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Report: WWE’s Talks With Big TNA Star Fall Through

ProWrestling.net reports that WWE’s recent negotiations with Booker T collapsed over scheduling issues.

The word is that Booker T was looking for a “HBK-style deal” with miminal house show dates, and WWE did not deem that sort of scheduling to be adequate.

Though he did not confirm it was a reason for negotiations breaking down, Booker did imply that he was not after a full-time wrestling schedule in a recent media interview.

When it became clear Booker was planning to leave TNA at the end of 2009, speculation immediately suggested he was headed back to WWE; early media reports quickly downgraded the likelihood of such a move happening.

After a brief quiet period, speculation picked back up–recent rumors claimed Booker T would return as a surprise entrant in the Royal Rumble.

Unless WWE sources are working the media or a late deal is made, that surprise Royal Rumble return does not appear to be in the works.

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