Two-time WWE Hall of Famer Booker T recently took to his "Hall Of Fame" podcast, where he spoke about the number of big-time injuries AEW has been having as of late, including AEW World Champion CM Punk, Kenny Omega and Bryan Danielson as well as how there will be more casualties due to the company's in-ring styles.
Booker T said:
“Well I mean you got Punk down, you got Kenny Omega down, you got Danielson down, I think Scorpio Sky, I think they said he just pulled something.” “It’s not gonna get any easier over there, ok? The way the matches are set up and designed, it’s gonna be a lot of casualties, as far as guys getting hurt until they can pull that back a little bit.”
Booker T also talked about how once a talent starts to do a certain style, then they can’t stop doing that style because it is what the fans want to see and it is what the promoter books you for. The WWE Hall of Famer then talked about how the talents from AEW now has to figure out a way to work 365 days a year and how right now three of the company's top stars are sidelined.
Booker T said:
“Once you start doing something, you can’t stop doing it. You gotta keep doing it because it’s what the fans want to see. When the promoter book you, he book you for that one reason: jump off something. So from this point forward they’re gonna have to figure out how to go out and how to perform and work and get to a 365-day schedule because it don’t stop. It really don’t stop.”
“And right now they got three of their major players down.” “And if it was a football game, you give ’em the shot and put their asses back in.”
You can check out Booker T's full comments in the video below. H/T to Wrestling Inc. for transcribing the above quotes.
