If you are a WWE fan since the attitude era or before, the name of Gerald Brisco would not seem very mysterious to you. Gerald Brisco and Pat Patterson were two of the most famous legends during the attitude era for their funny gimmicks.
Gerald Brisco and Pat Patterson both are WWE Hall of Famers and they worked in WWE for so many years. Pat Patterson worked in WWE for over forty years before he passed away last year. And Brisco worked with WWE for 36 long years, last year WWE was forced to release because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Gerald Brisco On Why He Preferred WWE Over WCW During Monday Night Wars
During an episode of Mailbag Monday with Gerald Brisco, the Hall of Famer revealed that he had the chance to go to World Championship Wrestling during the famous Monday Night Wars days, but he did not;
“I got a call, but it wasn’t during the actual wars. It was right before the war started. I got a call from one of the guys that’s co-hosting the WrestleMania weekend down here, and it wasn’t Titus O’Neil. He said, ‘Will you talk to Eric?” I don’t know the guy’s last name. I said, ‘Yea, I’ll talk to anybody.’ I was made a very attractive offer.
“I sat down with my wife, and we talked about it, and decided it wasn’t the best move for me at that point of my life and career. I turned it down. Oftentimes I think because guys went back and forth, back and forth, if I would have been one of those guys that got to go back and forth and made more money each time, but I got no complaints on my decision of staying.
“There were times when I heard about the insane money that was printed upon Turner presses that I was like, wow, I could have got a lot of that. But my loyalty lies in one direction and I was thankful for what the guy had done for me and my family at that point. I decided the best move I ever made was to stay right where I was. I even called the man.
“I even called V.KM. and he said ‘If it’s that good, you should take it.’ I said ‘It’s that good, but I still don’t know if I want to take it. He said, ‘Think about it, but you have a place here.’ About 24 hours later, I called him back and said, ‘I’m staying.’ He said, ‘Great. Come on up. Let’s go to work.”
Gerald Brisco had been a two times WWE Hardcore Champion and both of his runs were really famous back then. On the first occasion, he pinned the hardcore Champion Crash Holly while he was asleep. The Hardcore Championship was similar to the 24/7 championship right now. And on the second occasion, he again pinned Crash Holly while Crash was having a match with Hardcore Bob Holly.
Right now, at the age of 74, he runs a podcast, and it is rumored that WWE may call him back to rehire him.
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