On the latest edition of his “Wrestling With Freddie” podcast, Freddie Prinze Jr. discussed why WWE will never book deathmatches, his plans for a deathmatch-style bout in his own long-planned promotion, and more.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On whether WWE would ever do deathmatches: “I guarantee you it wouldn’t even be up for debate if you brought it up as a writer in the creative room, they wouldn’t even let you bring it to Vince. They’re too scared of that with stockholders. You can blame them for it or you can understand that that’s just the way it is for it to be as successful as its become.”
On planning to have a deathmatch in his promotion: “For my own [promotion] — based on, like the style it is — there will definitely be a death match. I know I’ve said that there wouldn’t be, but just the style that it’s gonna be, there will be. It’ll just be hard. But I know how much people love those. You’re seeing the literal sacrifice of an artist you like right in front of you, just for you. And that means a lot. Even when there’s no TV cameras and these men and women are still willing to do that, for you. For an experience that 60 people will see, 1,000 people will see, 2,000 people will see, 500 people will see, but they’re still willing to bleed, sweat, cry all on that canvas they call a ring.”
