During a recent appearance on the “WFAN” podcast, Bruce Prichard stated that the modern wrestling era surpasses all previous decades. Prichard noted that business metrics and global popularity make this the best time in the history of the industry.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On the best decade in wrestling: “I have to look at — because I listen to old-timers who will start off a comment with, ‘I’m going to tell you what was wrong with the business, by God. I’m going to tell you what’s wrong with the business right now. Back in my day, it was better. We were doing this, we were doing that.’ There’s nothing wrong with the business. And if you truly love it — and I do truly love it — I think that it it grows, it changes, it’s different. That’s all. It’s not better or worse. It’s just different.
“I’m enjoying what we’re doing right now. Because we are in a process where we’re changing things. We’re growing every night, man. You you see more and more people engaged. You walk down the street, you see all of our merchandise. People — I’m being recognized on the street. And it’s it’s a good feeling.
On what excites him about now: “I loved it in the ’70s, absolutely loved it in the moment. The 80s were awesome — that I remember. The ’90s were were good… And then the 2000s were what they were, kind of a rebuilding period. But right now when you look at it man, it is exciting. Because you see the the young pool of talent that we have in Florida at NXT, in our Performance Center. They’re just hungry. You look at them and you see these guys that just want to do this so bad. And so for me right now in the moment, in the moment right now, I think is probably one of the best times. And I would say #1, because it’s looking to the future and seeing what’s to come.”
