Booker T Goes Nuclear on Dave Meltzer After Being Named 2025 Worst Television Announcer

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Booker T was named Worst Television Announcer in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter's 2025 Year-End Awards, receiving 516 votes. On his Hall of Fame podcast, Booker T responded by calling the award "asinine" and accused Dave Meltzer of targeting him personally due to a previous encounter on a Jericho Cruise where Booker threatened to "rip his ears off his body." Booker also questioned Meltzer's credibility as an independent journalist and accused him of "sucking the life out of the business," while claiming the vote doesn't personally bother him.