Something to Wrestle with Bruce Prichard
| Something to Wrestle with Bruce Prichard | |
|---|---|
| Presentation | |
| Hosted by | Conrad Thompson |
| Starring | Bruce Prichard |
| Genre | Sports, Pro Wrestling, Business, Humor |
| Language | English |
| Updates | Weekly |
| Production | |
| No. of episodes | 123 |
| Publication | |
| Original release | August 5, 2016 – present |
| Provider | MLW Radio Network |
| Website | http://www.mlwradio.com/something-to-wrestle-with-bruce-prichard.html |
Something to Wrestle with Bruce Prichard is an audio podcast that discusses topics, events, wrestlers and memorable moments through the lense of former WWE executive Bruce Prichard. 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. A video version of the podcast called Something Else to Wrestle with Bruce Prichard debuted on the WWE Network on April 18, 2018. Season one has 13 episodes.[1]
Format
The podcast is co-hosted by Conrad Thompson. Thompson sits down with Bruce Prichard, a former WWE executive who performed on camera and was behind the scenes with the company for over twenty years. Each week, Thompson and Prichard discuss a new topic which is typically a particular WWE event, WWE happening or WWE character. Prichard discusses his experiences and recalls the topic of the episode from his perspective. The topic is voted on by the fans through Facebook or Twitter. Occasionally, Thompson and Prichard will determine the topic schedule in advance.
Reception
In 2017, Something to Wrestle with Bruce Prichard won two awards. The Academy of Podcasters named the podcast its Sports & Recreation podcast of the year.[2] In addition, Sports Illustrated named the podcast its Sports Podcast of the Year in its annual Sports Media Awards.[3]
Spin-offs
On January 30, 2017, Thompson launched a second show with Tony Schiavone titled What Happened When available on MLW Radio discussing stories from Jim Crockett Promotions and WCW.
In April 2018, another spin-off launched with Thompson and Eric Bischoff known as 83 weeks.[4]
In April 2018, Prichard and Thompson began doing a show for the WWE Network titled Something Else to Wrestle with Bruce Prichard. The show has the same format as the original podcast, the only difference between the two being Something Else to Wrestle will be a video version of the show.[5] The first episode was on April 18, 2018.[6]
Live shows
Prichard and Thompson do multiple live shows per year, which have been successful with most being sell-outs. Unlike the audio podcast, the show will sometimes feature guests such as Pat Patterson and Jeff Jarrett.
Episodes
| # | Episode | Air Date | Runtime |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dusty Rhodes in the WWF | August 5, 2016 | 1h 7m |
| 2 | The Mega Powers | August 12, 2016 | 1h 24m |
| 3 | The Lex Express | August 19, 2016 | 1h 12m |
| 4 | The Ultimate Warrior | August 26, 2016 | 1h 7m |
| 5 | The Montreal Screwjob | September 2, 2016 | 1h 28m |
| 6 | Brawl For All | September 9, 2016 | 1h 23m |
| 7 | The WWF Steroid Trail | September 16, 2016 | 1h 42m |
| 8 | The Radicalz jump from WCW to WWE | September 23, 2016 | 2h 20m |
| 9 | Wrestlemania VII | September 30, 2016 | 2h 13m |
| 10 | WWF & ECW`s 1996-1997 Relationship | October 7, 2016 | 1h 58m |
| 11 | WWF Prime Time Wrestling | October 14, 2016 | 2h 9m |
| 12 | TNA Wrestling | October 21, 2016 | 2h 55m |
| 13 | Lita x Edge x Matt Hardy Love Triangle | October 28, 2016 | 1h 56m |
| 14 | 1990 Survivor Series | November 4, 2016 | 2h 17m |
| 15 | Brian Pillman in the WWF | November 11, 2016 | 2h 58m |
| 16 | Vader in the WWF | November 18, 2016 | 3h 3m |
| 17 | TNA Wrestling - Chapter 2 | November 24, 2016 | 2h 59m |
| 18 | Sunny in the WWF | December 2, 2016 | 2h 43m |
| 19 | The Last WCW Monday Nitro | December 9, 2016 | 2h 21m |
| 20 | The 1997 Royal Rumble | December 16, 2016 | 3h 5m |
| 21 | Mr. Perfect | December 23, 2016 | 3h 17m |
| 22 | #LoveToKnow | December 30, 2016 | 2h 23m |
| 23 | The Million Dollar Man | January 6, 2017 | 3h 8m |
| 24 | "Ravishing" Rick Rude | January 13, 2017 | 2h 21m |
| 25 | 1994 Royal Rumble | January 20, 2017 | 1h 57m |
| 26 | Kurt Angle | January 27, 2017 | 3h 0m |
| 27 | The nWo in the WWE | February 3, 2017 | 2h 40m |
| 28 | The XFL | February 10, 2017 | 2h 37m |
| 29 | No Holds Barred | February 15, 2017 | 1h 59m |
| 30 | Wrestlemania VI | February 27, 2017 | 2h 28m |
| 31 | Houston Wrestling | February 22, 2017 | 2h 23m |
| 32 | Wrestlemania IX | February 24, 2017 | 3h 2m |
| 33 | Why Was Bruce Fired? | March 1, 2017 | 1h 29m |
| 34 | Beyond The Mat | March 3, 2017 | 2h 13m |
| 35 | Wrestlemania XV | March 10, 2017 | 2h 24m |
| 36 | "Rowdy" Roddy Piper | March 17, 2017 | 3h 9m |
| 37 | Wrestlemania 13 | March 17, 2017 | 2h 44m |
| 38 | Hulk Hogan`s 1987 | March 31, 2017 | 1h 17m |
| 39 | Undertaker (1993-1994) | April 7, 2017 | 3h 14m |
| 40 | Owen Hart | April 14, 2017 | 2h 51m |
| 41 | #LoveToKnow (Q&A Bonus Show!) | April 19, 2017 | 2h 54m |
| 42 | Jim Cornette in the WWF | April 21, 2017 | 3h 9m |
| 43 | In Your House 8: Beware of Dog | April 28, 2017 | 2h 32m |
| 44 | Global Wrestling Federation | May 3, 2017 | 2h 16m |
| 45 | Judgment Day 2002 | May 5, 2017 | 2h 45m |
| 46 | WWECW | May 12, 2017 | 3h 12m |
| 47 | King of the Ring 1996 | May 19, 2017 | 2h 32m |
| 48 | Eric Bischoff in the WWE | May 26, 2017 | 2h 56m |
| 49 | Hulk Hogan`s 1988 | June 2, 2017 | 3h 0m |
| 50 | Austin Walks Out | June 9, 2017 | 3h 0m |
| 51 | Vince Russo in the WWE | June 16, 2017 | 3h 32m |
| 52 | The Rise of John Cena | June 23, 2017 | 3h 7m |
| 53 | The Rise of CM Punk | June 30, 2017 | 3h 24m |
| 54 | In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede 1997 | July 7, 2017 | 2h 40m |
| 55 | Demolition | July 14, 2017 | 2h 41m |
| 56 | Fully Loaded 1998 | July 21, 2017 | 3h 0m |
| 57 | Summerslam 2000 | July 28, 2017 | 3h 3m |
| 58 | Paul Heyman in the WWE | August 4, 2017 | 3h 3m |
| 59 | Summerslam 1996 | August 4, 2017 | 2h 50m |
| 60 | Razor Ramon | August 18, 2017 | 2h 54m |
| 61 | Summerslam 2002 | August 25, 2017 | 2h 37m |
| 62 | Something to Wrestle For Houston | September 1, 2017 | 2h 49m |
| 63 | The Best of Something to Wrestle, Part II | September 6, 2017 | 2h 22m |
| 64 | "Macho Man" Randy Savage | September 8, 2017 | 4h 10m |
| 65 | Jeff Jerrett in the WWF | September 15, 2017 | 4h 3m |
| 66 | Unforgiven 1999 | September 22, 2017 | 3h 6m |
| 67 | Bobby "The Brain" Heenan | September 29, 2017 | 3h 32m |
| 68 | In Your House 18: Badd Blood 1997 | October 6, 2017 | 3h 11m |
| 69 | No Mercy 1999 | October 13, 2017 | 3h 15m |
| 70 | Doink the Clown | October 20, 2017 | 2h 28m |
| 71 | The Rock 97/98 | October 27, 2017 | 3h 19m |
| 72 | New Age Outlaws | November 3, 2017 | 3h 50m |
| 73 | Bret Hart 96/97 | November 10, 2017 | 4h 45m |
| 74 | Survivor Series 2002 | November 17, 2017 | 3h 14m |
| 75 | Survivor Series 1987 | November 24, 2017 | 3h 8m |
| 76 | Jake "The Snake" Roberts | December 1, 2017 | 3h 56m |
| 77 | The Steiners and Big Poppa Pump in the WWF | December 8, 2017 | 3h 22m |
| 78 | Edge in the WWE | December 15, 2017 | 5h 4m |
| 79 | Goldust | December 22, 2017 | 5h 5m |
| 80 | Vengeance 2001 | December 29, 2017 | 2h 40m |
| 81 | The Creation of Monday Night Raw | January 5, 2018 | 2h 30m |
| 82 | The Rockers & Marty Jannetty | January 12, 2018 | 4h 17m |
| 83 | Royal Rumble 1998 | January 19, 2018 | 2h 42m |
| 84 | Royal Rumble 1988 | January 26, 2018 | 2h 42m |
| 85 | The Main Event on NBC: Hogan vs Andrè 88 | February 2, 2018 | 1h 49m |
| 86 | Undertaker 1995-1997 | February 9, 2018 | 4h 42m |
| 87 | No Way Out 1998 | February 16, 2018 | 2h 11m |
| 88 | No Way Out 2003 | February 23, 2018 | 2h 48m |
| 89 | Shawn Michaels 1993 | March 2, 2018 | 2h 21m |
| 90 | Shawn Michaels 94/95 | March 9, 2018 | 3h 36m |
| 91 | Saturday Night´s Main Event 3/12/88 | March 10, 2018 | 1h 16m |
| 92 | Wrestlemania 19 | March 16, 2018 | 3h 51m |
| 93 | The First Draft (2002) | March 23, 2018 | 2h 39m |
| 94 | Wrestlemania IV | March 30, 2018 | 2h 54m |
| 95 | Goldberg | April 6, 2018 | 3h 3m |
| 96 | RAW (4/13/98 - Austin vs. McMahon) | April 13, 2018 | 2h 10m |
| 97 | Rob Van Dam | April 20, 2018 | 3h 55m |
| 98 | Unforgiven 1998 | April 27, 2018 | 1h 59m |
| 99 | The Big Boss Man | May 4, 2018 | 3h 13m |
| 100 | Brother Love | May 11, 2018 | 2h 48m |
| 101 | The 1992 Royal Rumble | May 12, 2018 | 2h 50m |
| 102 | The British Bulldog | May 18, 2018 | 3h 38m |
| 103 | #LoveToKnow | May 25, 2018 | 1h 48m |
| 104 | Bob Holly | June 1, 2018 | 3h 46m |
| 105 | King of the Ring 1993 | June 8, 2018 | 2h 21m |
| 106 | Bad Blood 2003 | June 15, 2018 | 2h 7m |
| 107 | Sable | June 22, 2018 | 3h 13m |
| 108 | King of the Ring 1998 | June 29, 2018 | 2h 19m |
| 109 | Brutus "the Barber" Beefcake | July 6, 2018 | 2h 59m |
| 110 | Muhammed Hassan | July 13, 2018 | 2h 2m |
| 111 | Invasion PPV 2001 | July 20, 2018 | 2h 41m |
| 112 | Vengeance 2003 | July 27, 2018 | 2h 19m |
| 113 | SummerSlam 1997 | August 3, 2018 | 2h 26m |
| 114 | Hulk Hogan´s 1989 - 1990 | August 10, 2018 | 2h 40m |
| 115 | SummerSlam 1998 | August 17, 2018 | 2h 17m |
| 116 | The First Smackdown! | August 24, 2018 | 2h 12m |
| 117 | SummerSlam 1988 | August 31, 2018 | 2h 36m |
| 118 | #LoveToKnow | September 7, 2018 | 1h 18m |
| 119 | The Smackdown after 9/11 | September 14, 2018 | 1h 49m |
| 120 | Unforgiven 2008 | September 21, 2018 | 2h 18m |
| 121 | In Your House:Breakdown 1998 | September 28, 2018 | 2h 10m |
| 122 | Carlito | October 5, 2018 | 2h 6m |
| 123 | Rikishi | October 12, 2018 | 1h 55m |
References
- ↑ JUSTIN BARRASSO (April 7, 2018). "Bruce Prichard and Conrad Thompson Show Set to Debut This Month on WWE Network". si.com.
- ↑ "CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2017 WINNERS!". academyofpodcasters.com. August 28, 2017.
- ↑ Richard Deitsch (December 17, 2017). "Sports Illustrated Media Awards: The Best and Worst of 2017". si.com.
- ↑ "83weeks". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ↑ ""Something Else to Wrestle With Bruce Prichard" Coming to WWE Network". Pro Wrestling Sheet | Insider Wrestling News and Reports. 2018-04-06. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
- ↑ "Something to Wrestle with Bruce Prichard on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2018-04-17.