During the latest edition of his Hall of Fame podcast, WWE Hall of Famer Booker T commented on Claudio Castagnoli (Cesaro) jumping from WWE to AEW at Sunday’s Forbidden Door pay-per-view event, why Castagnoli never got a well-deserved main event run in WWE, and more.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
Booker T on Claudio Castagnoli’s 11-year run in WWE and him never getting an opportunity as a main event star: “That’s a long time to wait. Hell, I always say when I see a lot of guys on the independent scene, I don’t know if I could’ve waited that long for my chance. I just don’t think I could’ve waited that long. Let me go be a stripper or something because I need to make some money.”
On Castagnoli leaving WWE for AEW: “Cesaro was always my guy. I always felt like he and I had a whole lot in common. Being around for a long time, working your ass off, and waiting on someone to pull your name, and say, ‘This is the guy.’ That happened to me. There were many times we thought that was that moment for Claudio in the WWE, and it really never happened. I mean, personally, I really don’t know why. But that’s one of the guys that I really feel that could have been made by just giving him a huge push and then after that, it really wouldn’t have mattered how we used him as long as we kept him at a certain tier. He was the guy that we could have made. Once you make a guy like that who can hold it, he’s made forever. I don’t think you’ve ever had to really worry about Claudio from an in-ring perspective, as well as if you put him in the right situation with the microphone, he delivers there as well. He’s one that I wouldn’t have wanted to lose.”
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