11:12:04
Booker T
On
adding "WWE Champion" to his 5-Time catchphrase…
"That'll
never change-the 5 Time WCW champion. But I'll make sure
to throw the one-time up with it. It will be a perfect match.
This is gonna be poetic justice on Sunday night, I'm finally
getting the title shot. Finally getting the title shot after
being on the Smackdown roster for over a year, so I'm going
to make the best of it.
I'm
going to do everything I can to walk out with the title.
I'm not gonna leave the match, I'm not gonna leave the arena
with out the title around my waist that night-no matter
what I have to do.
On
his former wish to win the title and face Chris Benoit at
WrestleMania 21 in a unification bout…
"You
know, if that could happen, and right now I have chance
to make it happen. This is something I've been dreaming
about ever since our best of seven series, to get back in
the ring with Chris Benoit-my greatest challenger of all-time,
I think one of the greatest competitors of all-time. To
get in the ring and do it one more time. And give him the
chance to come out on top as I did back in the best of seven,
but I don't think that will happen. But, I think it would
be great for the fans to see it. A lot of fans out there
want to see it and most definitely, I want to do it.
On
this recent face turn and title shot being the beginning
of the process towards his retirement…
"I
don't think so. I signed a one-year contract with WWE, then
I made the change from RAW to Smackdown. When I was on the
RAW crew, I can honestly tell you I wasn't as happy. I didn't
feel like I wanted to wrestle anymore. I actually called
my agent a couple of times and told him, 'I don't know how
much longer I can do this.'
But
getting switched over to Smackdown, I really didn't think
I was gonna like that, thought I was gonna hate it. But,
it seems to have given me a new look on life almost. Seems
like I have a new energy to go out and wrestle, and go out
and do it on a high level. I think it's because of working
with a lot of the younger talent on the Smackdown crew.
Getting
the chance to get out there and see that these kids are
really hungry and they want to knock me off. Before, I really
didn't have a challenge. Now
these kids, they want to knock me off, so I've got something
more to prove so I'm having a lot of fun on Smackdown. No,
I don't see it as a prelude for me leaving just yet. I got
a lot of fans telling me 'we aren't ready to see you leave
yet' and that feels good. Also, I always want to be one
of those guys not to overstay my welcome in the business.
But
right now I'm still wrestling at a high level, I think I'm
just wrestling at as high a level as I always did. I know
when to turn it on and Sunday night, Survivor Series, JBL-Booker
T, one-on-one, you can bet I'm gonna turn it on. You're
gonna see some fire. You're gonna see some special, something
crazy from Booker T. On ppv, it always brings the best out
of me, so, I'm looking forward to it.
On
recent WWE roster moves affecting the locker room…
"You
know, it shouldn't change the mood at all. Other than motiviating
these guys to go out there and try to be more creative.
To go out there and try to put more behinds in the seats.
Get their craft where it needs to be because back in the
day, everyone knew their positions on the card. Everybody
knew what they were expected to go out in the ring and do
each and every night.
Now
we got a lot of kids coming up who really don't know the
business. There was a lot of guys that were in that group,
you know some of the guys deserved to get fired. Some of
them may not have deserved to get fired-they may have gotten
fired for different reasons, I don't know.
"But
as far as the locker room goes, it should spark these guys
and try to get them on track. That's one comfort zone I
think I can say I've always had since I've been in the business,
that when the firings and the cuts were going to be coming,
I never though I was going to be one of them. That was a
security within myself, though, knowing that when I came
to work I was there for a reason. And that was to put behinds
in the seats and that's what these guys need to start thinking
about."
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