Booker T will never forget his first WrestleMania.
WrestleMania X8 marked Booker T’s first match at the “Show of Shows.” He faced Edge on the card, and the feud was over a fictional Japanese shampoo commercial. As silly as the story was, WrestleMania X8 was a very important moment in Booker’s career. During a recent panel at WWE World, Booker reflected on what the moment meant and said debuting at WrestleMania is a moment that he’ll never forget.
“Man, it was surreal. Being in Canada, going against Edge [Adam Copeland]. I remember walking out the curtain and I remember before I walked out the curtain, I remember Undertaker, he was sitting in what we call the Gorilla Position. He said, ‘Make sure you take it all in.’ And I really, I really didn’t think about that before he said that. And then I walked out on stage and I stopped and I just looked around. There was like 70,000 people. And I was like, ‘Wow, …