Thoughts on Cody Rhodes Thanking Bruce Prichard at WrestleMania?

Cody Rhodes successfully finished his story at WrestleMania and beat Roman Reigns to become the WWE Champion for the first time in his career. In Cody’s speech after he of course thanked Triple H but also thanked Bruce Prichard. What did you think of this?

I’m a fan of Something to Wrestle, I’ve listened to countless hours of Bruce Prichard talk about wrestling. I’m a big fan of Bruce’s. He’s worked in wrestling for years both behind the scenes and on screen as “Brother Love”. The fact that Cody took time to thank him shows how he’s viewed in WWE.

Prichard returned to the company in 2019 after 11 years away. He took a position in creative and has bounced around in a few rolls since then.

Here’s the thing with Bruce. He may be the biggest Vince McMahon guy out there. Bruce worked alongside Vince during many successful years with the company. From the Golden Age to the Attitude Era to the Modern Era. Outside of those 11 years away and before he got to the company, he’s been one of Vince’s right hand men. Even during his years away from WWE you wouldn’t catch Bruce saying a bad word about Vince McMahon. On his podcast he’d joke around about Vince but never took any real jabs at him.

Vince McMahon is currently facing the biggest lawsuit of his life. A lawsuit that accuses him of depraved sex acts. It’s tough when the guy you’ve went to bat for, for so many years is public enemy #1. A lot of people would argue that Bruce should have cut ties with Vince long ago. And I’m not saying this is right, but without Vince McMahon Bruce Prichard wouldn’t be in the position he’s in.

Maybe he’d be working as a consultant for TNA or AEW. He would not be in WWE though. Especially not in the high ranking position he’s in now. One that got him a thank you at the biggest show of the year from the new Champion.

What did you think of Cody bringing him out? Do you think it was a good call or a bad one, given his relationship with Vince McMahon? I’m curious to see the discourse on this one.

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