Booker T talks Duke Hudson.
Back in January, Duke Hudson was released by WWE. The news came out just a few days later on February 3, with Hudson confirming the news himself just a day later.
Much has been made of Hudson's release from the company, as some fans saw him as a future singles champion. On the latest edition of his Hall Of Fame podcast, Booker T discussed this release and recapped his history with Hudson.
“Duke Hudson started with me at Reality Of Wrestling. I got a chance to see him make his rise and then make his journey to WWE, to NXT, and the thing is that Duke Hudson’s been in that system now for six years. The thing is, six years in the NXT system, that’s going to be way too long for anyone. I say it all the time, if you don’t change with the times, the times will pass you by. If you don’t know how to actually reinvent yourself and do something and make them look at you differently than they’ve looked at you before, that’s not going to be on them, that’s going to be on you. It could be the smallest little things as perhaps getting your hair cut a certain way, it could be something as big as getting in the gym and really putting in a whole lot of time. I’m talking about when everyone’s sleeping, you’re working. Then, when you show up and you just take your shirt off, all of the sudden, somebody’s eyebrow goes up just a little bit. If you ain’t preparing, you are preparing to fail and that’s the bottom line to that."
Elsewhere in the podcast, Booker T issued comment on the AEW departures of Ricky Starks, Malakai Black, and Miro. Check out his full comments by clicking here.
Check out Duke Hudson's post-release vignette by clicking here.
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