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. The character was a tie-in to the raging Gulf War and the WWF's Sgt. Bro" on Putski's Western Wrestling Alliance Live! program. Įight weeks later, Booker debuted as "G.I. Booker trained under Scott Casey, who helped to turn Booker's background as a gangster and dancer into "sports entertainment", teaching the newcomer in-ring psychology and ring generalship. His boss from the storage company loaned him the money to pay for the wrestling lessons. 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. Professional wrestling career Early career (1989–1993)Īs a single father working at a storage company in Houston, Texas, Huffman was looking to make a better life for himself and his son. He was released after serving about one-third of that term, and was placed on parole until April 1992. Booker pleaded guilty in December 1987 to two aggravated robbery counts and was sentenced to five years in prison. Because of the gunmen's uniforms and familiarity with the fast food chain's operations, police suspected the robberies were inside jobs-and it didn't take long before Huffman and three other men were found. Booker and his partners wore Wendy's uniforms during the holdups since they had been working there for 2½ years. īooker spent nineteen months in prison after pleading guilty to armed robberies at Wendy's restaurants in Houston. He also played touch football and basketball. By the time Booker was fourteen, both of his parents had died, and his older brother Lash "Stevie Ray" Huffman stepped in to raise him and his siblings. Early lifeīooker T Huffman was born the youngest of eight children, in Houston Texas. As the ninth (and final) Triple Crown Champion in WCW history, Booker is one of four men in history to achieve both the WWE and WCW Triple Crowns.īooker was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame on April 6, 2013, by his brother, Lash Huffman (Stevie Ray). Additionally, he was the winner of the King of the Ring tournament in 2006, the sixteenth Triple Crown Champion and the ninth Grand Slam Champion in WWE history. Booker has also gained notable success as a tag team wrestler, being a 15-time world tag team champion between WCW (11 times), WWF/E (three times), and TNA (once). He is the first non-mixed race African American to become a world champion in WWE, and was voted the greatest World Heavyweight Champion in a 2013 WWE viewer poll. īooker is a six-time world champion, having won the WCW World Heavyweight Championship five times (four times in WCW, and once in the WWF) and WWE's World Heavyweight Championship once. Booker was the final WCW World Heavyweight Champion and WCW United States Heavyweight Champion under the WCW banner industry veteran John Layfield described him as "the best acquisition that WWE got when they bought WCW". 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 eleven WCW World Tag Team Championships: ten as one half of Harlem Heat with his brother, Lash "Stevie Ray" Huffman in WCW, and one in the WWF with Test. He is also the owner and founder of the independent promotion Reality of Wrestling (ROW) in Texas City, Texas.īooker is best known for his time in World Championship Wrestling (WCW), the World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (WWF/E), and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), holding 35 championships between those organizations.
NWO SOULED OUT 1997 PROFIGHTDB PROFESSIONAL
(born March 1, 1965), better known by his ring name Booker T, is an American retired professional wrestler and promoter, signed with WWE as part of the pre-show team on both Raw and SmackDown.
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