Booker T gave his thoughts on various topics on the latest edition of his “Hall Of Fame” podcast.
During the podcast, the WWE Hall of Famer talked about Sami Zayn winning the Gauntlet Match on Monday’s episode of WWE RAW to earn a shot at Intercontinental Champion GUNTHER at WrestleMania 40.
Booker T said that Zayn was legitimately upset with fans wanting Chad Gable to win instead. He said,
“I talked to Sami Zayn actually on Tuesday morning. We were flying to Orlando and we were sitting next to each other on the plane. And I swear, the same thing like you just said, so many people was pulling for Chad Gable in that match and Sami, I said, ‘Man, you know, what a match, man.’ I said, ‘What a match! You’re gonna look back on this one day and say that was the one, that was the one that catapulted me to the next level, that was the one that put me in the light and let people see exactly what I can do.’”
He continued, “He was so literally upset about the online heat that he got from the fans. He’s like, ‘Man, I thought the fans love me. And then next thing you know, I see all this stuff.’ I say, ‘Man, you can’t listen to that white noise. You gotta think about how great that match was, and you’re gonna look back on it one day and say: ‘Man, that was some really, really good work that I did.’ But he still, like I said, was feeling that heat. He let someone down just because the fans didn’t think the match was as good as, you know. I thought it was.”
