Prinze Jr. had a short stint as a WWE creative writer between 2008 and 2009, and even returned as a producer between 2010 and 2012. Due to the nature of his backstage role, he has had several interactions with Vince McMahon.
Chris Jericho appeared on the Wrestling with Freddie podcast and they spoke about McMahon’s love for big men. Freddie Prinze Jr. revealed that it was during a conversation with Jericho where he began to understand the WWE Chairman wanting to push bigger guys.
The former writer said that he would often run into a wall when pitching stories for smaller wrestlers, and he went on to explain what Chris Jericho told him:
It isn’t surprising that Vince McMahon got the idea of pushing bigger superstars from his father. Between the golden era and today, all of the faces of WWE have been “big men”.
John Cena was the smallest among the names, but he went on to become the longest-tenured face of the company, holding his spot for a decade before transitioning into a part-time role.
Vince McMahon will continue to push the prototype WWE superstar
While the modern era has seen several “smaller” wrestlers come to the forefront due to NXT, the revamping of the brand into NXT 2.0 will likely lead to WWE focusing on “big men” again.
There has been a clear shift back to the old mentality of wanting physically bigger superstars, atleast in the men’s division. That doesn’t mean that smaller wrestlers won’t succeed, but that seems to be the way things are in the WWE jungle.
It still could be hard for a writer to pitch stories to McMahon for smaller wrestlers.
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