WWE Hall of Famer Booker T recently shared his opinion about a match concept that was never his cup of tea.
Booker T has achieved many accolades during his in-ring career, including the WWE World Championship, United States Championship, and multiple reigns as Tag Team Champion. Despite all this, Booker asserted that the current WWE Speed matches concept isn’t something he can adjust to.
On a recent episode of the Hall of Fame Podcast, the NXT commentator discussed the Speed matches concept currently taking place in NXT and the five-minute time limitation.
“Well, it’s just not my cup of tea,” Booker T began. “But if I had to adjust to it, I think I could. I don’t think I’d work that match any differently than a 30-minute match, other than it would be a little bit quicker.
“But I still think it would have to have places where we slowed it down just a second to get to where we’re trying to go. That might be at the two-and-a-half-minute or the three-minute mark, you know.
Booker T believes wrestlers are working Speed matches with the wrong mindset
“So, I would still be thinking from that perspective and not, you know, just throw the handbook of professional wrestling out of the window and say, ‘Let’s go out here and see how much we can get into five minutes.’ I’m not going to do that because I’ve had five-minute matches, and you could blow up in five minutes.
“You could be so tired, like you’ve worked an hour-long match, and you’re just sucking, wondering what the hell happened, you know? Just go and try to run as fast as you can for five minutes and see what happens.” [H/T: Wrestling Inc.]
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What do you make of Booker T’s comments? How do you feel about this five-minute concept? Is this something you enjoy for the NXT product? Let us know your overall thoughts by sounding off in the comments section below.
