During a recent episode of his “Hall of Fame” podcast, Booker T revealed that toward the end of his WWE run in 2006, he “didn’t want to do it anymore,” but Vince McMahon proposed bringing in his wife Sharmell, convincing him to continue and thereafter adopting the ‘King Booker’ moniker alongside ‘Queen Sharmell.’
Booker T also went on to share that this kickstarted the best time of his wrestling career. He said,
“In 2006 when Sharmell came on board in WWE, and the reason she came on board is because I didn’t want to do it anymore, and Vince McMahon said, ‘Let’s hire Sharmell.’ We came together and then I became King, and she was Queen. That was the best time of my wrestling career. That was literally the best time in my whole wrestling career, bar none, us two together against the world.”
Reminiscing on a night spent in a car in Philadelphia, Booker T expressed his gratitude and love for his wife, who has supported him through thick and thin throughout their lives. He said,
“I remember Sharmell and I; I think we were in Philly, maybe. We slept in the car because we didn’t want to get a hotel room because we had about five hours before we had to catch the next flight. We were like, let’s just sleep in the car. You know, like, ‘Baby, what do you think?’ She’s like, ‘Yeah, let’s do that.’ When you got a woman like that, you like, that’s ride or die, man. I tell you man, so many nights she was watching my back riding down the highway. She would drive for me, make sure I got there so I can prepare to get ready to go out there and do it again the next day. It was the best frickin’ time in my whole wrestling career, the whole 30 years.”
Also on the podcast, Booker discussed his TNA run following his departure from WWE in 2007, and also revealed that he never thought he’d return to WWE once he had left.
