Hall of Famer and Reality of Wrestling booker, Booker T spoke to WrestleZone about the relationship between NXT, where he is a commentator, and ROW, the promotion he runs. In the article, Booker said the following:
First of all, I got my eye on everybody. But I’m looking for the talent. I’m not looking for the best talent in the locker room, I’m not looking for the worst talent in the locker room. I’m looking for guys that I can work with. I’m looking for guys that are looking for help as well. If it’s guys in NXT and they’re just sitting on the sideline and I’m there every week, and they don’t come ask me any questions, they won’t be coming to reality of wrestling. I’m looking for try guys that’s looking to get better, wondering what does it take to get to that next level. But more importantly, what does it take to stay at that next level? Because when you get in this business and you don’t look at it as a business, it can be very swift. It can be very quick. But when you look at it as a job, like you’re putting your hard hat on and your boots and you know you got somebody on your heels just looking to take your job, you look at it from a totally different perspective. I’m looking for young men and young women that have that aptitude to want that, and there’s so many of them down in NXT that I hope to work with here at Reality of Wrestling and give them the rub, try to give them that little bit of knowledge, that sometimes young people just need a pat on the back and told that they can do this,”
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Booker T has had NXT talent on his show before, such as Ivy Nile, Charlie Dempsey, and Axiom, seeing the talent trained by the former Harlem Heat member exposed to those who have already seen television time. One such wrestler Booker has trained was none other than NXT’s own Roxanne Perez.
