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WWE's Booker T has tag-team partner in Falcons' Takk McKinley

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Atlanta Falcons first-round draft pick Takkarist McKinley talked a lot about how he bonded with his late grandmother while watching pro wrestler Booker T on television. Now, McKinley and the 52-year-old WWE wrestler are tag-team partners.

In an interview with WWE.com, Booker T talked about inspiring McKinley and developing a relationship with the rookie pass-rusher from UCLA via Twitter.



"I was that kid once upon a time, looking for inspiration on how to navigate my way through life. Muhammad Ali was my inspiration,” the wrestler told WWE.com. ”From the beginning, I knew I had the chance to be in that position, because there were a lot of kids of color in those neighborhoods watching that could draw strength and inspiration. I knew it, but to see it play out with a young man living his dream that watched me with his grandmother, staying out of trouble, perhaps due to me telling my story and not wanting to follow in those footsteps, is awesome.”

McKinley's grandmother, Myrtle Collins, died in 2011 after heart complications. He held a framed picture of her on draft night and carried it with him all the way to Atlanta for his introductory news conference, during which he made mention of their days glued to the television watching Booker T.

“Mondays and Fridays, we'd watch WWE wrestling,” McKinley said of his grandmother. “That was her favorite thing to do. That is probably the reason why I [didn't get] in trouble a lot because instead of being outside in the streets, I'm in the house and we're in our room watching Booker T. That was her favorite wrestler.

“He hit me up on Twitter and was just telling me, 'Continue to make your grandmother proud. I'm proud of you, and let's keep up the good work.' And him doing that, he didn't have to do that. That just shows there's a lot of people out there that's supporting me and want me to do great.”

Booker T said he planned to reach out to McKinley to arrange a face-to-face meeting when WWE Raw hits Atlanta in late May, but McKinley might still be in classes at UCLA.
 

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Former WWE Diva Says TNA Forgot To Renew Her Contract, Rick Steiner Shot Sean Waltman?, ROH Signing - WrestlingInc.com

Sean 'X-Pac' Waltman was recently a guest on The Tomorrow Show with Keven Undergaro, as seen in the video above. During the appearance, Waltman said that he used to volunteer at a homeless shelter and once had a gun pulled on him.



"When I was 18 I would volunteer at the homeless shelter and feed the homeless because I had to eat there, too," Waltman said. "I didn't have any money when I started wrestling. I would go and volunteer and then I'd have some myself. got a gun pulled on me outside there in Minneapolis, south Minneapolis. True story. I kicked him in the f--king chest, he hit the wall. It broke the f--king stucco wall on the outside, [he] started crying. [The] cops came. It scared the f--k out of me, I'm not going to lie."
Waltman also revealed that Rick Steiner once pulled a gun on him and shot him in the chest with a blank.

"Rick Steiner pulled a f--king like .45 or a .357 out and shot me in the chest with a blank," Waltman said. "Thought I got shot, too, when the wad hit me."

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