On a recent edition of the “Busted Open Radio” podcast, WWE executive Bruce Prichard clarified that the best worker in professional wrestling is the one who draws the bigger bucks.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On how Junkyard Dog wasn’t great in the ring but had charisma: “Guys that wanted to be in the NFL, couldn’t make it, well your next bet is Canadian Football League. So, if you’re on that side of the world, Stu Hart and Calgary Wrestling was on TV in the off-season, so [they’d say] ‘I’m going to go over here and learn to wrestle. He [Junkyard Dog] had charisma, he was the s***s, but he had charisma. And Stu would get him booked. Stu got him up. Then he comes down and Watts makes him the Junkyard Dog. Big nasty heel. But holy s**t did he have charisma!”
On what makes a wrestler the greatest worker: “To me, the greatest worker in the world is the guy who knows how to draw. I don’t give a s**t if it’s an 18-star match in the Tokyo Dome, it doesn’t matter, draw money. Draw money and you’re a great worker.”
