Booker T (wrestler)

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Booker T
Booker T in 2018
Birth nameBooker T. Huffman Jr.
Born (1965-03-01) March 1, 1965 (age 59)
Plain Dealing, Bossier, Louisiana, U.S.[1]
Spouse(s)
Levestia Huffman
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(m. 1996; div. 2001)​
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(m. 2005)​
Children3
RelativesStevie Ray (brother)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Black Snow[2]
Booker
Booker T[3]
GI Bro[4]
King Booker[5]
Kole[6]
Billed height6 ft 3 in (191 cm)[7]
Billed weight256 lb (116 kg)[7]
Billed from110th Street in Harlem, New York
Houston, Texas[7]
Trained byIvan Putski[8]
Scott Casey[8]
Debut1986
RetiredJanuary 28, 2023[9]

Booker T. Huffman Jr.

independent promotion Reality of Wrestling (ROW) in Texas City, Texas. Booker has been frequently named by peers and industry commentators as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time; he was voted WWE's greatest World Heavyweight Champion
in a 2013 viewer poll.

Booker is known for his time in

WCW United States Heavyweight Champion
under the WCW banner.

Booker is an overall six-time

TNA
throughout his career.

Booker was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame on April 6, 2013, by his brother, Lash. Both he and Lash were inducted together into the 2019 class on April 6, 2019, as Harlem Heat, making Booker a two-time Hall of Famer.

Early life

Huffman was born the youngest of eight children, in

Houston, Texas.[1] By the time Booker was 13, both of his parents had died and he lived with his 16-year-old sister. He would move in with his older brother Lash at age 17.[10] In high school, Huffman was a drum major.[8]

Professional wrestling career

Early career (1986–1992)

As a single father working at a storage company in Houston, Texas, Huffman was looking to make a better life for himself and his son.[8] His brother Lash (Stevie Ray) suggested that he and Booker check out a new wrestling school being opened, run by Ivan Putski, in conjunction with his Western Wrestling Alliance organization.[8] His boss from the storage company sponsored the money to pay for the wrestling lessons.[8] Booker trained under Scott Casey, who helped to turn Booker's background as a gangster and dancer into "professional wrestling", teaching the newcomer in-ring psychology and ring generalship.[8]

Eight weeks later, Booker debuted as "G.I. Bro" on Putski's Western Wrestling Alliance Live! program.[8] The character was a tie-in to the raging Gulf War and the WWF's Sgt. Slaughter angle.[8] Even though the WWA met its demise some time later, Booker continued to wrestle on the Texas independent circuit, often with his brother Lash, who performed as Stevie Ray.[11]

Global Wrestling Federation (1992–1993)

See also:
Ebony Experience

They were spotted by

Ebony Experience,[8] and they won the GWF Tag Team Championship on July 31, 1992. During their time with GWF, they held the tag title a total of three times.[11] Subsequently, Booker T and Stevie Ray left the GWF to work for World Championship Wrestling
.

During that time they also worked for Network Of Wrestling in Japan.

World Championship Wrestling (1993–2001)

Harlem Heat (1993–1997)

Main article: Harlem Heat

Booker and his brother

over
as heels because of the caliber of faces they wrestled.

In 1994, they acquired the services of

Marcus Alexander Bagwell) in December.[11] After dropping the title to the Nasty Boys
, Harlem Heat regained the belts on June 24, 1995.

Afterward, Harlem Heat got into a feud with Col. Parker's "

Fall Brawl 1995, defeating Dick Slater and Bunkhouse Buck.[13] Their third title reign only lasted one day,[citation needed] but the duo regained the tag team title nine days later from the American Males (Buff Bagwell and Scotty Riggs). On the June 24, 1996, Nitro, Harlem Heat defeated Lex Luger and Sting to capture their fifth WCW World Tag Team Championship.[citation needed
]

Three days after losing the tag team titles to the Steiner Brothers, Harlem Heat regained the titles back from the Steiners on July 27. On September 23, Booker T and Stevie Ray were defeated by Public Enemy (Rocco Rock and Johnny Grunge) but took the titles back for the seventh time on October 1.[citation needed]

They lost the Tag Team Championship to

Meng and the Barbarian
). Stevie then took five months off from WCW to recover from an ankle injury and Jacqueline left for the WWF.

World Television Champion (1997–1999)

Booker made the transition into singles action and won the WCW World Television Championship from Disco Inferno on the December 29, 1997, episode of Nitro.[11] Booker feuded over the title with Perry Saturn and Rick Martel culminating in a gauntlet match at SuperBrawl VIII. Martel, the man that was originally supposed to win the match, went down early due to a knee injury, meaning the finish and the remainder of the match had to be called in the ring.[15]

During spring 1998, Booker began feuding with

Fit Finlay.[11] As a result, Booker and Benoit engaged in a "best-of-seven series" with the winner meeting Finlay for the title.[11][16] After seven matches and interference from Bret Hart and Stevie Ray, Booker T won the series, and on June 14, regained the Television Championship.[11][17]

Booker scored a

Slamboree.[18]

Harlem Heat reunion; Misfits In Action (1999–2000)

See also:
Misfits In Action

By mid-1999, Booker had convinced his brother, Stevie Ray, to leave the nWo and reunite Harlem Heat.

Midnight
had joined Harlem Heat. Stevie neglected her help and started disputing with Booker over her.

Stevie Ray eventually challenged Midnight in a match that decided whether or not she would stay with Harlem Heat. After being defeated with a surprise

Uncensored 2000.[21]

When

the Great American Bash in a Boot Camp match.[21] He returned to the Booker T name on the June 19 Nitro, promoting Rection to the status of General and demanding the Misfits start standing up to the New Blood.[11]

WCW World Heavyweight Champion (2000–2001)

Huffman was elevated to main event status in 2000. After WCW

speared out of the cage by Goldberg and won the title), Russo vacated the title and Booker won it for the third time in a San Francisco 49er Box Match against Jeff Jarrett on the October 2 episode of Nitro.[citation needed
]

Booker's next feud was with

Steiner Recliner at Mayhem.[21] Steiner was WCW's longest reigning champion in years, while Booker was briefly out with an injury.[11] Booker returned to the roster and defeated Rick Steiner for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship at Greed. This made Booker the ninth WCW Triple Crown winner.[22] On the final episode of Nitro, he defeated Scott Steiner to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship for the fourth time.[23]

According to sports journalist

World Wrestling Federation (WWF).[23]

World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (2001–2007)

The Alliance (2001–2002)

Main articles: The Invasion and The Alliance

After WCW was bought by the WWF in March 2001, Booker T made his debut at the

Book End/Rock Bottom.[11][25] Booker T won the WCW Tag Team Championship for an eleventh time, this time with Test,[11] and he also had a WWF Tag Team Championship reign with Test.[28] At the Survivor Series, Booker T was eliminated third by The Rock after a roll-up and eventually The Alliance was defeated, causing them to disband.[25]

In its aftermath, Booker remained a

The Boss Man in December to feud with Steve Austin. After Booker T cost Austin a match against Chris Jericho for the Undisputed WWF Championship at Vengeance,[25] Austin gained revenge in a brawl in a supermarket, in which Austin won, assaulting Booker T with food. The brawl cost the company $10,000 to $15,000 in damage.[29]
Then the week after Booker T vandalized Austin's truck causing Austin to chase Booker T around a bingo hall and a church.

Booker T's first WrestleMania appearance was at WrestleMania X8 against Edge, a match he lost.[11] They feuded over who would appear in a fictional Japanese shampoo commercial.[25] When the brand extension was introduced in March, Booker T was drafted to the Raw brand.[citation needed] At Insurrextion, Booker briefly held the WWF Hardcore Championship twice, defeating Stevie Richards only to lose it to Crash Holly seconds later. He then re-defeated Crash and lost the title to Stevie Richards a few minutes later.

Feud with Evolution (2002–2003)

Christian and Lance Storm) at SummerSlam, but The Un-Americans retained after interference from Test.[30] At No Mercy, Booker and Goldust battled Chris Jericho and Christian for the World Tag Team Championship, but they lost the match with Jericho using the title belt on Goldust.[30]

He spent the rest of 2002 teaming with Goldust. They won the World Tag Team Championship at

the Dudley Boyz.[31] They held the belts for about three weeks, when they lost them to Regal and Storm.[31] Booker and Goldust lost the rematch and decided to go their separate ways.[11] The gimmick for Booker and Goldust was Goldust being a strange, yet dependable ally who Booker eventually warmed up to after initial skepticism. By 2003, however, Booker T's popularity had soared and he amicably separated from Goldust, at Goldust's request, in order to pursue the World Heavyweight Championship. In February 2003, he eliminated The Rock to win a battle royal to become the number one contender to the World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania XIX.[citation needed
]

Booker targeted

promo on Booker T. Triple H downplayed Booker T's WCW success, pointing out that the WCW World Heavyweight Championship had been held by non-wrestlers like booker Vince Russo and actor David Arquette, calling WCW and its title "a joke", despite the fact that, as World Heavyweight Champion, Triple H was holding the WCW World Heavyweight Championship's physical belt, the Big Gold Belt, and that Triple H's Evolution stablemate, Ric Flair, had been a multiple-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion. He said that "people like" Booker T would never win world championships in WWE. This promo is often interpreted as racist due to Triple H referencing Booker T's "nappy" hair and implying that Booker T was just in WWE to dance and entertain for "people like" Triple H. During the WrestleMania XIX press conference Michael Cole asked Triple H as to whether he had deliberately cut a racist promo, Triple H claimed this was not the case and that he was just referring to Booker's criminal past.[citation needed] A week later, Booker attacked Triple H in the bathroom and laid him out after Triple H had thrown a dollar bill at him, ordering Booker to get him a towel.[citation needed] However, Booker T lost to Triple H at WrestleMania.[31] For several weeks, he teamed with Shawn Michaels and Kevin Nash in a feud against Triple H, Ric Flair, and Chris Jericho.[11] At Backlash, Booker's team lost when Triple H pinned Nash after a sledgehammer shot.[31]

Various feuds (2003–2005)

Afterward, Booker set his sights on the newly reactivated

Christian.[11] After a few matches, Booker defeated Christian to become the new Intercontinental Champion on the July 7 episode of Raw.[32] About a month later, because of a nagging back injury, Booker lost the Intercontinental title back to Christian at a non-televised house show on August 10.[33] Booker, meanwhile, was out of action until October.[11]

Booker returned on the October 20 episode of Raw and subsequently joined Team Austin at Survivor Series for a match to determine whether Eric Bischoff or Stone Cold Steve Austin (both co-general managers) would be the sole General Manager of Raw.[citation needed] Team Bischoff won the match.[34] Booker then feuded with Mark Henry, who eliminated him in the Survivor Series match. Booker defeated Henry at Armageddon.[34]

On the February 16, 2004, episode of Raw, Booker T and

Batista for the World Tag Team Championship.[11] Booker and Van Dam held the titles for a month, even defending the belts at WrestleMania XX in a Fatal 4-Way tag team match.[35]
Eight days later on the March 22 episode of Raw, they lost the World Tag Team Championship back to Ric Flair and Batista. He and Rob Van Dam, never got their rematch due to Rob Van Dam being drafted to SmackDown! that very same night.

On March 23, 2004, he was "traded" (along with the Dudley Boyz) to the SmackDown! brand in exchange for Triple H, but as part of a new storyline, he appeared unhappy with the move calling SmackDown! "the minor leagues" and even disrespected Eddie Guerrero, the brand's WWE Champion, turning heel in the process.[11] Later on, Booker T bragged about how he was the biggest star on SmackDown! and feuded with The Undertaker.[11] Booker tried to utilize voodoo magic to try to overcome his "supernatural" foe;[citation needed] however, it did nothing to prevent him from losing to the Undertaker at Judgment Day.[35]

In mid-2004, Booker T set his sights on the

Sydney, Australia, to take a 2–1 lead. The next match in the series wouldn't come until the September 16 SmackDown! from Spokane, Washington, where Cena won and tied the series at two apiece. The series culminated at No Mercy, where Cena won the series 3–2, and thusly, the United States Championship.[citation needed
]

On October 21, SmackDown!

WWE Tag Team Championship, and feuded with Heidenreich.[11]

Booker won a 30-man

Scissors Kick.[citation needed
]

Tribute to the Troops

On the June 30 episode of SmackDown!,

Christian, The Undertaker, Chris Benoit, Muhammad Hassan, and Booker T in a six-man elimination match for the SmackDown! Championship. During the match, Booker got specifically involved with Christian.[citation needed] Booker later defeated Christian at The Great American Bash.[citation needed
]

United States Champion (2005–2006)

Booker T began teaming with Chris Benoit, eying his United States Championship again.[citation needed] Benoit was allowed to pick his next challenger to see who would face him at No Mercy, so Booker, Christian, and Orlando Jordan tried to impress Benoit by winning matches. He instead decided not choose one opponent, so he made it a fatal four-way for No Mercy, where Benoit successfully defended his title.[citation needed] On the October 21 episode of SmackDown!, Booker T defeated Benoit for the United States Championship, due to unseen help from Sharmell.[11] Theodore Long later showed footage of Sharmell interfering in Booker's matches. Booker went to apologize to Benoit and give him a rematch, but then attacked Benoit, busting him open with the United States title belt and turning heel once again.[11] Booker then boasted that he had been fully aware of what Sharmell had been doing and had been playing dumb to fool everyone.[citation needed]

On the November 25 episode of SmackDown!, Booker T defended the United States Championship against Benoit. The match ended when Benoit suplexed Booker and two referees made a three count on either competitor, claiming that their wrestler had won. Booker was stripped of the belt by Theodore Long, because of the confusion of who won since they pinned each other at the same time. Long decided to put Benoit and Booker against each other in a best of seven series, just as the two had in their WCW days.[citation needed] Booker took an early 3–0 lead.[11] In a must win match during Armageddon, Benoit was able to defeat Booker T to bring the series to 3–1.[citation needed] At a house show, Booker was injured,[11] and he did not wrestle again until after the "Best of Seven" series with Benoit was completed. Booker was scheduled to face Benoit in Match 5 of the Best of Seven Series at the December 30 taping of SmackDown!. At the beginning of the show, general manager Theodore Long said that Booker would have to forfeit. Both Booker and Benoit protested, with Benoit not wanting a cheap victory. Booker managed to persuade Long to allow him to choose a stand-in for the matches. Booker chose Randy Orton as his replacement.[citation needed] Benoit was able to tie the series 3–3 after beating Orton in two consecutive matches on the December 30 and January 6, 2006, episodes of SmackDown!.[citation needed] Orton, however, was able to defeat Benoit in the final match on the January 13 episode of SmackDown! to win the series and the title for Booker T, who held the title until No Way Out where Benoit won it back.[37]

On the February 24 episode of SmackDown!, Booker and Sharmell provided guest commentary for a match involving

Saturday Night's Main Event XXXII, but the match was canceled due to Booker faking a knee injury to escape competition.[citation needed] The feud eventually culminated at WrestleMania 22, with Booker and Sharmell losing to Boogeyman.[38] The couple received a restraining order against The Boogeyman on the April 7 episode of SmackDown!, ending the feud.[citation needed
]

King Booker; World Heavyweight Champion (2006–2007)

Main article: King Booker's Court

Booker next entered the

Sir Finlay, and began including the mannerisms and attire of a stereotypical English-style king as part of the character, all the way down to wearing a crown and cape and speaking in a fake English accent.[40] However, whenever King Booker would get angry he would launch into a tirade in the style of Booker T (an example of this was an episode of SmackDown! where Theodore Long would inform him he would be facing The Undertaker), which lent some comedic aspect to the character; he even went as far as having Lashley kiss his "royal" feet.[citation needed
]

King Booker's signature pose

After gaining his title of King, Booker continued to feud with Lashley. After Lashley defeated John "Bradshaw" Layfield (JBL) for the United States Championship at the end of May, Booker began chasing after the title and even resorted to making Lashley kiss his "royal feet" on the June 2 episode of SmackDown!.[citation needed] The feud ended after a steel cage match on the June 30 episode of SmackDown! where Lashley defeated Booker by escaping the cage to retain the United States Championship.[citation needed]

The next week, Booker entered a

Rey Mysterio for his World Heavyweight Championship at The Great American Bash.[citation needed] Booker won the battle royal and then defeated Mysterio at The Great American Bash to win the World Heavyweight Championship after Chavo Guerrero betrayed Mysterio by hitting him with a steel chair.[41] This was Booker's first world championship since joining WWE and the win caused him to proclaim himself as the "King of the World".[citation needed
] This win would also make Booker the sixteenth Triple Crown Champion and eighth Grand Slam Champion (under the original format) in the history of the WWE.

After Booker won the World Heavyweight Championship, he began a rivalry with the returning former champion

Batista, who vowed to regain the title he was forced to forfeit due to injury. This rivalry spilled over to real life when the two got into a legitimate fistfight at a SummerSlam pay-per-view commercial shoot, reportedly due to Batista considering himself superior to the rest of the roster due to his quick climb to main event status. According to sources, both men were left bloodied and bruised, however Booker was reportedly praised by many wrestlers in the back for speaking his mind to Batista about his attitude.[42][43][44] At SummerSlam, Booker lost to Batista by disqualification after Queen Sharmell interfered on his behalf (thus retaining the title),[citation needed] but at No Mercy, Booker defeated Batista, Lashley and his own stablemate, Finlay, in a Fatal 4-Way match.[citation needed
] Before the match, Booker assaulted Sir William Regal, resulting in the breakup of the King's Court.

Despite the break-up of his Court, Booker lost to Batista by disqualification on the October 20 episode on SmackDown!, due to interference from

Big Show, the two of whom King Booker was to face at Cyber Sunday in a "champion of champions" match.[citation needed] At Cyber Sunday, the fans voted for the World Heavyweight Championship to be on the line. Booker retained after defeating Big Show and Cena with help from Kevin Federline.[citation needed
]

After Cyber Sunday, the feud between King Booker and Batista continued with Batista unable to wrestle the title from Booker. Eventually this led to a match at Survivor Series on November 26, where Booker declared that if Batista failed to defeat him this time, it would be the last World Heavyweight Championship match he would receive as long as Booker was champion. At Survivor Series, SmackDown! General Manager Theodore Long decided that if Booker got counted out or disqualified, he would lose the title. Late in the match, Queen Sharmell handed Booker his title belt while referee Nick Patrick was not looking. While she had Patrick distracted, Booker attempted to hit Batista with the belt. Batista moved out of the way, knocked the belt out of Booker's hands and hit him in the head with it, and King Booker lost the World Heavyweight Championship to Batista.[11] After losing the title, Booker feuded alongside former royal court member Finlay against Batista and John Cena, which led up to Armageddon where they lost.[citation needed]

While competing in the

Tombstoned on an announcers' table.[citation needed] Booker was removed from television to deal with a knee injury.[11]

WWE Championship pursuit and departure (2007)

On the June 11 episode of Raw, both King Booker and Queen Sharmell were drafted to the Raw brand as part of the WWE Draft.[11] He then began a short feud with John Cena over the WWE Championship, Booker would wrestle Cena in a Five Pack Challenge along with Bobby Lashley, Mick Foley and Randy Orton at Vengeance: Night of Champions for the title in a losing effort. Cena would retain at the event by pinning Foley. On the July 16 episode of Raw, King Booker came to the ring using Triple H's theme music "The King of Kings", even using his video. King Booker declared that neither Triple H nor Jerry Lawler could be known as "The King".[11] Booker began a feud with Lawler, defeating him on the August 6 episode of Raw where the loser had to crown the winner the next week.[citation needed] When the time came, Lawler refused, declaring that Triple H was still a king and announcing that King Booker would battle Triple H at SummerSlam. Booker attacked Lawler, throwing him into the ring post and hitting him with a television monitor.[citation needed] At SummerSlam, Booker lost to the returning Triple H.[citation needed] On the August 27 episode of Raw, Booker wrestled against John Cena in a non-title match, which he lost by disqualification when Randy Orton interfered.[11]

In August, he was linked to Signature Pharmacy, a company thought to be distributing performance-enhancing drugs.[45] He was suspended by WWE for violating its Wellness Policy.[45] He denied using any drugs and being a customer of Signature Pharmacy.[45] In October 2007, Booker T requested his and Sharmell's release from their WWE contracts due to the pressure he had in WWE and being burned out, which WWE granted.[46][39]

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2007–2010)

Feud with Bobby Roode (2007–2008)

TNA

At the

Karen Angle
interfered on behalf of Kurt Angle and Nash.

On the November 29 episode of

Payton Banks after Sharmell pinned Banks with a roll-up
.

Main Event Mafia (2008–2010)

Main article:
The Main Event Mafia
Booker T (left) as part of the Main Event Mafia in TNA. At this time Booker was the TNA Legends (later Television) Champion

Booker T turned heel for the first time in TNA at

"I Quit" match
.

Booker T on Impact! in 2008

Booker T went go on to form the Mafia's resident tag team with Scott Steiner, and at

Full Metal Mayhem Tag Team match, which also included Team 3D and Beer Money; during the match Booker was taken out on a stretcher.[49] Afterwards it was reported that the PPV had been Booker's final appearance with the company, and his and Sharmell's profiles were removed from the official TNA roster. On May 21, 2010, Booker T made a one night return to TNA at a live event in Lake Charles, Louisiana, replacing A.J. Styles, who was unable to attend the event due to travel issues, and wrestled Rob Van Dam for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship in a losing effort.[50][51]

Puerto Rico and Mexico (2009–2010)

Booker T debuted in the

Orlando Colón and El Mesias. On September 16, 2010, Booker T made his debut for Mexican promotion Perros del Mal. In the main event of the evening he teamed up with Dr. Wagner Jr. and El Mesías, who represented rival promotion AAA, against El Hijo del Perro Aguayo, Damián 666 and Halloween. After Aguayo pinned El Mesías, Booker turned on Wagner, unmasked him and joined Perros del Mal.[53]

Return to WWE (2011–present)

Color commentator and part-time wrestler (2011–2012)

On January 30, 2011, Booker T returned to WWE to take part in the

TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs,[59] which Rhodes won.[60] On the December 26 episode of Raw, Booker defeated Rhodes in a non-title match.[61] 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.[62]

Booker T along with fellow commentators Jerry Lawler and Michael Cole all participated in the 2012 Royal Rumble. On the March 26, 2012 episode of Raw, Booker T saved Teddy Long from an attempted attack by Mark Henry, thus becoming the sixth and final member of Team Teddy at WrestleMania XXVIII, where Team Johnny emerged victorious.[63] This was his last official match for the WWE. On the July 9 episode of Raw, Jerry Lawler won by pinfall against Michael Cole in a WrestleMania XXVII rematch. However, Booker, who was subbing for Lawler on commentary, threw Cole back into the ring after he tried to escape. This caused the anonymous Raw General Manager to reverse the decision and give Cole the win as a result of a disqualification.

SmackDown General Manager and Hall of Fame (2012–2013)

On August 3, 2012, Vince McMahon appointed Booker T as the new general manager of SmackDown during Friday Night Smackdown's show.[64] Booker would quickly add Eve Torres and Theodore Long to his staff, as his assistant and senior adviser respectively.

Booker was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame by his brother, Stevie Ray, the night before

distal triceps, and had surgery for it on June 12.[citation needed] On the July 19 SmackDown, he returned to continue as SmackDown General Manager, but soon lost the job to Vickie Guerrero, on Vince McMahon
's orders.

Return to commentary and pre-show panelist (2014–present)

Booker T in March 2015

Since 2014, Booker T has commonly done work on the

pay-per-view event
.

On the 2015 premiere of Raw, Booker T replaced Jerry Lawler, who was suffering from diverticulitis, for commentating. However, it was later announced that Booker would be returning on a full-time basis to take Lawler's place on Raw, with Lawler moving to SmackDown.[65] On the March 30 episode of Raw, Booker, along with JBL and Michael Cole, were injured by Brock Lesnar after Seth Rollins refused Lesnar his WWE World Heavyweight Championship rematch. Booker was replaced by Byron Saxton for commentating as he became a coach for the sixth season of WWE Tough Enough.

On August 6, 2016, Booker T replaced Tommy Dreamer in an intergender tag team match for Dreamer's House of Hardcore promotion.[citation needed] Booker T returned to his old "King Booker" gimmick in a segment with the SmackDown Live Survivor Series tag teams where he gave a motivational speech and convinced Breezango (Tyler Breeze and Fandango) to join the team.

In December 2016, after Jerry Lawler and Lita left the pre-show team, WWE ended their Raw and SmackDown pre-shows leaving Booker T to the WWE pay-per-view pre-shows and other WWE Network specials. Following the 2017 WWE Superstar Shake-up, Booker T replaced David Otunga as color commentator on Raw. On the January 29, 2018, episode of Raw, Booker was replaced on commentary by the returning Jonathan Coachman. On the August 28 episode of SmackDown Live Booker T made a surprise appearance as "King Booker" in the opening segment when he interrupted and joined in on The New Day's "five timers" celebration, following the latter's fifth tag team championship win.[citation needed]

In 2020, Booker made his return by wrestling at the Reality of Wrestling promotion.

On October 6, 2022, WWE announced that they had shuffled their commentary and interview teams, with Booker T joining the NXT commentary team alongside Vic Joseph.[66]

On January 28, 2023, Booker returned to the ring in WWE by participating in the 2023 Royal Rumble but was eliminated by Gunther in 42 seconds. This turned out to be his final bout in wrestling as he announced on his podcast that he was ‘done’ with professional wrestling due to his age.[9]

Legacy

Longtime wrestler Kurt Angle said of Booker: "He's done it all... he legitimately is one of the top five best of all time."[67] In 2001, sports journalist Michael Landsberg stated that Booker was considered "one of the best wrestlers alive", capable of "any match, any style".[24] Industry veteran John Layfield later described him as "the best acquisition that WWE got when they bought WCW" in 2001.[68]

Booker's 21 WCW titles render him the most decorated wrestler in the company's history.

The Steiner Brothers – WCW's greatest ever tag team.[70] Considering both Booker's WCW and WWF/E accolades, WWE recognizes him as one of the most decorated performers of all time.[71]

With his fifth WCW Championship win (which occurred in the WWF), Booker T became the second African-American to win a world championship in WWF/E (after The Rock), and the first to be of non-mixed race.[72] Booker was voted WWE's greatest World Heavyweight Champion in a 2013 viewer poll.[73]

Other media

In 2000, Booker appeared in the film

The Weakest Link, being eliminated second from the show. He also has appeared on Comedy Central and MTV
.

On January 13, 2004, the album WWE Originals was released, featuring Booker T performing "Can You Dig It?". On April 21, 2007, Booker began hosting a radio show titled Tea Time with King Booker on KBME 790 AM in Houston.[74] During the week of November 5, 2007, he appeared on Family Feud with several other WWE wrestlers.[75]

On September 1, 2012, Booker released his first autobiography, Booker T: From Prison to Promise, with Medallion Press. Booker T made appearances to

The Score Television Network with Arda Ocal which aired on August 29, 2012.[76] He conducted a sixteen-page interview with Pro Wrestling Illustrated in the 2012 volume #50 issue.[77]

On March 10, 2015, Booker released his second autobiography, Booker T: Wrestling Royalty with Medallion Press.

In 2015, Booker T started a show on

Radio.com called "Heated Conversations – with Booker T".[78] The show is aired on Saturday nights locally in Houston, Texas, and covers subjects from wrestling, MMA, and boxing to many other sports. It has featured the biggest names from the WWE, as well as NBA stars like Dwight Howard
.

In February 2019, Booker T sued video game company Activision over the Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 character David "Prophet" Wilkes. The lawsuit claimed that the Black Ops character contained similarities to Booker's GI Bro comic book character.[citation needed]

Booker T has been featured as part of a song named after him by Puerto Rican rapper and singer Bad Bunny.[79][80]

On September 19, 2021, All41 Studios and

Macho Man Randy Savage
, Stone Cold Steve Austin, and Eddie Guerrero.

On May 9, 2022, Booker was the subject of an episode of Biography: WWE Legends.

Video games

WCW Video games
Year Title Notes
1998 WCW Nitro Video game debut
WCW/nWo Revenge
1999 WCW/nWo Thunder
WCW Mayhem
2000 WCW Backstage Assault
WWE Video games
Year Title Notes
2002
WWE WrestleMania X8
 		Video game debut
WWE Road to WrestleMania X8
WWE SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth Cover athlete
2003 WWE Crush Hour
WWE WrestleMania XIX
WWE Raw 2
WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain
2004 WWE Day of Reckoning
WWE Survivor Series
WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw
2005 WWE WrestleMania 21
WWE Aftershock
WWE Day of Reckoning 2
WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw 2006
2006 WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007
2007 WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008 Billed as "King Booker"
2011 WWE '12
2012 WWE '13
2014 WWE SuperCard
WWE 2K15 Motion capture
(Next-gen & PC)
2015 WWE 2K
WWE 2K16 Motion capture
(Next-gen & PC)
WWE Immortals
2016 WWE 2K17 Motion capture
(Next-gen & PC)
2017 WWE 2K18 Motion capture
WWE Champions
2018 WWE 2K19 Motion capture
2019 WWE 2K20 Motion capture
2020 WWE 2K Battlegrounds
2022 WWE 2K22 King Booker and Booker T
TNA Video games
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Personal life

Relationships and family

Booker T with his wife Sharmell in 2009

Huffman married his first wife Levestia on May 23, 1996. Booker presented her to the

Bash at the Beach.[82] Levestia was also used to further the feud between himself and Jeff Jarrett when Jarrett hit her in the head with a guitar on Nitro on July 31, 2000. However, they divorced on May 8, 2001.[83]

Huffman has a son, from a previous relationship with a high school girlfriend, named Brandon (born in 1982),[84][10] with whom he has a strained relationship due to his time spent on the road.[85] Booker married his girlfriend of five years, Sharmell Sullivan, in February 2005.[86] The couple welcomed their twins, a boy named Kendrick and a girl named Kennedy, in 2010.[87] Huffman and his brother Lash opened a wrestling school in Houston in 2005.[23] He is also a fan of Formula One, and was in attendance at the 2012 U.S. Grand Prix as a guest of Lewis Hamilton.

Reality of Wrestling

In 2005, Huffman started his own wrestling promotion in Houston, Texas, called Pro Wrestling Alliance. In 2012, the promotion rebranded to Reality of Wrestling. After his final 2013 event, Christmas Chaos, ROW was near to close, but Houston business man Hilton Koch, who assisted the event, became a partner with Booker.[88]

On February 21, 2015, Booker T and Stevie Ray reunited as Harlem Heat for one last match in Reality of Wrestling for the promotion's "The Final Heat" event. They defeated the Heavenly Bodies to win the ROW Tag Team Championship. On March 14, the titles were vacated.

In February 2020, Booker T returned to wrestle for the promotion in an eight-man tag team match.

Politics

On December 10, 2016, Huffman announced that he would be running in the 2019 Houston mayoral election.[89] He was quoted saying that, "2020 is going to be a new era in the city of Houston. We're going to be looked at now from a different perspective. The cool city, 2020 is coming."[90] Huffman was quoted in 2016, stating his focus for the three years leading up to the 2019 election would be concentrated on the city's "homeless, underprivileged, and low income areas."[90] However, in September 2019, Huffman was not among the 12 names listed who applied for the election ballot.[91]

Legal issues

Huffman spent nineteen months in prison after pleading guilty to armed robberies at Wendy's restaurants in Houston. He and his partners wore Wendy's uniforms during the holdups since they had been working there for 2½ years. Because of the gunmen's uniforms and familiarity with the fast food chain's operations, police suspected the robberies were inside jobs—and it did not take long before Huffman and three other men were found. He pleaded guilty in December 1987 to two aggravated robbery counts and was sentenced to five years in prison. Huffman was released after serving 19 months, and was placed on parole until April 1992.[10]

Championships and accomplishments

TNA Legends Champion

Notes

  1. ^ See:
    • "Booker T Plays WikiFact or WikiFiction". Reality of Wrestling. July 10, 2021. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved July 15, 2021. My name is Booker T. Huffman Jr., and the 'T' stands for nothing; it's just 'T', period ... that's been my name since birth.
    • Oliver, Greg (September 26, 2012). "The book on Booker T ends too early". Slam Wrestling. Retrieved July 15, 2021. His father died shortly after he was born, so Booker T. Huffman Jr. — 'Junior' to his family — is raised by his mother ... .
    • "WWE Hall of Famer Booker T Announces Mayoral Run". TheWrap. December 13, 2016. Retrieved July 15, 2021. Booker T's full name is Booker T. Huffman Jr.
    • "WWE CEO Vince McMahon once used N-word in awkward comedy routine with wrestler Booker T". New York Daily News. July 24, 2015. Archived from the original on July 27, 2015. Retrieved July 15, 2021. ... wrestler Booker T. Huffman Jr. ... .{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ Booker T's fifth WCW World Heavyweight Championship win overall and first under the WWF banner, where it was known as the WCW Championship.
  3. ^ Booker T's eleventh WCW World Tag Team Championship reign overall and first under the WWF banner, where it was known as the WCW Tag Team Championship.

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