Booker T (wrestler)
American professional wrestler (born 1965) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Booker T. Huffman Jr.[lower-alpha 1] (born March 1, 1965),[1] better known by his ring name Booker T, is an American retired professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he serves as a color commentator on the NXT brand, and is also the owner and founder of the 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 T | |
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 Booker T in 2018 | |
| Birth name | Booker T. Huffman Jr. |
| Born | (1965-03-01) March 1, 1965 (age 59) Plain Dealing, Bossier, Louisiana, U.S.[1] |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Children | 3 |
| Relatives | Stevie Ray (brother) |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Black Snow[2] Booker Booker T[3] GI Bro[4] King Booker[5] Kole[6] |
| Billed height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)[7] |
| Billed weight | 256 lb (116 kg)[7] |
| Billed from | 110th Street in Harlem, New York Houston, Texas[7] |
| Trained by | Ivan Putski[8] Scott Casey[8] |
| Debut | 1986 |
| Retired | January 28, 2023[9] |
Booker is known for his time in World Championship Wrestling (WCW), the World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (WWF/E), and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling holding 35 championships between those organizations. He is the most decorated wrestler in WCW history, having held 21 titles, including a record six WCW World Television Championships (along with being the first African American titleholder), and a record 11 WCW World Tag Team Championships: 10 as one half of Harlem Heat with his brother, Lash "Stevie Ray" Huffman in WCW (most reigns within that company), and one in the WWF with Test. Booker was the final WCW World Heavyweight Champion and WCW United States Heavyweight Champion under the WCW banner.
Booker is an overall six-time world champion in professional wrestling, having won the WCW World Heavyweight Championship five times, and WWE's World Heavyweight Championship once. 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 also the first to be of non-mixed race. He is also the winner of the 2006 King of the Ring tournament, the 16th Triple Crown Champion, and the eighth Grand Slam Champion in WWE history. As the ninth WCW Triple Crown Champion, Booker is one of four men to achieve both the WWE and WCW Triple Crowns. He has headlined multiple pay-per-view events for the WWF/E, WCW and 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.