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Bruce Prichard Recalls Backstage Skirmishes Involving WWE Hall Of Famers

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WWE legends Eddie Guerrero and Kurt Angle put on several wrestling clinics on-camera, but also had a memorable tussle behind the curtain. "Eddie Guerrero and Kurt Angle, where Eddie Guerrero tried to double-leg Kurt Angle," Prichard recounted. "It's like, Eddie. You tried to double-leg an Olympic gold medalist. He's just, 'I know! I'm stupid!' But it was just frustration on Eddie's part. And that frustration came out because it's a physical business."

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Arguably the most infamous backstage fight wasn't much of a fight at all, given how brutally one-sided it was. Fed up with his mean-spirited ribbing, Jacques Rougeau decided to exact revenge on Dynamite Kid, one-half of the legendary British Bulldogs tag team. Brandishing a roll of quarters in his fist, Rougeau hauled off and socked Dynamite in the mouth, breaking his teeth and discharging a torrent of blood. Most accounts say it was a moment that effectively neutered the bulldog from his bullying ways.

"Jacques got that first punch in, and Dynamite Kid had nothing after that," Prichard explained. "And nobody jumped in because Raymond was there. Pat Patterson tried to break it up. Finally they got them separated and got everybody away. It just was brutal. ... [Dynamite] had nothing. He never had a chance." Reflecting on seeing so many of his colleagues go at it, Prichard noted that real fights between people you're close with are especially tough to witness. "It's a different feel and a different thing when it's actually people you know and your friends that are hitting each other," Prichard said. "You're watching blood come out of their eye, or somebody going for an eye, things like that. It's just not a lot of fun to watch."

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