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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2009 1:17:41 GMT -5
I was never a huge Booker fan, but he's always been alright so I'd gladly take him. I say bring him in on ECW, have him try to assume leadership of the World Elite ECW Branch, and get his ass kicked for his troubles. Cue him having to go align with Goldust and Tommy Dreamer to bring them down - it'd rule.
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Post by drjayphd (feat. Pitbull) on Oct 25, 2009 1:20:40 GMT -5
Wait, so what's Tio Huffman doing in the FCW Arena? The announcers want to know.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2009 1:24:27 GMT -5
Wait, so what's Tio Huffman doing in the FCW Arena? Suckas gots to know. Okay, it wasn't Booker who said that, but close enough.
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Post by Bubble Lead on Oct 25, 2009 1:43:38 GMT -5
Booker's entire TNA run was so mediocre that I don't see what he has to offer TNA at this point. Anything he can do as a face, MVP can do better. Anything he can do as heel can be done better by meriod wrestlers. Its pretty sad when Steiner's matches start looking better than yours. To be fair though, aside from his WWE run Steiner has always been a tremendous wrestler. Anyway, I have always been a Booker fan, I will be the first to admit that his TNA run, aside from his promos, backstage segments and character, was pretty bad. Matchwise, anyway. I still find him to be entertaining though so if he upped his game to come back to WWE he is always a good hand to have around. In TNA it just seemed like he was going through the motions during matches. Probably because he wasn't happy with his push. Not that I making excuses for him or agree with it at all.
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Post by rrm15 on Oct 25, 2009 1:48:15 GMT -5
One last face run, sure.
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Post by The Deadly Snake on Oct 25, 2009 3:04:36 GMT -5
Booker's entire TNA run was so mediocre that I don't see what he has to offer TNA at this point. Anything he can do as a face, MVP can do better. Anything he can do as heel can be done better by meriod wrestlers. Its pretty sad when Steiner's matches start looking better than yours. To be fair though, aside from his WWE run Steiner has always been a tremendous wrestler. Anyway, I have always been a Booker fan, I will be the first to admit that his TNA run, aside from his promos, backstage segments and character, was pretty bad. Matchwise, anyway. I still find him to be entertaining though so if he upped his game to come back to WWE he is always a good hand to have around. In TNA it just seemed like he was going through the motions during matches. Probably because he wasn't happy with his push. Not that I making excuses for him or agree with it at all. Steiner's WWE and TNA runs are disappointing. Personally, I prefer-Big Poppa Pump Scott Steiner. Think about it. All Pre-Big Poppa Pump. Scott Steiner vs. Kurt Angle. Scott Steiner vs. Ken Shamrock. Scott Steiner vs. Chris Benoit. Scott Steiner vs. Chris Benoit. Scott Steiner vs. Dean Malenko. Scott Steiner vs. Lance Storm. All those pre-BPP matches would have been awesome. Once he became BPP, he changed his style so much... and now, he can't wrestle as he once could. Booker T has deteriorated THAT much in comparison.
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Post by MichaelMartini on Oct 25, 2009 3:08:39 GMT -5
Of course I would. The King Booker run was the only thing keeping my interest in WWE in 07. I'm all for him coming back as long it's not to job to HHH again.
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Post by Bubble Lead on Oct 25, 2009 5:10:13 GMT -5
To be fair though, aside from his WWE run Steiner has always been a tremendous wrestler. Anyway, I have always been a Booker fan, I will be the first to admit that his TNA run, aside from his promos, backstage segments and character, was pretty bad. Matchwise, anyway. I still find him to be entertaining though so if he upped his game to come back to WWE he is always a good hand to have around. In TNA it just seemed like he was going through the motions during matches. Probably because he wasn't happy with his push. Not that I making excuses for him or agree with it at all. Steiner's WWE and TNA runs are disappointing. Personally, I prefer-Big Poppa Pump Scott Steiner. Think about it. All Pre-Big Poppa Pump. Scott Steiner vs. Kurt Angle. Scott Steiner vs. Ken Shamrock. Scott Steiner vs. Chris Benoit. Scott Steiner vs. Chris Benoit. Scott Steiner vs. Dean Malenko. Scott Steiner vs. Lance Storm. All those pre-BPP matches would have been awesome. Once he became BPP, he changed his style so much... and now, he can't wrestle as he once could. Booker T has deteriorated THAT much in comparison. I agree that he was much better before he got roided out, but he is still pretty good. Ive seen him put on some good matches in TNA. Especially when you consider the guy is almost 50 and started his pro wrestling career at age 24!
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Post by floundertime on Oct 25, 2009 5:22:10 GMT -5
Only and I mean only if he comes back as King Bookah!!!! Never a fan of the character of Booker T, but once he was the king, he was fun
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Post by Ryushinku on Oct 25, 2009 5:48:04 GMT -5
I wouldn't at all, until someone mentioned he could work on ECW and perhaps tag with Goldust again.
That, I admit, I wouldn't mind at all...so yeah, in that case, I'd be okay with the return of Bookah.
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Post by Fauxnaki on Oct 25, 2009 6:07:03 GMT -5
yes, but only if he tag teams with gold dust and he gets mic time because its the only thing booker T seems to be good at now
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2009 6:43:17 GMT -5
I'd be thrilled if Booker came back. I've found him totally entertaining throughout his WWE run, in particular as Goldust's tag partner and as King Booker. The ridiculously over-the-top way that he acts in segments and in matches is the kind of personality that you very rarely ever see in the wrestling business, and I say that as a very good thing. Plus, he's a great wrestler WHEN HE WANTS TO BE.
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Post by Metalheadbanger Man on Oct 25, 2009 6:55:04 GMT -5
I wouldn't mind it. He'd probably be a good hand on ECW, just depends on if he'd be willing to put over the younger guys, like Christian has done.
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Post by Perigryn on Oct 25, 2009 7:54:01 GMT -5
Plus hopefully he can work things out to have his promotion act as an additional talent scout/developmental (which I think was one of the reasons he left in the first place since they decided on Florida). Let's face it, they need more sources of talent than FCW...
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Post by Prince Petty on Oct 25, 2009 10:57:36 GMT -5
I never liked the guy much anyway. I'd certainly not be keen on seeing him return to the WWE. They need to be building up new stars, not dragging old, washed up ones back into the limelight.
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Post by Jay Carroll on Oct 25, 2009 14:19:15 GMT -5
Personally, I don't care either way. I'm not clamoring for his return to WWE, and if he decided to go run his indy in Houston it would be just fine with me.
Black Snow, on the other hand, should have a job FOR LIFE.
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Post by Urethra Franklin on Oct 25, 2009 14:28:01 GMT -5
It wasn't EY (unless there is a second one I am unaware of), it was Matt Morgan. Hell, the latest is the stretcher job he did was the only way he was willing to lose at BFG. Hmph, never heard anything about Matt Morgan. I seem to remember a report (may have been NEWZ!) about Booker T refusing to job to EY. Maybe I'm just going crazy again, though. It was Matt Morgan and not Eric Young. According to Booker, though, the issue was not that he didn't want to put over Matt, it's just that he thought it was meaningless to do it at this particular Impact taping. Booker had no problems jobbing to Morgan, he just wanted it to be in a higher profile match. Is he justified in thinking that way? You can argue both sides, I guess. You could say that he should have been a loyal soldier and done what was asked of him, but we're talking about TNA, where veteran wrestlers enjoy a certain amount of creative freedom (that's a euphemism for "get their own way"), so the precedent for Booker to step in an say no had already been set.
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Post by Tapout on Oct 25, 2009 14:34:40 GMT -5
We've all been saying ECW in these threads (I said ECW in the first thread with this topic also).
I think it would be fine to bring him to ECW and have him join Regal's stable, basically replacing Regal as a wrestler while Regal himself becomes on-air GM and gives his stable unfair advantages by booking handicap matches and such. King Bookah would fit well there but plain old heel Booker would work fine too.
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Post by Dub H on Oct 25, 2009 14:36:33 GMT -5
We've all been saying ECW in these threads (I said ECW in the first thread with this topic also). I think it would be fine to bring him to ECW and have him join Regal's stable, basically replacing Regal as a wrestler while Regal himself becomes on-air GM and gives his stable unfair advantages by booking handicap matches and such. King Bookah would fit well there but plain old heel Booker would work fine too. Does we get Booker and Goldust interaction again?
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Post by Tapout on Oct 25, 2009 14:57:54 GMT -5
We've all been saying ECW in these threads (I said ECW in the first thread with this topic also). I think it would be fine to bring him to ECW and have him join Regal's stable, basically replacing Regal as a wrestler while Regal himself becomes on-air GM and gives his stable unfair advantages by booking handicap matches and such. King Bookah would fit well there but plain old heel Booker would work fine too. Does we get Booker and Goldust interaction again? I think if we had them both on the same show, they'd have to interact. After his time in TNA, Booker seems very receptive to comedy angles, so I'd think that would work just fine. Goldust has done the "unpopular guy who just wants to fit in" shtick a bunch of times in his WWE career, so have him follow around exasperated heel Booker saying "Come on, let's team up like we used to." Could be an ongoing source of comedy each week and potentially lead to a big non-title feud. Or, Booker could go to Raw, lie down for Ted every week until he gets sick of it, and wind down his career as a TNA announcer. I dunno.
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