WWE Hall of Famer Booker T recently appeared on an episode of his “Hall of Fame” podcast. He discussed several topics, including the state of NXT.
Booker T said, “NXT has been on fire lately with the arrival of Ricky Saints as well as Moose. Unexpected arrivals in NXT definitely have spiced things up. Like Jim Ross would say, ‘business has picked up.’”
On how Moose fits perfectly in NXT:
“Gotta give Moose some love. Put some respect on Moose’s name. I’m so excited to see what Moose is going to bring to NXT and WWE in general, because I feel like Moose is a guy who fits right into the program.”
On pushing for Moose:
“I’ve been pushing for Moose for, I don’t know, six years now? For five or six years, I’ve been pushing for Moose to get a shot in WWE, and I’m just glad to see that his talent proved to that company that he was worthy of getting that shot and being put on the stage in NXT. So for me man, big ups to Moose for just hanging in there and sticking it out and boom! Getting the job done. I always said how talented of a worker he was, especially when he first came to Reality of Wrestling and he worked with Mysterious Q. And I was like, ‘Man, what a freaking match. Man, what a talent.’ Both of those guys, they went out there and rocked it. For a big man, he showed me so much more range than I would have imagined that he had. So to see him actually get this shot, he — you know, it’s a cliche saying in professional wrestling, he deserves it. He deserves it. He deserves it.”
You can check out the complete podcast in the video below.
(H/T to 411Mania.com for transcribing the above quotes)
