Booker T making the King gimmick work as well as it did speaks to his skill as an entertainer, and his in ring work speaks for itself. Just an excellent wrestler all around.
He does not lie …he just tells the “beautified wwe version“ of the story …yes usually it s not the truth but at least he is talking about everything and anything …
@@emypetcu I'm thinking you're confused about what a lie is...and Bruce certainly doesnt talk about everything , after all those years next to Vince he properly knows where all the bodies are buried...
@Why The Hell Was I In Star Trek 6? Except... he didn't. Goldberg resorted to pulling Jericho's hair. Jericho put him in a front facelock, no punches were swung either.
My dad won tickets to Raws first ever live taped show in London Ontario and as part of that I got to meet Booker T prior the show and he was always a favourite after that.
I feel like the two slow punches from Batista were half hearted as he probably didn't want it really and purposefully missed. Seen it before like a weird show of not being balless but halfway starting a fight at the same time. Problem is it's very stupid to try that and most don't have time for that bs. In short I think Batista really didn't want to fight as much as show he would.
@@lokomike2911 he have astma . batista have inhalator under the ring if needed ( billy gun also does this) those guys was not able perform 100% nor do long fast paced matches
I wouldn’t be surprised if the fight Booker T. had with Batista lead to him getting the World Heavyweight title. I’ve definitely heard rumors about that.
I remember that rumour going round on the dirt sheets at the time vince soured on batista and didn't view him as a the alpha after the fight, apparently vince loves the alpha top dog mentality
The editing touches are another thing that makes WB such a special channel. Check out the dialogue stuff in the back half, where he highlights the speaker and grays out the other person then adding participants as they come into the scene. That's craft right there. Good stuff.
Use action figures w rock and roll stage w Xmas lights low volts etc or mock hotel room. Haha Like used to make rock stages w 120vac lights and wow got shocked so low volts
Unlike WWE who love to rewrite their own history to suit their own purposes and gloss over certain periods to make themselves look good, Wrestling Bios holds nothing back and knows his stuff and does a wonderful job in addressing facts in their entirety. I love this channel and you really learn a lot about stuff that you didn't know about before. Awesome content as always and keep up the good work.
He won King Of The Ring in 2005, becoming King Booker. This is what made me finally stop watching wrestling. I couldn’t stand the King Booker gimmick, especially after having JBL, who was another character who made me stop watching, forced on us. Tried dipping in and out over the years since, nothings held my interest since though. Concentrate on classic wrestling, mostly from the 80s and 90s now. Mostly through this channel.
Great video as always! I always like hearing about these kinds of stories. Also, I think it's pretty cool that both Booker and Batista basically settled their differences without too much drama. I can respect both of them for that.
@@ced214 I have clearly mentioned that I love reliving the war series but videos regarding that series has been flooded in this channel. I just wanted to point out regular viewers like us want some thing new and fresh every week.
@@himalayalamichhane4046 There's literally 3 videos a week, 1 is Reliving The War except on PPV weeks. Can't please everyone it seems, even with over 60 mins of video per week.
@@WrestlingBios No hard feelings brother. I can't thank you enough for your effort. Week in and week out you are delivering quality content. It's just that something I wanted to get it out from my chest. You are doing an amazing job man you are the one who has helped wrestling fan like us to love and rejuvenate the love for wrestling again.
I remember Batista cutting a promo with a black eye around that time. Even Mickie James hated Batista for putting up nude photos of her around the locker room.
I really hope you cover more of the backstage fights, they're some of the most fascinating stories to me in the whole wrestling business. I'd love one about Haku/Meng's many "altercations" Amazing quality as always, I haven't watched wrestling in over 20 years but I watch everything you put out. Thank you.
Booker T was such a badass. His push in WCW should've came way earlier. They had so many stars that could've taken over when WCW was still worth a damn. If DDP would've beaten Goldberg, there would've been so many possible paths forward.
I knew part of their backstage fight was about respect. The crazy part is that Booker fighting on Morrison's problem controlling his girl makes it that more ridiculous. Everyone is entitled to their opinion on what happened but Booker's side of the story seems the most accurate. Batista did acknowledge that he was wrong just wasn't gonna go into detail.
@@beenrue5672 Finley and Batista are close friends to this day and Booker and Finley never got along. Also Angle's story of what he saw after the fight fits with Booker's version of Dave sneaking him and him beating him up.
Fit is a know liar dude. And with way Booker told story of course he'd want to save Dave's behind... Breaks up the fight then lies abt what happens for the guy whom didn't want to mention fight in his book.. Ok
That makes him not have a backbone and break his relationship with Melina cause it was in front of the guy. That's disrespectful to him and the relationship
@@christmansonpunk2927 according to him he would have been fired and neither Batista or Melina were worth his career. He broke up with Melina as soon as he found out and didn't care past that.
@@TheOneandPrime he was still messing with her well into 2011. There’s a whole controversy about him giving stratus the cold shoulder during mania because he thought Trish took Melina’s spot. So that’s a lie
You deserve a webby or whatever the hell award they give to content creators--your library is an archive of well-researched, well-loved, wonderfully delivered pro-wrestling history!
That's what I'm saying lol. The few stories that say he won just don't fit, either. Gregory Helms says he saw blood, although he didn't see the actual fight, but Booker T wasn't bleeding. Finlay mentions Booker's black eye but doesn't mention that Batista bled. Why is that? I don't think Kurt mentions the blood either. Their stories can't be more true than Booker's.
I agree. Gregory Helms says he saw blood, although he didn't see the actual fight, but Booker T wasn't bleeding. Finlay mentions Booker's black eye but doesn't mention that Batista bled. Why is that? I don't think Kurt mentions the blood either. Their stories can't be more true than Booker's.
As always, enjoyed you're level headed approach to this; not taking a side. Just a bit of heat that happened, nothing bigger and no other controversial else stuff to say. Again, as always, thanks for your content x
I was just looking for information on this fight as I was curious on it and when I open UA-cam I see this. Such perfect timing and as always such a great video.
They had an issue with each other and handle it like men they don't use a knife or gun they had a fight and that was it and now they are cool I respect that
Man this was good stuff.😃 Any chance if covering the Bret Hart vs Shawn Michaels backstage fight? This is a good topic to make videos for since there’s many of them
One thing I've realized is when it comes down to fights like this in general. Usually the person who lost it and or was in the wrong, have a short blunt explanation. The one who wasn't looking for anything/victim has the better details. And have no reason to lie about it.
@@master-of-mind5881 I know I actually wrote that comment beforei got to Finlys part. Witch also makes sense. More than the other 2. Considering it was from a 3rd party who had nothing to gain or lose.
Yeah he even had heat with the undertaker. His attitude towards the smackdown locker room became so apparent that taker had to step in and talk some sense into Dave. Afterwards Dave started showing more respect to the guys on the blue brand. This was hot news. The sun newspaper covered this back in 06 or 07.
@Hugh Mungus The way he talks about Cena and Rock's acting and his mouth regarding the Guardians franchise lately. I agree with you. Don't know the guy, but he seems arrogant.
Hey man there's a lot of good wrestling channels on UA-cam.. but in my opinion your channel's number one man just the way you tell your stories your delivery and everything.. there would even be topics that I wouldn't even be interested in or a wrestlers that I wouldn't even like in the past that I would watch it just because you were telling the story man keep up the great work
@@kushsmoke273 Batista was never a decent fighter. If he was, he'd be still be doing MMA. Thank God he didn't. He is much better off being a Hollywood actor.
*Never heard about this before but to me, it looks like Book is telling the truth and to be fair to Dave, he comes across humble in his version. Glad both guys could move forward*
Bookers version of the story sounds like a cringe movie made by a teenager. I doubt the statements he claimed were made during the incident were actually said
I absolutely love these videos! I’ve adored Booker T since his Harlem Heat days and I think he’s a great in-ring talent and compelling on the mic. I don’t know much about Bautista other than his acting career as I fell out of love with wrestling around the time he was coming up. With this feud, I don’t understand why Booker T got involved with the Bautista-Melina deal. It wasn’t any of his business. If Morrison and Melina had a relationship where what she was doing with Bautista was out of bounds, then Morrison should’ve confronted her. I don’t see where these other wrestlers are coming from. Why get involved? Oh well. A very fun watch. I love this behind-the-scenes stuff so much. Edit: I guess the Bautista-Melina situation wasn’t ancillary to the fight. It sounded like it contributed at first but I think these guys were going to fight regardless.
When I first heard about the fight I thought Booker must have gotten lucky because I knew Booker-T as the guy who did the Spinaroni and made funny faces. After following Reliving the War and seeing his manly Harlem Heat matches, I think Batista is lucky to be alive.
There where pictures of both of their faces days after the fight. Batista had marks on his nose, upper lip and chin. Booker had a welt on his eye. The pictures where taken at the See No Evil premiere which was days after the fight. I believe Booker
Booker has legit actual street cred and was basically a gangster at one time. Batista had like no formal training in any form of fighting not even street 😂 ain’t no way his roided up self could handle Book.
Being a gangster doesn’t mean you can fight, they normally use knifes, guns and intimidation against weaker people. That said Booker did win according to most accounts
@@JerBuster77 yeah I think Booker beat Dave because at that time Dave was a lumbering meat head. I was just saying being a gangsta doesn’t mean you can fight, in bookers case he could though
I think this is a pretty good breakdown and alignment. I would never really want to pick a fight with either one of them, but something tells me Dave has been able to use his size alone to make people not want to fight while I wager Booker probably didn’t have that advantage and might have had to learn to be a bit scrappy. Either way, the background and wrestlers court stuff was very interesting. I’ve hear of that before but wasn’t sure if it was real or not. Has to be kind of an odd situation.
Fun video buddy 💯 ... I remember a few years ago on Something To Wrestle With Bruce Prichard he told the story of this incident keep making more awesome videos 💪
I've been a sub of yours since you had 10k, I've asked you for a king booker video, about how funny it was & how it ended prematurely. I know eventually you'll get to it & I'll keep enjoying your content & will one day have a nice surprise. Its my birthday in 3 weeks so maybe I'll get lucky ;-)
@@prod.gregupnext2958 i mean he lost to edge he gets another shot and the ones at judgement day and one night stand he lost clean He lost to king Booker another chance but that was more because king got disqualified
Met booker t when I was like 7 down here in Houston. My dad was the head mover of the company that moved bookers rings around for his lil organization he got down here and after the event my dad had to go pack up the ring so I went with got to play in the ring a bit then boom booker t pops up and I was like “sup sucka!” Gave him a good laugh then him and my dad smoked a blunt together because I remember seeing my dad roll at what I thought was just a “cigar” pretty crazy to look back and realize that 🤣🤣🤣
Booker T's thoroughly detailed account of the fight sounds too refined when others will struggle remembering even vital moments due to the heightened emotions involvement. But skewing facts in memoirs is not uncommon practice.
The irony of Finlay "The Man That Loves To Fight" is breaking up a fight 😂😂😂
*Loud Laughter from Studio Audience*
Well he gotta take that words out of his Theme Song because it's a lie.
If he didn't i will fight him.
Finlay was having some big show turning issues thats why he broke it
Finlay is no fool
Poor Johny 😢
Batista was waiting on Booker in the hall like, "give me what I want!!!"
Probably spittin aaaalll over a microphone too😂😂
@@GoddesseyCreations 🤣🤣
He should have just stood completely still then he could have gotten the jump on him
@@GoddesseyCreations like Batista ?
He got it all right, got his ass beat
Never fails to amaze me the amount of drama that goes on behind the scenes in wrestling.
A bunch of guys with massive egos always boozing and popping pills...what could go wrong? lol
@@CJC15 haha true great stories for us fans though
It'd honestly be a better show than what WWE is making these days 😂
Yeah a lot of them are just petty.
@@CJC15 right? lol
All I can think when it comes to these two, is when Booker was commentary and kept on saying 'BATISTA IS DOWN' lmao.
🤣🤣
I DONT LIKE DIS AT ALLLLLLL
BATISTA! IS! DOWNNNN!
Booker on commentary was always an absolute treat.
@@SatoshiKong I remembered that. i saw an In the Clutch video and Ross was laughing his ass off at that.
Booker T making the King gimmick work as well as it did speaks to his skill as an entertainer, and his in ring work speaks for itself. Just an excellent wrestler all around.
One of the few who elevated after becoming king. Booker T and Owen Hart.
💯
Stone Cold too
Left out macho man. He was the first to make the gimmick blow up
@@bigdaddyroy5382 yes he did I forgot bout him because he didn't win the kor tournament he beat duggan in one match. So I forgot bout him
One thing I've learned by default from Wrestling Bios and Dark side of the ring is that Bruce Prichard lies a lot
It's like the old joke " How can you tell that Bruce is lying? When his mouth is moving..."
Yip... Pritchard is a NOTORIOUS liar!
Prichard is no more than a stooge. A suck up through and through.
He does not lie …he just tells the “beautified wwe version“ of the story …yes usually it s not the truth but at least he is talking about everything and anything …
@@emypetcu I'm thinking you're confused about what a lie is...and Bruce certainly doesnt talk about everything , after all those years next to Vince he properly knows where all the bodies are buried...
Sharmell with the nut shot 🤣🤣 That's a good wife right there!!
thats a gangsta chick
I need a wife like Sharnell😂😂😂
Sure, taking a cheap shot like a coward in a situation she’s not involved in knowing she won’t get any reprisals. That’s how a child acts.
First off... That remix in the beginning was AMAZING. Helluva video brother!
Aaaaaayyyeee!!!! My man Chiseled Adonis over here. Watsup fam
Yea hes gotta put that out.
Oh you like it? You think it's amazing? You're a big fan?
Word! But your own flow is foolish!
I hit like soon as I heard it
Booker t has great stories related to backstage fight. That line he said when Goldberg and Jericho were fighting is hilarious
IKR
I would have killed to be a fly on the wall for that, especially the line that Booker spontaneously threw out.
I heard he said something like "Dog you serious? Yo motha? That's all you came up wit?"
@@kennyc7260 yeah and also he said thats the worst insult ever
@Why The Hell Was I In Star Trek 6? Except... he didn't. Goldberg resorted to pulling Jericho's hair. Jericho put him in a front facelock, no punches were swung either.
My dad won tickets to Raws first ever live taped show in London Ontario and as part of that I got to meet Booker T prior the show and he was always a favourite after that.
Fit absolutely had everything to gain. Hell, he's still working for the company to this day.
putting booker over instead of hunter's boy is not good for business
@@shaolinotter EXACTLY I FELT HE WASN'T GONE TELL THE TRUTH
he also trained Batista back in OVW
I feel like the two slow punches from Batista were half hearted as he probably didn't want it really and purposefully missed. Seen it before like a weird show of not being balless but halfway starting a fight at the same time. Problem is it's very stupid to try that and most don't have time for that bs. In short I think Batista really didn't want to fight as much as show he would.
@@lokomike2911 he have astma . batista have inhalator under the ring if needed ( billy gun also does this) those guys was not able perform 100% nor do long fast paced matches
Batista: Grinding on Morrison's girl in front of him and all the co-workers.
Morrison: This is fine.
Morrison: **Understandable, have a nice day**
If I was booker T I would have broken up with that hoe right at the moment.
Chris a Tammy 2.0
Didn't the same thing happen with Matt Hardy? Certainly happened with Chris Candido.
@@nbaldwin45 I don't think Edge & Lita slept together but I could be wrong
That Booker T intro though 🔥
Agreed
Is there a possibility to hear it on UA-cam or else?
I wouldn’t be surprised if the fight Booker T. had with Batista lead to him getting the World Heavyweight title. I’ve definitely heard rumors about that.
King Booker was the best thing of Smackdown 2006. So either way, he deserved the title.
@Ultra Instinct 94 And the Triple H one where they fueded over who is the King of Kings
I remember that rumour going round on the dirt sheets at the time vince soured on batista and didn't view him as a the alpha after the fight, apparently vince loves the alpha top dog mentality
I doubt it booker kicked batista ass 3 ppvs before he lost the title but batista was smackdown in those days up until he left the company really.
Booker t did like five years in the penitentiary I'm sure he can fight
How about we just acknowledge how hard the Harlem Heat beat goes with everything.
Yes yes
I can dig it, SUCKAAAAAA!
why?
Kraftwerk track rip-off.
Both Booker t and stevie ray are legit tough
Definitely
Excellent wrestlers, but I wouldn't want to get either for real mad.
Yeah, im not effen with Booker in a bar fight.
Damn right
"hulk hogan! we're coming for you, nigga!"
@@Gunners_Mate_Guns Stevie ray would've beat Batista ass
The editing touches are another thing that makes WB such a special channel. Check out the dialogue stuff in the back half, where he highlights the speaker and grays out the other person then adding participants as they come into the scene. That's craft right there. Good stuff.
Right lol makes you feel like you were there
the intro themes remixed kick ass too..love this channel
WB is a miracle
Use action figures w rock and roll stage w Xmas lights low volts etc or mock hotel room. Haha
Like used to make rock stages w 120vac lights and wow got shocked so low volts
“I took my diamond-encrusted ring off my left hand and placed it on my right.” Batista was about to get a mouthful of diamond!
🔥😂
Unlike WWE who love to rewrite their own history to suit their own purposes and gloss over certain periods to make themselves look good, Wrestling Bios holds nothing back and knows his stuff and does a wonderful job in addressing facts in their entirety. I love this channel and you really learn a lot about stuff that you didn't know about before. Awesome content as always and keep up the good work.
I wish there was a DVD of all the wrestler court sessions
Just put that on TV instead of RAW
The thought of taker in a judge Judy type role is so funny to me
I would love to learn more about Booker T's run on Smackdown, starting from 2004.
He won King Of The Ring in 2005, becoming King Booker. This is what made me finally stop watching wrestling. I couldn’t stand the King Booker gimmick, especially after having JBL, who was another character who made me stop watching, forced on us. Tried dipping in and out over the years since, nothings held my interest since though. Concentrate on classic wrestling, mostly from the 80s and 90s now. Mostly through this channel.
I didn't either, but he made it work and gave it entertainment. Thats what the best of the best do.
The King Booker Gimmick was the one interesting thing on him
@@RaulSHermano He was interesting with or without the gimmick
@@martynodonnell8467 I used to hate them both as well, but now I REALLY enjoy both their respective runs. I love the humor behind those runs lol
Sharmell getting some shots in is the cherry on the top for me 😂
I can just imagine what she would have done to Melina 😂
🤣
Sharmell is a loyal one
@@angelamoore8659 Oh my gosh YES! !
That's a ride or die right there boyz.
Booker standing up to Batista really made me respect him more
Same here !
Booker is a legit street thug and had his fair amount of street fights in his early days. Dave can be thankful that Booker destroyed him man
@@itzeberg he used to be one back in the day but prison changed him
@@itzeberg Batista went through the same thing, he’s tougher than people realize
@Akbar Shabazz-Jenkins I don't believe so, he has a hard life but don't recall him putting in work.
I loved the king booker gimmick his humble facial expressions were hilarious
Bradshaw being the prosecutor is hilarious
With his move being "Clothesline from Hell" , it suits him just right😂😂😂
@@MongiNTS3YT Imagine Bradshaw giving the Clothesline from Hell every time he said "I object!"
Great video as always! I always like hearing about these kinds of stories. Also, I think it's pretty cool that both Booker and Batista basically settled their differences without too much drama. I can respect both of them for that.
Come on man your gonna catch me in my drawers ? Lmao
🤣
Booker T's description of the fight was everything I needed 🤣🤣🤣
Oh yes finally some fresh air.
As much as I love reliving the war videos. The content of that series had overloaded this channel.
What?? Reliving the war is the best thing since sliced bread son
@@ced214 I have clearly mentioned that I love reliving the war series but videos regarding that series has been flooded in this channel. I just wanted to point out regular viewers like us want some thing new and fresh every week.
@@himalayalamichhane4046 There's literally 3 videos a week, 1 is Reliving The War except on PPV weeks.
Can't please everyone it seems, even with over 60 mins of video per week.
@@WrestlingBios No hard feelings brother. I can't thank you enough for your effort. Week in and week out you are delivering quality content. It's just that something I wanted to get it out from my chest.
You are doing an amazing job man you are the one who has helped wrestling fan like us to love and rejuvenate the love for wrestling again.
I remember Batista cutting a promo with a black eye around that time. Even Mickie James hated Batista for putting up nude photos of her around the locker room.
Wait, he did what?
Where did you hear that from?!
Big cap and you can’t even prove it cause it ain’t found on freebase media
That man would’ve been sued or worse
Whihc promo was this? lol I gotta look it up
I really hope you cover more of the backstage fights, they're some of the most fascinating stories to me in the whole wrestling business.
I'd love one about Haku/Meng's many "altercations"
Amazing quality as always, I haven't watched wrestling in over 20 years but I watch everything you put out.
Thank you.
Same, I dont watch wrestling anymore, and haven't in decades, but the stories are super entertaining
Same here when this bio channel is many many times better than wwe nowadays love this channel
Yall should really check out AEW, you'll be watching wrestling again.
Forreal tho
As much as we all like Eddie and Tazz, you should look up “Eddie shoot” or “RVD pick a hand”
I've commented about it before but goddamn your remixes of themes are so good.
That bt theme was sick
You're channel never disappoints. Love the content!
Booker T was such a badass. His push in WCW should've came way earlier. They had so many stars that could've taken over when WCW was still worth a damn. If DDP would've beaten Goldberg, there would've been so many possible paths forward.
They were building him up great at one point with the TV title, then WCW did WCW things.
That's not gonna work brother.
Russo was the one who wanted booker in the main event spot. Before he came to wcw, booker and most young stars took the backseat to Hogan and nwo
I knew part of their backstage fight was about respect. The crazy part is that Booker fighting on Morrison's problem controlling his girl makes it that more ridiculous. Everyone is entitled to their opinion on what happened but Booker's side of the story seems the most accurate. Batista did acknowledge that he was wrong just wasn't gonna go into detail.
Finlay's side seems most believable
@@beenrue5672 konnan said Rey who was there told him booked kicked batistas ass
@@beenrue5672 Finley and Batista are close friends to this day and Booker and Finley never got along. Also Angle's story of what he saw after the fight fits with Booker's version of Dave sneaking him and him beating him up.
@@beenrue5672 No it doesnt, hes a liar
Fit is a know liar dude. And with way Booker told story of course he'd want to save Dave's behind... Breaks up the fight then lies abt what happens for the guy whom didn't want to mention fight in his book.. Ok
Wrestlers Court with the Honorable Judge Undertaker. I’d watch the hell out of that!!!
I'm imagining a clap of thunder every time he brings the gavel down 😂
When he enters he says Judgement Day is upon us.
I think Jack Daniels was a fine he often handed out in a Judgement lol
John should have dealt with his own problems. I love Morrison. But you gotta do it yourself instead of getting someone else to solve your problems.
That makes him not have a backbone and break his relationship with Melina cause it was in front of the guy. That's disrespectful to him and the relationship
I can’t believe he was still sleeping with her once he found out about Dave. I mean talk about lack of dignity for yourself.
@@master-of-mind5881 but it was more about jealousy
Morrison should've dumped that "Garden tool"!!!
😂
Honestly, hearing how spineless he was in this whole situation just makes him a lot less attractive 😒
John Morrison's girl got Batista Bombed
@@christmansonpunk2927 according to him he would have been fired and neither Batista or Melina were worth his career. He broke up with Melina as soon as he found out and didn't care past that.
@@TheOneandPrime he was still messing with her well into 2011. There’s a whole controversy about him giving stratus the cold shoulder during mania because he thought Trish took Melina’s spot. So that’s a lie
That remix of Harlem Heat / Booker T's entrance is absolutely epic.
Legendary
You deserve a webby or whatever the hell award they give to content creators--your library is an archive of well-researched, well-loved, wonderfully delivered pro-wrestling history!
First time hearing about this. Thank you, Wrestle Bios.
Oh man it’ll be great if you also star focusing more on backstage moments/incidents.
Going by Dave's mma fight, I'm gonna guess that Booker really did beat his ass
That's what I'm saying lol. The few stories that say he won just don't fit, either. Gregory Helms says he saw blood, although he didn't see the actual fight, but Booker T wasn't bleeding. Finlay mentions Booker's black eye but doesn't mention that Batista bled. Why is that? I don't think Kurt mentions the blood either. Their stories can't be more true than Booker's.
@@blanktrigger8863 Dave was gassing against a fat guy, Booker would smoke him.
@@Off_Brand_Mex Why are you replying as if that's not the same thing I said?
booker was a street dude back then so i already know he beat tf out batista 😂😂
@@mante626 Plus Booker was an amateur kick boxer
The way Batista talked about it as if he got his ass kicked lmao
Or he's just grown nd moved on nd doesn't really care about it
Probably more like he's an adult and didn't feel the need to bring it up every chance he got.
He got beat
Facts anybody with brain can conclude that.. He'd have been better off not mentioning it altogether.
I agree. Gregory Helms says he saw blood, although he didn't see the actual fight, but Booker T wasn't bleeding. Finlay mentions Booker's black eye but doesn't mention that Batista bled. Why is that? I don't think Kurt mentions the blood either. Their stories can't be more true than Booker's.
Your videos are an instant mood lift. I genuinely appreciate you.
This video is great as always wrestlingbios but THAT BOOKER T REMIX IN THE BEGINNING WAS 🔥🔥🔥
As always, enjoyed you're level headed approach to this; not taking a side. Just a bit of heat that happened, nothing bigger and no other controversial else stuff to say. Again, as always, thanks for your content x
I was just looking for information on this fight as I was curious on it and when I open UA-cam I see this. Such perfect timing and as always such a great video.
They had an issue with each other and handle it like men they don't use a knife or gun they had a fight and that was it and now they are cool I respect that
"Batista is down, Batista is down, Batista is down!" - Booker T
I find it hard to believe that with Booker’s real life background that anyone would believe Booker would so easily get taken out by anyone…
Whats his background though?
@@johnylalrina1451 Booker spent multiple years in prison…before he got into wrestling.
@@dianeleahan3357 that doesn't mean hes good at fighting.
@@johnylalrina1451 that means he’s good at winning them by any means necessary
Bautista's ego was on Ultimate Warrior's level at that time.
Sharmelle a real one!!!! She was ready to throw hands too!!!!
Man this was good stuff.😃 Any chance if covering the Bret Hart vs Shawn Michaels backstage fight? This is a good topic to make videos for since there’s many of them
Jim Cornette told that story ..u gotta find it ..🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@romeomontague2309 corny apparently still has the clump of hair Bret ripped out in a plastic bag
bret obviously won
Dude, you are without a doubt the 🐐 when it comes to wrestling and painting a picture for us👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
One thing I've realized is when it comes down to fights like this in general. Usually the person who lost it and or was in the wrong, have a short blunt explanation. The one who wasn't looking for anything/victim has the better details. And have no reason to lie about it.
I agree with that
Yep
Booker's account has the ring of truth to it.
Especially the part about wanting to kick Morrison's ass for not standing up for himself
But what about Finlay’s account of Dave dominating Booker.
@@master-of-mind5881 I know I actually wrote that comment beforei got to Finlys part. Witch also makes sense. More than the other 2. Considering it was from a 3rd party who had nothing to gain or lose.
This remix to Booker T’s classic theme song is 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥. I wished that it lasted longer than 40 seconds.
So basically this whole thing happened because John Morrison couldn’t control his girlfriend?
Pretty much
Melina? The drama queen
If he had game, he would tell her straight up "If you wanna leave, go be with him. Believe me, I'll be fine."
yeah, morrison did have a fault in this.
John Morrison needed to learn that you gotta let a Ho be a Ho
OMG! you seriously need to release these remixes separately because they rock!
I've seen Bautista fight in MMA, he almost lost to a short chubby guy. I'd put my money on Booker T
Daniel Cormier is a short chubby guy and that guy can kick some ass. But yea booker would win
@@jbtreshawn DC is a Beast! I've seen all his fights
Go rewatch the fight. He was nervous at first obviously. He destroyed the chubby guy pretty easily after he got serious.
Short Chubby Guy? I really hope you're aware that that is not a good basis on whether a guy can win a fight or not.
@@killugonzolfreecss5355 I've been a fan of MMA since 2000, I really hope you are aware that Batista is a crappy fighter
Great video as always. I remember hearing about a backstage fight between Kurt Angle and Eddie Guerrero in 2004 I think
Good on Booker for bringing Batista down a peg, always thought he had a big ego
Nope Batista never had an ego.
@@bladey_0_10 false
@@bladey_0_10 No ego? What drugs are you on?
Yeah he even had heat with the undertaker. His attitude towards the smackdown locker room became so apparent that taker had to step in and talk some sense into Dave. Afterwards Dave started showing more respect to the guys on the blue brand. This was hot news. The sun newspaper covered this back in 06 or 07.
@Hugh Mungus The way he talks about Cena and Rock's acting and his mouth regarding the Guardians franchise lately. I agree with you. Don't know the guy, but he seems arrogant.
Hey man there's a lot of good wrestling channels on UA-cam.. but in my opinion your channel's number one man just the way you tell your stories your delivery and everything.. there would even be topics that I wouldn't even be interested in or a wrestlers that I wouldn't even like in the past that I would watch it just because you were telling the story man keep up the great work
Booker was always likely to win a fight, given his life before wrestling, Batista was a big guy but totally juiced up
Batista later was a pretty decent ufc fighter tho, but yea at that time it was obv that Booker will win
@@kushsmoke273 he had one fight in a minor MMA company so "decent UFC fighter" is pushing it a bit to be fair
Way juiced lol
A big guy who was the leader of SmackDown. What's the problem with being juiced up?
@@kushsmoke273 Batista was never a decent fighter. If he was, he'd be still be doing MMA. Thank God he didn't. He is much better off being a Hollywood actor.
This has become the best wrestling channel on YT
Batista don't want that smoke. He's too damn big that he can't swing. 😂 Slow ya roll Batista.
That's why he started learn mma and lost mass lol.
Your lack of awareness is adorable
He was bigger in wwe 😂 but lost the mass in mma
@@beenrue5672 you dumb??
@@beenrue5672 your boyfriend batista got beat up for trying to act like a tough guy.
*Never heard about this before but to me, it looks like Book is telling the truth and to be fair to Dave, he comes across humble in his version. Glad both guys could move forward*
Bookers version of the story sounds like a cringe movie made by a teenager. I doubt the statements he claimed were made during the incident were actually said
As usual another awesome video!
Bruh I love these two legends! Booker T is one of my all time fav! And that Remix in the beginning was 🔥
I absolutely love these videos! I’ve adored Booker T since his Harlem Heat days and I think he’s a great in-ring talent and compelling on the mic. I don’t know much about Bautista other than his acting career as I fell out of love with wrestling around the time he was coming up.
With this feud, I don’t understand why Booker T got involved with the Bautista-Melina deal. It wasn’t any of his business. If Morrison and Melina had a relationship where what she was doing with Bautista was out of bounds, then Morrison should’ve confronted her. I don’t see where these other wrestlers are coming from. Why get involved?
Oh well. A very fun watch. I love this behind-the-scenes stuff so much.
Edit: I guess the Bautista-Melina situation wasn’t ancillary to the fight. It sounded like it contributed at first but I think these guys were going to fight regardless.
MAN I love this channel!! 😘🤌
Big show said booker beat that ass!
Everyone did except finlay but he was a yes man
@@kennywarren8150 lol yup I heard it 🤣
Big ups to Sharmell for having her mans back like that.
Booker T got his Iron Sheik on and humbled that dude 💪💪💪
When I first heard about the fight I thought Booker must have gotten lucky because I knew Booker-T as the guy who did the Spinaroni and made funny faces. After following Reliving the War and seeing his manly Harlem Heat matches, I think Batista is lucky to be alive.
There where pictures of both of their faces days after the fight. Batista had marks on his nose, upper lip and chin. Booker had a welt on his eye. The pictures where taken at the See No Evil premiere which was days after the fight. I believe Booker
Majority of people said Booker T won and his story made most sense.
Shelton said Booker won and that Batista punched Booker when people were holding Booker back so that was probably the shot that made his eye swollen.
Booker has legit actual street cred and was basically a gangster at one time. Batista had like no formal training in any form of fighting not even street 😂 ain’t no way his roided up self could handle Book.
Batista did Muay Thai before joining OVW?
Being a gangster doesn’t mean you can fight, they normally use knifes, guns and intimidation against weaker people.
That said Booker did win according to most accounts
@@TheSteel101 Booker could fight though.
@@JerBuster77 yeah I think Booker beat Dave because at that time Dave was a lumbering meat head.
I was just saying being a gangsta doesn’t mean you can fight, in bookers case he could though
@@TheSteel101 Most gangstas can throw hands actually, there's more first fights than anything in tough neighborhoods.
I think this is a pretty good breakdown and alignment. I would never really want to pick a fight with either one of them, but something tells me Dave has been able to use his size alone to make people not want to fight while I wager Booker probably didn’t have that advantage and might have had to learn to be a bit scrappy.
Either way, the background and wrestlers court stuff was very interesting. I’ve hear of that before but wasn’t sure if it was real or not. Has to be kind of an odd situation.
Yea Booker T grew up in the streets also went to Prisonf for 5 years so he’s had to deal
With guys as big as Batista on a day to day basis on prison.
Fun video buddy 💯 ... I remember a few years ago on Something To Wrestle With Bruce Prichard he told the story of this incident keep making more awesome videos 💪
where did you get that Booker T intro music? I love it. Please share
He makes it!!!
Great video WB like always keep up the great work😎😎😎
It's pretty crazy when real life fights happen backstage.
I'm so glad you cover this story i always wanted to know the details
No one messes with King Booker!
Vince called him the N word on TV.
I've been a sub of yours since you had 10k, I've asked you for a king booker video, about how funny it was & how it ended prematurely. I know eventually you'll get to it & I'll keep enjoying your content & will one day have a nice surprise. Its my birthday in 3 weeks so maybe I'll get lucky ;-)
This is when Batista had infinite opportunities for the world tittle
Well he lost it to the most dominant superstar vacant💯
@@prod.gregupnext2958 i mean he lost to edge he gets another shot and the ones at judgement day and one night stand he lost clean
He lost to king Booker another chance but that was more because king got disqualified
Considering it is all fake scripted predetermined, "opportunities" matter less..
another wonderful and well researched video from the best wrestling you tube content creator!!!
Real lesson is don't try and handle other people's problems for them
The real lesson is don't bother with people.
“There’s not much room in here anyways.” 😂
ShoutOut to Booker T...a true wrestling Legend
Jesus christ that remix at the beginning is FIRE! Do you have a link to the full track?
I think a fair point to your thing about Batista getting a quicker rise, backstage politics was not as rampant as it was in the 90’s
The banter between Finlay and Booker as Booker is just tossing Batista aside is priceless. Sitcom material right there.
Met booker t when I was like 7 down here in Houston. My dad was the head mover of the company that moved bookers rings around for his lil organization he got down here and after the event my dad had to go pack up the ring so I went with got to play in the ring a bit then boom booker t pops up and I was like “sup sucka!” Gave him a good laugh then him and my dad smoked a blunt together because I remember seeing my dad roll at what I thought was just a “cigar” pretty crazy to look back and realize that 🤣🤣🤣
I’ve always loved Booker T all the way back to the Harlem Heat days on Nitro
So it’s Finlay’s word vs everyone else’s word.
Finlay's makes more sense. The rolling around part especially. Otherwise Booker's version seems to be that he only threw 2 punches, and that was it?
I actually trust finlay he's a no BS type of guy
Fit is a crony I dont believe him
@@petertr2000 I don't care it's still one person vs everyone else
@@Infern0121 No bs? Then why did he tell The Miz to interrupt the National Anthem at a Live Event causing him to get fired? Shut up
Another awesome upload from the greatest wrestling channel on the net 👍
Booker T's thoroughly detailed account of the fight sounds too refined when others will struggle remembering even vital moments due to the heightened emotions involvement. But skewing facts in memoirs is not uncommon practice.
I mean cuz Batista was the one who approached book, so of course he’d remember it better than anyone else
Quality video as usual. Keep up the good work matey
Hulk hogan said in his book
" thats not gonna work for me brother "
Then booker t said "Hulk Hogan, we're coming to get you n..."
I heard about this on another video on UA-cam forgot from where but never knew the whole story about this fight thanks man