Booker T gets HEATED talking Hulk Hogan almost ruining his WCW Title win (Dark Side of the Ring)

[@criticalbill2090]

Booker T: "I`m about to become a first time, first time, first time, World WCW champion!" Hulk Hogan: "That doesnt work for me, brother"

[@KPSavant]

I don’t think so brother!! 😅🤣🤣

[@Em3ga]

"I don't want THEM with the title or dating my daughter." -Hogan "not 10 inches" Hogan

[@nickhughes8179]

Unless they’re 8 feet tall and worth millions Also Hulk “Republican” Hogan

[@josephrusso8135]

Not unless he's dead broke using my daughter to drain me of all my money and both trying to sleep w my daughter instead of producing songs for her album.

[@josephrusso8135]

Too real?

[@mkdisciple]

Booker and Steiner got the belt way too late to save WCW.

[@thesupervisor3270]

Yeah it should of been 99. Steiner, Booker or DDP should have been the one to end Goldberg streak and win the World belt from him

[@immanuelguzman-magallanes3790]

Probably should have been Goldberg in Triple Threat. Then a Couple of Cage Matches...

[@aoisora1445]

@@thesupervisor3270 DDP was the only credible option of the 3 that would not end the gimmick... Steiner was using a submission finish, Booker's finish was too regular... DDP's finish was sold hard so it still had that aura of being able to end Goldberg, not counting Goldberg knocked himself out when he speared DDP lols

[@robdangripp9406]

They had some great matches together and I wish I could have seen Booker t and Dr Steiner brothers into the Hall of Fame.

[@robdangripp9406]

That's why I hate hulk Hogan because he likes to hog the heavyweight title everywhere he goes and he thinks that nobody else has a chance to shine if it was up to Hogan he would probably be take the world title at 70 years old

[@wendelleasports]

Booker T should've went over at wrestlemania 19.

[@shinsukecorbin425]

Vince actually wanted to put Booker over and have HHH win it back at Backlash with a 3rd match after that..Who would’ve won the feud I don’t think any of us will ever know

[@JayTheAdviceGuy]

​@@shinsukecorbin425 Then why didn't he? Don't tell me he let HHH talk him out of it...

[@shinsukecorbin425]

@@JayTheAdviceGuy HHH and Shawn talked Vince out of a lot of matches..Who you think was the reason Vader never got over?? That wasn’t Vince that was Shawn..Vince was so hooked onto Shawn and HHH that it was HHH who was supposed to win that KOTR when Austin won it

[@4LP3E]

@@shinsukecorbin425 stop trying to add things together with no correlation. vince screwed booker t. triple h angle was to put booker t over. but they changed the plan

[@shinsukecorbin425]

@@4LP3E Vince screwed Booker but gave him one of the best gimmicks in that era?? Bruh Vince was always high on Booker that’s why he threw Booker right in a feud with Austin the second he debuted..Name me somebody Vince pushed to be a top champion that he didn’t like outside of Bryan and Punk

[@krlm2280]

Now you see why Bret Hart despises Hogan

[@1980Triumph]

Bret Hart is a phony, he didn't have a single match and has been whining about it ever since. He is a crybaby and so are his fans, Wrestling angles change all the time, and people back then didn't care about Bret, they cared about Hulk and Yoko which is who the WWF was pushing in the European markets before Hulk's time was up

[@cpesq.5884]

Brett screwed brett

[@brypete]

Now there are so many former WCW employees that have talked trash on Easy E and it's ok .. But as soon as Bret does it, he's bitter??? People just hate on Bret cause he tells it like it is and people don't want to hear it...

[@krlm2280]

@@brypete 💯💯

[@burntvirtue]

​@@1980Triumph Nah

[@franklingoodwin]

"Hulk Hogan, we coming for you...." vibes from Booker here 😂

[@tidallocs993]

😂😂😂😂

[@FreddieBlaze730]

😂👌

[@FreddieBlaze730]

😂👌

[@FreddieBlaze730]

😂👌

[@FreddieBlaze730]

😂👌

[@hitmangfx7162]

I was tuned out of WCW at this time (Bash at the Beach 2000), but I remember how cool it was seeing Scott Steiner vs Booker on the last Nitro fighting for the title, because I had followed their careers when they were tag team guys.

[@andyzuleta5344]

They both seem like the realest dudes in the wrestling business.

[@valitsemllaluokanavahyvaks3556]

Almost screwed by hogan, and getting screwed by Triple H must have been not fun.

[@Ghostface-1393]

I love the out come of that match… Hate predictability

[@RickyBritt-tz5rl]

He didn't get screwed by HHH

[@Imhim336.]

@@RickyBritt-tz5rlright he got screwed by Vince

[@TheRealVerbalAbuser]

Triple H was Dead Wrong.

[@judasfire2]

@@RickyBritt-tz5rlTriple H single-handedly buried all the WCW wrestlers who arrived in WWE after the company closed , that’s why they all left shortly after. Even Sting mentioned how didn’t want to go to WWE , because he didn’t want to get that type of treatment as well.

[@MrBrockHeinz]

WCW ain't paying the bills so he can be honest about this one. The Triple H WM19 one on the other hand...

[@MADGUNSMONSTER]

Exactly

[@nomad155]

What happened there

[@OfficalDollarSignz]

Triple H had a rasict ass promo and then went on to beat the shit out of booker t n win when that should have been booker t s time then​@nomad155

[@iarej0e]

Seeing David Arquette of all people immediately get how crazy it was that Book had never been champ after he himself won it was crazy

[@JMFSpike]

I think that once Booker told him he'd never been champ he was instantly hit with a jolt of immense guilt as he suddenly realized that it wasn't okay for him to be holding the title. I feel awful for David Arquette. He is one of the biggest victims of all when it comes to all the shit that happened in WCW.

[@DEATHROW19]

But David said in an interview... All the money wcw gave him, he gave it to charity

[@deadlymixx]

You think that because Arquette literally said this lol. Stop trying to pass it off as your own wisdom.

[@cooldaddyslick6869]

??? English next time please.

[@James-xx4kb]

@@cooldaddyslick6869😂😂😂

[@Dusterbugless]

He scared me with the 45 seconds. I washed my car, cut my grass, and painted my house in 45 seconds

[@jtsra7]

😂 This comment wins!

[@franklingoodwin]

I felt that too 😂

[@ODGtheToyman1974]

He made me sit my ass back down & listen with that one🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Dusterbugless]

@@ODGtheToyman1974 he’s a teddy bear until he gets mad. I remember when he ripped that guys shirt enough on tough enough

[@mr.lamont1420]

On today. This Booker T interview hits different for me, being a wrestling fan. Thank u B.T. for being transparent.

[@Juggalo94]

Thank You too Jeff Jarrett for putting Book over especially since Hogan didn’t wanna do it smh

[@josephrusso8135]

are you serious

[@Juggalo94]

@@josephrusso8135 yes

[@thesupervisor3270]

His match was against Kanyon which he lost. The World Championship match was always Jeff vs Hogan. Book didn’t found out he was winning the World championship until like the match before him and Jeff. He’s a liar

[@kingbullyrock8739]

@@Juggalo94 Sorry boy, that PPV was booked and advertised in advanced as Hogan vs Jarrett for the title

[@EVGriffinJr]

@@kingbullyrock8739 yes it was, but plans to put the belt on booker also made, and it was being saved as a surprise. But Hogan wanted it changed where he wanted the title straight up with no surprise of Booker winning it. That’s been recently before the special even aired.

[@micksawyer1112]

Hogan did the same thing, too, Sting at Starcade. Like it's always been said, "That doesn't work for me, brother." he doesn't have any integrity and also dodged Bret Hart as well.

[@TheBlackTarot95]

Facts that is why they had the fast count spot

[@ExplisitHipHop]

True. Do you remember that The Mega Powers were 2 men and beat the Hart Foundation and Honky? 2 beating 3.

[@CodyvsEveryone]

At the end of day Hogan drew money . Hart didn't and neither did Booker

[@TheMrCC21]

​@@CodyvsEveryoneAt that point Hulk Hogan wasn't the draw he used to be. Even if he was, WCW was such dire straits that it didn't matter.

[@jackdediosgonzalez2953]

You seem to forget hogan was a business man first if a wrestler at the time don't complement his character at the time hogan won't wrestle.and that's crap about sting how many times hogan put sting over in wcw and tna because hogan was making more money when the time is right to put wrestlers over

[@prestonpfeiffer]

Bret Hart said it best… Bischoff was Hogan’s puppet to enforce his creative control. And I like Eric but even in this he cant admit Hogan ever did ANYTHING wrong when he literally helped create zero stars,changed finishes and want ppv matches on regular tv so he could pop the rating.

[@hitek9too255]

Bret just mad cause he couldn't draw like Hogan, Flair, or even Goldberg or HBK who he constantly bashes. Even Hunter was a bigger draw than overrated Bret.

[@SwankLeSuave_25]

@@hitek9too255there’s still time to delete this

[@kochayeo]

@@hitek9too255 in what way was Bret Hart not a draw? Explain.🧐

[@ruggeddrelouris3597]

Um so glad BOOKER AT is finally SPEAKING UP on this shit, I hope he speaks up on how the HHH loss at wrestlemania affected him

[@thesupervisor3270]

Booker is lying! His match was vs Kanyon. (Which he lost) The match was always Hogan vs Jeff so how was he’s winning the World championship in days prior? I wrote this before and they erase my comments because it’s true

[@ruggeddrelouris3597]

I want him one day to speak up on how he REALLY THOUGHT Vince Mcmahon and HHH didnt view him as a A-1 champ because of his skin color and dreads, if D-X did racist jokes to Mark Henry then I know HHH felt some way about King Booker

[@davidbaker5250]

Well isn't he still under a contract with wwe? He's not going to talk shit about anything wwe

[@ruggeddrelouris3597]

@@davidbaker5250 yeah tru, is he still on the panel show before WWE PPV, but times before in-between contracts maybe he should of voice himself

[@davidbaker5250]

@ruggeddrelouris3597 maybe he doesn't want to burn a bridge. I th8nk talking about "what could've happened" is irrelevant now. He had a great career. I'm a Hulkamaniac and know Hogan was a political dick backstage. But if the higher ups are letting him get away with it than he's going to keep doing it. A lot of people would to better their career if given the chance

[@freerushh1876]

Booker T, Scott Steiner, DDP and Sting were the only guys worthy of rotating the world title during WCW's dying days.

[@stewietk]

Type shit....

[@newzelandslap81]

And Sid

[@ApothecaryGrant]

Scott Steiner sucked as World champion . He worked better as the threat to a popular champion .

[@ODGtheToyman1974]

Yep. Kidman could've been in that list if it wasn't for hogan.

[@bms2010]

Lmafo seriously kidman? Look i know he is a good wrestler byt dude was dull, and had bo personality he was always going to be mid card​@ODGtheToyman1974

[@Al-Rob-ei1iu]

That’s how we feel about WM 19 book

[@camerondalton1495]

To be fair, Booker isn't mad about that.

[@markellfrazier7528]

@@camerondalton1495Hearing this makes me feel like he doesn’t gives us his true feelings about Wrestlemania 19

[@RG-lr4pk]

But WWE and Triple K write his checks and the only people that watch wrestling in 2024 are WWE super fangirls.

[@DanlowMusic]

Yeah, sitting in the crowd that night, it should have been Booker T. It felt right that night.

[@wendelleasports]

​@@camerondalton1495yes he is, the checks won't clear if he kept it all the way real about that

[@ModernDayRenaissanceMan]

Hogan wanted to chase Flair. Booker is right. Hogan only saw good business as whatever business was good for him.

[@romans52345-cy3tq]

As he fuckin should, It's a cutthroat business

[@deepblue8143]

​@romans52345-cy3tq exactly!! No one is going to look out for you but YOU!! I'm so sick of all of the hypocrites in the comment section.

[@LoveProWrestling]

Hogan being the forever champion, isnt good for business though. Especially not in the latter half of his career.

[@MortonT1958]

Hogan drew money both as Hulk Hogan and as the arrogant heel Hollywood Hogan. He didn’t need to always have the title, but he did at least need to be in the picture for a title shot.

[@NinerNeto]

Guys like taker and Scott Hall put other people over all the time and still regarded as the greats. ​@@deepblue8143

[@burntvirtue]

Booker didn't you see Bischoff & Hogan do the same thing to Sting 3 years earlier? And Bret Hart 4 years before that? Hogan ALWAYS gets his way...BROTHER!

[@THEREALLORDJ]

🥱

[@burntvirtue]

@@THEREALLORDJ Where's the lie?

[@THEREALLORDJ]

@@burntvirtue YEAH IM SURE GETTING HIS WAY INCLUDED DESTROYING TWO COMPANIES HE WAS GETTING TONS OF REVENUE FROM!!!

[@ScroogeMcBucks]

All I heard was "🗣️ Hulk Hogan...we coming for you 🥷🏿...🤦🏿‍♂️".... Now lemme get this same energy with your match with Triple H at mania. Let it out

[@sakurarozu]

Cant that's his boss lol

[@ScroogeMcBucks]

@@sakurarozu 🤣🤣

[@AliFrankTheTank]

he doesn’t feel that way about that match lmaooo

[@amirpourghoureiyan1637]

he's always been about the money, everything else doesn't matter to him since he got paid

[@megavolt67]

He's such a sock puppet for WWE that he'll never do that. But of course it's okay and probably encouraged by WWE themselves to trash anything WCW related.

[@theescapists6794]

So, Hogan didn't need the title...but him and Bischoff didn't really want Booker T to have the title? Yeah, they're both pieces of shit for that.

[@kingstonellington817]

This clip is how you know Booker T hasn't revealed his true feelings concerning his match against Triple H at Wrestlemania XIX. That felt like a true burial to me at the time when it happened, especially with how long Triple H took to pin him at the end of the match.

[@TheMrCC21]

They did nothing wrong with not booking him to beat Triple H. Hulk Hogan was a politicking douche. He tried to sabotage Booker T's moment of becoming a World Heavyweight Champion. Such a shit comparison.

[@kingstonellington817]

@@TheMrCC21 I disagree. Triple H was already a top heel and leader of a heel faction. He had already had several title reigns, he didn't need to be booked stronger. The angle had racial overtones too. A title reign would've been perfect to set Booker T up as a main event threat in WWE. Booker was an amazing in-ring performer at that time. Triple H could've defeated him with faction interference. The clean win with a delayed pin buried Booker. It put him in the midcard for years and when he got his title run, it was the somewhat silly King Bookah gimmick. What makes it even more foolish, is that Stone Cold was breaking down and wrestling what would be his final match on that same Wrestlemania and the Rock had already been in four films and was filming more. It was a perfect opportunity to feature Booker. I am not saying Booker needed a long run at the top, but the more people you elevate at the right time the more unpredictable the outcomes of these matches become, the more invested we become as fans. Missed opportunity.

[@kratosgow342]

@@kingstonellington817 at least Booker really love King Booker gimmick a lot you can think it's silly but it's got him instantly over and become the championship because of it

[@pejroyal9115]

That 45 second delay to get the pin after the pedigree was hit did him no favors in that match

[@carl5381]

@@TheMrCC21 HHH had nothing to lose and Book had everything to gain. It was his time and HHH did what HHH does. It was a dumb decision and HHH didn't need that title.

[@dama301]

One thing to give credit to Russo for - he knew Booker had it and pushed for it

[@Violent_Wolfen]

Except he just wanted a younger champion and didn't care how that happened and had no plan for before or afterwards. That was the main problem, but people forget that fact. This was a guy who killed people's carrers with that Brawl for All shit.

[@sqworldwide44]

​@@Violent_WolfenDidn't know you were there during that time? What company did you work for?

[@Jeff_Pryce]

Russo was a POS, but Bischoff was out of his mind for going along with Hogan’s little power play. Booker absolutely deserved to win that title on that night. It’s crazy that Bischoff was so subservient to Hogan even after the ratings began to freefall to the point of no return.

[@Violent_Wolfen]

@sqworldwide44 Didn't have to you just had to watch Russo's shit with the Brawl 4 All and use pattern recognition. Obviously, you're a mark who was either too young, not born yet or just sees what you want. Your very comment could apply to yourself.

[@sqworldwide44]

@Violent_Wolfen I'm 38yrs old so I was a early teen during these years. So for one thing Vince McMahon approved brawl for all and the wrestlers signed up for it.

[@mojennith6427]

Wonder how upset he really is about losing to Triple H at Wrestlemania….what did that do for Triple H’s career…..it sure pushed Booker T down the card for a long time after

[@bms2010]

Nobody was taking the title from HHH in that Era so it really wouldn't matter

[@mojennith6427]

@@bms2010 it would have done nothing to Triple H’s career had he lost but would have been MAJOR for Booker T to win

[@bms2010]

@mojennith6427 like I said b4 nerd nobody was taking the title away from hhh no matter how good it would of made their career

[@MADGUNSMONSTER]

​@@mojennith6427 we all know Trips wasn't losing THAT match.

[@palaceofwisdom9448]

@@mojennith6427 From HHH's perspective, a boost to Booker's career was a threat to his own. He had to wait a long time to be on top, and Austin refused to put him over. He wasn't going to risk getting lost in the shuffle again by allowing the main event to have other credible guys. The reason why his selfishness gets him so much more grief than others is because the product was stagnating while he kept himself on top.

[@nanobluelectrobuzz9227]

So Bret is not the only person (Booker T) to say Eric was Hogans puppet. Maybe Bret’s right.

[@Samuelfish2k]

If it wasn’t for Hulk Hogan, Eric Bichoff would still be selling meat out of a truck in Minneapolis.

[@rogerbennett9598]

@@Samuelfish2k I see what you did there 😂

[@AllHailKingKurt]

I like bischoff, but he is very much a hogan puppet

[@larryconnerjr1835]

Eric Bishoff always did whatever Hogan wanted so This info is not surprising

[@orestodomundo6652]

💯

[@wolf7el356]

Hence Finger poke of Death

[@jesse76th96]

Booker made my childhood great. put some respect on his name 💯

[@jginger245]

All of the good memories I have of watching wcw in the years 2000 and 2001 involved Booker T in some form . Booker was the MVP of wcw for many years In the late 90s aswell

[@FBA_God_Emperor_Doom]

Booker T, Scott Stiner, DDP, and Lance Storm were my guys in the dying days of WCW.

[@jginger245]

@@FBA_God_Emperor_Doom stiner was unhinged and awesome one of the few guys who can say something genuinely hilarious but be terrifying at the same time DDP was wcws ironman his journey is unlike anyone else's and lance probably did his best work during his wcw run he had an actual character and was pushed as a threat and changing the names of the three belts was genius while the dying days of wcw was bad in a lot of places the shows still have good talent and the odd great creative decision in them I was lucky as a kid I got to watch both shows and when I go back now and watch it always tends to be that I watch WWF for the storylines and angles and wcw for the matches

[@danieldaniel8883]

Booker is right, Hogan winning the WCW again and wasn't going to do anything for the company, Hogan was long in the tooth and how many times are you going go back to the same dried up well. WCW could have been so much better and still been in business.

[@1788deon]

Being cool with how a situation went down only to find out more bs. Booker got every right to be mad. He really just want this situation to stay in the past.

[@goodbuttah7049]

An accomplice to the crime....u got 45 seconds 😂 bookem

[@JUSLOFI]

Booker T - "Hulk Hogan, We comin' for you _________" Hogan - "...And I Took That Personally"

[@THEREALLORDJ]

🙄

[@JUSLOFI]

@@THEREALLORDJ 😄

[@fatstaxx1247]

Bret Hart always said Hogan was a 🐍 in the grass.

[@Justlight-88]

We loved u booker.. you was one of our fav.. dont be sad dude.. u hav been one of the best... i used to watch your gights in wcw in the late 90s... and yrust me, the part of the eorld m from, u wont even knoe how famous u hv been sir ...

[@roninmarketing4048]

The only two things I give VR credit for are making Booker and Steiner champions. Booker 100% deserved it and probably long before that. He put the work in for a decade at that point. I am glad he got his deserved recognition. He is beloved by everyone. It sucks to see the pain in his eyes when he talks about this.

[@ChrisStoecker]

That really sums up WCW back then. I was a loyal WCW guy at the time so I was getting the PPV anyway. Imagine how bad things had to be to think having Booker T win his first world title & his fans that didn't buy the PPV don't get to see it because he wasn't advertised to wrestle for the belt was a good idea. How the hell most of the people who knew including Booker didn't ask why wouldn't we promote the match instead of somehow throwing it in unadvertised is nuts. I'm surprised Booker is so pissed at Hogan when Booker vs Hogan means way more $$ down the road than Booker wins unadvertised at the Bash at the Beach. He would've made more money than he's ever had in his life. What a mess they were & I watched that stuff religiously. Was actually happy that night but I was under the impression it was spur of the moment. Hearing Book knew days in advance is just more proof of what a shitshow that place was at the time

[@ToneyHolley]

Spot On!!

[@atlsooner85]

I'd be more pissed about WM19 than a company that would ultimately die anyway. I love Booker and grew up with Hulk. But I was upset about WM19

[@DJObiSmalls]

Unfortunately, I think Booker was in the crossfire between Bischoff and Russo. I don't think it was anything personal against Booker but I can understand his frustrations.

[@michaelmilnermixing]

Shout out Vince Russo for giving a black man a chance.

[@sdo1840]

I always say, booker was greatest organic WCW talent, immense worker, super energy and charisma. While hogan, sting nash, etc. All played politics booker was flying round the ring. There's a reason he was the only one who was a success in WWF after invasion

[@RealityOfWrestling]

Facts

[@The80s_Baby]

This the realist shit Booker ever said he is right this time and thinking about Hogan racist remarks he never cared about Booker

[@Youdidnthearme]

The hell with Hogan !!! And bischoff is hogan sycophant

[@deepblue8143]

The hell with the greatest of all time? Lol no. Booker is a hypocrite who couldn't lace Hogan's boots.

[@michaelrayii7102]

Agreed! I also still don't understand why Kevin Nash had to beat Goldberg. Just made no sense at that time! The egos in WCW were out of control! Also, Vince Russo should have never been allowed in there!

[@hitek9too255]

The crowd went nuts when Nash beat Goldberg and he didn't beat him clean. The Wolfpack was extremely popular. What was stupid was the Fingerpoke of Doom.

[@Cwm368]

Hogan tried to sabotage many careers due to his maniacal ego...

[@nlvassassin]

5:28 Booker being champ was the right decision

[@robkearsy2995]

I still love how Hogan tried to sue for Vince Russo a worked shoot.

[@rubenbarrera7338]

I think he won too lol

[@hitek9too255]

It wasn't a worked shoot, it was REAL!

[@decepticonxhunter4850]

It wasn't a worked shoot at all, and honest ppl know it. It was a full shoot. Sharmell said that Russo's words weren't in the script. Nobody in the back had any idea why Russo went off script. The reality is that he went into business for himself. Russo tried to play the "i was speaking in character" excuse, but nobody calls somebody a "piece of [expletive]" in a promo unless they're speaking from the heart.

[@robkearsy2995]

No he didn't win The Judge threw it out. Why would Sharmell know about any of that. If it were real his mic would have been cut. Hogan would've came out & beat his ass. So there's a word for people that think that was real it's mark

[@suryavajra]

@@decepticonxhunter4850 well plausible deniability. It’s not like he called out Terry Bollea, did he?

[@dppatters]

I met Booker last weekend. He’s the nicest, fun loving, humble person.

[@RealityOfWrestling]

🙏🙏

[@JuggaloDundee]

WCW was trying to compete in the ratings and Jeff Jarret and Booker T were not going to that. But imagine if things had of gone to plan and Booker T got to beat Hogan at Halloween Havoc and taken his career to the next level...

[@bb-gc2tx]

true they had get jarrett out of main event scene nobody bought him as top guy. booker needed be patient let hogan get the title off that clown jarrett

[@sirtavion20]

But that's the thing...Hogan wound have gotten to the ppv and changed the finish smh

[@KaNCeRmm4life]

Eric contradicted himself on his review this week, in one sentence he says the plan was for hulk to "beat" Jarrett the way he did and leave, and there wasnt supposed to be another title match later in the night, there just would of been no champion, which everytime ive heard him or anyone else tell the story, the second title match was always part of the deal, russo going so hard is where it went off the rails.. but then in this same episode, he goes on to say that hulk would of come back at Havoc to win the unification match vs Book... Soooo he was supposed to get the "interim" title? Or he wasn't? wtf.. first time I ever heard Eric get washy on it

[@CGDGAMES]

Hogan has been proved to be one of the most selfish people in wrestling history , was never about the promotion he wrestled for , it was always about hogan and what he could rinse out of it !

[@sithari518]

Doing it Bischoff's and Hogan's way, Hogan would still champ to this very day

[@moncourrier1707]

If Vince Russo wasn't that talented like some claim why are some of wrestlings most memorable moments created by Vince Russo?

[@BeastNationXIV]

"How stupid does that make me look?" - I don't think I've ever heard Booker hit that note. 😂

[@LeoSlimTV]

I barely watched WCW, and only really watched it for Eddie, Pac, Rey, La Parka, and Booker T.

[@antoniogriffin5716]

RACISM STILL EXISTS IN WRESTLING,AND SPORTS.

[@dariusthegreat3097]

Bruh that's why I don't watch WWE to this day! They did a lot of things for them to have no black champion for so long is insane!

[@Tunafly]

People will say what about Bobby and Kofi. What they don't understand is that's still the wcw title. They now call it the world championship. The universal (lead show) face of the company champion... Vince's champion always has and will always be white or Samoan. With the exception of one Mexican

[@PuertoRocPrime]

This is one of the reasons I’ve always had so much respect for you Booker T. You have such a grounded approach and because of that you come off very fair in your recollection of things. You don’t unnecessarily bury anybody and you don’t overly praise people who you don’t feel deserve it, it’s hard to find that kind of sincerity when it comes to these “shoot” style interviews.

[@ModernDayRenaissanceMan]

You gotta remember that early in Hogan's career he faced Harley Race & Nick Bockwinkle & they never came off the title for him. A similar thing happened in Japan where he was the 1st NJPW Heavyweight Champion but it's not recognized because they want Inoki to be the man. I'm playing Devil's Advocate here but I think Hulk Hogan learned very early on in his career that once he got power that the only way to play this game was to make sure that you kept getting titles and to stay on top and that the belt was not a work. He saw everyone else keeping themselves in the title picture and that the closer they were to the title picture the more money they made. When he saw he had the chance to do that wherever he went he made sure that he never let that power go. The old school world taught him that. So he exercised creative control. Now creative control may not have been a contractual term before Hulk Hogan came around, because before Hulk Hogan everyone else owned the company or was the booker of the company themselves so they were always able to just simply put the title on themselves. Times were a lot different in the 1970s and before. But then again I'm not telling you anything you don't already know ;)

[@KrinklingsMontgomery]

on the money, when hogan came up it was cut throat

[@antione]

1. There have been 3 versions of the IWGP championship that have existed, 4 if you want to include the IWGP 3rd belt. 2. Hulk Hogan was OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED as the first ever IWGP Heavyweight Champion. That version of the title doesn’t exist anymore. 3. When selected to be the first IWGP champion Antonio Inoki (The founder of NJPW) was in power of NJPW. 4. Stop creating lies.

[@hitek9too255]

Hunter, HBK, Bret, Orton, Jarrett, Bockwinkel, Flair all did what Hogan did and Hunter was arguably much worse.

[@Chris-wi3vu]

Was that a Sean O'Haire reference?

[@PapaFozzy]

I can see that too, but wouldn't you want to do better for someone than what was done to you?

[@Ridikuluzt]

Hogan is notorious for not pushing anyone over even at the expense of the company. Hogan is bad business. Period.

[@mabreymachine]

I heard Hulk was offers the roll of Jack in Titanic but declined it because that wasn't going to work for him brother.

[@repauseorder]

Just hearing Booker T say the name “Hulk Hogan” is hilarious 😆 iykyk

[@thomastipton4666]

If WCW would have given guys like you a bigger push and better storylines they would still be around.

[@emprodabobplays]

"HULK HOGAN! WE COMIN' FOR YOU NGA!!!!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@CelticG]

I’d swap Hogan for Booker any day of the week. “We coming for you ….”

[@theprophetmoses7020]

It was fun to watch. Ur still da goat 🐐 can you dig it!

[@mr.whisper3338]

That just had to be the most deflating feeling ever when creative control is invoked in wrestling.

[@TheBlackTarot95]

Losing to a black guy "doesn't work for me brother" I'm sick of Hogan

[@jd9119]

He didn't lose to a black guy though. What happened was in storyline, Russo had Jarrett lay down in the ring for hogan to pin him immediately. Russo threw the belt in the ring and told Hogan to take it. So Hogan pins Jarrett, but then decides to "walk out" of WCW and in doing so surrenders the belt. Russo then says Jarrett is the world champion, then sets up an impromptu match between Jarrett and Booker T, which Booker T won.

[@joshuaberlin9419]

don't play the race card dude, that's just cheap of you.

[@deepblue8143]

Aww poor you playing the race card and playing the victim, imagine that.

[@TheBlackTarot95]

@@jd9119 he didn't want to drop it to booker so that is why the came up with that whole bash at the beach angle

[@TheBlackTarot95]

@@joshuaberlin9419 his is a racist and he was on tape

[@igniferlogan7099]

💯 Booker. I'm 100 percent agreeing, my man

[@ishwiz407]

My volume is at 12% and Booker is still loud *lol*

[@jasoncoward-aintscared]

WCW did right by Booker T. It took them a while, but there wasn't a wrestler in that company that could say Booker T hadn't earned that spot at the top. I believe he would have succeeded either way but giving him what he earned at the end of WCW gave him a foothold for McMahan to see Booker T was a top guy. I mean hell, you are looking at the greatest TNA legends champ of all time.

[@robdangripp9406]

Thank Vince Russo he's the one that gave BT the push especially in late 1999 and throughout 2000

[@decepticonxhunter4850]

And all of that was quickly made moot when Russo put the world title on himself at Booker's expense. The ppl who keep bringing this up don't seem to remember that ridiculous cage match because they keep allowing themselves to be charmed by Russo's blatant deception.

[@benrichardson8099]

I see bookers point it was 2000 and it was time to put the belt on the younger stars and Hogan probably should have put the card away and agreed to the plan..

[@AliFrankTheTank]

This was his Mania 19 all along

[@MaximusX67]

"That doesn't work for me brother" .... 0_o

[@thesupervisor3270]

Ok #1 Russo was the booker not Eric. #2 how did Booker know he was gonna win the World Belt 3 days prior when his match was vs Kanyon which he lost. #3 the World championship match was against Jeff and Hogan. That match between Jeff and Booker was made maybe a few hours before the show tops! #4 Eric was talking about Starrcade 97 what does Bash at the Beach have to do with that!?

[@gsniroshan]

More I know about Hogan, less I like him. This story and also Taker explaining "Brother you got me" story. What an ass

[@RecklessRobert]

Booker T should be more pissed at WWE for that feud between him and Triple H

[@veltg26able]

I always like hulk as a kid but when I was getting older I always wondered why he always won the ppv matches. Watching these stories about how it was behind the scenes. Makes you feel different how feel about the person

[@bb-gc2tx]

it had nothing do with booker hogan didnt want to put over that clown jarrett and i dont blame him

[@Youtube304s]

Hogan didn't want to put over anyone. Not cleanly.

[@RG-lr4pk]

​@Youtuube304s Goldberg, Sting, Luger, Piper, Warrior, Lesnar, Angle, Rock, etc, etc, etc. Sadly, for you, he wasn't a jobber like your favorite.

[@bb-gc2tx]

@@RG-lr4pk jeff jarrett was a joke with go away heat im glad hogan didnt put him over .

[@Youtube304s]

@RG-lr4pk dude, I hated Jarrett. Would change the channel, actually, but hogan was still a clown and ruined WCW.

[@josephrusso8135]

@@KZbin304s you misspelled "made"

[@SUPASLY75]

Triple H kind of did the same thing to Booker during his run

[@Henry_Croskery]

Righteous rage!!

[@handsom3jam955]

I was subscribed to the other show Book and Brad did before this and have loved this pod since the DJ Jerry Heller days. but I gotta say it. Hulk Hogan was the star. The more he was on screen, the more the ratings went up. The better the ratings, the more he gets paid. If you call that politics, you're a mark and you don't know business. If Hulk got less/no pushback from jealous wannabe haters WCW would still be around today.

[@jay5286]

But says nothing about HHH making him look stupid at wrestlemania 19

[@deepblue8143]

Of course not because he's a hypocrite, he knows who's still writing his check. Still dancing for the man.

[@taneyahbenn]

Still getting paid by WWE

[@warriorjwr]

Booker is 100 percent right. And has every right to be upset about these revelations coming out.

[@jahdorose8659]

Facts especially regarding hulk

[@jasonbowser5754]

😂😂😂…sure he is

[@johnkudasik3133]

Yeah really souled a lot of merchandise with Booker T’s name on it. I guess Booker you’re going to say Hulk played his creative control card to give Hall and Nash the tag titles. Harlem Heat real money makers there.

[@jodychocolatethunderwillia8957]

@@johnkudasik3133well, Hulk played his creative control card at Starcade 1997 vs Sting. Heck, even Kevin Nash said on various programs that Hulk did this a lot. Jim Cornette has mentioned this. So……….

[@johnkudasik3133]

@@jodychocolatethunderwillia8957 Did he do the job? And Hogan knew to well Sting could not carry a company and this was the third time sting carried the title only to lose it a short term later but unlike you Johnny come lately guess what they had a rematch the next night on Nitro and guess what the same story line except no loser Bret Hart to ruin it. And Nash is still pissed off that when the Nwo returned to the wwf in 2003 Hogan stoled the show against the Rock and short time later was given the world title again while Hall Nash where quickly pushed to the back of the line.

[@DarrylRhodes]

LOVE the transparency Book!!!... And you can tell he was holding back on some of his feelings. My man. ✊🏾 ✊🏾✊🏾

[@deepblue8143]

He's a hypocrite. Number one he wasn't the first black champion, Ron Simmons was and two, funny how he doesn't say anything about Tripple H and we all know why. Just him playing the victim when in reality he couldn't lace Hogans boots.

[@christopherharte4741]

Booker T loves to troll his audience

[@rondoughhowell6442]

well were you there

[@thesupervisor3270]

His match was against Kanyon that night which he lost. The belt wasn’t chosen to be put on him till maybe a hour before it happened

[@BMoney04]

@@thesupervisor3270he clearly just said he knew 2-3 days before the event so what the hell are you even talking bout?? Guess ur hearing is impaired 🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️

[@christopherharte4741]

@@BMoney04 he also said he found out 12 minutes prior in every interview, Booker is trolling you

[@trevordavis5053]

Booker probably had the best WWE run of any WCW guy. But I still think it should have been more. I don't think he had Rock level charisma, but he was good enough to be the face of the company. He could definitely hang with Rock and Austin.

[@NoreenOMahony-zd2tp]

Best thing is Bischoff will definitely respond to this 😊

[@AlchemyCAWS]

I stopped watching WCW regularly after the fingerpoke of doom. I found out Book won the WCW title flipping through the channels on Nitro.

[@Aizenborgman]

Russo always blames Hogan. The issue of Russo saying that Hogan did not want to lose to Jeff Jarrett, as if Jeff Jarrett was bringing money and ratings to WCW, as if Jeff Jarrett was the answer to Austin and Rock at the time! I don't blame Hogan if he wants to win. Jeff was at the Main Event the entire time of Russo and all of his ideas did not work, so why does he put the blame on Hogan? I wonder why Booker T puts the blame on Hogan and they talk as if everything was fine until Hogan decided to win against Jeff. Hogan was losing to everyone like Kidman, Vampiro, The Wall, and others. He agreed with all the losing decisions. And yet they say that he only thinks about himself??? He lost to everyone and Russo's plans did not succeed, so why are they surprised that he wants to win over Jeff ? The decision for Hogan to win over Jeff Jarrett was before the decision for Booker to win over Jeff. But Booker T speaks as if the decision from the beginning was for him to wrestle Jeff, as if the original main event for Bash at the Beach was a Jeff vs. Booker T match, as if Hogan tried to get Booker out of the match, and this of course is all untrue. The original decision a month or so ago was for Hogan to win over Jeff. When Hogan challenged Kidman at the Great American Bash, he told him that if I beat you, Kidman, I would wrestle the champion at Bash at the Beach. This was all the original decision from the beginning. Therefore, Booker T has no right to speak as if Hulk tried to steal his moment by winning the title, the decision of which came late behind Hogan’s back.

[@themobseat]

Hulk Hogan used WCW as a platform to further his own career. He didn't care about the company or the other talent.

[@alin81-82]

​@@themobseat so did every one else. It's a cutthroat biz.

[@antwan1357]

i been a big booker T fan since Harlem heat I have fond memories of him in my childhood.

[@imdone-we9hf]

Isnt Booker quoted as saying he saw his Tna time as a vacation and didnt put any real effort, just wanted to work on his acting skills. Basically looking out for himself and what he wanted, not what would help the company.

[@doublez_]

The people most right about EB/Hulk/WCW's downfall are Bret and Flair and they've been called bitter and everything but EB has fooled us all to lead us believe he is not the biggest carny in wrestling history who played with his toy box, then when Hulk came Hulk just took over while EB watched.

[@michaeljones6471]

Its weird because here Booker says he knew DAYS before Bash at the Beach. On the "Who killed WCW Episode 3, Booker says he found out about 10 minutes before he had to go out and wrestling. Uhhhmmm summthang ain't stirrin the Kool-Aide man.

[@thesupervisor3270]

Booker is fool of it. I’m only here because my brother sent me his response to Eric which who I listen to all the time and I heard what he said about Booker. Booker match was against Kanyon which he lost. How the hell did he know he was gonna win that big gold belt 3 days earlier? He just found out right before it happened

[@mikejr92mmj]

Nice ace Ventura reference loc dogg

[@michaeljones6471]

@@mikejr92mmj hahahahah! Aaahhh my man I was hoping someone would catch that. Oh Tone Loc!🤣🤣

[@KaNCeRmm4life]

​@@thesupervisor3270Eric and Vince both said on multiple occasions the plan settled on was for Jarrett to lay down, hulk take the belt and leave and then Book beat Jeff and do a unification at Halloween Havoc.. this last post show is the first time Eric ever said he didnt know there was gonna be another title match, which is bullshit, cause in the same episode like 5 minutes later he says "hulk was supposed to comeback at havoc and reclaim what was his from book or whoever" or however he said it, but he acknowledged the second champion... And also don't forget, they had the original belt there on hand, hulk left with the newer belt and then Book wins the dull old belt with the bend at the top... Why would they have the 2 belts there if there wasn't gonna be a second title match.. furthermore why would Hulk v Jeff be middle of the show.. Hulk would never be a middle of the card on a ppv if it wasn't for the angle

[@shantb6548]

@@thesupervisor3270 Didn't Dave Meltzer spoil the fact that Booker T the night before the PPV on his website? How did he know if nobody else knew?

[@dmanentertament125]

To Booker T and to the Hogan hating Dave meltzer readers out there, Hogan just wanted to know what was next from Russo, and russo had nothing next for Hogan, Hogan had no clue booker T was winning the championship because the plan was for Hogan to leave with the belt and then there was supposed to be tournament with 2 heels and then hogan was supposed to come back at Halloween havoc.

[@kevinlee9929]

That's Bischoff's version. And even Hogan's version doesn't sound like Bischoff's version. It sounds closer to Russo's.

[@jaredgarrison333]

I’m a booker fan, but like all of us capitalists, hogan was about more money for him. He wanted the title that night, and a storyline where he comes back at a ppv months later and basically says I’m the real world champ and if you think you can take out the king, come see me in a ppv main event. And then have another ppv main event after that. There is no retirement pension in pro wrestling so get all you can get when you can. Hogan was prolly in the screen actors guild at the time so he probably had health care and some smaller pension at the time. But still like most of us would have been at the time, hogan wanted to keep getting 6 figure payoffs for one nights work based off long term storytelling.

[@EE-md2lr]

For all the movies he made, the actor's guild gave him a retirement pension, much like they did with Jessie, and cared for his medical needs. Hogan's problem was not coming to grips with the fact that his time in the ring was done; his heel turn gave him that shot in the arm longer than it should, but I say around 97-98 people were done with Hollywood Hogan, and the NWO and instead of being the veteran to pass the torch and help lead the younger guys he tried everything and anything to stay at the top. Once guys like Chris Jericho appeared in the WWF, WCW's death clock was ticking...

[@sx2ap]

Vince Russo pretty much helped Booker T win the World Title. Not just by him booking it but due to Russo's shoot promo, that definitely was the deciding factor in Hogan leaving and allowing Booker T to really win without Hogan's creative control lingering over and Bischoff's influence

[@enisengin2950]

Which is why he had to do it.

[@B.M.F.KingLouis]

Hogan has messed up a lot of people Of Push. Zeus. Curt Henning. Bad News Allen. Randy Savage. Bret Hart. Sting. Chris Benoit. Kidman. Eddie Guerrero. So many people he screwed over

[@jd9119]

LOL Zeus? Come on, if there is anybody who should never have been in a wrestling ring, it was Deebo.

[@B.M.F.KingLouis]

@@jd9119 Zeus was supposed to win the title from Hogan at WrestleMania 6

[@wendelleasports]

Jake the Snake was a huge screw job by the hulkster

[@jd9119]

@@B.M.F.KingLouis Thank God Warrior saved us from that.

[@shantb6548]

Don't forget pretending that the Undertaker broke his neck to get the belt back!

[@LordBLKRamen]

I watched that Darkside of the ring episode…it’s really thanks to Vince Russo that Booker T won the championship and called out Hogan and Bishoff live on the PPV for their bullshit.

[@RALF0691]

I was watching all of the Nitro's and Thunder's on Peacock, but i just stopped watching right before Bash at the Beach 2000. I got fed up with how remedial Russo and Bischoff made WCW look under their control. For example the character named "The Wall" was ridiculous. They made this random looking average Joe out to be a monster. Oh, and the WCW hardcore division was a comedy act with Norman Smiley.

[@rulerofall015]

I got fed up too but the wrestlers who was there tried, they really did but the writing and the matches was just so so so bad. Bischoff wanted a status quo with the old always getting their way which sucked and Russo, even though he had faith with the rising talent, (I'll give him that ONE, only one) he wanted to make the show crazy and mindless with stupid gimmick matches, constant heel/face turns, and even stupider "in your face" booking decisons which was WORSE than bischoff. Eric and Russo heading over Creative was like Bad vs Evil fighting over who was the worst at their job.

[@thesupervisor3270]

Yeah I think we all have done that 😆 I always start in 95 and stop by 00

[@jahdorose8659]

All 2000 was mostly Vince Russo before Eric came back to WCW

[@gypsyauh2o]

Norman Smiley was one of the few highlights bro

[@mikejr92mmj]

Smiley made the hardcore division watchable him and terry funk IMO the one good thing russo can take credit for

[@knowledgeuntamed9177]

Hogan coming out after, staring him down, then lifting his hand. Then Monday cutting a Promo of Hogan vs Booker T...Does that save Wcw? 😳🤷🏻

[@Aizenborgman]

Do not act as if Hogan's decision to win was a mistake and as if everything else was fine. Hogan did not steal Booker T's moment. Because the original plan was, since Hulk won over Kidman at the Great American Bash, that if he beat Kidman, he would fight the world champion at Bash at the Beach, and the decision for Booker to win did not come until a day or two before Bash at the Beach. The match announced a month ago was Hulk Hogan vs. Jeff, not Booker T vs. Jeff. Hogan didn't steal his moment in the first place. In addition, what did the belt do to Booker T? He lost the belt to Russo lol.

[@vincentgarrett6764]

Another Hogan apologists I guess he didn't screw Sting,Brett, Undertaker,Macho,Jake,JYD,ETC