Booker T (wrestler)

**Booker T. Huffman Jr.** (born March 1, 1965 in Houston, Texas), better known by his ring names **Booker T and King Booker,** 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.

## Championships and accomplishments

- **Cauliflower Alley Club**
    - Tag Team Award (2018) – with Stevie Ray
- **George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame**
    - Class of 2018
- **Global Wrestling Federation**
    - GWF Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Stevie Ray
- **Las Vegas Pro Wrestling**
    - LVPW UWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- **Prairie Wrestling Alliance**
    - PWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- ***Pro Wrestling Illustrated***
    - Inspirational Wrestler of the Year (2000)
    - Most Improved Wrestler of the Year (1998)
    - Tag Team of the Year (1995, 1996) with Stevie Ray
    - Ranked No. 5 of the top 500 wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2001
- **Southern Championship Wrestling Florida**
    - SCW Florida Southern Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- **Texas All-Pro Wrestling**
    - TAP Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- **Reality of Wrestling**
    - ROW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Stevie Ray
- **Total Nonstop Action Wrestling**
    - TNA Legends Championship (1 time, first)
    - TNA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Scott Steiner
    - TNA Year End Awards (2 times)
        - Memorable Moment of the Year (2007)
        - Who To Watch in 2008 (2007)
- **World Championship Wrestling**
    - WCW World Heavyweight Championship (4 times)
    - WCW World Television Championship (6 times)
    - WCW United States Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
    - WCW World Tag Team Championship (10 times) – with Stevie Ray
    - Ninth WCW Triple Crown Champion
- **World Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Entertainment/WWE**
    - WCW Championship (1 time)
    - World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
    - World Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Test (1), Goldust (1) and Rob Van Dam (1)
    - WCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Test
    - WWE Intercontinental Championship (1 time)
    - WWE United States Championship (3 times)
    - WWF Hardcore Championship (2 times)
    - King of the Ring (2006)
    - Sixteenth Triple Crown Champion
    - Eighth Grand Slam Champion (under original format)
    - WWE Hall of Fame (2 times)
        - Class of 2013 – individually
        - Class of 2019 – as a member of Harlem Heat
- ***Wrestling Observer Newsletter***
    - Most Underrated (2002)
    - Worst Television Announcer (2017, 2023)

## Other websites

- Booker T's Official website

## Infobox (professional wrestler)

- **name**: Booker T
- **image**: Booker T 2018.jpg
- **caption**: Booker T in 2018
- **birth place**: Plain Dealing, Louisiana, Plain Dealing, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, Bossier, Louisiana, U.S.
- **birth name**: Booker T. Huffman Jr.
- **children**: 3
- **relatives**: Stevie Ray (brother)
- **names**: Black Snow
Booker
**Booker T**
GI Bro
King Booker
Kole
- **height**: 6 ft 3 in
- **weight**: 256 lb
- **billed**: 110th Street (Manhattan), 110th Street in Harlem, New York City, New York
**Houston, Texas**
- **trainer**: Ivan Putski
Scott Casey
- **debut**: 1986
- **retired**: Royal Rumble (2023), January 28, 2023