WWE Corridor of Famer Booker T has mentioned his King Booker gimmick and the way he performed an element within the newer variations of the King of the Ring match.
The King and Queen of the Ring tournaments now assure a shot on the world heavyweight title, which Booker T talked about throughout his current look on The Undertaker’s “Six Toes Below” podcast.
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“I am the one King that gained the Heavyweight Championship,” mentioned Booker T. “Now, they’ve put in place the place should you win the King of the Ring, you really get a title shot — that is due to me. That was due to me, I simply wish to throw that on the market [laughs].”
Booker T revealed that the important thing to pulling off the gimmick was to purchase into the character absolutely, which he did when he was King Booker in WWE.
“So far as the King goes, profitable the Heavyweight Championship was an excellent honor, nevertheless it wasn’t a thought or something like that. I wasn’t enthusiastic about profitable the Heavyweight Championship, however being the man, understanding that I used to be representing the present, it let me know that I had did a rare job enjoying that position as a result of it was a job, it was a personality, it was a gimmick. Whenever you enjoying a gimmick, you must actually purchase into it one hundred pc, in any other case, it is not going to work.”
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The WWE legend additionally credited his spouse and fellow Corridor of Famer Sharmell for the success of the King Booker gimmick, stating that he would not have been in a position to pull it off with out her presence beside him. He added that he was given the gimmick as a result of he used to name Sharmell his “queen,” and he highlighted how he gained only one match to be anointed the king in WWE. The veteran star recalled that when he was knowledgeable that he may have a babyface run as king, he rejected that chance as a result of the King Booker position was laborious to play every week.
