Booker T Criticizes Dave Meltzer for ‘Killing The Business‘ – Booker T has voiced his strong disapproval of insiders leaking wrestling storyline plans to news sites. On a recent episode of his “Hall of Fame” podcast, he expressed frustration, specifically citing a situation where it was reported that Mustafa Ali was going to become the new North American Champion by defeating Dominik Mysterio at NXT No Mercy. However, Ali was subsequently released from the company last month, which reportedly upset NXT officials.

Booker T likened revealing these plans to spoiling the ending of a movie and called for individuals like Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez, who frequently report such information, to be banned from wrestling events.

“If any of this is true … I feel like WWE needs to ban guys like this from ever coming into one of their locker rooms or one of their shows ever again. Because this is like giving away the ending of a movie for me … I don’t know if you’ve got some insider information or not on how the show is going to go, but guys like this, these Meltzers, these Alvarezes, and this guy that wrote this … should never, ever be able to be a part of our business, ever.”

He believes that these insiders are detrimental to the business and are contributing to its problems. Booker T went on to add,

“And I’m so passionate about that because dammit, these are the guys that’s killing business, daily, writing stories like this … Whatever the hell happened with Mustafa Ali, it happened. But this story is what’s wrong with this business today, and guys like this should be banned from anywhere near one of our shows.”

His stance reflects the concern in the wrestling industry about leaks potentially impacting the surprise and excitement of storylines and events. However, the practice of reporting on behind-the-scenes wrestling news and storylines has been a longstanding part of wrestling journalism, and opinions on its impact vary widely within the wrestling community.

Booker T Criticizes Dave Meltzer for ‘Killing The Business’