Triple H Almost Made THIS Top WCW Champion "Jump Ship"

Watching Triple H on WWE Raw made someone think twice about sticking with WCW.

by Jamie Kennedy
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Booker T has admitted that he badly wanted to be in WWE when he was the reigning WCW World Champion.

The company Hall Of Famer told fans tuning into his podcast that he'd regularly tune into episodes of WWF Raw Is War when he was backstage for WCW's Monday Nitro. WCW chiefs put a monitor on behind the curtain that showed Vince McMahon's product, and Book enjoyed keeping an eye on the competition.

Secretly, he also admired 'The Game' from afar and wished he could wrestle guys like that weekly.

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"I would see Triple H busted up and bloody; doing the Pedigree on the stairs or taking something on the stairs". Whilst watching that, Booker would think to himself: "Wow, man. God-dang it. I wish I was there!". He didn't share this with any of his peers in WCW, of course.

Booker added that watching Trips work made him "feel so alive". He could see that WCW was a fading brand, and he desperately wanted to "jump ship" to wrestle dudes like Hunter or other WWF stars. Book eventually joined the promotion in 2001 once WCW went to the wall.

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Lifelong wrestling, video game, music and sports obsessive who has been writing about his passions since childhood. Jamie started writing for WhatCulture in 2013, and has contributed thousands of articles and YouTube videos since then. He cut his teeth penning published pieces for top UK and European wrestling read Fighting Spirit Magazine (FSM), and also has extensive experience working within the wrestling biz as a manager and commentator for promotions like ICW on WWE Network and WCPW/Defiant since 2010. Further, Jamie also hosted the old Ministry Of Slam podcast, and has interviewed everyone from Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels to Bret Hart and Trish Stratus.