We love inviting inspiring guests onto the show, and today is no exception! Joining us to talk about his extraordinary journey to success is none other than six-time World Wrestling Champion, Booker T! Apart from his world titles, Booker T is an 11-time WCW Tag Team Champion and winner of the 2006 King of the Ring Tournament. In this episode, he shares his history and his astounding journey of how he came to be the Booker T, despite all odds. We learn about the great work he’s doing for the youth in his wrestling school and the profound lessons he learned in prison. Tune in to hear how Booker T’s innate confidence in himself and his ability paired with diligence and discipline made him one of the greatest wrestlers of all time!  

Key Points From This Episode:

• Insight into Booker T’s inspiring documentary.
• Booker T answers rapid-fire questions about other professional wrestlers.
• Booker T’s wife, Sharmell’s induction into the hall of fame.
• Why Booker T claims golf to be the trickiest game he's ever played.
• How Booker T and Kenneth Kirchhofer met.
• The work Booker T is doing at his wrestling school, Reality of Wrestling (ROW).
• What Booker T learned from Paul Boesch.
• What motivates him to help the youth and how ROW’s wrestling course is structured.
• How Booker T initially got into wrestling.
• Why he didn’t pursue a career in bodybuilding.
• The character-building process in WWE.
• The mindset required to be a professional wrestler.
• What Booker T’s book, From Prison to Promise, is about.
• The lessons he learned in prison.
• How he landed his first acting job.
• Booker T’s ultimate goal in the wrestling ring and his peak accomplishment.
• His innate confidence in his ability.
• The message we can extract from Booker T’s story.

Tweetables:

“I love what I do and working with young people is a passion. It seems like my time is limited but I still feel like the work needs to be done.” — @BookerT5x [0:13:54]

“I just knew that working out in the gym was going to take me somewhere. I knew my body was going to take me somewhere.” — @BookerT5x [0:18:39]

“As crazy as it sounds, I learned so much in prison. That time in prison, I learned so much about myself and most of it was that I felt like I could do anything.” — @BookerT5x [0:34:23]

“Nobody ever asked me what I wanted to be in life, but I knew, once I found professional wrestling, I could do this and I could do this very well.” — @BookerT5x [0:41:34]

“In life, the only person you can really count on in certain situations is yourself.” — @BookerT5x [0:49:17]

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Booker T

Booker T on Twitter

Booker T on Instagram

Biography: Booker T

Reality of Wrestling

From Prison to Promise

Kenneth Kirchhofer on LinkedIn

Jimmy Rogers on LinkedIn

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