Booker T Responds To WWE Star Being Released

Booker T has shared his thoughts on one of the recent releases from WWE and NXT that took place last weekend.

Among the names let go by the company was one of NXT’s most tenured talents, former North American and Tag Team Champion Wes Lee.

Speaking on his Hall of Fame podcast, Booker addressed Lee’s release specifically, saying:

“Wes Lee is a guy that’s highly, highly talented. Wes Lee is a guy that I would have thought would have been safe. But I think also, about what this thing is all about, NXT, being a developmental system.

“Wes Lee’s been there for, what, five years. When you’ve been in the developmental system five years and you’re not looked upon as being someone that’s gonna make it on the main roster, you could be one of the guys that’s gonna get cut.

“I really feel like this guy, his talent was extraordinary, one of the best North American Champions in NXT, if not the best. A guy who could go out there and fight, and then he could fly and do all of that stuff too.

“Of course there’s a place for Wes Lee. Of course he could go to TNA, of course AEW would pick a guy up just like that, just because he’s very, very highly talented.

“But as far as this developmental system, I would implore guys to think that they’ve got maybe two and a half years at that. So you better be motivated to figure out what this thing is about, and you might not wanna act like the elder statesman.”

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Wes Lee has confirmed he’s going back to his pre-WWE ring name Dezmond Xavier following his departure.