Booker T shared his thoughts on TNA Wrestling’s debut on AMC. The premiere episode has received mixed reviews, and Booker T noted that he shared the sentiments of many fans regarding the production and pacing of the show.
“I got the same sentiment as a lot of other people,” Booker T said. “As far as it could have been shot a little bit differently, as far as I don’t know if some of the shots were, you know, done earlier in the day, when, you know, this is a big night. It was a lot of commercials, three matches, you know. So it definitely, I don’t know, it seemed like, kind of like an infomercial, a little bit, you know, for, you know, the new spot on AMC, which I understand that as well.”
He also addressed the unfortunate visa issues that kept some talent off the card. “Couple of guys had visa issues, like Leon Slater, nothing you could do about that. Those issues can happen, and you think you can fix them, and you know you just can’t, and time runs out.”
Booker T pinpointed the direction of the show as a critical area for improvement. “But directing is something that I think a wrestling show needs, and that director has to be the guy that’s accountable for a lot of stuff that goes on on that show, literally, because that that part of the show, right there, only one person is going to be in charge of that job, you know, trying to put all that together, put all that together together, and then quarterback in that thing. Yeah, it’s not, it’s not an easy job. So I think I don’t know, excuse me, I don’t know who’s the quarterback for that show, but that might have been, you know, the missing piece.”
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