Once there, however, any great idea or the planning thereof still has to be executed, and that took commitment from one and all, which Prichard said they absolutely had. “There wasn’t a single person there,” he explained, “that wasn’t ready to fight, and that wasn’t ready for whatever consequences. We were ready to be arrested. We were ready to get our asses kicked.”

After explaining that he was specifically advised by WWE’s legal department not to enter the building, maybe the chances of Prichard, or any and all of Triple H, X-Pac, Road Dogg, Billy Gunn, and Chyna getting physically assaulted were less than probable, getting arrested was a distinct possibility as the events of the day wore on. “The little security guard at the WCW offices called 911 and said they were being attacked with military weapons,” Prichard said. “And I mean, good God, the number of cop cars that came screeching up, guns drawn…”

Former WCW executive Mike Weber would eventually come out from the arena to face the fracas in person, and at first, actually pushed for arrests, according to Prichard, who met the insistence head-on. “[Weber] and them are like, ‘Arrest them!'” to which Prichard says he responded, “Arrest us, please,” Weber realized how poorly that could turn out for WCW. “[Weber’s face] was all of a sudden like, ‘Oh s***, Bruce wants to get arrested. We can’t do that. We can’t give them what they want.’ Because if we had been arrested, we could have had access to that 911 phone call, which would have made them look so silly.”

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