Freddie Prinze, Jr. was interviewed by Chris Van Vliet this week to talk about his time as a writer for WWE from 2008-2009. He also worked for them again from 2010 until 2012.
Prinze, Jr talks about what it was like to work for Vince McMahon and what he thinks will happen to WWE when McMahon passes away.
Click here to listen to the entire interview. You can check out a clip from the interview by scrolling down on this page.
Freddie on why Vince McMahon will change the script so often:
“If people are trying to screw it up, that’s when you have to step in and say, ‘Vince, when I conceptualized this alone in the first place, the idea that you liked, this is what we discussed and we’re getting sidetracked now because you’re letting other people’s opinions on this wrestler get involved with the creative process.’ Sometimes I would win that argument. More often than not I would lose that argument because he goes with what he knows and he goes with who he knows. He has a history with those men and he didn’t have a history with me. My victories were always surprising in the production office and I had more than most, but it was always an uphill battle. Always.”
Despite all this, Freddie has high praise for WWE and Vince McMahon:
“I love him (Vince McMahon). He understands psychology at a level he will never get credit for. For better or worse, his understanding of the human condition and that there are no good or evil people, there are just people whose morality shifts depending on how much pressure they are under and that is a direct quote that I will never forget from VKM.”
Freddie feels HHH would be the right person to run the company when Vince steps down:
“Half of me thinks that Hunter will take over which would be good for the business even though I wasn’t Hunter’s favorite person and we didn’t see eye to eye on a lot of things. His mind for wrestling was sick. He can do everything. He can book. He can write. He can act. He can conceptualize ideas. He can wrestle. He can teach. This is somebody who probably doesn’t even like me that much, but I’ll still say great things about him because it’s true. I watched him do it. I’ve seen him show guys how to work their way through promos. I’ve seen him work with the women in such a respectful way. If he takes over, I think the wrestling business will be in the perfect hands and I think you will start seeing much more of the television promises you get like when the McMahon family says they are going to listen to the fans. No they’re not. That’s just a promo. When Hunter’s there, he already knows what you all want and he’s going to be more able to give that to you.”
Freddie also talked about his work in “She’s All That,” “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” “Scooby-Doo” and “Summer Catch.” He also reveals why he left acting and he shares stories about Chuck Norris, Muhammad Ali, his wife Sarah Michelle Gellar, and his role in the Punky Brewster reboot.
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