http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/orl-fritzwrest2407oct24,0,3160753.column Booker T moves on from WWE but says he's not finished wrestling yet 以下是来自於摔迷之家的简略中文翻译 http://www.19977.com/thread-70778-1-1.html 在一个采访中，前WWE/WCW冠军Booker T发表了他对最近离开WWE的感想。 谈到他的禁赛:"我感觉在这件事情上面WWE根本没有试图保护我......甚至他们 无缘有的就把我禁赛。我认为这是不对的，所以我才决定离开WWE，因为我要保 护我的声誉和形象。" 谈到转到Raw: "我在SmackDown!待得很快乐...那是很舒服的日子大家都在试图 帮助和捧顶级的明星。我们几乎都1不在乎谁是冠军，大家都在努力帮助这个品牌 ，没有後台政治。而转到Raw，感觉就像一大块乌云盖在天空。我知道那个地方 不是我喜欢的。那里的後台政治很多，这使得你必须要去考虑和处理很多没必要 的垃圾工作。在那里我根本不会享受到快乐..." 谈到Triple H和Summerslam: "那是要完成工作，虽然那是後台政治。我个人很 喜欢和希望在Summerslam比赛的会是我和Jerry Lawley。当然我是一个职业的选 手，我要去完成我的工作，但是那比赛本来可以安排得更好的。我感觉虽然我人 在那里，但是我的心思根本不在那里，所以我根本没有观看自己在那场比赛的表 现。" 其他的内容还包括Booker T说他还没有宣布退役...很有可能他会去TNA试试新一 种风格。 ====================================================================== 以下是原文(未排版,请见谅) ====================================================================== Brian Fritz | Fightin' Words on Wrestling and Mixed Martial Arts October 24, 2007 Article tools E-mail Share Digg Del.icio.us Facebook Fark Google Newsvine Reddit Yahoo Print Single page view Reprints Reader feedback Text size: Over the past year, World Wrestling Entertainment had been ruled by King Booker. But the king has vacated his throne. After seven successful years with World Wrestling Entertainment, the wrestler best known as Booker T (Robert Booker Huffman) decided it was time to walk away from the promotion. On Oct. 16, the WWE announced that he and his wife, Sharmell, had been given their releases from their contracts effective as of Oct. 27. Booker T was serving a 60-day suspension when his name came up on a list of clients of Signature Pharmacy, which has been battling an investigation by New York prosecutors alleging the sale of performance-enhancing drugs over the Internet. Booker T has denied that he was ever a client of that company and feels that he was a scapegoat. "I feel that I wasn't protected by the (WWE)," says Booker T. "I feel like I got suspended without just cause. I feel like it wasn't right, and that's the reason why I chose to leave WWE because in order to protect my reputation, I have to believe in something." It's a reputation that he had earned as a veteran of the wrestling business, a career that has lasted more than 18 years. "I've never heard my name come up in any scandals or anything like that," he says. "You've never heard of Booker T having a late-night party or was drunk on the town naked. I've been a total role model as far as my professional wrestling career goes. I just want to keep it that way. I've got a lot of fans out there. A lot of kids look up to me." There were other factors that led to his departure from the WWE. Over the past few years, he lost two good friends with the deaths of Eddie Guerrero and Chris Benoit. Plus, the tough schedule was starting to take a toll on him both physically and mentally. "I knew that at this stage in my career it was time for me to take a step back from the WWE because I wasn't willing to keep putting myself out there and wake up 50 years old one day pushing a walker," says Booker T. After more than three years of performing for the WWE Smackdown brand, Booker T was moved to the Raw brand in June, a change he did not want. "My time on Smackdown, it was a great run," explains Booker T. "It was beautiful, just pushing for whoever was the champion over there. We really didn't care who was the champion. There were no politics, no hassles. Then going back over to Raw, it was like a dark cloud coming over. I just knew it wasn't the place where I wanted to be. There are a whole lot of politics. You have to deal with a lot of garbage. I just knew, for my mental state, it wasn't going to be a good place." It was at the Judgment Day pay-per-view on May 21, 2006 when Booker T won the King of the Ring tournament and transformed himself into King Booker, a character he had been until his release by WWE. Fans really had taken to the role, which saw Booker dressed in a robe and crown as he spoke with an English accent. It was over the top -- as most successful wrestling personas are. "It was my creation, my persona and everything that I did was all me," says Booker T. "I'm trying to reinvent myself , and being that character gave everyone the opportunity to see me in a different light. The fans loved it and fell into the character of King Booker." In July, King Booker declared that he was the only king in wrestling as he started a feud with legendary wrestler and Monday Night Raw announcer Jerry "The King" Lawler. Many thought the storyl ine between them would build to a match at the Aug. 26 Summerslam pay-per-view. Instead, the feud ended weeks earlier in a match on television which King Booker won. At Summerslam, Booker squared off with Triple H (Paul Levesque) who was returning after an eight-month absence resulting from an injury. "That's where the business part comes in, the politics come in," explains Booker T. "I really feel like it should have been me and Jerry Lawler at Summerslam. I'm a professional, and I go out there and do my job. It wasn't what it could have been. I can honestly say I have never watched that match on tape because I felt like my body was out there but my mind wasn't." Now, Booker T is focused on his own wrestling promotion in his hometown of Houston, called the Pro Wrestling Alliance. There, he trains newcomers how to wrestle and also holds shows in the area. "One reason why I opened my wrestling school was to teach guys the real way of going out there and doing this -- knowing the psychology of professional wrestling, knowing how to be that fan sitting in the audience as you're in the ring doing your thing,'' says Booker T. "That way you know exactly what that fan is looking for. They go out there and do their routine, and that's pretty much it." As for his career in the ring, Booker T says it's not over yet. "Oh no -- definitely not retired. When I retire, you're going to see the fireworks, everything." Brian Fritz is the host of the Between the Ropes show, which airs Wednesday nights from 10-midnight on 740 AM (WQTM). You can e-mail him at [email protected]. --

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