Booker T – N – A

Oh noez.

There are rumors about Booker T, now former WWE wrassler, making his way to TNA. This would be huge for them. The respectable journalists over at PWInsider are reporting that Booker T might be Sting’s partner at Genesis, in the tag-team WORLD title match (?) against Kurt Angle, and the next big thing Kevin Nash. As much as people like to crap on TNA and call it the venue for WWE rejects, this sounds pretty promising. Sometimes, when I look at guys like Shawn Michaels, and Ric Flair, i wonder, “Why are they still wrestling?” but for whatever reason I see Booker T as still having a few more solid years left on him. It would suck if his career ended the way it did, quietly jobbed out to Jerry Lawler and Triple H. I’ve always loved him, and think that even the past few years he’s been absolutely wonderful still, which is something you can’t always say about seasoned wrestlers.

Sure, TNA may always seem to drool the second ANY WWE superstar is released, but let them do that. Pro wrestling is SUCH a unique job description, what the heck else is there for them to be able to do if they happened to burn a bridge with Vince McMahon? The majority of wrestling fans do think that the WWE is a monopoly in the business, but that doesn’t mean that the workers only have one option.

It’s also good for Booker, who, based on recent interviews, does not want to be done just yet. Sure, he has his promotion to run, but he still has expressed interest in being the national performer that he’s succeeded as being.

And not for nothing (Thank you, Tazz Limits), we can all look forward to the great boost it would give TNA, and we all know what competition does for the wrasslin’ business:

January 4th, 1999:
Raw rating: 5.7
Nitro rating: 5.0

Meow meow meow.

Good luck, King Booker.