Booker T – Lessons from Prison, The Future of Reality of Wrestling, WWE Backstage, Running for Mayor, and more…

Chasing Glory with Lilian Garcia

Lilian Garcia

Health & Fitness, Sports, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2020

⏱️ 75 minutes

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This week on “Chasing Glory with Lilian Garcia,” Lilian sits down with 2-TIME Hall of Famer and former SIX TIME World Champion, Booker T. Booker does not shy away from his TROUBLED past and shares the advice he got while in jail and why going to prison was the BEST thing that happen to him. Booker talks about living on his own with his siblings after losing both parents at a very young age and his own experience with having a child as a teenager. Booker also talks about showcasing his personality through pro wrestling and how he developed his wrestling character as well as comparing the landscape of scripted promos vs unscripted promos. Booker talks about his INFAMOUS match with Buff Bagwell as well as his mentality about entering the WWE locker room as a WCW wrestler. He plays a HUGE part in developing the next generation of wrestlers by having his own school where he trains people but was in danger of shutting down his school and promotion. Find out how he was able to stay open as well as his future goals for his Reality of Wrestling promotion and WHY it’s important for him to become the MAYOR of Houston. In the middle of Black History Month, Booker talks about what it means to him and also shares his experience working with Renee Young and CM Punk on WWE Backstage. All this and so much more. It’s about to get real, raw, and inspiring with Booker T.

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0:00.0	Life is really, man, it's a test. It really is, it's a test.
0:04.4	And once you stop testing yourself in so many different ways,
0:08.7	that's when it's time to check out. And I'm nowhere near that point, yeah.
0:15.0	Stand by.
0:17.0	Three, two, one.
0:22.0	The following program comes from executive producer Lillian Garcia.
0:27.0	Every athlete is on this quest.
0:30.0	Every performer dives in head first, battling real life challenges and overcoming
0:36.2	obstacles in an effort to make their dreams reality.
0:40.3	Singer, speaker, and 15 year
0:42.7	WWE host Lillian Garcia was the first woman to ever announce
0:47.4	Wrestle mania and is now the PFL MMA Cage announcer.
0:51.4	And now she's giving you an all access pass to the human interest stories of elite
0:56.8	athletes, extraordinary entertainers and wellness experts. Now let's embark on
1:02.0	another fascinating journey of chasing glory with your host
1:06.2	Lillian Garcia.
1:08.2	Welcome everybody chasing glory here Lillian Garcia host, so excited to be here with you guys.
1:15.0	All right, guys, seriously, I am a little delirious.
1:19.0	I have been on the road, I have been doing a lot of Chasing Lorry tapings, I have been doing a lot of Chasing Lori tapings I've been
1:24.5	doing a lot of meetings I've been recording an album I'm working on speeches
1:30.1	and then performing on one is it has be like really become a chasing glory
1:36.8	episode for myself of just what I tell you guys not to do, like burn the candle at both ends, and I have to take my own advice and balance myself because like I said I'm a little delirious right now.
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