Booker T wants to see those who leak information to wrestling news sites banned from future events.
A few days after NXT No Mercy it was reported that Mustafa Ali was slated to become the new North American Champion by defeating Dominik Mysterio. With many in the company also frustrated that Ali was released days before his title match, the news would likely increase the anger.
The former King of the Ring cited this particular example while discussing wrestling insiders on the Hall of Fame podcast. Booker T would go on to say that revealing storyline plans are the same as spoiling a movie:
“If any of this is true … I feel like WWE needs to ban guys like this from ever coming into one of their locker rooms or one of their shows ever again,” Booker said. “Because this is like giving away the ending of a movie for me … I don’t know if you’ve got some insider information or not on how the show is going to go, but guys like this, these Meltzers, these Alvarezs, and this guy that wrote this … should never, ever be able to be a part of our business, ever.
And I’m so passionate about that because dammit, these are the guys that’s killing business, daily, writing stories like this … Whatever the hell happened with Mustafa Ali, it happened. But this story is what’s wrong with this business today, and guys like this should be banned from anywhere near one of our shows.”
At No Mercy, Mysterio would lose the title to Trick Williams but win the championship back 3 days later on NXT.
Booker T Comments On Matt Riddle’s Release
Another Superstar who was informed of their release the same week as Ali was Matt Riddle. Speaking on a previous episode, Booker T had little sympathy for Matt Riddle following the news becoming public knowledge.
In a new episode of his podcast, Booker T reacted to the controversial NWA spot that has people talking.
H/t to Wrestling Inc.