10 Things We Learned From Bruce Prichard’s Creation Of WWE Raw Podcast

7. It Was Bruce’s Idea

How much did you pay the last time WWE came to town? In the UK, ticket prices range between £30-£300, and that can just be for house shows tours. Getting ringside seats for Raw is pricy, but that wasn't the case back in 1993. Back then, the average ticket price was $10, which equates to just over £7 today.

Producing a scaled-down, grittier television show was Bruce Prichard's idea. He was the one who then had to shoulder the blame when McMahon realised the WWF were losing thousands every week by running at the Manhattan Center. Never mind that he had final say on that venue and knew it only held 600 folks; the boss is always right.

The WWF were making around $6,000 in ticket sales from each episode of Raw in the early days. The building cost approx 10k to hire, meaning they were losing 4 grand per show. That number doesn't take into account production costs either.

Prichard says he had to answer some tough questions from Vince just 2 months into Raw's run.