Rene Dupree responds to Booker T

[@thatswrestling8819]

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[@michaelmclendon6368]

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[@slow71971]

Booker is paid to downside everyone that criticize's any & everybody that says anything bout their current product regardless of them having anything to do with their product or success.That's my opinion of the situation.

[@jesterr7133]

I didn't realize that Rene was that young when he started in WWE. That's a hell of an accomplishment to even get in that young. Not many people can say that were at the top of the business before they could even legally drink, lol.

[@Ruben-ui3yu]

Wow this made me respect Rene even more! I really like this guy now.

[@JofoInTheRing]

13:09 this is where booker went over the line, and he said why would rene say stories years later meanwhile he throws rene under the bus cuz "he's friends with Goldberg" wow.... james ur my hero

[@AshMundo]

I agree with him, in a way. But I also understand that Dupree was at an agree that he could have been scared. However, I'm sure if he did go up to Goldfishs face and say "wtf you dickhead" and had a fight with him, that he would have won. Goldbum is a fraud, a gimmick, a fake.

[@Nigel__]

Booker needs just keep his mouth shut. Nine times out of ten, he’s talking nonsense.

[@xadamx94]

i could say that about his commentary as well

[@baptisedindirtysprite3593]

He was just answering a question

[@slow71971]

Very well said!

[@marcbasil]

@@baptisedindirtysprite3593LOL no he was not

[@NorthernD_C]

This was enraging to listen to. Rene is class personified

[@kmole-rw6bi]

Quiet fanboy

[@spacem57]

Book sounds very proud about such shitty behavior .

[@LARRYLONGSTRETH]

Agree. They think it's cool, you can tell. From the real world outside of the bubble, they all seem like 40-year-old middle schoolers.

[@Duzykutas]

These dudes are simpletons what can you expect. Anyone with more intelligence gets picked on.

[@Mergie_Merge]

My blood boils on behalf of Rene. Excellent interview, he handles it so well. Uneducated people call him bitter but those fools were jealous of him from day one. Young, good at promos, great look, second generation next question!

[@CeemPlay]

The first episode of Cafe de Rene

[@skepticsphere5930]

Booker is a great talent but a complete stooge. His takes are awful.

[@thegreenergrass66]

Stooge is a great term. Definitely a company guy, even when he's not working for the company.

[@platinumking391]

@Sevside kev Someone wants attention.. Maybe if you parents gave you it growing up you wouldn't be trolling yt comment sections lol.

[@pheo1418]

Damn 13:57 Renee time in WWE caused PTSD to this day,I wonder how many more wrestlers from 90-00's were treating like shlt as well.

[@forgottenmma3694]

Lol the Orgins of Cafe De Rene

[@Drew_D]

I’m watching this because I’ve seen so many Cafe de Renee episodes.

[@hennypowers8319]

I always liked Booker but I can't take him seriously as he is still on the WWE payroll.

[@pk_1]

Yh he still works for them so he can’t talk shit about them.

[@charleshardy3053]

I love Booker T. He's my second favorite wrestler ever. But he is such a company guy now. WWE isn't always right. I'm sure he felt they were wrong when they found the name Robert Huffman on that steroid list back in 07. He soon quit after he was suspended for 60 days. I'm sure he'd have issues with someone putting in their 10 cents about that. Also, he has no issue with Bret trashing Goldberg for being dangerous. He just doesn't have any respect for Dupree. That is all.

[@marcbasil]

Wrong. Dupree still has heat with the Fed. He respects dupree

[@dantecarroll2435]

@@marcbasil it doesn't sound like he respects dupree

[@marcbasil]

@@dantecarroll2435 it sounds like what it is: Dupree has big time heat with the company that BT is employed with, and he’s doing their bidding by properly burying Duprees character. No one can ever believe anything a brown nosing politicker like BT spouts off; it’s all biased BS

[@mrzeroishere5551]

Booker T is a WWE Stooge

[@JoeChillton]

He's a fucking clown, he's so far up the old fuck's ass it's criminal

[@Landofmyfathers-h9c]

Yeah company guy for sure. Signed his contract on both of Vince mcmahon's butt cheeks.

[@NorthernD_C]

100% Booker T is the biggest WWE D**k riding shill there is

[@omigomez756]

Yup

[@omegamark9178]

And it really is very sad,considering how great he truly was and how dirty that company did him,,,

[@Weirzy]

This was a good response well done guys

[@LARRYLONGSTRETH]

I like Booker, but this is a really good dismantling of someone's opinion. It makes me realize how bad podcast culture can be for us, whether it's Rogan or some nobody. So many of them talk and have no real idea what they're talking about, and some's words become gospel.

[@codeezie]

Yup pretty much

[@djmonstrosity6971]

WWE was bad during the mid 2000's for ribs, hazing and bullying. JBL and his goons being the main guys. Hassan got it bad and a few other guys like Ron Waterman and Palmer Cannon quit because of it.

[@marcbasil]

Ron waterman? Where’d you hear that?

[@mattysquizzato7094]

Rene is completely owning Booker here. Not too hard to do these days. Booker is a complete stooge.

[@bigdaddytrips6197]

Yeah booker t is a wwe shill . He sells out to protect his pay check

[@costarringecstaticmajor2651]

Nobody is owning anyone. I have my dislikes for Booker for other reasons. I really don’t agree with Booker saying what he just said about Holly beating Renee up like that. That’s basically trolling. I view Renee as a person who is non-confrontational which is cool. Most marks are non-confrontational. The only differences Renee is a successful man and pushed at this point in his life. I’m pretty sure he would beat whoever unlike the marks who would just cry and call the police a.k.a. keyboard warriors. It’s no secret that Bill Goldberg was a attraction. There are plenty of people who have come into the wrestling business with a good head on their shoulders great bodies and nice attitudes and a lot of them did not draw a dime Goldberg did. The fact that people take a dump on Goldberg is crazy. It really leads me to think that if Owen Hart was still alive, people would shit on Owen because of him prematurely ending stone cold in ring career.

[@transatlanticwrestlingtalk1243]

Awesome James , great questions created this . Great stuff

[@jenisia3600]

Oh Jesus Christ, Book had no idea what the fuk he was talking about smh 🤦.

[@WaldoBagelTopper]

You have to respect Booker T. he's not a nobody in the game. But I think that minimizing Dupree's experience is pretty shitty. Rene did well for himself and has earned his war stories. Booker T has struck me as the type that's not OK with stories coming out from mid to lower level guys who took all the abuse he and his tier of performers dished out in the 2000s. Dupree earned the right to tell his story.

[@ValiantWrestling]

Just ask Bret Hart asbout how unsafe Goldberg is in the ring, and the concussion happened back in the 90's...

[@EmoEmu]

Boom! That's how you set things straight.

[@jesterr7133]

You should bring Booker on the show. I think that would be an interesting discussion.

[@indyphillipconner6252]

Booker T wasn't even back there I can tell about how is defends his friend he wasn't present when it happened ask Goldberg

[@emonkazemphotography6129]

Also he mentioned stories going off speculation and making Rene look the bad guy.

[@WGPhil-uw5cs]

I mean he was on the raw roster during that time. He was only drafted to smackdown in mid 04 after mania, and renee & Goldberg was on raw.

[@master-of-mind5881]

Wrestling is so political. And respect, props to Renee for mentioning the Undertaker being the one responsible for ordering others to destroy renee’s valuables in the locker room. It’s clear to see if you aren’t one of “the boys” then your their enemy. If you don’t suck up and kiss ass then they condemn you to hell. There’s a clear divide between mid-lower card guys and the main event posse who clearly abuse their power snd expect the lower guys to be subordinate. It’s sad but this is essence of wrestling as a culture. These podcasts are great though because as fans we are right in the middle of these debacles.

[@jamesearlcash1758]

What I find weird about Booker's response is it has zero to do with what Rene mentioned. He obviously is in Goldberg's defense while acknowledging that he is considered to be a sucky wrestler and maybe he feels that way as well BUT that's his friend. He also says he doesn't want to get involved but he's defending his friend. Sounds like he's involved.

[@PaladinsLight]

booker is always gettin shat on for his shitty comments, tryin to humiliate this guy as if gettin your assed kicked or stuff thrown into a shower somehow proves your lying about a injury? like rene said, oldberg retired the hitman!

[@joaoflores1131]

Rene was 20 years old Booker and you didn’t defend him when you said you liked him?

[@andrewdelgado9099]

Hey Booker what about freedom of speech. Rene has the right to say what he feels.

[@andrewatuahene3234]

I like Booker T too but at times like this he talks alot off Bullshit. Like even in the interview Dupree never talked about how jealous he was, he just talked about his experience with him he answered a question.and Goldberg injured his arm , what's disrespectful about this he Lam bashes Dupree for not being in Goldbergs level but then he says that he is cool with Dupree and it's like come on man!!! if your cool with him you wouldn't say anything at all you would stay out off the conservation because it's not your business Lol but whatever it's Booker T talking his Bullshit. Lol

[@Neethan3247]

Interviewer: So why did William Regal do what he did? Stevie Ray: So he could expose Goldberg.

[@jesterr7133]

I agree that Goldberg probably shouldn't be in the title picture in his mid 50's. I think the fact that he is in the title picture is more of an indictment on the horrible booking and complete absence of true stars in the modern era. Some of that is due to the modern wrestlers, but more of it is due to the booking, as none of the companies today are really putting guys in a position to become a star on the level of Goldberg. He was booked so strong that he is still relevant 20 years later after only a 3 year run at the top. Nobody is being booked like that anywhere anymore, but there aren't really a lot of guys that could pull that off in the modern era, at least in my semi educated opinion. Wardlow could have been, but AEW has already fucked that up.

[@HepCatJack]

Booker T also was unsafe Rick Martel reported being injured by an unsafe finisher

[@jerryancel6944]

Goldberg was such a mark for himself. All of the WCW stars talk about him in their shoot interviews. He ruined Bret Hart's career. That's all you need to know about Goldberg. Did he draw money? Initially. But it was obvious at some point, the crowds were getting tired of him.

[@ahmedshakib3883]

Brett oneday was told to wrestle Goldberg , he asked Goldberg to lock with someone in the locker room and show him his holds and locks , in 5 minutes he said to Eric Bishoff , I am not wrestling that amateur , Goldberg called Bret a coward , Bret told Goldberg to wrestle William Reagal , and in that match William Reagal made him look bang average.

[@Militantreturns]

22:08 -16. Shots fired 😮😮😮😮

[@THEYREHEREhorrorclub]

I won't lie I love Booker T. I consider him one of the greatest black wrestlers of all time but he's wearing rose colored glasses when it comes to WWE. Seems they've made everybody that works for them robots since 2008

[@CaptainTae]

“Running a multimillion dollar real estate company my family owns” Reminds me of a set of characters from Aquateen Hungerforce. “Dude. My dad owns a dealership.”

[@JofoInTheRing]

rene is straight up...why i love him

[@CaptainTae]

@@JofoInTheRing This comparison isn’t a compliment. Really lame flex on his part.

[@mattysquizzato7094]

@@CaptainTae U sound pretty jealous. And that's even more lame.

[@marcbasil]

@@CaptainTaewhat in gods name are you talking about, you mark ….? 🤨

[@CaptainTae]

@@marcbasil Have you ever seen Aquateen Hungerforce?

[@TherealHazlett]

Like you are the only person that said Goldberg hurt them; I don’t know what Booker is talking about.

[@josheisert8380]

Anyone who gets upset you won't have an alcohol drink with them is a complete fool.

[@Toledeaux]

RESPECT

[@Dylanarmy69420]

Guess Bret Hart was just jealous

[@Greenbeans0987]

I mean come on man

[@Aizenborgman]

15:01 So the Undertaker ordered the wrestlers to throw the French flag in the toilet, and this is a racist move, but Undertaker's fans do not want to talk about it.

[@MalfunctioningRobot]

Booker’s podcast is as bad as his commentary.

[@supersaltywarriorbro3312]

Back in the day I used to think that Rene was a bitch but now that I have grown and mature I realize that he has the maturity to avoid unnecessary conflict and be the bigger man.

[@jondukes5891]

Booker T is a straight up guy he won’t kiss WWE ass I like Rene is honest about his experience with the WWE I can relate to him because I lost my Dad to cancer I told my work same thing family first

[@dantecarroll2435]

to me it sounds like booker t is a kiss ass

[@Drew_D]

After listening to this, my opinion of Booker has gone way done. Definitely not listening to any of his podcasts. James and Renee are much more entertaining.

[@emonkazemphotography6129]

Who actually was the one I wonder who threw Rene's stuff in the shower and stole his suppliment back. Did Rene ever find out??

[@sonyg0640]

yeah with his "vitamins" and "supplements".

[@ghdd5519]

Booker T

[@TheGr8T321]

Always said Stevie Ray was the real 1. That's why you dobt here no stories of anybody playing with his brother. Goldberg never got wrestling. Bret Hart said that. 😉☝️

[@dejesusjason9936]

Didn’t Chris Jericho beat up Goldberg? Lol there’s definitely interviews about it

[@ValiantWrestling]

Yes, after Nash snitched on him critiquing one of Jericho's matches backstage.

[@steve9473]

It's sad that someone still defends Goldberg given all the people he's hurt. Such a great rebuttal by Dupree. Booker T is the black Bruce Prichard now. Will kiss ass and deflect any blame on the company.

[@MrSiahgold]

Wait I'm lost thought he ran a realtor?

[@andrewdelgado9099]

Wwe is getting desperate. Rhonda Rousey for example said that she was done with Wwe she kept calling Wwe fake wrestling. What did Wwe do bring her back. Wwe also said Scott Stiener was never going in the Hall of Fame What did they do. They brought him back to put him in the Hall of Fame.

[@Thatdudesolitude]

Goldberg and Canadians don't mix

[@andrewdelgado9099]

Didn't Goldberg drop Undertaker on his head

[@billymincey3246]

Yes he did and he said he felt bad after

[@davidlittle1711130]

Yeah Book is bought and paid for goldberg he is the shits fun to watch but yea even booker is a stiff worker as well plus renee was as young as piper stsrting out ugghh

[@AceHole90]

Booker is so ignorant

[@Militantreturns]

Sounds like. They did rene Dupree dirty in The WWE 😮

[@nathanwanner..44]

Goldberg hurt a lot of wrestlers should have not been brought into the business

[@Matt-cr4vv]

Wasn’t wrong to bring him into the business but how he was handled was wrong. He was fast tracked and not fully trained on how to work because of how big of crowd reactions he was getting during his dark matches. Because of those reactions they sped up his training, teaching him the bare minimum, and put him on TV basically a year into starting from scratch. The way they booked him didn’t help in that because all he did was squash people quickly and never was given time to truly learn how to work properly because of how popular he was becoming so quickly. And less than a year of being on TV the dude was the champion. The fact he wasn’t properly trained was the company’s fault for shoving him out there because of how popular he was. It didn’t help matters that his poor in ring work wasn’t ever corrected because of how big his character became so quickly. And his mindset was never good because his rapid rise made him overconfident and the veterans who could’ve brought him back to reality largely fucked with him and exploited his paranoia for their amusement. It resulted in the guy never trusting anybody and probably made it to where nobody could even give him advice at a certain point because he just didn’t trust anybody. I don’t totally blame Goldberg for taking what was available to him - I think most people would have done the same in that situation. But in the end he was never set up for success as it relates to being s good in ring worker or to have a good attitude. It doesn’t absolve him entirely because he did hurt people but I do cut him some slack because he didn’t know better and the people who should’ve made sure he did never did that for him.

[@doctorfeelfunny584]

Dupree's really messed up here. It seems almost exploitative to have him on in this condition: "My Mom and Dad give me millionses of dollars! You think a poor man could afford this tablecloth??" doesn't come across as impressive as he seemed to think at the time.

[@pickleddimples1794]

Booker T doesn't like wrestlers talking about being injured by other wrestlers because he know's he guilty of it. He know's his name will come up. He doesn't want people bringing up the times he hurt other people like the broken nose connection

[@brianthomas3451]

“Like I say” - booker t It’s “like I said”

[@jondukes5891]

Pretty interesting stories

[@JOHNN01.82]

Booker is twisting the question into a complete different subject matter that has no connection with anything. I have always been a fan of Booker after this fuck Book

[@maggielusk6833]

Booker the rah rah man for WWE! He ALWAYS defends them cos their paying him!

[@DTA707]

I always liked Booker but the more I hear him talk the less im a fan

[@djdonald243]

Booker was way out of line. Bob Holly, Goldberg, Undertaker and the rest of WWE do not look so hot either.

[@zealousjay1993]

💯💯💯💯 bravo 👏🏾

[@codeezie]

Renee you obliterated him dude

[@Salty_Farken]

Booker TeaBag.

[@mattysquizzato7094]

Wait a second here Book........Jericho sure seemed to choke Goldberg into submission in 2003. More revisionist history from someone wanting a WWE paycheck. How pathetic.

[@chriss5067]

One thing that stood out to me in this video is Booker saying Rene, "wasn't the greatest worker in the world, but he looked good." This is coming from him. lmao Booker T is alright, but Rene is clearly a better worker, in my opinion. Rene moves better. His wrestling looks more realistic. Booker has a unique style that works for him, but he's no Kurt Angle himself.

[@AshMundo]

sorry, but Booker was a great worker. Put bias aside, Booker is one of the best.

[@chriss5067]

@@AshMundo Sorry, but it's all subjective. You don't get to pick and choose what others like. lol

[@kgblitz1294]

@@AshMundo i agree.

[@AshMundo]

@@chriss5067 Booker had great matches with lots of wrestlers (Angle included). His tag team matches with Meng and Barbarian always looked like it was a war, high impact and looked like they all were going for it. Booker was a great tag team wrestler, a great midcard championship holding wrestler and a great multi world champion in multiple companies. That speaks for itself.

[@chriss5067]

@@AshMundo Cool. Glad you're a fan. Everyone has their own preferences.

[@jayburke2244]

19:15 Goldberg didn't had a same moves or a couple of moves!! Why the hell is everybody keep saying that? Watch his matches more and you'll fuckin see he had planty other moves. Him and DDP at Halloween havac, Him and Steiner at fallbrawl, Him and Triple H at unforgiven, Him and nash at Starrcade and Spring stampede. Everybody act every single match in his career was jackhammer and spear. Geez!! You wanna talk about someone doing the same moves over and over? Go fu©kin watch Brock Lesnar then.

[@rmunoz93]

Why is Rene sitting in the dark? 😂

[@user-em4el6rf5v]

god was watching over renee lol 😂 Goldberg almost paralyzed the undertaker lol 😂 the undertaker knocked out goldberg on a botch 😂

[@4ArchieLee]

Lol watch the match with heel Goldberg vs Booker T on nitro .. Goldberg sucks!!!

[@wingedhussar1453]

The boys shit on him for him having perosnal issues .awful

[@tiffanyfargo1231]

Goldberg is a horrible wrestler that’s just fact

[@bigdaddytrips6197]

Rene Dupree punked out. He didn't stand up for himself

[@nanashi5139]

Say it to his face he would punk you out

[@johnobrien1759]

I think this Renee guy is a little fool of himself.

[@Serenitynowwwww]

He is super bitter, he probably deserves to be but its still sad

[@platinumking391]

God forbid being able to defend yourself from haters..

[@songokusan9059]

Word, this nigga clams he help make Cena lmao right. Cena was gonna be where he's at, with or without rene

[@andrewdelgado9099]

CM punk stole the GTA finisher from a Japanese wrestler I forgot his name. He also stole the design of his tights from the same guy. The trunks with the stars. Wwe

[@songokusan9059]

Rene is the king of excuses. No accountability

[@Makasennn]

Literal stories of grown ass 30 somethings picking on a 20 year old kid for not drinking when he's underage and u must hate ur mother to not think to call her over drinking while she's got cancer. The old wrestling locker was hell and had tons of bullies. Drunk, steroid, coke fueled 6ft monsters. How is the truth excuses? Grow up my guy. Hope ur kids don't get their asses beat like the bullied guys of wrestling's past.

[@bigdaddytrips6197]

Yeah I don't respect anyone who doesn't stand up for themselves.

[@paintingjanet1429]

Get a new host

[@platinumking391]

Nah James is cool, better than the co-hosts on other podcasts who think the show is about them.

[@songokusan9059]

You don't like discount British conrad?

[@platinumking391]

@@songokusan9059 When you quote Dave Meltzer all credibility is out the window. So by default James is automatically above Conrad.

[@larryjones7214]

@@songokusan9059 😆 minus Conrad's success

[@JesseGMan7]

@@larryjones7214 that’s why he said discount brainiac. However I prefer James. Con man is the worst fat troll he is.

[@sonyg0640]

What a bitter guy!

[@emonkazemphotography6129]

Justifiably so, don't you think you would be if you were bullied as much as he was!? Let me tell you bullying scarrs you I know, I went through it through out all my school life, uni life

[@sonyg0640]

@@emonkazemphotography6129 Believe me I am no exception. Being bitter only hurts you. I went to therapy and overcame it. That's my suggestion for him (and perhaps you).

[@oyametalicusII]

Rene was just setting the record straight from Book's nonsense. The guy was just 20 years old.

[@sonyg0640]

@@oyametalicusII And? Its a business. In a business there is equal treatment no matter the age.

[@oyametalicusII]

​@@sonyg0640 They call themselves men and supposed to be proud of beating up a boy, like some badge of honor? I can see why sparkyplug didn't do shit when it was a young Lesnar who broke his neck.