Booker T was “just playing around” when he claimed he had a backstage run-in with CM Punk during the most recent taping of WWE NXT.
The WWE NXT commentator alleged last week that he and Punk “almost got into it” at the February 12 show, and said he’d share more details at a later time.
On a recent edition of his “Hall of Fame” podcast, Booker T admitted that his story was “clickbait” and that he’d not been entirely honest. He said,
“I’m trying to entertain my fans. I’m trying to entertain the fans just watching this, trying to give you guys a moment when you ain’t gotta think about that kind of stuff, alright? So if you hear me say something about CM Punk, Corey Graves, Michael Cole, Brad [Gilmore].
“Don’t jump into the internet mess. So let’s just get that out there right now. Because that story, that 40-second story that people wrote, it was clickbait, guys. That’s what it was more than anything. Did I put it out there? Did I say it? As far as I had a beef, I was gonna run up? Yeah, I said [it] But I’m entertaining you guys. Entertaining. Just playing around.”
It had been suspected that Booker T was making up the claim of a run-in given that nobody at the NXT taping had witnessed the so-called altercation with CM Punk.
