WWE Hall of Famer Booker T was the guest on the latest episode of “Stone Cold” Steve Austin’s podcast. The two veterans had plenty to talk about, including whether or not Booker T would come out of retirement for a last match, and who young wrestlers should be taking advice from today. Check out what the five-time, five-time, five-time, five-time, five-time WCW Champion had to say about it below.
Transcription courtesy of Wrestling Inc.
On having one final match:
Well, I’ll tell you right now, man, if WWE was to call me and say, ‘Hey Book, we want you to do a match with ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin,’ I’d do it! I’d do that in a heartbeat! I’ve scratched every itch I’ve ever had in the [pro wrestling] business as far as working [goes], but I want to have one more match at Reality Of Wrestling. My students, the guys that I mentor, the guys that I coach, these guys, they’ve got to know that their mentor, their sensei, can still go out there and still do it. Hey, I’m still the boss and I have to go out there and show these guys that I’m still the boss! It’s very important for me to do it, but only here at Reality Of Wrestling. As well as my son. He’s eight years old and he asked me just last week, he goes, ‘dad, what was it like when you [were] wrestling?’ I had to show him some old YouTube [videos] and he goes, ‘Man, you [were] good! I wish I could have [seen] you.’ Do you know what I mean? Let me show my son that dad can still go out there and hold his own a little bit, so that’s important as well.
Wrestlers can learn from Chris Jericho:
I look at a guy like Chris Jericho. This guy, man, he’s one of the hardest workers. He’s like James Brown. Do you know what I mean? He goes out and everything that he [has] done, he [has] done it on his own and on his own accord! He has created everything as far as Chris Jericho goes, and to be able to do that, a lot of these young guys, hopefully, they can take some advice from him.
