Basic Information About Booker Huffman
Category | Athletes βΊ Wrestlers |
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Professions | Wrestler, Sports commentator, Actor |
Net worth | $1,000,000 |
Date of birth | 1965-03-01 (59 years old) |
Place of birth | Houston |
Nationality | United States of America |
Curiosities and Trademarks | The Spin-A-Roonie; a breakdancing manuever similar to the windmill Finishing move: Scissors Kick / Ghetto Blaster Finishing move: Book End (Side Slam) Trademark move: Harlem Hangover/Houston Hangover (Top-Rope Somersault Leg Drop) Trademark move: Harlem Sidekick / Houston Sidekick (Jumping calf kick) Trademark move: 110th Street Slam (High-impact delayed spinebuster) Trademark move: Missile Dropkick Trademark move: Sidewalk Slam |
Spouse | Sharmell Sullivan-Huffman - (5 FebruaryΒ 2005 - present)Β (2 children) 23 May - Levestia Huffman (Β 1986 - 8 MayΒ 2001)Β (divorced)Β (1 child) |
Gender | Male |
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.9 m) |
Social Media | βοΈ Wikipedia βοΈ IMDb |
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What Movie Awards did Booker Huffman win?
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Booker Huffman roles
Movie / Series | Role |
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WWE Monday Night RAW | Booker T / ... 256 episodes, 2001-2021 |
WCW Monday Nitro | Booker T 88 episodes, 1995-2001 |
Booker Huffman's Quotes
- Save this drama for yo momma!
- Don't hate the player, hate the game.
- Booyeah, now I'm gonna get wit ya
- You didn't say that. Tell me you didn't say that!
- Can you dig it, Sucka?
Interesting Facts about Booker Huffman
- Professional wrestler & Color commentator.
- Former WCW World Tag Team & World Television Champion.
- Has been a member of Harlem Heat, Misfits In Action, The Alliance, The King's Court (leader) and The Main Event Mafia.
- Brother of wrestler Lash Huffman, who wrestles under the name Stevie Ray. In 2005 they opened up their own Pro Wrestling Academy.
- Booker T is a 5-Time WCW Champion.
- Won the WCW World Tag Team Titles a record 10 times with his brother Stevie Ray, as Harlem Heat.
- Former WCW & TNA Superstar.
- His older brother Stevie Ray looked after him and his siblings when they were kids, after their parents had died.
- Established himself as a singles wrestler after a "Best of Seven series" of matches with "the Canadian Crippler" Chris Benoit in WCW.
- Captured the WCW Tag Team Titles for an 11th and final time with partner Test. Test & Booker T. also have a reign as WWF Tag Team Champs before losing the belts to the Hardy Boyz on WWF SmackDown! The Hardy Boyz also defeated Booker T. & Test for the WCW Titles 1 month earlier.
- Eliminated The Rock in a Battle Royal to become #1 Contender for the World Championship against Triple H at WrestleMania XIX, on the February 24, 2003 edition of WWE RAW.
- His winning the WWE Intercontinental Championship in July 2003 made him the first black title holder since D'Lo Brown in the Summer of 1999.
- Notable Title Wins Include: GWF Tag Team titles w/Stevie Ray (3 times); WCW World Tag Team titles w/Stevie Ray (10 times) w/Test (1 time); WCW World TV title (6); WCW United States Heavyweight title; WCW World Heavyweight title (5); WWF Hardcore title (2); WWF/E World Tag Team titles w/ Test, w/Goldust & w/ Rob Van Dam; WWE Intercontinental title; WWE United States title (3); 2006 King of the Ring; WWE World Heavyweight title; TNA Legends title; TNA World Tag Team titles w/ Scott Steiner. title; WWE World Tag Team titles w/ Rob Van Dam.
- Booker T and Stevie Ray first began tag teaming as The Ebony Experience.
- Is the most decorated champion in WCW history having won 21 titles during his tenure with the company.
- Harlem Heat, the tag team he formed with his brother Stevie Ray, is regarded by many to be the best tag team in WCW history.
- When he and his brother went over to WCW to become the successful tag team of Harlem Heat, they were managed by former wrestler Rob Parker. The original plan was to call them the "Ghetto Blasters" and have them come to the ring in chains like slaves, but was nixed due to racial sensitivity.
- Booker T and his brother Stevie Ray (Lash Huffman) were initially called Kole (Booker) and Kane (Lash) when they entered WCW as Harlem Heat. Their names changed to Booker T and Stevie Ray afterward at their request.
- Booker and Chris Benoit continued their "Best of Seven series" once again on the WWE SmackDown brand in 2005 until 2006. After the series was 3-1 in Booker's favor, he suffered an injury at a House Show on December 2nd. Because of this he chose Randy Orton as his replacement. Orton defeated Benoit in the seventh match to win the series and the United States Championship for Booker T.
- Previous Managers: Col. Robert Parker, Sister Sherri, Jacqueline, Midnight, Shane McMahon, The Boss Man, Sharmell Sullivan-Huffman/Queen Sharmell (his wife), Traci.
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