Dana Brooke had a long tenure in the global juggernaut that began in 2013. Despite spending nearly ten years in the company, Brooke did not taste major success or was involved in any prolific programs in the women’s division.
The former WWE 24/7 champion’s time came to an end in WWE in 2023, when she was released by the company. Furthermore, Dana made some scratching comments about the company not realizing her potential and giving her meaningful opportunities.
However, WWE Hall of Famer Booker T had a completely different take on it. He believed that Brooke was given multiple chances to become a top fixture in the company, however, the fans were never really behind her. Booker spoke about the same on the recent edition of his Hall of Fame podcast.
>“I think [she] had a multitude of chances to actually get over. I think it was more so — I don’t know. I think the fans really never got behind Dana Brooke. I thought Dana Brooke had a lot of chances to actually get over with the fans. That’s what I always talk about, as far as people looking for the company to write something for them, looking for the company to give them the ball and let them do this and win the title and all that kind of stuff. I always thought, you make the company write for you by going out there and making the fans come out of their damn seats. That’s the way I think you get put in that position. I don’t think you just get put in that position because this person should have a turn, this person should have a turn, and this person should have a turn. It’s not like Pop Warner where everybody gets a trophy. It’s not like just because you’ve been around, you should be in a certain position. I think your work determines what position you achieve. That’s just me. I could be wrong, but that’s the way I’ve always looked at this business.” https://www.ringsidenews.com/2024/01/22/booker-t-responds-to-dana-brookes-claims-of-getting-no-chances-in-wwe/
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Evil fed. Wasted this woman's 10 prime child bearing years then fired her.
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>>13050673 You gotta love Booker you just gotta!!
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>>13050673 Some insider claimed she stayed on as long as she did because she was sucking off some member of the creative writing staff
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>>13050673 >her face changed again Fair-minded Anon !15tVOT4mb.
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He's right, you don't just deserve success and to be a star merely by existing.
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Is the photo really her? She's on what.... Face #5 now? How does she do it?
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>>13050673 Booker is right but smarks will bring up Zack Ryder getting buried 15 years ago as proof you can't grab the brass ring even though WWE is under completely new management now
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Considering she never got a singles feud she's right. WWE never tried with her.
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>>13050673 Booker was right there at ringside every week witnessing the NXT crowd (which treats every other main roster person like they're Stone Cold) booing her out of the place and wanting her gone.
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>>13051534 https://youtu.be/vR9BGSbcLsg This was the moment Dana got one-on-one time against a top star and a truly hated heel. Her promo was awkward, meme worthy and got no reaction. This was her chance at proving herself and she failed.
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>>13050673 THIS BITCH wants a chance ?!
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Booker is such an embarrassing coon
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>>13052216 I will always love watching this horrible horrible female in the ring. her bad skills entertain me.
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>>13050673 I love the fuck out of booker but motherfucker can't put a thought into words
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>>13050673 > I don’t think you just get put in that position because this person should have a turn, this person should have a turn, and this person should have a turn. It’s not like Pop Warner where everybody gets a trophy. It’s not like just because you’ve been around, you should be in a certain position. So why did Kofi get to be WWE champ then? Does anyone remember his reign other than he beat Daniel Bryan at Wrestlemania to be there because Vince listened to the fans? No, they just remember him getting beat in 8 seconds by Lesnar at the first FOX-hosted Smackdown.
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>>13050673 Booker T is right and also touches on something that is the problem with modern wrestlers. They all feel entitled. "I've been here 10 years and I wasn't given a shot." How the fuck are you there 10 years then? What have you done with your opportunities? Not everyone is geared to a certain role or what have you either. Some people are main event talent and some aren't. If you're not a mark for yourself you can have a long career and make money. Look at R Truth. He was serious in TNA but that wouldnt have worked in WWE. He wasnt a mark. He adjusted and did comedy shit. He's still being booked. He was booked in that 24/7 shit and he got paid doing ads and shit. Im sure Ron is not complaining. Would he love to be portrayed as Cena? Sure. But he isn't complaining about not getting chances. People like Dana think "I could be SCSA if booked that way." No you couldn't. You dont have the charisma or connection for that.
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>>13052920 >So why did Kofi get to be WWE champ then? Kofi got to be champ because they wanted to push a PAC for PR reasons, but Ali got hurt and the crowd responded to Kofi because of the woke bullshit at the time. Kofi was just at the right time at the right place with the right injury. We very well could have been talking about Ali getting beat in 4 seconds by Brock instead.
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>>13052920 That's actually a good example of what he's talking about. Kofimania was so popular that Vince felt like he had to give him the belt even though you can tell by the reign they gave him that he didn't want to
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>>13053025 But that wasn't what happened. They were legit going to push Ali the same way because Steph wanted more PAC to be champs. Around that time people (niggers) were pointing out how little PAC (other niggers) had been champs. Vince still wasnt going to push a nigger and instead tabbed Ali probably because of the Saudi deal. Ali got hurt so they put Kofi in and caught the woke crowd.
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>>13052987 It's the fans too. Everybody's misused according to them, everybody deserves more. But there's a finite number of spots at the top. You can't have everybody be a big world champion because then the titles don't mean shit. Is Cesaro a bigger deal now than he was in WWE just because he was ROH champion for a long time? We gotta stop being marks and appreciate the midcard more.
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>>13053083 Totally agree. When I was a kid I loved Mr. Perfect. Thought the whole gum thing was awesome and the Perfect plex was based. I never once complained or worried about him not being World Champ etc. It wasn't until I got older that I was like "Huh. He was never world champ." At the time I just wanted to see him in good feuds and shit which he was in. People want everyone to be "main event" or be built to main event and its just stupid. Not everyone can be made event or should be. You need jobbers. You need mid card guys. just like you need top stars. It's possible to transition a level, but its not possible for everyone to do that. Like you said with Cesaro, is he any bigger now for having a run with some other title? No. I think his best run was as a tag team.
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>>13053054 lol ali was never going to be champ, i dont care what he says.
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>>13053162 I think he was. I think the gimmick he is using now was what they were going to use too. Vince put a title on Jinder and had him squash Orton to get pajeets. I could see him putting it on Ali to curry favor with the Saudi's. I know Jinder was on the juice and that helped but realistically Vince didn't have a lot to choose from. It would be Ali or Mansoor for fucks sake and you see they gave Mansoor a try in those shows.