The Final Cut

Booker T will release an autobiography entitled From Prison to Promise. The book will focus on his life before the squared circle.

The synopsis reads: “As a six-time world champion, TV commentator, and holder of over thirty-five major titles in WWE, WCW, and TNA, Booker T. Huffman knows what it means to fight. He learned long before he entered the ring, when daily survival was a fierce battle.

“Booker T: From Prison to Promise details Huffman’s struggles from his youngest years. Losing his father at only ten months and his mother at only thirteen years old, Booker was forced along with his seven siblings to navigate life alone. Wrestling with hunger, poverty, and criminal influences, he struggled to survive in urban Houston and soon spiraled out of control, gravitating toward gang life and ultimately landing in prison.

“Finally confronting himself while incarcerated, Booker made a promise to rise above crime and hopelessness to accomplish greater things and become an agent of change in his community. From anonymity to stardom, from rags to riches, Booker T takes us on his journey From Prison to Promise . . . Now can you dig that, SUCKA?”

Booker T co-wrote the book with Andrew William Wright. It will be released via Medallion Press on September 1, 2012.

- TMZ reports that boxing legend Mike Tyson will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame from Miami, Florida this year during WrestleMania 28 weekend.

Tyson told TMZ, “I am honored to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. I was the youngest heavyweight champion of all time, but the most fun I ever had in the ring was with WWE.”

Tyson hosted RAW last year but his most famous appearance with WWE came back in 1998 when he had a confrontation with Steve Austin on RAW before being the special enforcer for Austin vs. Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania.

Look for Tyson to be officially announced on tonight’s RAW Supershow. He will join Edge, The Four Horsemen and Mil Mascaras in the 2012 Hall of Fame.

– Natalya Neidhart commented again on an angle that took place on Friday’s SmackDown in which it was indicated that the third-generation wrestler had embarrassingly passed gas during a backstage confrontation with Aksana and SmackDown General Manager Theodore Long.

A concerned fan wrote to Natalya on Twitter, “That whole fart thing bothered me on Smackdown. I hope it was meant as a joke instead of an embarassing thing towards you.”

She responded, “I’ll repeat this! Life is a lot easier when you don’t take yourself too seriously! Enjoy it- and live in the now!”

– New Haven Register has published an article on Sheamus’ visit to ACES Mill Road School in North Haven, Connecticut on Thursday to promote WWE’s anti-bullying initiative ‘be a STAR.’ Sheamus told students that experienced bullying as a small, overweight red-headed kid.

“I didn’t tell anybody. I was afraid to be a tattle tale. I should have told somebody. It’s very important to talk to someone. There’s nothing wrong with you,” he said.

- WWE officials also had several scenarios planned out for Randy Orton to win in his hometown of St. Louis.

- Christian is reportedly ready to return to the ring but WWE officials decided to keep him off the Royal Rumble pay-per-view.

- One of the ideas WWE officials were discussing for the Royal Rumble would have seen John Cena enter, win the match and earn a title shot at WrestleMania 28. The storyline would have then saw Cena be forced to choose between a WWE Title match and the match against The Rock.

Source: F4Wonline.com

- Jim Ross and The Rock went back and forth on Twitter this morning and Ross mentioned stories for a potential book he’s been thinking about writing:

“I have plenty of untold @TheRock stories 4 my book. There’s also a 1 on 1 interview we did from atop Titan Towers that never aired.”

- WWE Champion CM Punk put over Kofi Kingston today and took credit for teaching him to hand walk after the amazing spot in the Royal Rumble last night. Punk wrote:

“For my money, @TrueKofi was the rumble MVP. Spectacular moment. Glad I taught him how to hand walk.”

- Yoshi Tatsu indicated that he will be in action at tomorrow night’s WWE SmackDown tapings. Yoshi formed a team with Santino Marella on last Friday’s show.