Wont lie, when Booker arrived...I started looking at TNA as a competitor. Sure you can argue many were past their primes but their roster was stacked. And you still had the young bulls in AJ and Samoa Joe. Booker gave a bit more credibility. Maybe it was bad storylines that doomed it. But their roster was good.

@OnlyUknow2

4 жыл бұрын

At one point TNA was better then Wwe imo. Great storylines, Great/Huge roster. And when Jeff hardy came to TNA it was over!

@2yLiteThaTitan

4 жыл бұрын

and x-division was still poppin

@DarksaberForce

4 жыл бұрын

@@OnlyUknow2 2005-2009 were it's best years.

@SHANKDAWGBABY

4 жыл бұрын

Back around the black machismo years

@jonnylyden

4 жыл бұрын

Booker and Kurt gave TNA major credibility 💯

Main Event Mafia was the best thing in wrestling at that time.

@OnlyUknow2

4 жыл бұрын

Shit it's probably the best thing that happened in all of wrestling not just at that time.

@NWOtion

4 жыл бұрын

Better than anything aew has ever done

@NWOtion

4 жыл бұрын

Bathrobe_Bane yeah but theyll never have people the caliber of angle, booker and sting

@TheBlackNostalgiaNerd

4 жыл бұрын

@@NWOtion what has AEW really done think about it ALL IN is not AEW so really think about it what has AEW done

@Musiclover19

4 жыл бұрын

Unknown Source. Really dude? The best thing that’s ever happened in wrestling? Come on, that’s such a stretch.

When Jeff hardy came to TNA it was like damn why should I even watch Wwe anymore.

@Excalibur2112

4 жыл бұрын

I felt the same when Kurt Angle joined... His matches improved, impact wrestling shows was him giving PPV quality type matches.

@hasanmungo9096

4 жыл бұрын

chaos fight music tv badass action I remember wondering what happened to Jeff hardy then one day my uncle to me to turn on this show called TNA that what’s his first run and it was him vs Monty brown

@BrightWendigo

4 жыл бұрын

@Traon Ally no wwE anymore

@CrazyStevo

4 жыл бұрын

@@BrightWendigo Facts It's About All Elite Wrestling LLC (AEW) ‼️‼️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@makubegysman6160

4 жыл бұрын

Me too

Wrestlers are human beings just like us we all need a break good luck to you BOOKER-T love your work

Booker was dope in Impact!And The Main Event Mafia were a bad azz,underrated stable.

No matter how much you accomplished, you were still disrespectfully underrated. And even though the booking wasnt the absolute best with either brand (in my opinion) I was too young when you made the jump to WWE, but I was old enough and fully wrapped in the TNA jump. #MainEventMafia

In my eyes, Booker T is the GOAT!! Pure wrestling ability! Charisma!! He was my hero as a kid!!!! He deserved more!! I'm still mad about WM19!....... Thanks for the memories Book!!!

@jpalvarez4972

4 жыл бұрын

Very underrated talent. His match with Bret Hart on the February 22, 1999 Nitro is one of the most underappreciated of recent memory.

@alanguages

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely. Booker T actually respected, gave a lot to the business and his peers. It wasn't for the sake of ego stroking for himself, unlike HHH.

@aaronfleming4176

Жыл бұрын

I've always been a fan of The Book

When Booker got Drafted to Raw in June of 07 I knew they didn’t have anything grandeur for him to do.

Hell no! Booker was great in TNA he was one of the reasons I watched TNA especially when he was in main event mafia

Booker doing commentary as he was beating on people was the greatest thing I’ve ever seen 😂

Booker’s memory is not correct. He did not take a year off after leaving WWE. He worked a program with Triple H for SummerSlam 2007 and he debuted with TNA in November 2007. He might be thinking of the time between November 2009 and January 2011 when he appeared at the Royal Rumble. Sharmell was not pregnant during her entire time in TNA, so 2010 was probably when she got pregnant.

@SWyrick366

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I'm listening to this and I'm like: "you lying muther fucker, you were in WWE LITERALLY ONE MOMENT AND IN TNA THE NEXT!!!!" Booker, you are one of the greatest of all time, and your style will never be duplicated, but I think you need to do some heavy thinking and looking back over your career history my friend.

When Dudleys did a promo with Booker saying everyone in TNA is dealing with royalty; it was fantastic.

Love how real Booker keeping it here right by his kitchen or hallway just chilling doing work at home..thats the goal proud of you Book

I don't think that people fully understand the affects that stress can have on the human body and mind.. People are not built to work 24/7.. You simply MUST take time off for self. It is my bet that stress is one of the leading factors as to why pro wrestlers always seems to die so young...well stress and drugs.

@BrightWendigo

4 жыл бұрын

Could it also be them throwing themselves through tables or slamming into eachother at high speeds?

I wonder how many other wrestlers' careers and lives would have benefited from taking an extended break. Seemed to do wonders for Book and Jericho, for instance. Who knows, maybe CM Punk would still be wrestling had he taken a break in 2012 or 2013.

@deadlymixx

4 жыл бұрын

This is why it would be good to have seasons. January - mid November.

@4zafinc

3 жыл бұрын

@@deadlymixx Lucha Underground did that. Although it was a completely different kind of show

@jerelminter

Жыл бұрын

Eddie Guerrero and Chris Benoit would still be alive, too.

@Sykosisohio

Жыл бұрын

I disagree about Eddie and Benoit those dudes did so much roids we couldn’t fathom it

@yourgameisstupid

Жыл бұрын

@@Sykosisohio I think Benoit's problem was the huge holes in his brain. Eddie seems like a combination of steroids and other drug abuse.

Much respect to you Booker for putting your health and family first. One of my all time favorites. Sucks that WWE didn’t give you a run as WWE Champion, but their lost.

@andrewjodon1433

11 ай бұрын

He was the World champion during his King Booker run.

@arthurhenderson277

11 ай бұрын

@@andrewjodon1433 The World Title was on SmackDown. I’m talking about the flagship WWE Championship that was on Raw during his tenure with the company.

Iove hearing Booker talk about anything. This is very interesting and Im glad Booker is well.

TNA back then was epic the had the big names and class matches Booker on going he stomping on Creed i well never forget

TNA was the place to be before Hogan, Bishoff, and AJ left. I see people all the time talking about how Hogan and Bishoff ruined it and I don't understand. It was consistently great television week after week. When they left that's probably how it started going downhill to the uninteresting product it is today with the only character I want to see being Rosemary. She's probably the main thing or even the only thing that's kept me interested in the company over the past year or so.

@thesprock5270

4 жыл бұрын

It was not even close to great television week after week. Hogan and co stripped TNA of its identity, hired/wasted money on ex WWF wrestlers for 0 reason while ruining home grown talent in the process, 7 minutes of in ring action on a two hour wrestling program.. etc etc

@RealityOfWrestling

4 жыл бұрын

Very good take on it

@DJSkandalous

4 жыл бұрын

@@thesprock5270 Hogan wanted a WCW 2.0. But very well met the same fate. They had great names. Bigger names than AEW besides Jericho. But they lacked proper building of the youth which AEW is consistently pushing. WCW was the same way. By the time they pushed Kidman, DDP and Booker it was almost too late. However I do wonder how WCW would have looked if they lasted to like 2005. Them pushing Booker was a step into getting behind younger names.

@livingforgod7693

4 жыл бұрын

I thought TNA was way better before Hogan and Bischoff. I don't think that era was bad though.

@saytoomuch

4 жыл бұрын

@@thesprock5270 stop the garbage! what ex-wwe stars did they bring in besides nasty boys, val venis, n orlando jordan. all those guys stayed for a cup of coffee and had 0 impact on the product. TNA in 2010 gave us MCMG/Beer Money best of 5 series, they gave us a great ko feud in mickie/tara, they gave us great matches with doug williams, they gave us option c and and gave the x-division an entire ppv. they re-imaged aj styles in2 the dark aj that he's become, they pushed bobby roode and james storm as singles guys simultaneously, pushed bully ray, and pushed austin aries. stop! they extended the identity of the company

TNA was stacked at that point, they just didn’t have the cash to compete with WWE. The soundstage made them look small time and taping 4 weeks of tv instead of being live ruined the good storyline’s. That’s why AEW has a fighting chance. They have the cash to sustain themselves while they build and to be live

@CP-kb1du

4 жыл бұрын

He took the money though ...failed to mention this ...no matter he is still a Yes man ...Hogan refused to sell Job for him for the Belt and still he supports the WWE and Hogan ... to this day

@CrazyStevo

4 жыл бұрын

@@CP-kb1du SMFH 🤦🏾‍♂️ Exactly You Said the truth Booker T is a puppet for WWE they buried him along time ago when he first came to WWF an when he was facing Triple H at WrestleMania That was A true burial of BOOKER T's Major Push when Vince Booked BOOKER T to win the match at WRESTLEMANIA but TRIPLE H Conveniced Vince To not Let him Win by saying im not gonna put him over

@heghqa

4 жыл бұрын

TNA killed themself by signing too many former WWE people. Most with egos who think they were the best. TNA was doing great with wrestlers like AJ Styles, Christopher Daniels, Chris Saben and many others. It went downhill when they started signing former WWE people. I say people, because i don't want to disrespect the term "wrestler". There is always a fangirl who has to bring AEW up when it has nothing to do with this. AEW isn't that good. It lacks many things. It's more of a hype than actually being something. They can have all the money, but without an interesting show, it will still go to shit. I've said it before and I'll say it again: you can take a "superstar" out of WWE, but you can't take WWE out of him.

@CrazyStevo

4 жыл бұрын

@@heghqa What you just Said is the damn Truth an they don't wanna hear that That's why AEW won't fall out/Go OUT OF BUSINESS LIKE WCW AND TNA BUT AT LEAST TNA DIDN'T GET BOUGHT BY WWE SINCE THEY HAD TO CHANGE THE NAME FROM TNA TO IMPACT WRESTLING AN ON IMPACTS WORSE DAYS ON THERE SHOW IS STILL BETTER THAN RAW AND SMACKDOWN BESIDES NXT

@heghqa

4 жыл бұрын

@@CrazyStevo i stopped watching AEW after a few episodes. The constant reference to WWE, the Elite getting put over others, signing former WWE people....... It's al mehhh. They're too busy looking at the past instead of building something good.

Thank you for sharing Booker T

Damn book I rlly didn't want that interview to end

Booker said he took a year off before he went to TNA. He debuted a month after he was released from his WWE contract.

I loved Booker T in TNA. I still think they booked him not that good.

@RealityOfWrestling

4 жыл бұрын

Had some segments that were gold

@yourgameisstupid

4 жыл бұрын

@Allen Franklin Your opinion on his opinion doesn't matter only Booker t's opinion on his opinion matters

@travismcdonald6576

4 жыл бұрын

Simon Von Schniep WWE didn’t do much better.

@Davis84396

4 жыл бұрын

TheBestFighter that was booker t clearly not giving a fuck! Literally just doing whatever the fuck he wanted

Looking at bookers house in the background just reminds me that he’s very down to earth

Is there a reason why the WWE schedule has to be so insane? I mean ... House Shows suck! The faces always win, they don't even have fire for Kane's entrance, no title changes, no backstage segments, no tables, 90% jobbers, ...

@worldoflos660

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@jherikomark

4 жыл бұрын

They don't have fire for Kane's entrances nowadays anyway, but I agree about house shows sucking

@yoyobear3

4 жыл бұрын

Geschäftsmodell Klimakrise watch aew so refreshing and enjoyable

@fillgollinsdergroarticheme8442

4 жыл бұрын

@@yoyobear3 I already do. They don't need house shows.

@DaRealestme

4 жыл бұрын

At that time they did have Kane fire

Book is a star put him in the wwf earlier he would have been like Rock or Austin. Better then triple h

@damaged2810

4 жыл бұрын

Been like the Rock? Booker is a 2x hall of Famer 6x World heavyweight champ 10x WCW tag team champ His wrestling career surpasses the Rock. Dont give me titles dont mean shit talk. He's the most successful African America of all time

@unlovedsenpai1045

4 жыл бұрын

@@damaged2810 but homie said as a star.... not simply as someone with accomplishments.

@xxxxxxx235

4 жыл бұрын

Franklin Evans fax if u are black& a fan of the sport of pro wrestling then Booker T has to be on ya top5

@owenkorando9595

4 жыл бұрын

@@xxxxxxx235 im white he's in my top 5

@crowns9966

4 жыл бұрын

@@xxxxxxx235 Why do u have to be black to say he is a top 5? lol

Hes lying. He was off for 3 months between WWE and TNA. He came back in 2011.

@Davis84396

4 жыл бұрын

Yes and he also forgot to mention he failed the wellness policy before he left

@MoniqueFromPlymouth

4 жыл бұрын

@@Davis84396 | Thats what I remember as well... the story I read was Booker failed a drug test and was going to face a long suspension by WWE, so he told Vince to keep that suspension as he's quitting. Booker clearly is still embarrassed by this part today which is why he won't talk about it.

Always gotta look after your self and family first not matter what ya job. Great advice. I love this channel and Booker you’re are dope no doubt 😎💯

Super Icon right there Booker T ♥️♥️♥️👊😀

I love you Book!

Walking away from wwe was the best thing for me too. I loved TNA wrestling with you on it. And when you came back to the ship, I watched wwe again.

Ummmm books timings are a bit off when he said he left for a “year straight” Left WWE in August 2007 TNA debut November 2007

@Rollyboy141

4 жыл бұрын

Hywel E I know right lol! I’m like holdup

@walruswasrob

4 жыл бұрын

Hmm. That looks like a 90 day No-Compete clause.

@truuflight1142

3 жыл бұрын

He’s a wwe yes man that’s why

The chicken promo is so funny 🐔😂🐔

Brother Booker T..god bless you brother, hoping our paths will cross one day..blessings always my brother (you keep shit 100%in the charts,ya feel me?)

I felt like booker T was burn out he needed a break i think if he would have kept going in wwe he would not be here today he did whats best for himself and his family and health much respect

@Davis84396

4 жыл бұрын

He failed the wellness policy in August 2007 and got pissed off with WWE and asked for his release. Nothing to do with burn out or needing time off! He ended up in TNA as he nowhere else to go, wrestlers talk absolute shit at times and it amazes me people just believe them when there a facts to show they are lying..

One thing I'll say about his run in TNA: their remix of his theme song was out of this world.

I loved King Booker and the Main Event Mafia!!!

"Just like john cena came" you cant see him

@TheGoman21

4 жыл бұрын

I guess that’s why the video ended right there.

Respect to Book!

KING BOOKAH!

Book end was a good finishing move lol perfect for him

Legend!!!

Respect!!! 🤣🤣

3:47 😆

Jim cornete drive thru will tell you allll about tna. Booker t is awesome

Remember Black Snow? Best episode of Impact that year.

TNA was so good when Booker first got there

i remember msin event mafia ehen booker was say"reeeespect"

One of my favorite moments on TNA was when Booker was doing a match and did commentary while beating his opponent! 😂

Yea but we need people like you in the ring

Keep your head up Booker..I have been telling fam,neighbors this..We have to value our time..There is going to be another day.So we have to spread things out..We may want to do something today where we can do the same thing 3 days later,a week later or whenever.

TNA Was GOLD!

Respect

Any time there is a question in the title, the answer is always no. Because if it was yes, they would just have a statement in the title instead.

There should be game management for wrestlers. Crazy!

Really Cool youvid

Play kimbo slice in a movie king 👑

He didn't take a year off, he left WWE in September 2007, and debuted in TNA at Genesis in November 2007.

@glenn5517

4 жыл бұрын

im dead booker also said he returned to wwe in 2012 when he returned in 2011 and he said he came to tna in 08 or 09

@fancylance3457

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah I was about to comment about that. But he's always alittle off with dates.

The 🐐

That was a good move for Book ..he started to get a lil stale like everybody does after awhile..Even The Rock

I dont think Booker T damaged his carerer with his TNA run. I have been a big time fan of him ever since I saw him in 2004. He is one of the best

👍👌🤟🤘🤝BookerT

Booker T just needed time off TNA was the titanic waiting to happen

@CP-kb1du

4 жыл бұрын

Booker T needed the money why he went there he was paid 600K and the Troll is complaining in 2020 Regretting going he is a joke ....he has no hard feelings Hogan refusing to drop the Belt in WCW ....to him ...

Man I thought Booker T was on the announcing team in WWE in 2011. Weird how your mind works.

I think booker leaving wwe was smart since it was too much. Plus there’s no telling what might of happen with him creatively.

Booker T was the most entertaining thing in TNA and made a great feud wit AJ styles and made his own championship “legends” title and was one of the best stars in TNA besides Sting and Kurt Angle

@crucestown8677

4 жыл бұрын

Yung Hurricane booker t is better then alk them but sorry booker t belongs in wwe

How do you send booker a question?

Lets not forget his amazing African bush accent 😂

now can you dig that sucker

Even _I_ regret his Booker's TNA signing lol

We would have never had Black Snow if it wasn’t for TNA!

Booker T is on my Mount Rushmore

@RealityOfWrestling

2 ай бұрын

👏👏👏

Booker T: Wrrrrespect.

Your very smart. Put health and family first.

At a certain time TNA was amazing with Austin Aires, bully Ray, suicide masked wrestler angle , the X matches with the X above the ring, aj styles and Samoa joe etc it was Great

@brandonselitetv1436

4 жыл бұрын

It's called the Ultimate X Match

Lolz he turned up straight away

I wanna see Booker T house tour again to see the big difference from 2002 Edit: I mostly wanna to see want them box TVs got upgraded to

@glenn5517

4 жыл бұрын

i dont think he lives at that house no more

@ajwhite3758

4 жыл бұрын

Glenn not Glen Fr then I wanna see the difference between the 2 but why he move

@glenn5517

4 жыл бұрын

@@ajwhite3758 im just guessing as that video was shot in 2003 i think? if you watch a 2012 video of booker t cooking in his house i think its a different house

@ajwhite3758

4 жыл бұрын

Glenn not Glen it’s was 2002

@glenn5517

4 жыл бұрын

@@ajwhite3758 what i said still implies though

The mid to lateish 2000s tna was the best wrestling on tv hands down. Amazing while it lasted

@RealityOfWrestling

Жыл бұрын

It was there golden era

I respect that Booker 100%

I think many of the talent leaving for TNA at the time worked. Aside from the burn outs I feel if they didn’t they would just go in another circle. We already saw Booker face HHH, Kane, Undertaker, Cena, Big Show etc since 2001. Same for Kurt we had already seen those matches and unles they were going to let him be a face again it just wouldn’t work. Then it also wouldn’t give others the chance to grow. Randy, Punk, Edge, Jeff, Christian. At a time where something different needed to happen.

TNA was actually better then Wwe I remember I would watch both at the same time and just thinking to myself damn. TNA is really doing something. The Main event Mafia was 10x better then anything Wwe EVER did.

did book have a run in 2012? i just rememer the rumble and a few segments.....more like a walk

“If It looks like a chicken, and it clucks like a chicken it’s a chicken” - Booker T 🐐 moment!!

@hotman718

4 жыл бұрын

Say it to the face

@Excalibur2112

4 жыл бұрын

Bag-gaaack 🐔🐓

@hotman718

4 жыл бұрын

@@Excalibur2112 ITS ALL ABOUT THEE FIVE

Booker T did well in TNA, when he left is around the time TNA went downhill...almost dissolved, then you had the whole Billy Corgan scandal which was the darkest few years for the company...and now Impact is very much a sub par promotion....sub par talent, sub par fans (in their hundreds), not even being broadcasted on TV in the UK right now...it's a shambles.

Damn I’m 30 and feel as if I’m 50

He got paid decently, and he barely had to wrestle. That sounds like a real good time.

Not true. Booker left in August 2007. He debuted in TNA in December 2007.

M.E.M. was so damn entertaining. I loved Booker’s character. Especially his interactions with Nash. TNA was dumb for not making him a world champion though. That legends title would have meant more if he had created it after losing the world belt. Claiming he was robbed & this was the true championship to hold.

Easy money for 1/5 of the schedule

The main event mafia had the coolest name. It had one of the best rosters and whenever Scott Steiner would call Samoa joe fat and everyone else would try not to laugh when he would say that.

I thought Booker came book in 2011 for Tough Enough

BOOKER T DID THE RIGHT THING

His dates are off

I suspect most people don't regret going to TNA, so much as they regret either something that happened there or what caused them to leave TNA.

I love Booker T in TNA IMPACT WRESTLING

This is crazy They own your life have your soul

whenever i think of tna i always think of when MEM kicked Christian’s ass out of the ring because he was leaving to the WWE. very underrated promo. that was when tna was at its peak. 2008-2011 was a good time for tna

That's what I think Matt Hardy Should do take a year off heal up and relax don't be so quick to return to Wrestling Be it AEW or WWE

TNA was at the time one of the biggest companies in wrestling because of AJ Styles, Sting, Kurt Angle, Samoa Joe, the different atmosphere with the six sided ring and because of the storytelling. Why would anyone regret going to TNA before the 2010 era !?