Booker T On MVP Joining AEW: I’m Happy For Him, He Could Be A Legitimizer For Some Young Talent

Booker T gives MVP props.

Booker T gives MVP props.

MVP returned to WWE in 2020 and had a prominent run alongside Bobby Lashley, as they formed The Hurt Business. MVP later joined forces with Omos after he turned on MvP. He left WWE in the summer of 2024, and he made his AEW debut at AEW Dynamite: Grand Slam.

Speaking on his Hall of Fame podcast, WWE Hall of Famer Booker T commented on MVP joining AEW.

“I’m happy for him, I’m happy for him big-time. I said something about MVP that we were talking about, that got picked up on one of the sites, and they actually did me good as far as what I said, as far as putting some shine on MVP, giving him the rub as well. I compared MVP to a Paul Heyman, and I don’t think that’s a knock on Paul Heyman or anything like that. I don’t think it’s trying to big-league MVP in that position. I don’t think so at all. But I do see if anybody was gonna be passed the torch from Paul Heyman, it would be someone like MVP. If we were to look at anyone in this business these days as a legitimate manager that could be a legitimizer for some young talent, it could be MVP. MVP has done a hell of job at what he’s had to work with, he really has. Being able to parlay his in-ring career into what’s next, which could be a managerial position, it’s not something that every wrestler is thinking about, or every wrestler is capable of doing. That’s why I give MVP major props. I give MVP props, and he’s had a soft landing, and hopefully the Hurt Syndicate, that’s mafia-like stuff, so yeah, man. I like it,” Booker T said.

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