The brother of Dr. Tom Prichard, Bruce Prichard started working behind the scenes with the WWE in 1986, though he was often used as an announcer.  Prichard would come up with the persona of “Brother Love”, a play off real life televangelists.  Brother Love would be a regular character for three years on WWE Television, but backstage, he would emerge as a top mover and shaker.  Prichard would work for the WWE on and off for twenty-two years.

Before the days of cable TV and National wrestling promotions, Bill Apter’s series of magazines (Pro Wrestling Illustrated, Inside Wrestling and The Wrestler) were often the best way for fans to know what was going on in the wrestling world outside of their territory.  Even today in the era of globalization and the internet, the PWI 500 issue remains an anticipated issue for the magazine.  Wrestling fans may not know Apter’s name, but many know the publications he created.

Those who saw him perform in the ring will never say they saw a talented in ring performer, but when Dennis Rodman competed for WCW he did so at a time when he was among the most known Basketball players in the world.  His association with the New World Order angle brought more mainstream attention to wrestling and helped to spike the buy rate of a major Pay Per View.

Lawrence Taylor may have been the undeserving recipient of the main event match at Wrestlemania XI, but he did not embarrass himself once he got into the ring.  He did all the necessary work leading up to the match (including a very realistic beginning to the angle at the Royal Rumble) and managed to be led to a decent match by Bam Bam Bigelow.