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Post by CrazySting on Nov 6, 2007 12:35:25 GMT -5
Sting's mystery partner for Genesis is Booker T. TNA began talks with him in the summer, at the same time they were trying to get a deal with Chris Jericho. They wanted to get both in for the start of the two-hour Impact shows but Jericho opted for WWE instead. Booker had made up his mind to leave WWE in July but after resolving some issues with John Laurinaitis he was persuaded to stick around a while longer. WWE still hadn't reached an agreement with him for a new deal though, with TNA still confident that he was going to sign with them in August. One of Booker's biggest problems was being moved from Smackdown to Raw. Speaking on Between the Ropes, he said "My time on Smackdown, it was a great run. It was beautiful, just pushing for whoever was the champion over there. We really didn't care who was the champion. There were no politics, no hassles. Then going back over to Raw, it was like a dark cloud coming over. I just knew it wasn't the place where I wanted to be. There are a whole lot of politics. You have to deal with a lot of garbage. I just knew, for my mental state, it wasn't going to be a good place." He also pushed for his SummerSlam match to be against Jerry Lawler rather than Triple H but of course that idea was turned down. Booker wasn't pleased that the match itself was so short and one-sided, because of Triple H just coming back from injury and wanting to be dominant in spite of possible ring rust or poor conditioning. By the time Booker was suspended during the Signature Pharmacy scandal, which he maintains was an unjust and unwarranted decision by WWE, he had reached the end of his patience and quit. The WWE schedule was also a factor, since he didn't want to "wake up at 50 years old one day pushing a walker." At present, TNA are not going to reveal him until Genesis itself - although some are pushing for him to make some sort of appearance on the pre-PPV edition of Impact.
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Post by Richard on Nov 6, 2007 12:39:36 GMT -5
Great, just freaking' great.  Another guy that I can't stand in TNA. Maybe after 7 years, TNA can make him entertaining again. |
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Post by MGH on Nov 6, 2007 12:41:09 GMT -5
An ex-WWE guy I don't mind at all. As long as he isn't made the main man in the promotion I say this can only breed good things.
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Post by hollywood on Nov 6, 2007 12:43:20 GMT -5
If he thinks RAW was bad......
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Post by Timmy8271 on Nov 6, 2007 12:46:00 GMT -5
How long till he beats Joe in 5 minutes?
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Post by i.Sarita.com on Nov 6, 2007 12:46:45 GMT -5
An ex-WWE guy I don't mind at all. As long as he isn't made the main man in the promotion I say this can only breed good things. Booker will always be an ex-WCW guy to me ;D |
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Post by MGH on Nov 6, 2007 12:47:16 GMT -5
How long till he beats Joe in 5 minutes? THEN I start to mind. |
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Post by ddt on Nov 6, 2007 12:47:26 GMT -5
Great, another former WCW/WWE guy. Another mound of dirt to bury the new talent.
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Post by hollywood on Nov 6, 2007 12:48:25 GMT -5
An ex-WWE guy I don't mind at all. As long as he isn't made the main man in the promotion I say this can only breed good things. Booker will always be an ex-WCW guy to me ;D I harp on TNA a lot, and I probably will a lot more. But Booker is a fantastic acquisition for them. Be better if they dropped VKM, Black Reign, and a few others at the same time, though. (Of course, this is where I speculate how they'll inevitably screw it up.) |
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Post by Welfare Willis on Nov 6, 2007 12:50:25 GMT -5
How long till he beats Joe in 5 minutes? Close this thread because that was FTW. ;D |
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Post by i.Sarita.com on Nov 6, 2007 12:51:22 GMT -5
Booker will always be an ex-WCW guy to me ;D I harp on TNA a lot, and I probably will a lot more. But Booker is a fantastic acquisition for them. Be better if they dropped VKM, Black Reign, and a few others at the same time, though. (Of course, this is where I speculate how they'll inevitably screw it up.) I know a lot of people liked the King Booker gimmick, but I didn't care much for it and hopes that he's back to just being Booker T...he was one of those WCW faces that never turned on the company during the nWo years... |
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Post by hollywood on Nov 6, 2007 12:52:46 GMT -5
I harp on TNA a lot, and I probably will a lot more. But Booker is a fantastic acquisition for them. Be better if they dropped VKM, Black Reign, and a few others at the same time, though. (Of course, this is where I speculate how they'll inevitably screw it up.) I know a lot of people liked the King Booker gimmick, but I didn't care much for it and hopes that he's back to just being Booker T...he was one of those WCW faces that never turned on the company during the nWo years... I liked King Booker. I like Booker "Can You Dig It, Sucka?" T. I like the man in any gimmick. He can seriously do no wrong in my eyes.  |
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Post by KEJB on Nov 6, 2007 12:53:04 GMT -5
Booker T is fantastic. Dude immediately solidifies TNA heavyweight scene.
Kurt Angle, Sting, Samoa Joe, Christian, Booker T. Any combination of those 5, results in an awesome match-up. Hell, Booker T's championship run on Smackdown was the best thing going in WWE at the time. There are not too many guys who deserve to come in at the World Title level right out of WWE. Angle was one, and Booker T is another.
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Post by i.Sarita.com on Nov 6, 2007 13:01:46 GMT -5
Booker T is fantastic. Dude immediately solidifies TNA heavyweight scene. Kurt Angle, Sting, Samoa Joe, Christian, Booker T. Any combination of those 5, results in an awesome match-up. Hell, Booker T's championship run on Smackdown was the best thing going in WWE at the time. There are not too many guys who deserve to come in at the World Title level right out of WWE. Angle was one, and Booker T is another. That is a pretty awesome top 5, all healthy and active... ...compaired to the Batista show on Friday's... |
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Post by ddt on Nov 6, 2007 13:04:30 GMT -5
Great, another former WCW/WWE guy. Another mound of dirt to bury the new talent. Hopefully he'll get to work with guys like Storm, Harris, Roode, Styles, etc., and even put them over. He'd match up pretty nicely with those guys. |
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Post by Lance Uppercut on Nov 6, 2007 13:15:01 GMT -5
One of Booker's biggest problems was being moved from Smackdown to Raw. Speaking on Between the Ropes, he said "My time on Smackdown, it was a great run. It was beautiful, just pushing for whoever was the champion over there. We really didn't care who was the champion. There were no politics, no hassles. Then going back over to Raw, it was like a dark cloud coming over. I just knew it wasn't the place where I wanted to be. There are a whole lot of politics. You have to deal with a lot of garbage. I just knew, for my mental state, it wasn't going to be a good place." And yet he'd rather quit than do ecw. Basically teh same locker room, and schedule. |
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Post by Turd Ferguson on Nov 6, 2007 13:35:00 GMT -5
Great!
Now TNA can bring in Stevie Ray to do commentary with Tenay, West, Nash, Karen Angle, Vince Russo, Tony Schiavone, and Jimmy Snuka.
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Post by Timmy8271 on Nov 6, 2007 13:47:06 GMT -5
Stevie Ray> Don West.
I actually don't mind him going to TNA. Hopefully he can prove me wrong and be successful but I just won't believe it till I see it.
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Post by i.Sarita.com on Nov 6, 2007 13:47:55 GMT -5
One of Booker's biggest problems was being moved from Smackdown to Raw. Speaking on Between the Ropes, he said "My time on Smackdown, it was a great run. It was beautiful, just pushing for whoever was the champion over there. We really didn't care who was the champion. There were no politics, no hassles. Then going back over to Raw, it was like a dark cloud coming over. I just knew it wasn't the place where I wanted to be. There are a whole lot of politics. You have to deal with a lot of garbage. I just knew, for my mental state, it wasn't going to be a good place." And yet he'd rather quit than do ecw. Basically teh same locker room, and schedule. But seen as being crapped on by the WWE in the eyes of the veterans... |
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Post by Kenny Brockelstein on Nov 6, 2007 13:57:42 GMT -5
Stevie Ray> Don West. I actually don't mind him going to TNA. Hopefully he can prove me wrong and be successful but I just won't believe it till I see it. What exactly is Stevie Ray up to anyone? I thought he was a riot on commentary. |
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Another guy that I can't stand in TNA. Maybe after 7 years, TNA can make him entertaining again.
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