Booker T Weighs In On John Cena’s Match With Brock Lesnar At Wrestlepalooza

On the latest episode of the Hall of Fame podcast, Booker T talked about Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena at WWE WrestlePalooza, Cena’s heel turn and more. You can check out some highlights below:

On Lesnar vs. Cena: “I watched that match. It has some really, really good dramatic moments. If you watched it from that perspective, it has some really good dramatic moments. And I say — you know, for the naysayers and doubters, I say go back and watch the footage when they pan the crowd and watch those kids, and see them crying and real tears coming out of their eyes. This is what I always said as a babyface: if I could get a real tear to come out of somebody’s eye, I’ve done my job for that night.

“And that’s what I say to the naysayers, the doubters, the unbelievers. Just go back and just pan the crowd. Don’t even watch the match. Just pan the crowd and see what you see. You’re gonna see a lot of emotion. You’ll see a lot of drama, a lot of theatrics. And this match had a lot of that. Was it a five-star match? Anybody turn any flips? No. As far as giving me drama, I thought it was a good match.”

On John Cena’s heel turn not being the right decision: “I disagree with you on that. Me personally, I don’t know if I would have done the heel thing. Not because it didn’t work out, because it didn’t work out. Let’s just be honest. That didn’t work. Nobody wants to see John Cena as a heel. That’s just not something that I don’t think you want to see.

“But as far as John Cena’s finish, the way this thing is going to turn out at the end, I think people are going to be thoroughly pleased. There again, I could be wrong. I could be wrong. But I think so, just because he’s that guy that’s willing to go out there and put the work in. For John Cena to take five F5’s on his way out, it tells me a whole lot about to do just that alone. Just that alone, being put in that position, it tells me that he’s still giving to the business on his way out.”