10 Bold Predictions For Wrestling In 2021
6. NXT Creative Is Subsequently Headed Up By Bruce Prichard & Road Dogg
Triple H staggers by the ropes, tears in his eyes, his dukes put up in desperation one last time.
Bruce Prichard casts a remorseful glance his way before kicking him flush on the chin. "I'm sorry," he says.
"Ahhhh luuuuuuurrrv yew!"
Some reporting and or opportunistic dot-connection surfaced last week as it pertained to Brother Love himself. Dave Meltzer reported in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that "Vince McMahon threw a fit about the working ability of certain guys on the main roster, mad in particular about some of the big guys". PWInsider subsequently named names: Keith Lee (!), Otis, Dabba-Kato, MACE and Omos. Ringside News claimed Prichard got in Vince McMahon's ear, bemoaning the standard of training conducted in the Performance Center.
Unfounded conspiracy time: could it be that Littlefinger Prichard has sensed an opening into yet another corridor of power?
It's notable also that NXT has shifted in its storytelling approach quite markedly from 2019. Zombies, assorted people in scream masks, the broad comedy stylings of the Robert Stone brand, Dexter Lumis, quasi-racist Chinese mysticism: the product increasingly features the trademark yuks and schlock beloved by Prichard, whether by coincidence or not.
The advanced workrate-driven melodrama of 2018 is out; main roster set dressing is in. Triple H's original vision for NXT is no longer in place.
Even if there's no conspiracy to pore over, one man's philosophy is either winning out, or is being drawn from.