Bruce Prichard Returns To WWE Following Surgery

Bruce Prichard has returned to WWE.

The senior executive was at the Gorilla position for the February 19 edition of Monday Night Raw from the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, according to PWInsider. It is believed this was Prichard's return to work following triceps surgery. 

It emerged in January that Prichard required surgery on his triceps, with some making lighthearted remarks about Prichard needing surgery at the same time as CM Punk, who tore his triceps in the men's Royal Rumble match. 

Prichard has been back with WWE since returning to the company in 2019 and was a longtime ally of Vince McMahon. Ronda Rousey even accused Prichard of being "Vince's avatar" and alleged that McMahon continued to have influence over WWE creative through Prichard during his six-month "retirement" in 2022.

Vince McMahon is no longer involved in the day-to-day running of WWE following his resignation as TKO Executive Chairman. This came after former WWE employee Janel Grant accused McMahon of sex trafficking, sexual assault, and physical and emotional abuse in a lawsuit that also named WWE and John Laurinaitis as defendants. 

After being asked about the lawsuit, Prichard said he was "not at liberty to discuss any legal matter with the company whatsoever."

"As far as lawsuits and things of that nature, I’m not at liberty to discuss any legal matter with the company whatsoever. So to that, there’s nothing that I can say, so there can’t be a response from a legal standpoint... I’m not involved. I’m not being sued, I’m not accused of anything. It’s a legal matter... and sometimes it’s as simple as for those that believe, an explanation is needed and for those that don’t, no explanation will do. That’s kind of where we are, let the rest of it sit in the hands of the fine legal system we have here in the United States of America," Prichard stated on Something to Wrestle.

H/T F4WOnline