Episode 80: Vengeance 2001

Something to Wrestle with Bruce Prichard

Podcast Heat

Sports, Wrestling

4.8 • 12.6K Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2017

⏱️ 148 minutes

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Summary

Who could forget the night Chris Jericho beat the Rock and "Stone Cold" in the same night? Bruce and Conrad discuss that fateful night and the entire build up to get there including the end of the "Invasion" angle, the Rock-Austin politics, bringing Ric Flair back, the hilarious story about Vince's reaction on TV to Flair being his partner, bringing Jerry Lawler back, the rumors that Bruce slept with Stephanie, the allegations that the WWF artificially inflated the price of their stock, why Vince decided Jericho was the guy, how the nWo coming in made it all possible, losing DirecTV for PPVs, Taker and Austin switching roles, the Kiss My Ass Club, why Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch never made it, A Train as a trainer, who hated the U2 video for HHH's recovery, why Trish's love interest with Jeff Hardy was dropped, why Vince scrapped the Hardy feud so quickly, what Test never recovered from, why RVD didn't become "the guy" in 2001, how the American Badass version of Taker came to be, who loved brass knuckles, Regal in-ring versus commissioner, who was a mentor to Trish, why Bruce thought Angle was green, how Vince sold Austin on losing, the Rock/Jericho relationship, why Rock won the WCW Title, why Vince wanted to combine them in the first place, Bruce's pitch for WrestleMania 18 that was shot down, Jericho's celebration after winning the title, why Booker T never had a PPV match with Austin, and all of your questions just made The List! It's over two hours of Jericho, drink it in man! Ask your questions for the "Creation of Monday Night RAW" plus wake up with the Morning Deuce with Bruce: www.Facebook.com/SomethingToWrestle Don't miss our live show in Brooklyn on 1/19: www.BoxOfGimmicks.com Don't miss our live show in Philly on 1/27: www.PronounsPal.com Win Free STW Swag: www.instagram.com/PrichardShow Buy a Shirt, Get a Call from Bruce: www.BrucePrichard.com Save Yourself Some Money: www.SaveWithBruce.com ONLY Official STW YouTube: www.youtube.com/SomethingToWrestle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Well, do something to wrestle with and a brim of will.
0:06.6	Grat, grat, grat, do something to you.
0:10.4	Well, you know.
0:12.0	Hey, hey, it's gone red Thompson and you're listening to something to wrestle with.
0:17.0	You know, Bruce Pritchard, what's going on, man?
0:26.4	It's our last show of 2017.
0:29.2	We've made another trip around the solar system, my friend.
0:33.2	What's going on?
0:34.2	Grat, what a year 2017 has been.
0:38.2	Should we just spend a few moments and reflect?
0:41.2	What's causing all this?
0:43.2	We are in one year, two time, two time, podcast champions of the Wizard World.
0:55.2	And when we were sitting here a year ago, we were nervous thinking about our first live show.
1:02.2	And do you really think that people care?
1:06.2	Do you really think they'll come out and see us?
1:08.2	Yeah, it is sort of funny and hindsight.
1:10.2	I guess we should give a peek behind the curtain.
1:12.2	We exchanged Christmas presents this year and they were all podcast related.
1:16.2	I sent you a really cool sketch that an awesome listener of ours made.
1:22.2	We'll go ahead and post it and give him credit where he made a real Google machine drawing.
1:28.2	And I'm holding up the rumor and in you endo.
1:31.2	And there's a box of gimmicks. It's good times.
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