WWE Hall Of Famer Training For One More Match

This six-time World Champion is gearing up for a return to the ring.

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While Mick Foley recently scrapped plans to lace up his boots for one final match, one other WWE Hall of Famer currently eyeing a return to the ring is Booker T.

Speaking on his Hall of Fame podcast (via WrestlingNews.co), the six-time World Champion detailed how he has tentative plans to wrestle one more match for his Reality of Wrestling promotion.

As Booker explained:

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"It's hard to walk away from it. It really is. It's so hard. I look at Matt and Jeff[ Hardy], Chris Jericho, 'Taker, the Rock sneaking into WrestleMania 40. That's what this business is. We never really retire. Even myself, I'm thinking about having another match at Reality of Wrestling. I've been training, I've been getting myself together in the gym on a regular basis. I'm on the 30-day ab workout. I'm like, 'Man, I can still do this'. How can you tell a man he can't do it no more? You can't do it."

Nowadays 59 years of age, the last time Booker T wrestled was a cameo appearance in the 2023 men's Royal Rumble. Prior to that, the two-time WWE Hall of Famer was in action in July 2022 for Reality of Wrestling in a ten-man tag bout.

In terms of singles action, Booker's last one-on-one match was against Rex Andrews at ROW The Last Stand back in January 2019. Since his last in-ring run with WWE came to an end in 2012, the Harlem Heat man has wrestled just six times across the subsequent 12 years - and by the sounds of it, Booker T will be stepping back between the ropes at least one more time.

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