Pat was eventually able to meet Louie and they went on to bond for decades. Patterson gave them the wrong name at first and Pat was stuck on a date with a guy who wanted him badly, with Pat not being interested. Pat tells the story of how he first saw him in a gay bar and tried to have his friends set them up. He met his life partner Louie while working in Boston. Patterson bounced around the territories, learning his craft. Eventually Patterson confessed to the man that he and his son had been training, and after a brow beating, they were put in the ring to work. This led to Patterson putting up posters for events, and training with his classmate secretly as the kid’s father had no intention of getting his son get in the business. He couldn’t afford to go see wrestling as a kid in Montreal, so he started selling newspapers to earn money for tickets.Ī classmate had a father who was connected to wrestling, so Patterson made friends with him in order to get closer to the business. Patterson talks about how Prichard being fired for a year or so in 1991 was stressful on him as Vince McMahon then put all of Bruce’s duties on his plate. As the story goes, when he came in, it was Road Warrior Hawk who was like, what if we called him Paul Bearer, get it? Paul Bearer and brought it to Vince and he became Paul Bearer.They open with Prichard talking about how he and Patterson worked together for over 20 years. He was going to be the Undertaker's manager. So, I think at that point, his fate was sealed. The guy we are bringing in that we want to have manage the Undertaker is a licensed mortician. He said I'm a licensed mortician and everybody popped, like oh my God, this couldn't be better. He said what do you do, what are your hobbies. ![]() They were looking for someone there, but as Vince always does, he may bring you in for one thing and use you for ten other things. He was really being interviewed for the Undertaker manager. He thought he was coming in for a job interview to do anything. So, Percy had sent his shit in and he had been on the radar for other things, but yes, I don't think that there was one single person that didn't highly recommend him that we spoke to that had worked with him previously. I even think JJ (Dillon) had a hand in saying, hey how about Percy. Rick Rude may have suggested Percy Pringle. But, in doing that, it was like ok, and if you're gone, how do we make that transition. You can be on the road with Undertaker full time or you can be in the office full time, but you can't do both anymore. ![]() Undertaker is such an attraction that he needs the complete package of the manager and that's got to be you on the road all the time. Vince gave me the ultimatum and said you got to choose one. Prichard commenting on Paul Bearer coming to WWE: "I was managing Undertaker as Brother Love. There is no way he would have won, but yeah he would have done better if he wouldn't have come out trying to box." SOMETHING TO WRESTLE WITH BRUCE PRICHARD 4/10/20: PAUL BEARER He might have had a little bit better chance. ![]() He should have just come out and thrown haymakers like he did in the other fights. He actually tried to box and jab which was his worst mistake. Please send all feedback to: or TWO MAN POWER TRIP OF WRESTLING 4/10/20: BUTTERBEANīutterbean on why WWE brought him in for the Brawl for All: "It was punishment for Bart Gunn.
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