10 Behind-The-Scenes Secrets Revealed By Former WWE Writers
7. "Triple H Wasn't Ready"
Bruce Prichard's podcast chats with Conrad Thompson have somewhat understandably tapered off in quality over the last few years.
Prichard's remarkable return to the right hand of Vince McMahon has resulted in the former Brother Love perhaps being a little bit more careful with his tales, and that's if he's even got a moment to himself to sit down and chat about them. More's the pity - there were some fascinating insights that snuck out at the time, including this gem about Triple H's 1999 ascent;
“I don’t think that Steve and/or a lot of the agents at the time felt that Hunter was ready for the championship yet. But that wasn’t a Steve call, that was a Vince call, and that was a lot of the agents. When they heard that, they felt that he’ll be ready someday, he’s just not ready right now, not with Steve.”
SummerSlam's main event that year saw Steve Austin lose to Mankind so he could drop the WWE Championship to 'Cerebral Assassin' the next day. It's long been felt that this was exclusively a 'Rattlesnake' call, but Prichard's tidbit reveals a side of McMahon that wasn't quite ready to play 'The Game' either.