In recent months, Booker T has made headlines for his comments in interviews and on his podcast. Booker has commented on the characters of Naomi, Big E, Keith Lee and others.
Booker has now said that he is not trying to bury anyone and wants to only offer some constructive criticism.
When speaking with Sam Roberts of Not Sam Wrestling, Booker attempted to explain the purpose of his takes. (h/t Jeremy Lambert of Fightful)
The Hall of Famer explained, “If those guys call me, I’ll let them know exactly what I was saying. This is not the first time I’ve had a hot take. If you hear me say something, it’s always going to be constructive criticism. It’s always going to be from the perspective of, I’m giving you a message, but I’m not going to go out and bury you like a lot of people would. I’m saying something from a constructive criticism perspective so you can come to me and say, ‘Book, what are you talking about?’ Make me understand what you were talking about,’ and I’ll tell them exactly what I’m talking about, and trust me, it will benefit them 100% and make them so much better than the Internet chatter of people telling them ‘do this and do that.’ I know I can help. Without any shadow of a doubt, anybody that I’ve talked about, from Naomi to CM Punk, if you want to know what I’m talking about, you have my phone number, call me and I’ll tell you exactly what I’m talking about because I’ve done it. I have no ax to grind and I don’t have any reason to hurt anyone. I want to see everybody come up. That’s why I have a wrestling school and have had one for the last 17 years. That’s a labor of love. I could have been on the beach. I do it because I love it. Every guy I talk about it because I want to see them do better and make it to that next level just like I did. It’s an awesome feeling.”
One of the stars Booker has criticized is Big E. He said that Big E should focus his character on ‘being more serious’. The current WWE champion, in response, commented that he wants to bring something new to the brand and that he is serious when the time is right.
Booker can be seen on a variety of platforms. He has his own podcast, is on WWE PPV kick-off show panels, and owns Reality of Wrestling in Texas.