Booker T says he is ashamed of some of the things he did in TNA.
Booker T had a run in TNA at the end of the 2000s and featured as part of the Main Event Mafia. He would hold tag title and singles gold in the company, but it was not all positive for the WWE Hall Of Famer.
During a recent episode of his Hall of Fame show, Booker T reacted to his “All About the 5” promo in the promotion.
I was creating that as I was going. I didn’t have anything written. That wasn’t a promo that was scripted or anything. They gave me the mic and I just started talking. … I was trying my best to entertain myself in TNA. When I got to TNA I really had high hopes to really, really be able to capture some moments in that company. After about two weeks, I realized none of that was gonna happen. So I just started acting a fool. I really started acting a fool. I’m actually ashamed of myself for some of the stuff I did in TNA. Because I knew it wasn’t going anywhere, and I lost my zeal for really going out and performing the way I think I always had before that. I lost my motivation. I had a two year contract and I lost my motivation because I didn’t see a lot of guys — I’ve been watching The Last Dance lately, and to watch Michael Jordan’s drive. He was like a tyrant. He wanted nothing but the best from the guys that were around him, and I know when I went into TNA I had that same feeling as far as, ‘I want to push these guys.’ Really see how far they can go because I knew I had some young talent that I could go out there and maybe create some magic with. When none of that happened, I lost my passion just because I knew it was out of my hands. It was out of my control. It was nothing I could do with it. I was nowhere near that circle of people that was running it or anything like that. So I just literally said, ‘Man, I’m just going to come pick my check up, go out and try to have some fun, and try to create something at the same time. When these two years are over with we move on,'”
Booker T
Booker returned to WWE in 2011 and has worked on and off as an announcer for the company since then. He is currently one half of the NXT announce team alongside Vic Joseph.
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