Something to Wrestle with Bruce Prichard
| Something to Wrestle with Bruce Prichard | |
|---|---|
| Presentation | |
| Hosted by | Conrad Thompson |
| Starring | Bruce Prichard |
| Genre |
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| Language | English |
| Updates | Weekly |
| Production | |
| No. of episodes | 206 |
| Publication | |
| Original release | August 5, 2016 – present |
| Provider | Westwood One |
| Related | |
| Website | westwoodonepodcasts |
Something to Wrestle with Bruce Prichard is an audio podcast that discusses topics, events, wrestlers and memorable moments through the lens of WWE executive Bruce Prichard. The show was launched in August 2016 on MLW Radio. The episodes' length typically ranges from two to four hours, 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. Initially, the topic of each episode was voted on by the fans through Facebook or Twitter, however following Prichard's return to WWE in 2019 causing a more limited recording schedule, Thompson and Prichard now determine the topics 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 former WCW announcer Tony Schiavone titled What Happened When available on MLW Radio discussing stories from Jim Crockett Promotions and World Championship Wrestling.
In April 2018, another spin-off launched with Thompson and former WCW president Eric Bischoff known as 83 Weeks, covering the same topics as What Happened When, but from Bischoff's standpoint who ran WCW from 1994 through 1999.[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 that Something Else to Wrestle is a video version of the show.[5] The first episode was on April 18, 2018.[6]
In May 2019, Thompson began another spin-off with former WCW and WWE talent, and current All Elite Wrestling commentator Jim Ross, known as Grilling JR.[7]
Live shows
Prichard and Thompson do multiple live shows per year, which have been successful with most being sell-outs.[citation needed] Unlike the audio podcast, the show will sometimes feature guests such as Pat Patterson and Jeff Jarrett. Something to Wrestle no longer does live shows as of Bruce Prichard's return to WWE in early 2019.
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 Trial | 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 (Q&A from fans) | 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 17, 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 24, 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 | 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 11, 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 (Benefit show following Hurricane Harvey) | 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 Jarrett 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: Bad 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 | The 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 |
| 124 | Judgment Day 1998 | October 19, 2018 | 1h 45m |
| 125 | When Hunter Married Stephanie | October 26, 2018 | 2h 3m |
| 126 | Daniel Puder & the Hardcore Title | November 2, 2018 | 3h 6m |
| 127 | William Regal | November 9, 2018 | 3h 3m |
| 128 | Survivor Series 1998 | November 16, 2018 | 2h 27m |
| 129 | Survivor Series 1988 | November 22, 2018 | 2h 45m |
| 130 | Survivor Series 1993 | November 23, 2018 | 2h 16m |
| 131 | Christian | November 30, 2018 | 3h 13m |
| 132 | D-Generation X: In Your House | December 7, 2018 | 1h 51m |
| 133 | Rock Bottom 1998 | December 14, 2018 | 2h 37m |
| 134 | Raw: December 22, 1997 | December 21, 2018 | 1h 45m |
| 135 | Foley Wins The Title | December 28, 2018 | 1h 43m |
| 136 | "Mean" Gene Okerlund Tribute | January 4, 2019 | 1h 34m |
| 137 | Royal Rumble 1999 | January 11, 2019 | 2h 27m |
| 138 | Royal Rumble 2004 | January 18, 2019 | 2h 19m |
| 139 | Sid | January 25, 2019 | 2h 53m |
| 140 | Gorilla Monsoon | February 1, 2019 | 1h 46m |
| 141 | St. Valentine's Day Massacre | February 8, 2019 | 2h 4m |
| 142 | No Way Out 2004 | February 15, 2019 | 2h 11m |
| 143 | The Undertaker 2004-2006 | February 22, 2019 | 2h 29m |
| 144 | Jerry 'The King' Lawler | March 1, 2019 | 3h 45m |
| 145 | Stone Cold Steve Austin's 1997 | March 8, 2019 | 1h 40m |
| 146 | WrestleMania XX | March 15, 2019 | 1h 36m |
| 147 | WrestleMania X | March 22, 2019 | 2h 13m |
| 148 | WrestleMania X-Seven | March 29, 2019 | 2h 28m |
| 149 | Michael "P.S." Hayes | April 5, 2019 | 1h 28m |
| 150 | Stone Cold Steve Austin's 1998-99 | April 12, 2019 | 2h 32m |
| 151 | Backlash 2004 | April 19, 2019 | 2h 0m |
| 152 | The best of Triple H | April 26, 2019 | 1h 50m |
| 153 | JBL | May 3, 2019 | 2h 55m |
| 154 | Raw is War (05/10/1999) | May 10, 2019 | 1h 46m |
| 155 | The Roast of Bruce Prichard | May 17, 2019 | 1h 59m |
| 156 | Judgment Day 2004 | May 24, 2019 | 1h 50m |
| 157 | #LOVETOKNOW | May 31, 2019 | 1h |
| 158 | AJ Styles in TNA | June 7, 2019 | 1h 25m |
| 159 | WWF RAW 06.09.97 Watch Along | June 14, 2019 | 1h 45m |
| 160 | Greatest Fights | June 21, 2019 | 1h 44m |
| 161 | King of the Ring 1994 | June 25, 2019 | 2h 24m |
| 162 | King of the Ring 1999 | June 28, 2019 | 1h 44m |
| 163 | WCW Monday Nitro (07/06/1998) | July 5, 2019 | 2h 31m |
| 164 | Fully Loaded 1999 | July 12, 2019 | 1h 35m |
| 165 | JR | July 19, 2019 | 2h 34m |
| 166 | #LoveToKnow | July 26, 2019 | 2h 2m |
| 167 | The Rock 2001-04 | August 2, 2019 | 2h 22m |
| 168 | Three Year Retrospective | August 6, 2019 | 3h 18m |
| 169 | 20 Years of Jericho (1999–2001) | August 9, 2019 | 2h 30m |
| 170 | SummerSlam 2004 | August 16, 2019 | 1h 51m |
| 171 | SummerSlam 1999 | August 23, 2019 | 1h 39m |
| 172 | SummerSlam 1989 | August 30, 2019 | 2h 47m |
| 173 | Ground Zero: In Your House | September 6, 2019 | 1h 21m |
| 174 | IYH3: Triple Threat | September 13, 2019 | 1h 43m |
| 175 | RAW (09/22/97 - Austin stuns McMahon) | September 20, 2019 | 1h 30m |
| 176 | Yokozuna | September 27, 2019 | 3h |
| 177 | No Mercy 2004 | October 4, 2019 | 1h 48m |
| 178 | Taz | October 11, 2019 | 1h 56m |
| 179 | #AskBruce | October 18, 2019 | 1h 40m |
| 180 | Halloween Havoc 1998 | October 25, 2019 | 3h 21m |
| 181 | The Fabulous Moolah | November 1, 2019 | 1h 33m |
| 182 | Classic SETW: Vince Russo | November 8, 2019 | 1h 53m |
| 183 | The Wrestling Classic | November 12, 2019 | 2h 30m |
| 184 | Survivor Series 1999 | November 15, 2019 | 1h 45m |
| 185 | Survivor Series '94 | November 22, 2019 | 1h 47m |
| 186 | Survivor Series '89 | November 28, 2019 | 2h 45m |
| 187 | This Tuesday in Texas | December 6, 2019 | 1h 43m |
| 188 | Classic SETW: "Rowdy" Roddy Piper | December 13, 2019 | 1h 58m |
| 189 | Ask Bruce Anything! | December 20, 2019 | 1h 7m |
| 190 | Jimmy Hart | December 27, 2019 | 1h 24m |
| 191 | Armageddon '99 | January 1, 2020 | 1h 38m |
| 192 | The Iron Sheik | January 3, 2020 | 1h 13m |
| 193 | New Year's Revolution (2005) | January 10, 2020 | 1h 27m |
| 194 | Royal Rumble '90 | January 17, 2020 | 1h 55m |
| 195 | Royal Rumble '95 | January 24, 2020 | 2h 8m |
| 196 | The Radicalz Revisited | January 31, 2020 | 1h 35m |
| 197 | Deep Cuts: The Early Years | February 7, 2020 | 2h 2m |
| 198 | Sherri Martel | February 14, 2020 | 1h 50m |
| 199 | No Way Out 2005 | February 21, 2020 | 1h 40m |
| 200 | Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat | February 28, 2020 | 2h 2m |
| 201 | Val Venis | March 6, 2020 | 2h 12m |
| 202 | Flair Flashback | March 13, 2020 | 1h 8m |
| 203 | #ASKBRUCE | March 20, 2020 | 1h 12m |
| 204 | WrestleMania XI | March 27, 2020 | 2h 7m |
| 205 | WrestleMania 21 | April 3, 2020 | 2h 1m |
| 206 | Paul Bearer | April 10, 2020 | 2h 15m |
| 207 | Nailz | April 18, 2020 | 1h 19m |
| 208 | Ending The Streak | April 24, 2020 | 2h 33m |
| 209 | Hacksaw Jim Duggan | April 26, 2020 | 1h 52m |
| 210 | Backlash 2005 | April 26, 2020 | 1h 48m |
| 211 | Tito Santana | May 8, 2020 | 1h 57m |
| 212 | Survivor Series 2018 | May 15, 2020 | 1h 46m |
| 213 | Judgment Day 2005 | May 22, 2020 | 2h 4m |
| 214 | Hornswoggle | May 29, 2020 | 2h 1m |
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