King Booker's Court
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King Booker's Court | |
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Stable | |
Members | King Booker (leader) Queen Sharmell (valet) Sir Finlay Sir William Regal Hornswoggle (manager) |
Name(s) | The King's Court King Booker's Court |
Billed heights | King Booker: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Finlay: 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) William Regal: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Combined billed weight | 736 lb (334 kg) |
Debut | May 26, 2006 |
Disbanded | April 6, 2007 |
Years active | 2006–2007 |
King Booker's Court was a villainous professional wrestling stable in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on its SmackDown! brand. It was formed shortly after Booker T (who would become known as King Booker) won the King of the Ring tournament in mid-2006. King Booker would dub his wife Queen Sharmell and was joined by WWE Superstars from the United Kingdom: William Regal of England (renamed Sir William Regal) and Finlay of Northern Ireland (renamed Sir Finlay). Among the members of the Court, Booker, Regal and Finlay remain employed with the WWE as of 2024, while Sharmell joined the Hall of Fame Class of 2022.
History
Prior to Booker T becoming King Booker, he would often enlist the aid of Finlay to do his dirty work for him.
The King's Court was unofficially founded on the May 26, 2006 episode of SmackDown!, when King Booker had his coronation ceremony, celebrating his King of the Ring tournament final victory at Judgment Day over Bobby Lashley. The ceremony was led by William Regal, playing the role of a town crier and repeatedly shouting "All hail King Booker!" as Booker walked to the ring. Sharmell was anointed by King Booker as his Queen, and Finlay joined the group to help Booker continue to feud with Lashley.
King Booker would soon end his feud with Lashley after losing to him in a steel cage match for Lashley's WWE United States Championship. He then became the number one contender for Rey Mysterio's World Championship after winning a battle royal. Finlay would go on to defeat Lashley during this time to take Lashley's United States Championship.
At
On the August 25 episode of SmackDown!, the two members were knighted together – thus renaming them as Sir William Regal and Sir Finlay, as well as signaling the official founding of the King's Court – before teaming up with their King in a 3-on-2 handicap match against Lashley and Batista later that night, which they lost.
Booker would later defeat Batista thanks to inference by Sir Finlay, who would continue to attack and bloody him afterward, igniting a feud between the two. The Court's issues with Bobby Lashley continued as he was set to take on Booker at No Mercy for the World Heavyweight Championship, however the SmackDown! General Manager Theodore Long announced the match to be a fatal four-way match that also involved Finlay and Batista.
On the October 6 edition of SmackDown!, Booker and Lashley were each able to pick the other's opponent for that night. Booker had to fight Finlay so he asked Finlay to be a good knight and lay down, but Finlay said that he never lays down for anybody. They went on to have the match, in which Finlay picked up the victory. Afterwards, they interfered in the Lashley vs. Batista match (Batista being the "poison" that King Booker picked). Following this, Theodore Long announced the previously mentioned four-way at No Mercy, and then booked Batista and Lashley vs. Finlay and King Booker. Finlay and King Booker, however, did not get along.
At No Mercy, King Booker retained his title in the fatal-four-way match when he pinned Finlay after a Batista Bomb from Batista. Prior to the match, after failing at his task to get Finlay to be allies with Booker, King Booker called Regal pathetic and slapped him in the face. Regal could have no more so he punched Booker and walked away.
After this incident, the Court disbanded with Regal dropping the 'Sir' part of his name and going into the tag team division with partner
The Court returned on the December 8 edition of SmackDown! (without Regal) when they attacked Batista in his match with Finlay with a chair and a shillelagh, leading to a tag team match at Armageddon with Batista choosing a mystery partner which turned out to be WWE Champion John Cena. Batista and Cena would win the match. Finlay and Booker would reunite in various tag team matches on SmackDown! as temporary allies since then.
The April 6 episode of SmackDown! seemed to be the end of the Court. King Booker attempted to take revenge on
On April 2, 2022, Booker T inducted Sharmell into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2022, briefly reuniting the couple of the Court.
The couple of the Court would briefly reunite again during Night 2 of the 2023 WWE Draft, with Booker selecting the draft picks for Raw and Sharmell selecting draft picks for SmackDown, both on the second round of the draft.
Members
* | Founding member(s) |
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L | Leader |
V/M | Valet/manager |
Member | Joined | Left | |
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King Booker | L | May 26, 2006 * | April 6, 2007 |
Queen Sharmell | V | May 26, 2006 * | April 6, 2007 |
Sir William Regal | May 26, 2006 * | October 8, 2006 | |
Sir Finlay | August 25, 2006 | October 6, 2006 | |
Little Bastard | M | August 25, 2006 | October 6, 2006 |
Championships and accomplishments
- World Wrestling Entertainment
- World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) – King Booker[1]
- WWE United States Championship (1 time) – Finlay[2]
- King of the Ring (2006) – King Booker[3]
References
- ^ "King Booker's first World Heavyweight Championship reign". World Wrestling Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2012-06-02. Retrieved 2009-04-18.
- ^ "Finlay's first WWE United States Championship reign". World Wrestling Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2012-06-03. Retrieved 2009-03-01.
- ^ "2006 King of the Ring".