Booker T is one of the WCW wrestlers who came into WWE during the Invasion storyline and made it big time in WWE. He was already a five-time WCW Champion when he made his debut in WWE. Moreover, he won multiple titles in WWE, even capturing the World Heavyweight Championship during his King Booker monicker.
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Booker T took is a two-time WWE Hall of Famer. In 2005, he opened his own wrestling promotion in Houston, Texas, called the Reality of Wrestling. There he trains and nurtures young talents who want to make it big in this business. He often has matches in his own promotion.
Recently, Booker T appeared on MMA Fighting SBN, where he shared about two of his women wrestlers getting signed by AEW and WWE. WWE signed Rok-C,19-years old and the youngest to Booker’s promotion.
Booker T said, “One of my girls just debuted on AEW Dynamite with Jade Cargill. Her name’s AQA and they just, you know, signed her to a contract. It’s really, really cool. One of my girls, Rok-C, WWE just signed her,”
Booker T added about Rok-C, “She was my youngest champion in Reality Of Wrestling. Started with me at fantasy camp, she was 13 years old. Her dream was to be the Reality Of Wrestling Champion.”
The former world champion has many of his students wrestling in other promotions around the world. However, he takes very much pride in seeing two of his girls signed with two major wrestling companies in America.
Booker T also shared about his willingness of training with younger talent. He had already thought about having his own wrestling school/promotion post-retirement. Furthermore, he is keen to nurture and teach the upcoming generation in this business.
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Booker T on his current role in WWE
Booker T is part of the broadcasting team in WWE. Fans often see him on the panel during the Kick-off shows for many PPVs. Sometimes he does commentary too on RAW or SmackDown.
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Booker T also said about other work except for the kick-off show, “I just do the kickoff show. I got a few other opportunities on the table that I’m getting ready to start doing here in a little bit with WWE. But, I got my wrestling school, I got the radio show,”
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It appears Booker T has kept himself pretty busy even after retirement from wrestling.
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