Although many industry professionals were sure that the Booker T-Batista brawl at a WWE photo shoot was all but planned. It is now apparent that the fight between the two was in fact legit. It all, according to sources, started after a small argument, but ended in the two former World Champions coming to blows. Certainly Booker and Batista will be punished how ever management sees fit. More than likely, they’ll be fined. Nonetheless, expect WWE to spin the situation and capitalize on the heat.
In the locker room, Booker T is looked at as a good guy. Batista is known to be a Triple H “suck up” and some what aloof after his big title push. There was said to be problems even before he made a name for himself in WWE. Stemming before the Evolution days, Batista was known to be a bit cocky. While training in Ohio Valley Wrestling, he was often vocal about certain training techniques. Arguing that due to his age and level of development, most techniques didn’t apply to him.
Booker T is known as a stand up guy backstage. He is a down to earth guy and of course is respected with so much seniority in the business over most of the wrestlers backstage. He is often spotted with small groups of friends after events or just hanging out with the boys back in his hotel room.
Booker and Batista wrote about the incident on WWE.com. They used both real and unreal aspects of the story, as mandated, so that writers can later spin this into an actual angle on WWE TV. Booker’s real life wife and current WWE valet, Sharmell, was said top have gotten involved in the incident as well, verbally, at the end of the scuffle.
Other close sources in WWE say that Batista hadn’t been seen in a while since he’s recovering from an injury and he isn’t quite the draw many let on he is. So for Batista this may have been a “respect” issue, while for Booker it was more of a “respect where respect is due” issue.
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[ Source: Pro Wrestling Torch Newsletter ]
