Two-time WWE Hall of Famer Booker T recently appeared on an episode of the Six Feet Under podcast, where he discussed a number of topics including his King Booker gimmick and how that was the greatest time of his wrestling career.
Booker T said, “I loved it, man. That was the greatest time of my career. I stole that from Savage. People didn’t realize that, Savage used to do here [his twirling finger], so I say — and I always thought Savage was a great king. I always thought Savage was a guy that I could really emulate. And I wanted to take that character to another level as well. I’d say, ‘Man, I want to break the mold.’ I said that ‘When people remember the King of the Ring from this point on, the only thing they’re going to remember is King Booker.’ And I swear man, Sharmell and I had such a great time creating those moments. But it was so real to me. It was so real. It was real as it could possibly be, as far as ruling the Smackdown kingdom with an iron fist, having fiddling regal as my royal court. And you know, making John Cena bowed out and kiss my feet. It was some of the greatest work.”
On fans comparing that to other kings in WWE:
“I’ve taken issue with that as well, as far as people comparing my king run against anyone. And they ranked the kings a year or so ago, and they had Stone Cold at number one. And I say, I can agree with you that you may like Steve Austin more, but he wasn’t a better King.”
You can check out the complete podcast in the video below.
(H/T to 411Mania.com for transcribing the above quotes)
