Booker T News

From royalty to TNA Wrestling.

Booker T recently spoke to Great Britain's The Sun about his transition from the WWE to TNA Wrestling. Here are excerpts of that interview:

Do you miss being King Booker?
I definitely miss the character King Booker, no one can do a character like that and not miss it. I still do traits of it. I set out to be different to every other King that ever wore the crown.

Whenever anybody thinks of King Of The Ring from this day forward – they will always think of King Booker.

How do you find the atmosphere backstage at TNA compared to WWE?
Everybody here is loose and happy. There are a lot of young guys all working towards one common goal – making TNA mean something. There’s no animosity or backstabbing. There’s not all that testosterone flying around, with guys fighting to be on top.

Everyone here is having fun and that’s why I fit in, because even though I’m the oldest guy on the roster I’m still cracking jokes and playing computer games.

King Booker released the following statement, commenting on his release from WWE:

I would like to address any possible rumors or misinformation regarding our release from WWE. I had been unhappy for quite some time with the direction that the Company was going in. In fact, I asked for my release back in July for that very reason. However, after further contemplation, I decided to continue on with WWE because of my passion for this industry and my desire to entertain the fans.

Unfortunately, it quickly became apparent that my unhappiness with my work environment was beginning to take a great toll on other aspects of my life. I knew that it was time to make some extremely tough decisions.

Therefore, in the interest of my mental, physical, and spiritual well being, I along with my wife, asked for our release from World Wrestling Entertainment for the second time within months. We were graciously granted our release and we have since amicably parted ways. While the business relationship between ourselves and the WWE has ended, we will continue to be involved in Professional Wrestling. We hope that our loyal fans will follow us as we make this transition.

Thank you all from the bottom of our hearts, and we will see you soon!