During the latest edition of his “Hall of Fame” podcast, WWE Hall of Famer Booker T commented on never winning the WWE Royal Rumble match, why it doesn’t bother him, and more. You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On never winning the Rumble: “I was never on the list to win the Royal Rumble, and I don’t even know why. But you know, it never bothered me. Because there again, everybody gets their chance to shine and every spotlight can’t be yours. I’ve never really had any great, great WrestleMania moments that I can put up on that pedestal or anything like that. But it was great just being part of the show. For me, a street kid from South Park, Texas, I did the best at every single one of them. Dallas, Texas, I’ll be there this year too, I’ll be there.”
On not getting his classic pyro when he returned at the 2011 Royal Rumble: “Why I didn’t get the pyro when I came back? I don’t know, I really don’t, I didn’t think about it too much. That wasn’t something I ever really thought about. I tell you, it would have not felt the same way, I am not trying to take away. I wish I would have had the pyro. But, I’ll tell you, what I do remember about that night more than anything, was the love from the fans. If you go back and look at that, my right hand is trembling, it’s literally shaking. It looked like an act, but I was like, ‘god man, I can feel the voltage going through my body.’ I was like, ‘this is so freaking awesome.’
“Because, you just never know if the fans are going to see you and say, ‘Hey man, we don’t want to see this guy no more.’ Or are they going to see you and say, ‘we don’t care if we see Booker T do the spinaroonie or anything like that, we are just glad to see him.’ That night for me, it will always be one of my most special moments that I ever had in this business.”
(h/t – Wrestling Inc)
