Booker T has given his thoughts on Omos’ WWE absence, which has now been more than a year.
Oms was last in action on WWE TV as part of the Andre The Giant Battle Royal on the SmackDown before WrestleMania 40. Although the former Tag Team Champion had a run in Pro Wrestling NOAH at the start of the year, there has been no indication that The Nigerian Giant will be making his way back to TV anytime soon, despite the overwhelming fan support and that his time in Japan came to an abrupt end.
While some fans just want to see Omos back on TV regardless of the opponent or storyline, the NXT announcer and owner of Reality of Wrestling has explained why it is not that straightforward from a creative standpoint.
“It’s Hard To Book Guys Like Omos”: Booker T
While discussing Omos’ absence on his Hall of Fame podcast, Booker T stated that someone as big as Omos is hard to book, but added that it is not impossible:
“That’s Omos’ problem. He’s one of those guys, he’s so big, it’s hard to — I’ve heard people say, ‘Man, you should be able to book Omos with anybody.’ But I’ll tell you what, that’s not true. That’s not true at all because we have guys come through Reality of Wrestling and if they’re too big, it’s hard for me to write something for ‘em. It’s hard for me to book ‘em in a storyline with anybody because they’re way too big to actually, you know, be looked at like, man, it’s gonna be an even match here. Anybody Omos get in the ring with, he should squash him like a grape. He’s that theory of, you know, can a hundred men beat a gorilla? No, I’m serious. He’s that freakin’ big. Who’s gonna beat him!? So seriously, it’s hard, it’s so hard to book for guys like Omos but I’ll tell you what, to find a spot for him, to be able to get him in the game, I think that’s definitely possible. That’s definitely possible.”
In a recent interview, Omos spoke about his WWE hiatus, among other topics.
Booker T also spoke about R-Truth letting the fans know that his time in WWE had come to an end:
“I did not see the thing with R-Truth coming, especially, you know, just coming off the match with John Cena. But this business, it’s fluid. Very, very fluid. Anything could happen at any time… Am I worried about R-Truth? No, I’m not (he smiled). R-Truth is a guy that still got a lot left in the tank… A lot of endeavors… It’s so much work out there for a guy like R-Truth so, paying his bills is the last thing I’m thinking about so, I know it’s a lot of people out there right now that are shocked, outpouring support as far as coming out for R-Truth. Just because R-Truth has been that soldier. He’s been in the zone. ‘99, you know what I mean? Since 1999, this guy has been a part of WWE outside of the TNA stint that he had, and so I give R-Truth major, major props for being able to parlay his success this far and this long in this business. A career like R-Truth’s, I don’t know if we’ll ever see another career like that as far the longevity he had in the business, being able to sustain in a dog-eat-dog world that it is. Being able to be that character and knowing exactly what the landscape of this business is all about. That’s why I always gave R-Truth so much props because so many guys do not understand the business. That dude, he stuck around. He stuck around for a reason. Big-ups to R-Truth.”
“It is what it is, it is what it is, it is what it is and like I say, everybody’s time comes. Trust me. Trust me. I’m waiting (he laughed). My time is gonna come. It’s either I’m gonna walk away or they’re gonna tell you it’s time to walk away sooner or later. Am I right or wrong?… So I’m just a realist, man. Just a realist.”
H/t to Fightful.
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