Booker T: The NWO Almost Ruined Wrestling, They Really Could Have Killed The Business For All Of Us

Booker T was not a fan of the NWO in WCW.

While speaking to guest Booker T on his podcast, Six Feet Under, the Undertaker brought up the impact that the New World Order had on professional wrestling when they burst onto the scene with Booker T. mentioning that they really could have killed the business and almost every babyface during his time in WCW.

“It almost killed every babyface in the company,” Booker said, referring to wrestling’s traditional hero-villain dynamic. “It almost ruined wrestling. … NWO could’ve killed the business. It really could have.”

Booker T arrived in the WWF when they bought the WCW and the rest of his legendary career is history and immortalized in the Hall of Fame.

H/t to Wrestling Inc for the transcription.

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