nWo was some of the infamous factions in professional wrestling historical past and featured quite a few legends of the enterprise. One man who was part of WCW on the time however did not be a part of the group is Booker T, who not too long ago talked about his determination to not be a part of them.
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Booker T, who was a latest visitor on The Undertaker’s “Six Ft Below” podcast, revealed that he was provided the chance to hitch the nWo by founding member Scott Corridor.
“That was by design [not joining the nWo],” mentioned Booker T. “I all the time inform this story of Scott Corridor, proper after the nWo received began, I assume they’d, you recognize, Corridor, Nash, they might have had yet one more member in there, and Scott Corridor, he come as much as me, [and goes] ‘Hey, bro, we’d like some shade, bro.’ [laughs] ‘We would like you to hitch, man.'”
The 2-time WWE Corridor of Famer detailed the rationale why he turned down the provide to hitch the group.
“I really turned it down. I mentioned, ‘No, man, I am a solo act.’ I knew if I’d have joined the nWo, I’d have been taking all of the bumps and I would have been on all the home reveals,” he mentioned laughing. “To hell with that deal.”
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Booker T believes that the nWo would have nonetheless been the biggest faction in professional wrestling historical past if it consisted of solely the unique three members — Corridor, Kevin Nash, and Hulk Hogan. However, the group, all through its historical past, constantly added new members, which included the likes of Sting, Randy Savage, Dusty Rhodes, Huge Present, X-Pac, and even then WCW govt Eric Bischoff, to call just a few.
