Fatu said that a year or two after no-showing Booker T’s event, he met up with him at his home promotion, PCW Ultra in Los Angeles. Fatu said that he saw Booker T and was scared to go into the building, but ended up running in to him and Sharmell when they were leaving. He described Booker T as being warm and pleasant to him, even after what had happened.

“I walked up to him and he’s like, ‘Hey, man. My door never closed,'” Fatu explained. “‘Yeah, you messed up… Man, my door is never closed. You’re more than welcome to come back. How’s your wife? How are you? You okay? You’re doing good, but I just want to let you know I still love you, uce. I know what you’re going through.'”

“The Samoan Werewolf” said that Sharmell also asked how he was, and they didn’t harp on him about anything. Fatu said they both said how much they’d like to have him back, and eventually, his cousin, Zilla Fatu, asked Booker if Fatu could also be part of a show.

“Went to the show, once again, when it’s off the love, off the rip, you don’t talk about money,” he said. “You don’t talk about who’s winning. You don’t talk about none of that, none of that matters. I was just happy that Book actually let me back in to be there to witness my cousin Isiah’s very first much, but not only that, to be a part of the show. We did our thing. Book gave Bruce [Prichard] a call and was like, ‘Hey man, I just had Jacob. Y’all might want to check him out again.'”

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