Booker T on Historic Match w/ Bianca Belair & Sasha Banks at WM37 and Progression in Pro Wrestling

[@matthewjenkins7488]

Bianca Belair and Sasha Banks headlining Wrestlemania as well as Bobby Lashley reigning and retaining his title. Those are 2 things I didn’t think would happen as a kid as far as two black women and a black man being in those places. That’s super cool to think about. Thanks to those that paved the way!

[@sgtslaughter4017]

I was into wrestling crazy years ago im 20 now and juss like you said this Is some real history I didn't even know sasha had african american roots thats dope

[@250FiftyJ]

Amen brother

[@dionthomas5418]

Two beautiful Black women wrestlers, Sasha and Bianca make Black history moment, both of them fought like warriors in the ring from start to finish, congratulations to Bianca, the new SmackDown women's champion, and Sasha Banks is still the legit boss, I'm proud of both of them

[@250FiftyJ]

Give Booker T his roses Brad that's what's up!! much respect!!! Booker T needed to hear that

[@waygookinway1805]

The Black delegation is very proud of both women.

[@user-nr2cs2rq7h]

Your ignorance is horrible to see

[@bernardcantoii292]

Love the Dave Chappelle reference honestly made me laugh 😅. As a Voter on the black delegation I concure your nomination of being proud of both women.

[@KCRookie]

Nigga, black delegation? I speak for myself fam

[@OfficialLeviG]

Lol clearly some people don't get the joke

[@KCRookie]

@@OfficialLeviG im joking fam. Wu-tang!! 👐

[@autogenerate8857]

So excited about the history made. I feel proud of every black performer that paved the way for this moment. So proud to be black rn.

[@JayLucasPro]

Proud to see Booker speak up about JBL’s comments and then say he’ll correct him about it behind closed doors. That’s how men handle situations like that.💯

[@inn3rl0tuss69]

booker is right but so was JBL, that shit was somewhat out of context. JBL was saying that they were there because of how good they are not just because they are black. he was just trying to say that they weren’t handed that main event just because they are black but that they deserved it because of how good they are. Banks Vs Belair was the best match of the weekend by far.

[@box5bastard277]

@@inn3rl0tuss69 the thing is we all knew they earned and deserved it, but a main part of it was that they rep'd our culture. I don't give a fuck if others or burbs brothas and sistas don't get it. Just take it the way you want but no need to speak that Shit if you can't braille it the way we do yell

[@inn3rl0tuss69]

@@box5bastard277 ya he shouldn’t have said that. It did come off the wrong way for sure. I don’t think he meant it to though. I’m white but a lot of my favorite wrestlers are black so I’m glad they are getting featured a lot more prominently. banks has been 1 for a while with the women. Just sucks keith lee got hurt cause I like him a lot too. Thank god Bobby won tho, I’ve always been a fan of his and i’m tired of drew. Bobby destroying Miz and getting the belt finally was my favorite moment of the year so far

[@menacelurkingyet8345]

Going to take JBL to the woodshed ?

[@theonlygaymer4740]

@@inn3rl0tuss69 I think the issue was him saying it "wasn't about their race or gender. But that was about them making history" However, it wouldn't have been historic had it not been for their race and gender

[@sadiki1980]

History was definitely made by B and Sasha.

[@menacelurkingyet8345]

B ? Her gimmick name is the EST.

[@jv4xn]

@@menacelurkingyet8345lmao the BEST. so ironic

[@jabarithomas7290]

Please don’t forget Jazz and Jacqueline Moore without them breaking down doors in the WWE there would be no Sasha Banks and Bianca Belair.

[@JasonCameron774]

Amen, Jazz and Jacqueline are total badasses even in the Diva era

[@ronmichaels9206]

Facts

[@vernonhampton5863]

Sadly, Jazz is on the outs with WWE due to lawsuits. The ugliest part, she is one of the best to ever do it between the ropes. If not for ill timed injuries, the racist BS she had to endure during the early 2000s WWF and the law suits, she would be a first draft HoF and be making money with NXT as a trainer. But in spite of that, she's done great for herself outside of the ring as a parent and prison guard. Hard. Core.

[@menacelurkingyet8345]

Eddie Guerrero is who inspired Sasha Banks and Naomi inspired Bianca Belair.

[@teetemz]

FACTS

[@justmarcus33]

Sasha could retire tomorrow and deserves to be in the hall of fame; sasha basically ALWAYS delivers in big moments

[@thereallg4587]

She wont retire. But still, she has a HoF career

[@candymanetv]

Why would she retire?

[@sjb7963]

@wwg_marcus you totally right!!! If any of the women from this generation go in to the hall of fame, it’s likely because they had a great match with Sasha... so unselfish! Charlotte is definitely going to talk about Sasha most in her hall of fame career speech...

[@justmarcus33]

@@candymanetv I wasn't saying she is, would or is planning on it just talking about her body of work is already a few years in HOF worthy

[@odwamkancu1690]

Well, she's the standard

[@thereallg4587]

*They had the best match on WM night one for sure* 💯

[@matthewbyrd8174]

Their is no bobby without Booker t their no Sasha and b without Booker t I love it🙌

[@leatherface964]

I'm glad Cole said "Black Women" and not "African American Women ". Proud of those ladies. Also I'm glad their is alot of black representation across all titles in WWE right now

[@jiggarose6867]

Bobby lashley too ,

[@eliek2014]

Shout-out to Booker for putting things into perspective. There never were two black men over enough at the same time to have that kind of match. The ladies made wrestling fans proud

[@patr1ckk3ll3y]

Except Booker and Rock if they kept that going I think they could've had a full blown feud. Both were crazy over

[@eliek2014]

@@patr1ckk3ll3y true but is the Rock really touted as black. His african american heritage has never been played up the same way his Samoan roots are.

[@kshinokevin]

That was a great statement by Michael Cole. I loved Bianca when the camera panned to her face: the emotional expressions, in the beginning, before Bianca and Sasha had done a tie up ("locked horns") - in a test of strength. "I respect you, Booker (T) Man." - the "Loose Cannon"/"Flyin' " Brian Pillman

[@kshinokevin]

History Lesson. You can't forget Ron Simmons vs. (Big Van) Vader in WCW : the first (African-American) WCW world's heavyweight champion; the "Natural," Butch Reed (R.I.P.); Stevie Ray (Harlem Heat); Theodore (Teddy) R. Long (manager/referee/Smackdown GM), Norman Smiley, Miss Jaqueline/Jackie Moore (Miss Texas); the Nitro Girls dance squad: Queen Sharmell (Paisley), Tygress & Chiquita; Vincent (Virgil); "the Cat" Ernest Miller, Pez Whatley and (maybe) P.N. News (that dude looked Latino, Latinx, Hispanic or mixed race/plate, like Afro-Cuban/Caribbean). In ECW: J.T. Smith, (Brother) Devon Dudley, 2 Cold Scorpio/Flash Funk and the Gangstas (New Jack and Mustafa Saed).

[@dionthomas5418]

Don't forget, Ranger Ross and Sgt Craig the pitbull Pittman both Black Pro wrestlers

[@le.mister.j]

"special delivery" jones, ernie ladd, abdullah the butcher, carlos colon, koko b. ware (decent run before wwf), junkyard dog, ahmed johnson (seems that he was poised to go after the strap in '96, until he got hurt), bad news brown, d-lo brown, mark henry, miss jones (ernest "the cat" miller's valet), etcetera sidenote: loved me some tygress in wcw

[@le.mister.j]

@@dionthomas5418 good call!

[@JasonCameron774]

And Booker T supposedly doesn't even like Sasha Banks haha. In all honesty, it was wonderful to see history being made so naturally; Sasha is simply the top of the women's division and Bianca is the next Megastar.

[@kshinokevin]

Organically

[@Carpetzzz]

@@kshinokevin Bianca better

[@realtalkfbs]

They knocked it out of the park!!! Best womens match I've seen!

[@jdeljones]

You know a match is good when it's over and you're just like 'Wait, they should have gotten more time.' And then realize it was nearly 20 mins. Both Sasha and Bianca really showed out at Mania. Best match of either night.

[@matthewbyrd8174]

I loved the moment man I marked out for blacks everywhere 🙌💪

[@DESMONDWOLF11]

Booker T is one of the Greatest wrestlers of all time black or white.

[@RealityOfWrestling]

Top 5 All Time

[@eddybeverage7825]

Loved everything about it !

[@SonYaban]

Nice to see some respect put on Booker T name! 🗣✊🏾💪🏾💯

[@GreenAthletics]

So true! Sasha and Bianca's match was my favorite of the 2 nights

[@dallaslove8344]

That was so great to see two black queens main event was classic

[@dantheman8152]

Banks and Belair were great. Very proud to see them have a great match! BTW Booker should have won the WWE title in 2004! He had a feud with JBL after turning face, but once again WWE failed to go all in.

[@tevin_omg]

Love how Booker T corrects shit

[@THEBLACKANARCHIST]

Much love

[@tyremoore6776]

Shatter all expectations ☺️✊🏾

[@khalilmaverick1007]

I’m waiting to see Bobby Lashley and Big E be in the main event in a match together say what u want that would be something I would to see

[@menacelurkingyet8345]

Bobby Lashley and Big E are on different shows and one is heel the other face.

[@khalilmaverick1007]

@@menacelurkingyet8345 I know but it’s normal for a face and heel to feud though...but you forgot about superstar shakeups when they get drafted to different brands 🧍🏿

[@patr1ckk3ll3y]

Yeah Bobby teased it for Survivor Series when they were both midcard champs so hopefully it can happen now with the World titles. Keith Lee vs Bobby, E or Kofi could also be incredible and people have wanted Naomi vs Ember forever lol

[@menacelurkingyet8345]

Booker T: Don't tell me I just saw that. Brad Gilmore: You just saw it. Booker T: I asked you not to tell me.

[@samuelmolette2599]

That's a Bet moment we will never forget shout out to both of them salute 💯💯💪

[@BigT4URUZKaM]

Big ups to Brad 👊🏾

[@Mambustafa]

Most beautiful black women ive ever seen in the ring all respect to miss jackie and jazz and layla and naomi made my heart happy for both sasha and Bianca 🥰🔥

[@kinghiggins5021]

Booker T is one of my favorite wrestlers

[@ajslime7657]

“I ain’t mad at em”😂😂💯

[@SirGenesis206]

Cole said two Black women, but I’m pretty sure it’s the first time two Black people of any gender did it at wrestlemania. And I cried right along with ‘em before and after. It was booked beautifully. Executed perfectly. And when I saw the clip of Sasha after the match, I teared up again. All the interviews, the appearances, Bianca did during the week, following her as she prepared, everything. WWE did an amazing job turning her into a future megastar and I hope they follow through with it.

[@skylisszthecolossus]

Zeus could have been the first during the Federation Era to go over against Hogan... In one of the interviews (paraphrasing) he stated Vince / Hogan was for the idea, but he rejected the offer because he respected the locker room a didn't want to step on toes of the rest of his friends, even though the $ figure was lovely.

[@mistaidgaf9166]

Bianca Belair and Rhea Ripley had a great match at Wrestlemania but Sasha Banks and Bianca Belair made an historic #blackgirlmagic Booker T and Rock yes!!! That was right

[@DanielATG215]

Book he speaking fact for real you are an Idol and one of the reasons why I am who I am #BookerT #RealityOfWrestling #Goat

[@damonmilline9227]

Tell Booker!!!!!!!

[@awesomw08]

This WM was pretty good,.

[@iangrant8009]

5:41 Norman Smiley Book lol

[@bayne316]

If Shelton wasn’t bolegged 😂😂😂💀

[@scorptarget]

Bring Back King Booookah and Queen Sharmell!!! Make the WWE Kingdom great again! All Hail King Boookaaaaah!!! 💯😂😂

[@gkthekid29]

20 years? Things like that are why I stopped watching WWE. smh.

[@mistanderson]

To be honest it's not WWE fault. Who in the business really between 2000-2019? Rock and Booker T early were the only legit guys. Mark Henry around 2011-13 finally got it because before he didnt get it and Vince wanted him to get it. Ahmad Johnson in the mid 90s. Vince pushed him hard. The bad thing was Ahmad to rumors were hurting dudes in the ring. Brothers got the characters and athletic ability. Shelton Benjamin if he had MVP mic skills. Shelton wouldve been the face. Jazz and Jackie wanted to be dominant force but was always hurt. Now you got guys coming in talented. 2005 Vince push Bobby hard. Just wait til Montez Ford gain more singles in ring experience. That's gonna be Vince guy to push for the face of the company and movies

[@ustillsuckbryan6027]

@@mistanderson exactly, Vince has always tried to push his black talent and other ethnic talent, the fans again just don't like to take responsibility for their part and then do whatever they can to find something wrong that points to you know what. Just like when Kairi and Asuka chose their name and social media went crazy, not knowing it was their choice and decision. Same with New Day. He does in fact let them chose their character.

[@jms7265]

@@mistanderson Between 2000-2019 you had Booker T, Shelton Benjamin, Bobby Lashley, Mark Henry, MVP or even R-Truth. The truth is it's not about the quantity of Black Wrestlers but rather the quality. Those were quality Black Wrestlers that simply weren't used to their full potential at the time they were still hot or full of youth. Regardless when you see some of the white Wrestlers who won the belt, those guys I mentioned clearly qualify for WWE Championship during that period.

[@drphot6050]

Booker is my #1 African American wrestler of all-time and Dwayne/Rock is mixed not Black x Black

[@ozziedavis368]

Y’all better put some respect on Big E

[@kyledamron]

If either woman decided that was a career they made black history which is history and should be recognized as the game changer it was

[@lewisbrunson2040]

Booker T is the greatest black wrestler ever! Ron Simmons was the original but he was not Booker T. Even if we talk about the greatest wrestlers ever race aside Booker T is still on the list and when you mention the words black wrestler the very first name that comes in my mind is Booker T every time. He is the standard period

[@gerardparker4220]

Wow. That was the first all black wrestler main event for a PPV in 20 years..

[@paulmoore5392]

Another thing I just realized. Sasha has become the 1st person ever to main event Wrestlemania that was born in the 90s

[@CyrusRKO]

I was happy for Bianca been she's literally one of the BEST to ever do it. Her skin color never crossed my mind. Get off her skin color, it diminishes her accomplishment. She's a strong willed woman who busted her ass to get where she is, she's much different from most, and I'm proud to see where she's at now. Skin color be damned.

[@corwin81]

Terfa Kwembe , correct pronunciation. Former classmate of mine!

[@charmainekgomotsomokwana5625]

Brad you could have mentioned women like jazz, alicia and naomi paving the road for the likes of Bianca belair

[@RealityOfWrestling]

That’s true, but the conversation was more about main eventing a major show for the title.

[@kinghiggins5021]

I love the boss sasha banks to

[@kinghiggins5021]

Fresh princess Bianca Bellaire EST of WWE the Smackdown Woman's champion

[@Cloud-ql3oy]

#blackgirlmagic

[@untaint]

Wwe dont recognize the rock as black thats why is was a big deal with kofi won

[@Hmmm_B]

Sasha Banks is the greatest in-ring superstar of all time. Gender be damned.

[@TheDarkTruth-k8g]

Just not black Men and women but there's was only one wrestler that was a amputee and he went against Brock

[@le.mister.j]

zach gowen

[@TheDarkTruth-k8g]

@@le.mister.j Yes He makes me want to become a professional wrestler but I only want Booker t help to get me there

[@paul4cager0]

hold up... what about Ron Simmons ??????

[@RealityOfWrestling]

Ron’s accomplishments were most definitely acknowledged.

[@menacelurkingyet8345]

Ron Simmons ? "DAMN !"

[@mistaidgaf9166]

Naomi and Ember Moon time are next

[@quiselarnell]

That would be a match I wanna see. I kinda want Heel Naomi vs Face Ember. I believe they can put on an instant classic. Everybody always compares them to each other.

[@teetemz]

Yes!

[@richardremick1639]

Historical alright, historically horrific

[@jabarithomas7290]

I thought The Rock considers himself to be racially ambiguous when did he become a black man ?.

[@andrewatuahene3234]

The Rock is black dude he is father is black and his mother is Soamaon he is Black Soamon, I don't understand why people don't understand that like get clue does his father look white to you like seriously lol

[@jabarithomas7290]

@@andrewatuahene3234 and I don’t understand why people like you describe The Rock as being black when he describes himself as being racially ambiguous.

[@andrewatuahene3234]

@@jabarithomas7290 he black look at his father look his features on his face his Black Soamon man why do we have to disscuss about his race this is sad lol

[@jabarithomas7290]

@@andrewatuahene3234 because Booker T called The Rock a black man and the last time I checked The Rock considers himself to be racially ambiguous not black.

[@andrewatuahene3234]

@@jabarithomas7290 he is black dude WWE recongnizes it. Lol

[@ryderburg7475]

Why we blacks aren't know as america but white have no title just americans

[@ryderburg7475]

The south never won but the southern are mad

[@ashtonhaggitt216]

What was historic about that match? What was good about it? It was an ok match with a shit storyline.

[@bigman9755]

Bianca is amazing. I see greatness in her