5. Triple H Made Borderline Racist Comments About Him Before Their WrestleMania 19 Match
WWE.comIt was one of Booker's biggest feuds ever as he became the number one contender to the World Title held by Triple H. The match took place at WrestleMania 19 although there were several matches that were bigger than it on the card. Still, it was for the biggest prize on the Raw brand at the time. The build up to the match was controversial as Triple H said that "people like Booker" weren't good enough to be a World Champion in WWE. Did he mean a black person or a guy that was in WCW? He didn't make that clear. Hunter also said that guys like Booker were only there to dance for people that were like Hunter. There were also references to Booker's criminal post. They had their match at WrestleMania where Booker came close to winning multiple times although in the end it was Hunter that retained the World Title. A lot of fans were mad that Booker didn't beat Triple H for the World Title. Some thought it was a racial thing. I don't know if it really was. My feeling is that they wanted Hunter to have a really long reign so that he could drop it to Goldberg later in 2003, which is what happened. Booker was over and could have been World Champion at that point, but I understand why WWE held off on it too.