For those who don’t know that teen heartthrob, and turn-of-the-century movie star Freddie Prinze Jr. could be among the the last people you’d want to work for a firm such as WWE. The actress who played She’s the Whole That as well as the I Know the Things You did last summer actor enjoyed a long and long-lasting run Hollywood that he was able to remain to the general public throughout the decade of 2000.
But, what Prinze was able to demonstrate (and as evident by his latest Podcast “Wrestling with Freddie continues to have) is a passion of professional wrestlers. After a chance encounter to Stephanie McMahon while attending WrestleMania as an (well-connected) fan resulted in an in-depth discussion of the show’s TV production The Billion Dollar Princess was so amazed that she even encouraged Prinze to meet with her father, resulting in the most unlikely of working relations.
Freddie Prinze Jr. Meets with Stephanie McMahon
In the podcast of his host, Prinze – who was born in 1976 and therefore would have been a an important part of the Hulkamania target audience in the late 1980s – stated that he and his acquaintance Macaulay Culkin were in Orlando to attend the Hall of Fame ceremony on the night prior to WrestleMania 24. After lengthy conversations with an unidentified WWE employee throughout the following the next day’s Granddaddy of Them All, the “nice lady” claimed that she believed Prinze had “really interesting concepts” and suggested that he talk with Stephanie.
Prinze along with his partner the actress Scooby-Doo co-star as well as Buffy the Vampire Slayerprotagonist Sarah-Michelle Geller – were already within New York, so it was simple to hop on trains from New York to Stamford, Connecticut to meet Stephanie at the WWE headquarters. McMahon was open to his suggestions, Prinze said, and most of their discussion was discussing ideas for struggling or stale talent. He noted that Steph was impressed he was able to provide “notes about the brand” but without “crapping all over it” and suggested that she meet her father.
Freddie Prinze Jr. Becomes A Part Of WWE’s Creative Team
Prinze who’s father and the 1970s Chico as well as The Mantelevision star passed away when he was just one year old, claimed that Vince called his “son” multiple times in their conversations. This, in addition to a handshake from the past made the deal official before Prinze was able to tell his wife.
In deciding to invest his entire earnings in company stock Prinze stated that he was “disenfranchised” due to his Hollywood career and maybe viewed the possibility of working as a part of WWE to get of getting out. Whatever the case Prinze was soon traveling to each show, including Monday Night Raw and Tuesday SmackDown tapingand taking the rest of his time in its Titan Towers offices with folks like the then creative director Michael Hayes and Brian Gewirtz.
Burn Out Led To Freddie Prinze Jr. Quitting WWE
With Vince McMahon’s aversion to work that have been documented, it’s not surprising that he would expect his employees (particularly his office employees) to put in the same long and exhausting hours as they do, which is in keeping with his almost-infinite availability. After two periods – the first as an employee in the group that was creative from the middle of 2009 before being hired as a director and producer between 2010 and 2012 as a staff member, an incident while watching the production on an episode from “Tough Enough” caused the father of two to think about his future career choices.
While the host Steve Austin was interviewing contestants One woman mentioned that she was experimenting as a way to support her children. Austin responded by informing her of the dreadful reality of being a parent even while working full-time as professional wrestler. Prinze told me that the moment touched him so deeply that even as the show was going on, he contacted Vince in his Gorilla Position and gave the director 2 weeks’ notice in writing.
Freddie Prinze Jr. Isn’t Done with Wrestling
Despite WWE’s efforts to change his decision, Prinze says that leaving WWE was an easy decision. “When I could commit 100% and not worry about family friends, family, or other things it was extremely excellent,” he said on his podcast. “When I couldn’t accomplish that, [the high-quality of the work] was not where it should be.”
However, although Prinze has was only on camera only a few times in his time in WWE said that he’ll never think about returning but he’s in no way done with the business overall. Alongside his own podcast that he started in the month of November 2021, Prinze is planning to launch an event in California and says he’s already started discussions on renting studio space for filming. He calls it an “three-year plan” and says that his children will always be first, telling “I am a proud father and that’s why I left the company initially.”
