Professional wrestling legend and two times WWE Hall of Famer Booker T is a former five times WCW World Heavyweight champion and a former WWE World Heavyweight Champion recently remember the late great professional wrestler Scott Hall and talked about the friendship he had with him.
Booker T and Scott Hall worked together for the first time in WCW since 1996, after Hall decided to join the promotion on the mentioned year. Before that he was working for WWE and it looked like he has a bright future in the promotion. In WWE he was famously known as Razor Ramon.
Booker T Reflects On His Friendship With Scott Hall
He was mostly battling for the WWE Intercontinental championship in WWE. But in 1996 he decided to jump to WCW. He teamed up with Kevin Nash in the promotion and together they were started to be known as the Outsiders. Later Hulk Hogan joint their group and they were started to be recognised as nWo which is considered as one of the best stables in the history of professional wrestling.
In WCW, Hall has never been treated as a main event star. Somehow he was lost behind the shadows of Kevin Nash and Hulk Hogan who were two of the biggest main event stars of WCW back in that time. It is strongly believed that Hall could have been a bigger star if he stayed in WWE as Vince McMahon had high hopes from the Bad Guy.
After WCW was purchased by WWE back in 2001, Hall transitioned to WWE and he carried his WCW gimmick. But he could not find success after the death of WCW anymore. Recently he tragically passed away at the age of 63 only. May his soul rest in peace.
Booker T is a former five times WCW World Heavyweight champion and a former WWE World Heavyweight Champion recently spoke on his Hall Of Fame podcast where he remembered the late great professional wrestler Scott Hall and talked about the friendship he had with him. He said;
“I tell you, man, he was a genuine dude. Of course, he had his flaws, and whatnot, and we all do.
“But as far as guys in this business that I can call a friend, there’s very few. Scott Hall was one of my friends, and I’m definitely going to miss that dude.
“But I swear, man, I’m still finding it hard to believe that he’s gone. I mean, and the thing is, I know we all got a birth date and we all got a death date. Of course we are surprised and we are shocked every time, but this one, even though Scott with all of his battles, I didn’t see this one coming. I just didn’t.”
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