2012 Man Booker Prize bookmakers had Self at slightly better odds than Mantel, with the others somewhat behind. On 16 October, shortly after 21:40, jury chair Peter Stothard announced that the winner of the 2012 Man Booker Prize was Hilary Mantel for her "Bring Up the Bodies". By winning, Mantel became the first woman to win the Booker Prize twice, as well as the first British author to do so (South African J. M. Coetzee and Australian Peter Carey have won the award twice each). Mantel joked that "[y]ou wait 20 years for a Booker Prize; two come along at once". She added: "I
Booker T (wrestler) backstage interview. On the December 9 episode of "SmackDown", Rhodes attacked Booker again while heading to the announcer's table leaving him with paramedics. Later that night, Booker T attacked Rhodes during his match with Daniel Bryan, leading to an Intercontinental Championship match at , which Rhodes won. On the December 26 episode of "Raw", Booker defeated Rhodes in a non-title match. On the January 6, 2012, episode of "SmackDown", Booker challenged Rhodes a second time for the Intercontinental Championship, but once again failed to win the title. Booker T along with fellow commentators Jerry Lawler and Michael Cole all participated