Longtime WWE employee Gerald Brisco has been furloughed by WWE.
Brisco has been with WWE since 1984. He’s been key figure behind the scenes for decades. Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer noted on Monday night that Brisco was released. However, the 73-year-old legend set the record straight that he is not officially gone from the company.
Earlier this month, WWE decided to release or furlough several wrestlers as well as producers from their contracts with the company.
Brisco worked with McMahon at the WWE Headquarters in Stamford, CT and later became one of McMahon’s most trusted advisors. In fact, he was only a few people who knew ahead of time about the 1997 Montreal Screwjob on Bret Hart at the Survivor Series pay-per-view event.
Brisco also served as a character on WWE RAW during the Attitude Era and later became the company’s top talent scout.
During his time as a scout, he had connections in the amateur wrestling world as a former Oklahoma State wrestler.
In fact, he discovered Brock Lesnar as a junior at Minnesota. Not only did he sign Lesnar to a WWE deal but also did so for various top amateur wrestlers of the last 25 years who worked for WWE.
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