Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez are reporting that Booker T ain't too happy in TNA. The item in their news update today:
There was a blow up last night at the TNA tapings when Booker T refused to do a job for Matt Morgan. According to a TNA source who confirmed the story, Booker's contract is about to expire and negotiations for a new deal aren't going well. We had been hearing for weeks that Booker has been telling people he's going back to WWE when his deal expires. As noted earlier this week, during a show in Zurich, Switzerland, after Scott Steiner got some fans throwing things into the ring, Booker and Sharmell left the ring and wouldn't wrestle in the main event. The reaction internally was something of a good riddance, that Sheik Bashir stepped up, and that it was a better match for it. My impression was Booker & Scott Steiner were losing the tag team titles at Bound for Glory either way. Booker did work on the show, which was part of the three-hour special airing in a week, but the match with Morgan never happened. People are saying Booker right now feels very similar to Christian at the end of his TNA contract, although Reso was said to have handled it more professionally. He expected TNA to be his island of tranquility after a bad WWE experience at the end of his run. Those in WWE had talked about him coming back over the summer, but it may be quicker than that.A few things. One, regardless of my feelings about Matt Morgan, TNA or Booker T, Book is acting like an ass here. Do the job and get over it. As the victim of political games in the 'E, you should know how much it sucks for a guy not to get over because someone ahead of him won't give him the rub.
Two, I don't blame him for Switzerland, although who'da thunk that the Swiss would have gotten that up in arms over their flag being ripped? Aren't they neutral? (yeah, bad joke) Still, that's a time you fear for your safety. Then again, no one's ever accused Steiner of being the brightest bulb in the box.
Three, well, if he does go back to the WWE as both sides are letting on, what is there to do for him? Where does he fit? I admit, the prospect of him going back would freshen up the main event scene a bit. He'd be a good challenger for Randy Orton or CM Punk in singles or, how about this, a tag team threat to JeriShow with old partner Goldust, who is perhaps the comeback wrestler of the year? Booker's on the downslope, but before he started getting malcontent, he was pretty good in TNA. So who knows.
Still, the backstage diva bullshit needs to stop. You'd like to think Booker's better than that, but I guess like I said before, everyone's a monster at some point.
