By James Caldwell, Torch assistant editor

TNA tag team champion Booker T says he's missing one singles match against WWE star Shawn Michaels from his career resume, but he doesn't expect that the match will happen.

Booker said in an interview that he needs to "test himself" against Michaels, who he says he's never wrestled in a singles match.

"The only guy I haven't wrestled in the ring one on one is Shawn Michaels. He's the only talent I feel I need to test myself against," Booker told the Daily Citizen (Ga.) to promote this weekend's TNA house shows in Georgia. "That's the one match that hasn't happened yet — it may never happen — but that's the one guy."

Booker also talked about his role in TNA. He said he's not concerned about elevating his career because he feels everyone knows who he is. He said his concern is elevating the younger stars.

Booker's recent TV storylines have included a feud with A.J. Styles over the made-up Legends Title and a tag team feud with Scott Steiner against Beer Money. Booker says he wants to take them to the next level.

"For me at this stage of my game, I don't have to do anything for me," Booker said. "It's about me trying to bring these guys to another level. My fans follow me all over the world. They know me wherever I go. So it's not about me. It's trying to help these guys get to another position."

Caldwell's Analysis: Booker and Michaels were always on opposite sides of the Monday Night Wars, then had a brief program after the buy-out in 2001, but they didn't have a singles match-up. Booker stayed with WCW until the very end and said in the interview he probably would still be with WCW if the company were still around. He was certainly missing from the recent Rise & Fall of WCW DVD since he was one of the top acts in the company at the very end along with Jeff Jarrett.

It's been almost exactly two years since Booker left WWE after doing the King Bookaah gimmick. In TNA, he's reached a point where he's comfortable having okay-to-good matches where he can get away with going through the motions to conserve his body at his age. Booker could have one last run in him in WWE for a program against Michaels, who would certainly push for the best out of Booker. The chances of the match-up occurring are slim to none, but it's interesting to hear Booker talk about wanting that one final match-up to complete his career against a WWE guy, not a TNA guy.

Link: Read the interview Booker T interview in the Daily Citizen.

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