{"id":11305,"date":"2016-02-19T22:10:26","date_gmt":"2016-02-20T04:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=11305"},"modified":"2016-02-20T07:10:13","modified_gmt":"2016-02-20T13:10:13","slug":"bellator-149-pro-wrestling-tie-ins-wwe-personality-backstage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/02\/19\/bellator-149-pro-wrestling-tie-ins-wwe-personality-backstage\/","title":{"rendered":"Bellator 149 Wrestling tie-ins &#8211; Booker T on-camera, Angle, Shamrock, King Mo, Tyson"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3718468320\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p><strong>Bellator 149 Fight Card Pro Wrestling News<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>February 19, 2016<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Houston, Texas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Full Coverage of the MMA card at our sister site, <a href=\"http:\/\/MMATorch.com\" target=\"_blank\">MMATorch.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; WWE personality Booker T was in attendance at the Bellator MMA fight card in his hometown.<\/p>\n<p>Booker met up with Kurt Angle prior to the fight card.\u00a0Booker was then\u00a0shown down at ringside with Sharmell during the TV broadcast.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chron.com\/sports\/article\/Bellator-149-proves-to-be-a-battle-of-the-aged-6844000.php\" target=\"_blank\">The Houston Chronicle&#8217;s write-up on the Bellator event<\/a> included a note about Booker&#8217;s reaction to the semi-main event of Kimbo Slice vs. Dada 5000.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Guess who popped in for Bellator149? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BookerT5x?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BookerT5x<\/a> &#8211; brings back some great memories! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WWE<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TNA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TNA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oEjwZhO1bD\">pic.twitter.com\/oEjwZhO1bD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kurt Angle (@RealKurtAngle) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealKurtAngle\/status\/700871715375558656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 20, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; WWE Hall of Famer Mike Tyson was in attendance and joined commentary during the second hour of the broadcast.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Former WWE IC champion Ken Shamrock, 52, lost to Royce Gracie, 49, in the main event of the fight card. 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