And I was willing to bank on myself there again and my talent. Ric Flair always said, ‘a wrestler’s worst enemy is time off’, so I didn’t want to sit out and lose my momentum.”īooker T on being prepared for a frigid reception in WWE: “I was prepared for that and a lot of those guys not prepared for what we were getting ready to expect and that was to get beaten up, bruised, battered, and torn. And if you didn’t have tough skin, you going to last very long there. It was about raising the WWE flag by winning the war. It was about shutting Ted Turner’s group down. Coming from WCW, I wanted to prove to the guys in the locker room that I was worthy of being there. I wasn’t just coming there and I didn’t want to bring my accolades from WCW and say, ‘hey guys, I’m here now. I’m the five-time champ.’ Naw, I wanted to go out there and say, ‘hey guys, I’m going to pull my weight.’ And I did that. It was maybe a year and a half or so before Undertaker came and, ‘hey Book, come over here and dress with us in the WWE locker room.Sid loved sports and participated in track, football, basketball and so on in high school. The USFL’s Memphis Showboats had open tryouts and Sid made it all the way to the final cut.
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