but sometimes he gets too granular

@Dredsed 3 года назад

Bruce Prichard has seen more than most.

@greyjedi6430 2 года назад

Really have no idea how many times I've heard this lol

@dalynsanders 5 лет назад

"Your going down!!!!"... So so cringe but Ahmed is the man

@joeyzapata6786 3 года назад

If only Ahmed learned how to work, I'd argue he might have went down as one of the all time greats.

@CubeTX 10 месяцев назад

"You Tony Dow!"

@Gorski122 4 года назад

Conrad does a fine job, but no show without Bruce Pal!!! It’s STW WITH .... Bruce Prichard😚

@kingsgambit9561 4 года назад

I’m just here for the “Mexico is a f**ked up place” T-shirt 😂

@Eric-wu7bp 2 года назад

How about WWE Is a Fucked up Company 😂

@mikestelly4917 4 года назад

When Bruce said Beaumont was max capacity he was wrong the building could hold up to 18000 not only 5...I was there that night also

@xzzz444x9 3 года назад

1:18:57 lmao!!!

@philjoyce1548 5 лет назад

His fucking Vince impressions....great as fuck

@henryocean5714 3 года назад

I always appreciate Bruce "No, not necessarily" Prichard

@tc7584 5 лет назад

I can remember watching Ahmed Johnson and he had an incredible look and I always wondered waht happened to the guy. He just disappeared one day.

@devendemarchi1500 4 года назад

Every time he got a push, he would get injured. When he left WWE, he went to WCW for a little bit and nothing ever came from it

@jackharper8076 4 года назад

Ahmed Johnson always had an incredible wedgie almost every single match lol

@Rschr101 3 года назад

He was injury prone and dangerous in the ring. Also has a terrible complex that people are out to get him and the white man was holding him back blah blah blah. Dude could have been huge, now hes just...huge.

@Provos7777 2 года назад

Vince promoted boxing back in the 1980's. He promoted a fighter from Ireland named Sean Mannion

@RealAlphaDrum 2 года назад

Love this edition of the show, but dang the EQs are way off from one another.

@mox19380 3 года назад

LOVE the "well double fuck you too" (1:33:50) -it's strange that it starts with Conrad challenging the logic of playing such a large venue in a mid market in a down wrestling market...then 10 minutes later discussing how it's the second largest US wrestling show, biggest texas wrestling show in history - Really appreciate some of the background regarding the booking of the rumble.

@TrueLagoon 4 года назад

1:13:04 No yob!

@LeoWhalen1933 11 месяцев назад

Thank you!😂😂😂 This is why I'm here.

@strathroyaaron 6 лет назад

"f u, it's my show" oh really, I don't recall the show being Soething to wrestle with Conrad Thompson... you're a pawn buddy.

@andrebdd5818 Год назад

Conrad: why didn't you just go for 50000 instead of 70000 so you can guarantee a sell out Conrad would be the type of general who tells his crew to pack their white surrender flags before going into a battle

@colinblaine3552 5 лет назад

Damn, Conrad was on one.

@carbonsilkthread 5 лет назад

It’s very amusing but right before our ears we hear a couple of friends who are in an awkward argument w/ each other start to rekindle and overcome their fight. Bruce was so irritated in the beginning and Conrad knew it could be a shit podcast. Once Bruce stops being reluctant to doing the Vince voice, they start to get right back on point. Classic!

@stanleywojculewski1136 4 года назад

Conrad: Dave Meltzer reports the sky is blue. Bruce: That Meltzer and his dirtsheet is so full of sh*t Conrad: Set the record straight, Bruce. What color is the sky? Bruce: Blue

@mox19380 3 года назад

hahahaha. perfect

@BeeBumper Год назад

Meltzer is never that accurate

@koolaidman531 6 лет назад

Juuuuuunior!!!!

@zeek3580 3 года назад

1:22:00 vic venom predicts rumble clip

@5th_horsemen 6 лет назад

Ahmed made his tv debut at a raw in Sept of 95 in gr mi....i was there

@AllieZelda 6 лет назад

Ahmed and his Johnson

@russmangus 6 лет назад

Bruce is the drizzling shits in this episode

@tnadrg1982 6 лет назад

I saw him first at iyh 3 in saginaw live in a dark match

@rackballjones6585 5 лет назад

Prove it

@strathroyaaron 6 лет назад

fake Diesel was eliminated by Bret, not by Austin

@Rschr101 3 года назад

Ok.

@cryptozoomauler5505 5 лет назад

Bruce is wrong. "Everyone eventually goes back there - except for me." He's back with the WWE now. 2:05:03 Congrats, though, Bruce. You deserve it, even though you were being Mr. Pessimist.

@darthbigred22 2 года назад

@1:36:17 I always thought it was funny as much shit as WWF talked about the South and WCW, that the two voices of the Attitude era are JR and King who are two hicks. Plus SCSA is Texan and the Rock claimed Florida as his home at the time so it was a pretty southern production on top.

@calamaty9963 3 года назад

I was at this Royal Rumble yeah it was loud.

@LeoWhalen1933 11 месяцев назад

That's because the people who were there wanted to be there!

@nosyargerdna 5 лет назад

Who's theme is played at 2:56:37?? Sounds sooo dark & coldd!!

@jasonbudrow7376 3 года назад

Zeus

@JSmith83 4 года назад

The Bulldog said “cos I’m the dog!” - not “I’m bizarre!” Lol @ 2:02:22

@CasualVideoGamer 3 года назад

Listening to it on my VHS, it really, honestly DOES sound like "cause I'm BIZARRE!"

@JSmith83 3 года назад

Jesse Lee lol it’s funny nonetheless

@Dredsed 3 года назад

Nope

@CAMZAB 6 лет назад

Conrad is from Alabama. Ok, I honestly thought Denver, Colorado because of the South Park-style accent.

@Dredsed 3 года назад

Open ur ears

@governorerbe839 2 года назад

49:45 SNAP

@justinorel6592 Год назад

2:48:52 bumping for the industry

@FilmThePoliceFTP 6 лет назад

Dude. Ahmed was over like rover.

@Rschr101 3 года назад

And then the bell rang.

@jihmns 5 лет назад

Meltzer

@nathang.sellers181 6 лет назад

On a three hour podcast about a three hour pay per view they spent over an hour on ticket sales...love the show but not their best work. In my humble opinion.

@travismcdonald6576 6 лет назад

Nathan Sellers Prichard Just couldn’t admit that Michaels wasn’t a huge draw.

@jasonbailey960 6 лет назад

Couldn't agree more

@CAMZAB 6 лет назад

That would be a great tag line for this episode.

@chrishowe4009 4 года назад

That's what Conrad does. He likes to bring money into it all because he's a mortgage guy.

@nickmorgan8078 6 лет назад

One of my top three favorite episodes!

@BeeBumper Год назад

1500 isn't low. Who listens to radio much anymore. I went from daily listening to never listening this Last 15 years

@quays07 3 года назад

Bruce's version of vince is better than vince's version of vince

@dalynsanders 5 лет назад

Ahmed Johnson episode?

@henhowell2433 5 лет назад

And then that damn Bell had to ring...

@BFB1687 Год назад

Christ, Conrad, not everything is a fn rib!

@josephboza7448 5 лет назад

Shawn didn't have a knee injury. It has always been believed Shawn didn't want to job to Bret Hart at that mania. Shawn thought he was hot shit. This is kinda like Summerslam 1992 when it was first booked for DC but moved to London, England due to British Bulldog's popularity. It still crazy that they changed Vader to face Undertaker in a random ass match. Those 2 really didn't have a feud, all it did was further the issues between Paul Bearer and Undertaker. Bruce wants to know why Wrestlemania 13 wasn't one of the best PPV, take a look at this PPV and the road to Wrestlemania, such a big CLUSTERFUCK.

@Dredsed 3 года назад

Nothing like Summer Slam 92 at all.

@thekingofkingsrp 3 года назад

I would take it over what we got now....

@BeeBumper Год назад

He likely had an injury but it was far from career ending and he knew it. You could see how pissed Vince was interviewing Shawn when he dropped the belt to no one. It was all over his face. Especially when Shawn attempted to hug Vince. He was red faced and scowling

@josephboza7448 Год назад

@@BeeBumper yeah he had to justify why Undertaker became a 2x WWE Champion

@azulral Год назад

@@BeeBumper That whole thing reeked Vince making Shawn go out there and explain to the audience why he was quitting. Like saying I don't buy your bull shit sell it to them, and then he did so, without remorse.

@matthewmartn6815 4 года назад

Is it too late to vote I'm only like 3 years late

@scotthitman1 3 года назад

I heard jose had a brother......his name was hose b

@jihmns 5 лет назад

Dave

@marcbeauregard9185 5 лет назад

Davey Boy Smith didn't say he was going to win the Rumble "because I'm bizarre"... what I always thought he said is "Because I'm berserk" and seriously, it makes a lot more sense...

@Dredsed 3 года назад

Would make sense. Not what he said.

@markmenning1804 4 года назад

Is WWE losing a lot of money by not selling tickets during Corona virus?

@johnnieriot13 3 года назад

Well they’re projected to have the most profitable year to date so..... they can’t be losing that much

@gojirajenkins8528 Год назад

Stone Cold !!!!

@justinkelly9526 3 года назад

Conrad sounds like a big baby in this and like he doesn't know what he's talking about. Then when Bruce says something that makes sense and he realizes that Bruce is correct, instead of saying "oh ok you're right", he'll say something condescending like "my grandfather would say you'll argue the horns off a billygoat" and makes it seem like he just can't be wrong because he's the all knowing biggest fan ever they has multiple podcasts with people that were actually there in the business, so that makes him correct.

@fredstone2858 5 лет назад

what walk up mean.

@waynebryant6483 4 года назад

People who come that day to buy tickets instead of having bought them in advance

@jaserogers997 5 лет назад

#CountryMath

@joeygrunge 5 лет назад

As a life long wrestling fan I love hearing all of this... But every episode is so difficult to get through because of that host. Why does he shit on everything? He comes across as a defeated Wrasslin fan... Get over it.

@Mm-xx7tf 4 года назад

Funny. Stw, grilling jr, and 83 weeks combined have less subscribers than Corny does. Long live our savior Corny.

@Rschr101 3 года назад

Lotta losers out there. Cornette likes to watch guys sleep with his wife. Find a new god.

@FatLadyKiller 3 года назад

Cornette is a total joke in the industry. Only confused marks think anything he says matters

@InstagramAWrestlingHistorian 5 лет назад

It was bullshit Austin didn't main event Wrestlemania XIII.

@FilmThePoliceFTP 6 лет назад

My second wwf paperview... first was survivor series 96

@hooksncrosses3419 6 лет назад

We all remember our first. Mine was Summerslam 91

@mattd3407 5 лет назад

PAY-PER-VIEW wtf u really think paper view makes sense?

@big_dro1713 6 лет назад

FYI we can hear you at 1:09:58

@cloversocelot 5 лет назад

I cant

@johnnieriot13 3 года назад

Hear what?

@big_dro1713 3 года назад

@@johnnieriot13 Sorry it is at 1:08:58

@big_dro1713 3 года назад

@@cloversocelot Sorry it is at 1:08:58

@TheTEAMBUTLER 5 лет назад

97. The top year wwf/e have ever been

@trurobertson Год назад

The Rock said in his book that he got his speaking in third person from Deion Sanders , but there was some mention of JR. JR was there for The Rock a great deal in the beginning

@TheBrister 5 лет назад

The original plan would have been Vader defending against bret at the December pay per view because the Austin bret match at SS was a number 1 contender match.

@Dredsed 3 года назад

No it wasn't a contenders match your are talking bs

@TheBrister 3 года назад

@@Dredsed right before the match Todd pettengill interviews Austin and he says that the winner gets a title shot.

@Dredsed 3 года назад

@@TheBrister Ahhhh you!!! You got me you're right. My apologies and fuck me for being a smartass. They did drop that in pretty late though and hadnt advertised it that way leading up I believe.

@neilsun2521 6 лет назад

The AAA sending out fake Mysterio-esque wrestlers reminds me of when Paul McCartney of The Beatles was replaced in 1966. It's terrible that this Faul/Bill guy tours the world as "Paul McCartney" still today.

@vinson311 5 лет назад

Where do I sign up and get my foil hat?

@Dredsed 3 года назад

Casual

@joemama7163 4 года назад

Royal Rumble 97 stunk and this podcast followed suit. 1 🌟

@RealAlphaDrum 2 года назад

1:41:08 What you all came here for

@shadowman2192 5 лет назад

1:54:33 Bruce gets hot

@Rschr101 3 года назад

Bruce was pissed from the beginning when Conrad was questioning booking the rumble in a dome.

@CarlosGarcia-ng9xw Год назад

Why is Bruce getting away with mocking the luchadors with that horrible accent

@thetouch315 6 лет назад

To much about tickets, buy rates and marketing. Wished it more about actual show.

@joemazza2583 5 лет назад

thetouch315 agreed.. I could legit give 2 shits how much money they made or how many tickets they sold

@chrisr486 5 лет назад

Meltzer is lame

@TheSweetestScience 4 года назад

Hahahaha 😆😂🤣

@joeyzapata6786 3 года назад

And lives rent free in Prichard's head.

@TheBrister 2 года назад

I wish Bruce wasn't so pissy and argumentative this whole episode. One of those times they should have recorded this later.

@ChrisHonowayOFFICIAL 6 лет назад

USWA and SMW were absolutely minor league. Just watch where they taped the TV shows. USWA looked like a cable access station and SMW was taped at high school gyms

@FreneticZetetic 6 лет назад

I definitely agree. I'm sure it was standard for a time/in a territory, but I grew up in Boston and with WWF, and that was my measuring stick. In fact, I just checked out some SMW on The Network, and the production is embarrassing, lol. Cornette fucking RULES though.

@maxxdahl6062 5 лет назад

I see north eastern wrestling as absolute shit minor league.

@billdonahue3765 6 лет назад

conrad, can u take out the ads on yt

@KORANHORACIO 5 лет назад

Pay them

@jdh9219 Год назад

The worst part about Conrad podcasts so often is Conrad. It’s beyond irritating that he has to act like a prosecutor with information that he gets from glorified gossip columns. Him, Meltzer, and other dirt sheet writers” sometimes act like experts in a business they have NEVER been a part of in any way other than talking about it. One of them will say something like “This is obviously what you should have done” as if they have some insight and experience in promoting shows or writing tv etc. It just gets tiring and it’s so awkward to listen to someone be argumentative, smug, arrogant, and sarcastic about stuff they’ve never done and have no firsthand knowledge about. Shows like this and 83 weeks would be so much better if he didn’t ALWAYS have to do that over “facts” he got from gossip leeches like Dave Meltzer.

@darthbigred22 2 года назад

@37:49 I would be shocked to hear that now. Mexicans as a whole treat Taco Bell like it's the worst option available but I'm over here in West Texas where they are more likely to have street vendors and people literally selling from the back of their cars (thanks for keeping those borders open America).

@Superior_uno Год назад

Conrad was cringe. Bruce made all the sense and Conrad didn’t get it. Acting like a dumb fanboy

@supershawn77 5 лет назад

‘Folks’ what a Jim Ross wannabe! Annoying!

@FatLadyKiller 3 года назад

Conrad makes this show totally unlistenable. No one wants to hear a spoiled mark that thinks he knows better than someone that actually worked there. He thinks people listen for him. "RolL tiDe DUURRRURR" 🙄 These days Bruce sadly doesn't even give anything other than the bare minimum. They need to just stop this show.