Prichard talks about the Bastion Booger character. Mike Shaw was a great heel prior to arriving in WWE but things never really panned out for him in WWE. At one point Shaw approached WWE officials because he wanted more bookings, and he was told to go talk to McMahon. He finally got the nerve up to go speak with McMahon and told him he wasn’t happy. McMahon promptly gave Shaw his release because if he wasn’t happy, McMahon didn’t think he should be forced to remain with the company.
Prichard notes that Shaw’s inability to respond to McMahon effectively resulted in his release from the company. McMahon is an intimidating figure, but if Shaw would have explained that he simply wanted more dates he probably wouldn’t have been released.
Prichard talks about the infamous Mantaur character. He says that character derived from the fact that Mike Halac’s feet were so big and thick that they looked like hooves. Looking back now it’s easy to call that character “god awful”. He notes that the Giant Gonzalez costume was terrible as well. McMahon’s mindset was, “He doesn’t have any muscles so we’ll paint them on!” Prichard says Undertaker hasn’t forgiven him to this day for booking him with Gonzalez at WrestleMania 9.
Jericho points out that Undertaker had some “lesser” opponents during those early WrestleMania years. Prichard notes that most of the time that’s because the company knew Undertaker would be able to get a reasonable match out of those guys and everything would be okay. He jokes that Undertaker has held that over his head for years.
