@@kratoscar2008 Do you mean he was the only one to do the "king" gimmick and make it successful? Cause if that's what you meant then I agree. But if we're talking about KOTR winners then there's a bunch of people that after winning KOTR went on to be successful.
I'd say Booker's legacy is definetly big, since he's a pioneer for black wrestlers and for tag team wrestlers. I always loved him, however he just didn't put much effort if not any at all into his TNA work
@@sweetpetergeda HBK was almost 40 when he returned to the ring in 2002, and put on some of the best matches he has ever wrestled when he returned, Booker was only 4 years older than Shawn when he came to TNA.
@@Kairistorm HBK was also working with other great talent, a great production team and a well established company. Booker was working with bottom of the barrel talent, public access levels of production and and TNA. Not to mention HBK had already been a Champion with WWF/WWE.
You can't be a pioneer for race, LMAO. And he certainly wasn't one of the early recognized black wrestlers, like Pedro Morales or Rocky Johnson. But he did contribute a lot to tag team wrestling and his runs in WCW and WWE were great.
He may be a pioneer for black wrestlers,but he’s a SHILL for a man who a lot of people consider a racist & rapist!(i’m referring to the public rape allegations made by Rita chatterton on a geraldo rivera special back in 1992)
I don’t see his time in TNA as bad for his legacy. I see it as a fun run for a legend whose in-ring career in the WWE had come to an end. One more dance, so to speak.
Well he does have a disease and broke his neck multiple times and injured his groin so bad it was black lmao so I get it lol take as many percs as you need lol
Booker T was at his best when he was King Booker. He found the perfect gimmick for a heel. He worked hard with the gimmick and became a great heel for his moment. I think he may have stayed motivated if he was still King Booker but used the name Emperor Booker in TNA.
Booker was pretty entertaining in TNA, at least, even if he wasn't taking it seriously. He does have a great legacy, though. His time in WCW and WWE were both great.
@@user-fe8gx3ie5v it’s not at all surprising that a significantly smaller company pays for less than the WWE. No wrestling company is out there paying to feed their wrestlers. In fact, most jobs in general don’t pay to feed their employees.
He could of had an amazing run in impact, he just didn’t apply himself the right way. At the time of him jumping ship he was one of my favourite wrestlers
It always is, hell probly be the thing that fucks AEW to especially with a coked up man child like Khan at the helm, look at this CM Punk shit, hell I haven't even seen jack from there actual home grown stars in months basically.
5:38 I'd say it was more along the lines of "Booker T when he was traded to SmackDown", given how he constantly moaned and groaned about what an inferior brand that show was with him thinking about all the ways he could try and get back to SmackDown. In an alternate timeline where JBL never happened but Eddie Guerrero still fizzled out, Booker T as the guy who held the WWE Championship hostage could have been money.
I definitely think Booker vs Eddie would have been great. Eddie needed some top guys badly. I would have brought Y2J over to Smackdown as well at the time.
TNA Booker was the best Booker. The everchanging accents, and you could tell he was just having fun. We were always excited to see what silly shit he was going to do. Towards the end he came out on the stage for his match and did this ridiculous thigh flex\pose. Very good stuff.
I agree this guy's criticism was a little much he definitely was just having fun. He mentioned it was a vacation for him on his podcast I don't think he hated it or that it tarnished his legacy at all. The Matt Morgan thing was about not working a program with him to put him over he wanted to do that instead of just job his last TNA match with him with no build up to it.
I enjoyed Booker T in TNA. Overall he is a great tag team wrestler and one of the few people who used the king of the ring crown to awesome effect. Less said but GI bro the better
Booker was just another whining veteran in TNA just like RVD was. Refused to job, was difficult to work with and thought he was above the rest of the locker room.
Booker T only got more "RESPECT" during his time in TNA. We all love and "RESPECT" the great hall of famer, Booker T. Shout out to OSW Review. Much "RESPECT" for breaking my entire mind.
I liked Booker in TNA and was quite disappointed that he didnt stay longer. Seeing him go back to WWE and feud with Rhodes and do commentary wasnt an improvement imo. I feel the same way about Christian, I think both shud ve stayed until Hogan arrived.
I disagree with you about Christian. He won two ECW Championships in 2009, he was a successful upper mid carder in 2010 and won two World Heavyweight Championships in 2011.
@@extremeking425 actually it wasn't even his Promo! It was Sting's. And Booker was sitting there repeating "Respeeeect" everytime Sting said the word. But I can niver find it when I look
Osw has entire mem arc pretty much all about RESPECCCC, n just gushing over how hilarious it was my favorite stuff booker ever did . I strongly suggest checking it out if you never seen it before
I miss Booker T tbh no his legacy is big from being a TAG TEAM SPECIALIST & then a former what is it 6 time Champion 5 time WCW & then World Heavyweight Championship after defeating my favorite Wrestler Rey Mysterio
He may not have had a legacy in Impact, but to say he didn't have much of a legacy at all is a bit unfair. He was one of the best guys WCW ever had. Sure he was no Sting or Flair, but Harlem Heat was probably tied for the best WCW tag team ever with the Steiners. And his singles career wasn't exactly remarkable, but he was still entertaining. WWE, it took him some time to fit into, but he eventually made it work. And now he's training young wrestlers (including the new ROH Women's Champion) and had his own promotion. So I'd say things worked out well for him. He had some snags in his career, but who hasn't? He's one of the best of all time. And if you don't agree, I'll hit you with an ax kick.
Something interesting is that RAW vs Smackdown 2008 (Booker T is in) came out in Europe 2 days before Booker made his debut in TNA and two days after in North America. So the game was out before and after days before Booker made his TNA Debut. I wouldnt say he ruined himself in TNA tbh like i think him having a change of pace from WWE was good and i felt like he did all he could in WWE. Plus it was better than feuding with Boogeyman. His run was a bit meh tbh especially when the main event mafia formed since like steiner he was just kinda there but unlike Steiner he wasnt too funny on purpose or accidental. His commentary was fun and painful at the same time. Id argue he was the weakest member
Booker’s Afrikaan gimmick was gold. The leopard collar robes were gorgeous, the Legend’s belt was gorgeous, the accent was hilarious and the good old flipping out and reverting to his normal accent was always funny too. Big fan of the promos that foreshadowed it at Victory Road 2008 as well. With his house tour and business “portfolio”. Love it.
No way, he was one of the most over cross over stars in tna. He was a main event player and even had a title created exactly for him. His run with main event mafia was funny and gold. All his matches were always entertaining. From 2007-2010 booker t was the man in tna. Had he had stayed with wwe back in 07 and never left he would of probably ended up retiring from in ring competition a few years later if he stayed.
Booker T the kinda guy to prove everyone wrong in TNA that thought they could compete, he knew he was there for a cheque, he gave no shits about TNA, was just having fun with his old WCW pals
And here I am enjoying the soul out this run 😂😂 I genuinely love it. If book was upset with his time there, man that makes it better! He wasn’t trying to be funny but I found this hilarious! Black snow commentary while being in the ring is gold! Lol
I say booker t earned his place in wrestling from WCW to WWE to TNA . I enjoyed his WWE run despite all the crap WWE put him through. He now has he's own development wrestling school. I say his legacy is that he's man that went through lot crap in his life and his career to become a true king
I think personally the reason why Booker T went to tiene was because at the time he was burned out from the WWE schedule which back then was 300-plus days a year plus he violated the wellness policy and was suspended for 30 days I believe and he actually asked for his release in October 2007 2 months after his last match with Triple H at SummerSlam so I feel like the reason why he went to tiene was so he can have a lighter schedule and when have to put his body through the hail and Punishment of the WWE schedule
Just a reminder: The POLICE was called to TNA because AJ Styles stole the Legends Title, a non-official title, but Samoa Joe hanging around the Impact Zone with a Katana almost killing Scott Steiner?? No issue. Vince Russo booking at it again!
It wasn't that Booker T's Impact Wrestling career was bad! it was the fact that he was in Impact Wrestling in the first place. He was just another former WCW and WWE star taking the spot light from the younger guys.
Kurt Angle saying he doesn't drink in that segment with Booker makes me think they wrote that in the story because he might've had a brief moment where he's actually sobering up.
His feud with finlay, and Martel over the WCW TV title was the shit yo. That dude put the TV back on the map. The TV title didn’t hold weight after Double lost it. It was a title held in obscurity until Booker T held it.
“Unfortunately potentially great match was ruined by interference” describes like 75% of the good matches TNA had. I don’t know why they thought destroying their own matches constantly was a good idea. I think I eventually stopped watching tna when in one episode literally every single match was ended by outside interference or ref bump+weapon. And I realized I couldn’t care about their matches anymore, because they didn’t take any of the actual wrestling seriously
Booker t recently talked about his tna run he said it was good in the beginning then the rest of it he just went through the motions and just collected a paycheck throughout the rest of his run. I personally found booker's run pretty decent especially when he was on commentary during that main event mafia segment.
The only one who was genuinely uncomfortable during Scott's promo was Kurt. You can tell Kurt had an awkward smile and a fake laugh going on. Sting was the only one who kept a straight face. Booker went there for a main event spot. No question about it. When he didn't get it like he wanted it, he stopped caring and it was obvious. Booker made the choice to go to TNA so this is solely on Booker's hands. The check was the only thing keeping him there.
@markyd123 he actually addressed the matt Morgan issue he was going to put him over until they tried to have him squashed by Morgan in 5 minutes he refused I would have done the same
He has a great legacy...not only did he have a great singles career but had a legendary tag team career as well. No matter what he did in tna his legacy was set. Probably one of the reasons he didn't care
Let me know what you would say is Booker T's legacy in wrestling?
Probably the only wrestler who won King of the Ring and ctually made it relevant and successful.
@@kratoscar2008 Do you mean he was the only one to do the "king" gimmick and make it successful? Cause if that's what you meant then I agree.
But if we're talking about KOTR winners then there's a bunch of people that after winning KOTR went on to be successful.
I like the its sofagettable
@@3.2187_Kilometres I mean actually using the King moniker and being successful at it.
His accent is questionable
Booker T calling his moves while he beating up people is legendary. Maybe for the wrong reasons but I will always laugh at it.
😂😂😂😂😂
I don't watch tna, but when I watch the clip where he's calling his moves when he beats people up, I laughed loud😂😂😂😂
It’s the voice. Somehow it doesn’t register as calling spots. Seem like this big dude just likes to narrate an ass whooping.
im black snow XD
Definitely one of my favorite moments in Booker T's career😂.
Booker T doing his own commentary while beating up jobbers will always be legendary 🤣🤣
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
One of them was Xavier Woods !
I'm Black Shnow!
BOOKER T GONNA WITH THE CROSS KICK 💥 OOOOOH!!
I wouldn't call Woods and Petey jobbers lol
I'd say Booker's legacy is definetly big, since he's a pioneer for black wrestlers and for tag team wrestlers. I always loved him, however he just didn't put much effort if not any at all into his TNA work
He was older
@@sweetpetergeda HBK was almost 40 when he returned to the ring in 2002, and put on some of the best matches he has ever wrestled when he returned, Booker was only 4 years older than Shawn when he came to TNA.
@@Kairistorm HBK was also working with other great talent, a great production team and a well established company. Booker was working with bottom of the barrel talent, public access levels of production and and TNA. Not to mention HBK had already been a Champion with WWF/WWE.
You can't be a pioneer for race, LMAO. And he certainly wasn't one of the early recognized black wrestlers, like Pedro Morales or Rocky Johnson.
But he did contribute a lot to tag team wrestling and his runs in WCW and WWE were great.
He may be a pioneer for black wrestlers,but he’s a SHILL for a man who a lot of people consider a racist & rapist!(i’m referring to the public rape allegations made by Rita chatterton on a geraldo rivera special back in 1992)
I don’t see his time in TNA as bad for his legacy. I see it as a fun run for a legend whose in-ring career in the WWE had come to an end. One more dance, so to speak.
The last spinarooni
@@jerrelnelson176 😂👏
lmao no.
Lol
"I don't drink. I'm an Olympic gold medalist remember? (Just percs for me, thanks.)" - Kurt Angle
Fn right, He only takes what Dr. Feel-good prescribed
Never disrespect Perc Angle. Man is a wrestling god.
Well he does have a disease and broke his neck multiple times and injured his groin so bad it was black lmao so I get it lol take as many percs as you need lol
BASED Perc Angle
@@MIS3RY. & says he needs fusion surgery ASAP
"Can u ask me a question little john" "yeeeaaaaa" 10/10 line by christian😂
OKAAAAYYYY!!!!
I like when Christian called him Whoopie Goldberg
@@UndergroundSkat2000 corny
I loved Christian cage he great on the mic
"Lookin at petey Williams, he sees Petey standing there, Petey's down , gotta big kick set up, wheres he gonna catch him at? Awwwwwghghghgh" Lmao.
I died watching that 😂 good stuff man.
Booker T was at his best when he was King Booker. He found the perfect gimmick for a heel. He worked hard with the gimmick and became a great heel for his moment. I think he may have stayed motivated if he was still King Booker but used the name Emperor Booker in TNA.
Making his WWE Elite Series 14 figure EXTRA HARD to find
I agree
@@DelilahBeard that came out like 10 years ago but we need a rerelease
@@extremeking425 hopefully u get ur re-release. I have 3 in box.. Big Boss Man from the same Series 14 has been re-released 3x including series 89.
Was at his best in wcw
Personally I don't think Booker T was a failure in TNA or wrestling in general.
You’d have to be an idiot to think he is.
REAL TALK!
Thanks for mentioning the Best of Seven with Benoit. From a purely historical perspective it was easily one of WCWs last great programs.
They also had that in WWE.
@Bro Wit Glasses True, but still a good program.
Christian was one of the best things in wrestling at this point
Nothing will beat his 04-05 run in WWE. Guy was white hot over and should have been world champion at that point.
@@HarmonySword i liked his 09-2011 run he was a legitimate top player
@@HarmonySword should’ve stayed in tna,if he had,he wouldn’t have had his concussion issues
@Mike Sawyer ESPECIALLY after the vince mcmahon ordered haircut
@@G-TV_TheOneManArmy Same here!😁
Nash calling himself Chet Lemon was awesome. Lemon was an 80’s era Detroit Tiger. Nash repping Detroit on commentary.
Booker was pretty entertaining in TNA, at least, even if he wasn't taking it seriously. He does have a great legacy, though. His time in WCW and WWE were both great.
Never thought Vince Russo and Jim cornette would agree on anything Booker has got an ego the size of Texas
Kurt Angle saying "I dont drink, im an Olympic gold medalist, remember?" Was hilarious
TNA also had some faults. Booker has mentioned how TNA couldn't even pay for wrestlers' food, so he ended up paying for others' food once.
Most WWE wrestlers have to cover their own expenses
Their job didnt pay for their food? Join the 99% of the planet
@@ThorCarlton Not catering
@@user-fe8gx3ie5v it’s not at all surprising that a significantly smaller company pays for less than the WWE. No wrestling company is out there paying to feed their wrestlers. In fact, most jobs in general don’t pay to feed their employees.
@@ThorCarlton AEW also has catering. Not sure about NJPW and other promotions.
I loved his TNA run near the end. Him beating up the refs are extremely memorable.
I laughed so hard at 9:28. Christian and Booker are 2 of the most entertaining wrestlers of all time.
Never knew booker was kinda difficult in TNA. Feels weird.
TNA also had some faults. Booker has mentioned how TNA couldn't even pay for wrestlers' food, so he ended up paying for others' food once.
I can see why bookers acting career never took off
He did not destroy his legacy in TNA still he is well known well loved by fans everywhere
He could of had an amazing run in impact, he just didn’t apply himself the right way. At the time of him jumping ship he was one of my favourite wrestlers
Christian with the Lil Jon bit was an instant classic.
I like Christian but that was hack shit even then bro haha
It’s a Dave Chappelle bit from a few years earlier
@@spaceghost8886 everyone did a lil Jon impression back then, stupid comment
@@theitfactorjameswheezer2852 name three other people that did it.
You’re full of shit lmao
At least his commentary during that one episode where the Main Event Mafia took over IMPACT was amazing.
Black Snow and his partner Chet Lemon
I’M BLACK SNOOOOOOOOOOOW
Dixie Carter bringing in so many aging ex-WWE/WCW wrestlers and pushing them over the homegrown talent, was a terrible idea in the end.
It always is, hell probly be the thing that fucks AEW to especially with a coked up man child like Khan at the helm, look at this CM Punk shit, hell I haven't even seen jack from there actual home grown stars in months basically.
The most memorable part of -Booker T's- sorry Black Snow's run for me was when he was on commentary on the main event mafia episode.
I'M BLACK SNOW!
That wasn’t Booker T it was BLACK SNOWWWWWWW
I remember that episode 😂😂. It was Scott Steiner as the ring announcer that had me in tears
@@mmmunchkin9456 YOU CAN TALK TO BOOKER T SOME OTHER TIME, BUT I'M BLACK SHNOOOW!!!
It's all about RESPECCCC
While I understand Booker's perspective (TNA's general unprofessionalism, etc), he played his part as well. I wish he could've just stayed in WWE.
He would of probably ended up retiring a year or two later.
@@glenn5517 So be it. Even if he took a break and came back every so often
5:38 I'd say it was more along the lines of "Booker T when he was traded to SmackDown", given how he constantly moaned and groaned about what an inferior brand that show was with him thinking about all the ways he could try and get back to SmackDown. In an alternate timeline where JBL never happened but Eddie Guerrero still fizzled out, Booker T as the guy who held the WWE Championship hostage could have been money.
I definitely think Booker vs Eddie would have been great. Eddie needed some top guys badly. I would have brought Y2J over to Smackdown as well at the time.
"I don't drink, I'm an Olympic Gold Medalist." - That's gotta be some serious cap.
Coming from Perc Angle of all people 🤣
😂 perc angle is a legend and yes that was some serious cap.
Not even he believed it.
Cappin Kurt Angle
Christians impression of Lil John is the best thing i've ever seen 😭🤣🤣
TNA Booker was the best Booker. The everchanging accents, and you could tell he was just having fun. We were always excited to see what silly shit he was going to do. Towards the end he came out on the stage for his match and did this ridiculous thigh flex\pose. Very good stuff.
I agree this guy's criticism was a little much he definitely was just having fun. He mentioned it was a vacation for him on his podcast I don't think he hated it or that it tarnished his legacy at all. The Matt Morgan thing was about not working a program with him to put him over he wanted to do that instead of just job his last TNA match with him with no build up to it.
That booker T commentary voice will forever be how I remember him from now on.
Main Event Mafia(when it was the old vets) was one of my favourite stables in all of wrestling tbh
Booker T: Why don’t we have some champagne?
Kurt Angle: I don’t drink……strictly Percocet.
😂 hilarious bro.
Booker T calling his moves 😂😂😂
I enjoyed Booker T in TNA. Overall he is a great tag team wrestler and one of the few people who used the king of the ring crown to awesome effect. Less said but GI bro the better
Sooo Booker T in TNA was basically Wesley Snipes in Blade Trinity?
I can't wait for the MarkyD poetry jam announcement at the end of the week.
Someone needs to mod a pokemon game and add slapnuts 😂 I fucking love that
I'd actually play pokemon if I could get double j in it
Do Ring of a Hawk
Mean Mark Callous (pre undertaker Mark Callaway) in WCW
Cactus Jack in WWE
Terry Funk in WWE
Kevin Thorn in WWECW
Booker was just another whining veteran in TNA just like RVD was. Refused to job, was difficult to work with and thought he was above the rest of the locker room.
I forgot literally everything before his run in the Main Event Mafia. This has been a trip
Booker T only got more "RESPECT" during his time in TNA.
We all love and "RESPECT" the great hall of famer, Booker T.
Shout out to OSW Review. Much "RESPECT" for breaking my entire mind.
I liked Booker in TNA and was quite disappointed that he didnt stay longer. Seeing him go back to WWE and feud with Rhodes and do commentary wasnt an improvement imo.
I feel the same way about Christian, I think both shud ve stayed until Hogan arrived.
If he won the feud and title from Cody that would have been great
I disagree with you about Christian. He won two ECW Championships in 2009, he was a successful upper mid carder in 2010 and won two World Heavyweight Championships in 2011.
One of the strongest memories of the Main Event Mafia is Booker's "respeeeeeect" promo.
The fact it's not included in this video hurts 😂
link?
@@extremeking425 actually it wasn't even his Promo! It was Sting's. And Booker was sitting there repeating "Respeeeect" everytime Sting said the word. But I can niver find it when I look
Osw has entire mem arc pretty much all about RESPECCCC, n just gushing over how hilarious it was my favorite stuff booker ever did . I strongly suggest checking it out if you never seen it before
Booker can wrestle and he was charismatic as hell. Legend for sure!
That was a good video all in all and would like to see more stuff like this in future. Thanks for a good watch brotha
I miss Booker T tbh no his legacy is big from being a TAG TEAM SPECIALIST & then a former what is it 6 time Champion 5 time WCW & then World Heavyweight Championship after defeating my favorite Wrestler Rey Mysterio
He may not have had a legacy in Impact, but to say he didn't have much of a legacy at all is a bit unfair. He was one of the best guys WCW ever had. Sure he was no Sting or Flair, but Harlem Heat was probably tied for the best WCW tag team ever with the Steiners. And his singles career wasn't exactly remarkable, but he was still entertaining.
WWE, it took him some time to fit into, but he eventually made it work. And now he's training young wrestlers (including the new ROH Women's Champion) and had his own promotion. So I'd say things worked out well for him. He had some snags in his career, but who hasn't? He's one of the best of all time. And if you don't agree, I'll hit you with an ax kick.
Something interesting is that RAW vs Smackdown 2008 (Booker T is in) came out in Europe 2 days before Booker made his debut in TNA and two days after in North America. So the game was out before and after days before Booker made his TNA Debut.
I wouldnt say he ruined himself in TNA tbh like i think him having a change of pace from WWE was good and i felt like he did all he could in WWE. Plus it was better than feuding with Boogeyman. His run was a bit meh tbh especially when the main event mafia formed since like steiner he was just kinda there but unlike Steiner he wasnt too funny on purpose or accidental. His commentary was fun and painful at the same time. Id argue he was the weakest member
Kurt Angle was in TNA when SmackDown vs. Raw 2007 came out, and was in that game.
Something similar happened with RVD when SVR 2011 came out.
Lmaooo Jeff Jarret was in Every angle 😂😂
Personally I think his legacy was too strong to be affected by whatever he did in twilight years of his career as a pro wrestler.
Hulk Hogan, we coming for you ...
Booker T hasn't aged a bit also Sting's face when Roode and Storm came out lol that's priceless
Always had a crush on Sharmell as a kid lol
13:22 saved Bookers legacy.
Booker’s Afrikaan gimmick was gold. The leopard collar robes were gorgeous, the Legend’s belt was gorgeous, the accent was hilarious and the good old flipping out and reverting to his normal accent was always funny too. Big fan of the promos that foreshadowed it at Victory Road 2008 as well. With his house tour and business “portfolio”. Love it.
The accent during the hair dye ads always gets me, good work, Marky!
No way, he was one of the most over cross over stars in tna. He was a main event player and even had a title created exactly for him. His run with main event mafia was funny and gold. All his matches were always entertaining. From 2007-2010 booker t was the man in tna.
Had he had stayed with wwe back in 07 and never left he would of probably ended up retiring from in ring competition a few years later if he stayed.
Kurt Angle: "I'm a gold medalist...I don't drink"
Also Kurt Angle: ....
Idk where do I start lol? Maybe PERC Angle?
I LOVE the episode of iMPACT where the Main Event Mafia took over. Black Snow and Chet Lemon were a dynamic pair.
“i don’t drink, i’m an olympic gold medalist remember” lmao
I love you MarkyD,so go ahead and slap the ish out yourself.Dont disrespect real Legends bruh...
Booker T is one of the Greats!!😉
Booker T the kinda guy to prove everyone wrong in TNA that thought they could compete, he knew he was there for a cheque, he gave no shits about TNA, was just having fun with his old WCW pals
Booker T had a great theme in TNA in my opinion
And here I am enjoying the soul out this run 😂😂 I genuinely love it. If book was upset with his time there, man that makes it better! He wasn’t trying to be funny but I found this hilarious! Black snow commentary while being in the ring is gold! Lol
Damn.. I never knew Booker T was tripping like that.. he was cool with Triple H burying his career but TNA was the problem?
I swear slap nuts is like the RKO. It comes outta nowhere.
I say booker t earned his place in wrestling from WCW to WWE to TNA . I enjoyed his WWE run despite all the crap WWE put him through. He now has he's own development wrestling school. I say his legacy is that he's man that went through lot crap in his life and his career to become a true king
"You see back in my country, back in Africa..." Ah yes, the well known country of Africa.
He was talking about one of the countries within Africa
@@Theodiorr It can be interpreted that way too but it's funnier if he thinks Africa is a country.
I think personally the reason why Booker T went to tiene was because at the time he was burned out from the WWE schedule which back then was 300-plus days a year plus he violated the wellness policy and was suspended for 30 days I believe and he actually asked for his release in October 2007 2 months after his last match with Triple H at SummerSlam so I feel like the reason why he went to tiene was so he can have a lighter schedule and when have to put his body through the hail and Punishment of the WWE schedule
Tiene 🤣🤣
We need a Shane Sewell episode!
Just a reminder: The POLICE was called to TNA because AJ Styles stole the Legends Title, a non-official title, but Samoa Joe hanging around the Impact Zone with a Katana almost killing Scott Steiner?? No issue.
Vince Russo booking at it again!
I’m dead because I literally don’t remember “the bad guys”
It wasn't that Booker T's Impact Wrestling career was bad! it was the fact that he was in Impact Wrestling in the first place. He was just another former WCW and WWE star taking the spot light from the younger guys.
Kurt Angle saying he doesn't drink in that segment with Booker makes me think they wrote that in the story because he might've had a brief moment where he's actually sobering up.
Booker was entertaining...and at least he was there for 2 years unlike alot of other people.
Booker T was the one force in the Universe powerful enough to unite the opinions of Cornette and Russo, lol.
His feud with finlay, and Martel over the WCW TV title was the shit yo. That dude put the TV back on the map. The TV title didn’t hold weight after Double lost it. It was a title held in obscurity until Booker T held it.
Man I’ve been waiting for this video! Can’t wait to get off work
How did I never know about black snow. What a legend lmao
Shame it didn't happen more
They made a belt for him because they didn't want to put the main title on him.
Even when Booker didn't give a shit he was still brilliant.
no
Testing your skills against the new talent is literally what everyone says going to a new company
“Unfortunately potentially great match was ruined by interference” describes like 75% of the good matches TNA had.
I don’t know why they thought destroying their own matches constantly was a good idea.
I think I eventually stopped watching tna when in one episode literally every single match was ended by outside interference or ref bump+weapon. And I realized I couldn’t care about their matches anymore, because they didn’t take any of the actual wrestling seriously
15:02 dam TNA you want to have mats on the floor before your wrestler takes an over the ropes bump onto his lower back??
Booker t recently talked about his tna run he said it was good in the beginning then the rest of it he just went through the motions and just collected a paycheck throughout the rest of his run. I personally found booker's run pretty decent especially when he was on commentary during that main event mafia segment.
The only one who was genuinely uncomfortable during Scott's promo was Kurt. You can tell Kurt had an awkward smile and a fake laugh going on. Sting was the only one who kept a straight face. Booker went there for a main event spot. No question about it. When he didn't get it like he wanted it, he stopped caring and it was obvious. Booker made the choice to go to TNA so this is solely on Booker's hands. The check was the only thing keeping him there.
Scott steiner always make me laugh when he is doin promos in Tna.
Black Snow and Chet Lemon are ICONIC.
@markyd123 he actually addressed the matt Morgan issue he was going to put him over until they tried to have him squashed by Morgan in 5 minutes he refused I would have done the same
So basically the same as stone cold refusing to be squashed by lesnar
Kurt Angle said "I don't drink" 😹😂😂
7:37 The way he says Champagne 😂😂😂
Black Snow was the best thing Booker T ever did in wrestling.
13:20 A WILD SLAPNUTS APPEARS!
The black snow commentary voice sounds like the black guy From crazy taxi 😂
I loved TNA booker lol esp in the MEM, I remember that one episode where they kick him out of the locker room and he talks to the wall😂😂😂😂😂😂
He has a great legacy...not only did he have a great singles career but had a legendary tag team career as well. No matter what he did in tna his legacy was set. Probably one of the reasons he didn't care
It’s not a MarkyD123 video if a Wild Slap Nuts doesn’t appear!!!!!!!