5 Ups & 5 Downs From Last Night's WWE Backstage (Jan 14)
4. A Prinze Among Men
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Freddie Prinze Jr was too good for WWE.
Well, too good and too rich. Discounting the aforementioned performance in Promo School later on in the show, Prinze Jr he offered several fascinating notes about the spell that saw him in and out of WWE's creative process between 2008 and 2009.
He joked that Stephanie McMahon being a teenager during his teen idol years helped his cause, and that the schedule was "more man" than he was. Amidst knowing glances from the panel, it was genuinely sweet to hear the others share Titan Tower tidbits with the Hollywood star.
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