Booker T said "It was simply about respect, that’s all." about the fight he had with Batista on the set of the SummerSlam commercial Monday in Encino.
It took JBL, Mark Henry, Chris Benoit and Finlay to pull Batista apart from Booker T in a fight that lasted around five minutes. "I’m not going to say anything else about it. The fight had to do with respect," said Booker.


"I have no will toward Dave, but I feel like he doesn’t know the history of the business that’s all. Maybe he should study the history. There’s a lot of us who paved the way in this business for men like Batista," said Booker. "When I started, guys like Greg Gagne, Dusty Rhodes, Ric Flair, Arn Anderson and countless others were in WCW. I walked in the locker room and had to earn their respect. It took me 16 long years, but I earned it. Respect isn’t a right, it’s a privilege."


"We’ll never be friends. We’ll never exchange Christmas cards. But I will work with Dave in the ring like nothing ever happened. It’s not about us, it’s about the company and more importantly it’s about entertaining the fans. I’ll never do anything to hurt our product." said Booker T