“Look at Guys Like Daniel Bryan, CM Punk” – Booker T Urges WWE Superstars to Explore Other Options After Release

After getting released from WWE, Aleister Black showed up in AEW as Malakai Black within 30 days. Fellow released superstars like Peyton Royce, Billie Kay, Mickie James are also moving on. WWE Hall of Famer Booker T has made some interesting observations on the situation.

From the beginning, Booker has encouraged released superstars to find newer opportunities. On the latest episode of the Hall of Fame podcast, the Hall of Famer reiterated those feelings.

“It is so much life after a WWE career. It’s not even funny but people just get caught up on the clickbait,” he said while talking about too much focus on the releases. “If I get fired from one job, I’m going to another one. It’s why I left WCW.”

Booker said if he did not end up in WWE back in the day, he would have gone anywhere in the world. “I would have been working and making money in this business if I would have never gone to WWE and that’s what people need to understand.”

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Booker T says there are a lot of opportunities in the pro wrestling industry

As he said earlier, there are a lot of opportunities in relatively non-mainstream promotions like ROH. Booker name-dropped various WWE icons to prove his point.

“It is plentiful out there in the world of professional wrestling right now. You can make a career on the Independent Scene alone if you are good enough. I’m not jiving, I say that because look at guys like Bryan Danielson (now known as Daniel Bryan), look at guys like Samoa Joe, look at guys like CM Punk.”

“Those guys were working on the indie scenes and they were paying their bills once upon a time,” Booker continued. “I can’t speak as an expert on the independent scene because I didn’t really work the Independent scene a whole lot. I did a few independent shows.”

However, Booker never needed to struggle as much as he got ‘discovered’ within six months. Yes, he is happy to see the released superstars getting into new opportunities.

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