Prichard notes that he got his start in the wrestling business at a very young age, even timing out television shows at 12 years old. He worked for Paul Boesch in Houston, who gave his performers a good guarantee and treated the guys very well. For those reasons, performers loved working for him. For a long period of time, Boesch’s promotion was one of the only territories that Vince McMahon couldn’t take down.
Prichard notes that McMahon really wanted that territory and in 1986 Prichard was feeling lost there. He eventually got McMahon’s number and he called him everyday until McMahon finally took his call. McMahon insisted that Prichard would have to move to New York in order to work for WWE and they finally struck a deal.
Prichard inform that he didn’t have a job title or description at that time. He’d sit with Ed Cohen and Pat Patterson in booking meetings and he’d also do some work in marketing and promotion. He notes that he’s been accused of being a “yes man” over the years but that’s not the case at all. If his job required him to do something that’s exactly what he’d do, but when the time came for him to give his opinions he’d be sure to do that too.
