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| Booker T | |
|---|---|
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| Birth name | Booker T. Huffman Jr. |
| Born | March 1, 1965 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 Scott Casey |
| Debut | 1986 |
| Retired | January 28, 2023[8] |
Booker T. Huffman Jr.[a] (born March 1, 1965 in Houston, Texas), better known by his ring name Booker T, is an American retired professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, working on their NXT brand as a commentator and also founded and owns his wrestling promotion, Reality Of Wrestling. Aside from WWE, he is also known for wrestling for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) from 1993-2001 and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling from 2007-2009.
Booker T has held many championships in his career. He most famously is a six-time world champion (five-time WCW Champion and one time WWE World Heavyweight Champion), an 18-time tag team champion (13 times teaming with his brother Stevie Ray as Harlem Heat), a six-time WCW Television Champion, a four-time United States champion, and the winner of the 2006 King of the Ring. In January 2011 he returned to WWE as a surprise entrant during the Royal Rumble. He is one of seven men to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame two times.
- ↑ Huffman, Booker T with Andrew William Wright (2012). Booker T: From Prison to Promise: Life Before the Squared Circle. Aurora, Ill: Medallion Press. ISBN 978-1605424682.
- ↑ Caldwell, James (January 30, 2009). "Caldwell's AEW report 1/29: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of Spike TV broadcast...on Friday afternoon". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
- ↑ "Booker T WWE bio". WWE. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
- ↑ "GI Bro vs. Mike Awesome - Ambulance Match: Nitro, May 29, 2000". WWE. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
- ↑ "King Booker's bio". World Wrestling Entertainment. Archived from the original on July 17, 2007. Retrieved July 16, 2008.
- ↑ "Booker T.: Profile & Match Listing – Internet Wrestling Database (IWD)". Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved November 19, 2017.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Booker T bio". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved November 19, 2017.
- ↑ "411Mania".
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