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)

 Footnotes 

References

Other websites
Booker T's Official website 

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