His concerns were appropriate. The WCW hadn’t had a Black world champion since Ron Simmons in 1992 (DAMN!). And with top guys like Hogan not ready to lose their position on the card, Booker T.

New Blood Rising was a professional wrestling pay-per-view produced by World Championship Wrestling that replaced WCW's August PPV event Road Wild. It took place on August 13, 2000 from the ...