Booker Huffman is currently signed to WWE where he serves as a commentator on the NXT brand, and is the owner and founder of the independent promotion Reality of Wrestling in Texas City, Texas.
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96 Facts About Booker Huffman
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Booker Huffman has been frequently named by peers and industry commentators as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time; he was voted WWE's greatest World Heavyweight Champion in a 2013 viewer poll.
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Booker Huffman is the most decorated wrestler in WCW history, having held 21 titles, including a record six WCW World Television Championships, and a record 11 WCW World Tag Team Championships: 10 as one half of Harlem Heat with his brother, Lash "Stevie Ray" Huffman in WCW, and one in the WWF with Test.
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Booker Huffman was the final WCW World Heavyweight Champion and WCW United States Heavyweight Champion under the WCW banner.
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Booker Huffman is an overall six-time world champion in professional wrestling, having won the WCW World Heavyweight Championship five times, and WWE's World Heavyweight Championship once.
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Booker Huffman is the winner of the 2006 King of the Ring tournament, the sixteenth Triple Crown Champion, and the eighth Grand Slam Champion in WWE history.
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Booker Huffman was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame on April 6,2013, by his brother, Lash.
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Booker Huffman would move in with his older brother Stevie Ray at age 17.
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Booker Huffman trained under Scott Casey, who helped to turn Booker Huffman's background as a gangster and dancer into "professional wrestling", teaching the newcomer in-ring psychology and ring generalship.
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Booker Huffman made the transition into singles action and won the WCW World Television Championship from Disco Inferno on the December 29,1997 episode of Nitro.
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Booker Huffman feuded over the title with Perry Saturn and Rick Martel culminating in a gauntlet match at SuperBrawl VIII.
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Booker Huffman lost the Television title to Rick Steiner a month later at Slamboree.
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Booker Huffman defeated Shawn Stasiak at the Great American Bash in a Boot Camp match.
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Booker Huffman won the match, in the process becoming the second ever African American champion in WCW after Ron Simmons, and the third African American to win a World Heavyweight title.
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Booker Huffman returned to the roster and defeated Rick Steiner for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship at Greed.
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Booker Huffman won a total of twenty-one titles within the organization, making him the most decorated performer in its history.
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Booker Huffman was the reigning WCW United States Heavyweight Champion and WCW World Heavyweight Champion when he accepted a contract with the World Wrestling Federation.
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Booker Huffman later turned heel and became a leading member of The Alliance during the Invasion storyline.
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Booker Huffman T won the WCW Tag Team Championship for an eleventh time, this time with Test, and he had a WWF Tag Team Championship reign with Test.
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At the Survivor Series, Booker Huffman T was eliminated third by The Rock after a roll-up and eventually The Alliance was defeated, causing them to disband.
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At Insurrextion, Booker Huffman briefly held the WWF Hardcore Championship twice, defeating Stevie Richards only to lose it to Crash Holly seconds later.
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Booker Huffman then turned face and found a partnership with Goldust and the pair teamed to battle the nWo.
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Booker Huffman targeted Evolution after Batista and Randy Orton attacked Booker Huffman's former partner, Goldust.
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Booker Huffman said that "people like" Booker T would never win world championships in WWE.
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At Backlash, Booker Huffman's team lost when Triple H pinned Nash after a sledgehammer shot.
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Booker Huffman then feuded with Mark Henry, who eliminated him in the Survivor Series match.
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Booker Huffman tried to utilize voodoo magic to try to overcome his "supernatural" foe; however, it did nothing to prevent him from losing to the Undertaker at Judgment Day.
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In mid-2004, Booker Huffman T set his sights on the United States Championship along with its champion, John Cena.
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JBL expected Booker Huffman to betray his partners, but instead Booker Huffman pinned him, thus turning face again.
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The next night, Booker Huffman T demanded a rematch, citing Orlando Jordan's interference.
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Booker Huffman was then joined by Eddie Guerrero and The Undertaker who wanted a shot at JBL's title, prompting Theodore Long to make a fatal four-way match for the WWE Championship at Armageddon.
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Booker Huffman won a 30-man Battle Royal dark match at WrestleMania 21 last eliminating Raw's Viscera and Chris Masters.
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Subsequently, Booker Huffman was part of the tournament to name a new number one contender and made it to the Final Four.
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Booker Huffman protested, and the match was made into a Handicap match.
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The next week, Booker Huffman gained revenge on Angle, defeating him with a Scissors Kick.
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Booker Huffman T began teaming with Chris Benoit, eying his United States Championship again.
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Booker Huffman instead decided not choose one opponent, so he made it a fatal four-way for No Mercy, where Benoit successfully defended his title.
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Booker Huffman went to apologize to Benoit and give him a rematch, but then attacked Benoit, busting him open with the United States title belt and turning heel .
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Booker Huffman then boasted that he had been fully aware of what Sharmell had been doing and had been playing dumb to fool everyone.
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Booker Huffman was stripped of the belt by Theodore Long, because of the confusion of who won since they pinned each other at the same time.
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At a house show, Booker Huffman was injured, and he did not wrestle again until after the "Best of Seven" series with Benoit was completed.
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Booker Huffman managed to persuade Long to allow him to choose a stand-in for the matches.
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Booker Huffman formed a royal court that included his wife, Queen Sharmell, Sir William Regal, and Sir Finlay, and began including the mannerisms and attire of a stereotypical English-style king as part of the character, all the way down to wearing a crown and cape and speaking in a fake English accent.
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However, whenever King Booker Huffman would get angry he would launch into a tirade in the style of Booker Huffman T, which lent some comedic aspect to the character; he even went as far as having Lashley kiss his "royal" feet.
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At SummerSlam, Booker Huffman lost to Batista by disqualification after Queen Sharmell interfered on his behalf, but at No Mercy, Booker Huffman defeated Batista, Lashley and his own stablemate, Finlay, in a Fatal 4-Way match.
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Booker Huffman retained after defeating Big Show and Cena with help from Kevin Federline.
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Booker Huffman was removed from television to deal with a knee injury.
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Booker Huffman then began a short feud with John Cena over the WWE Championship, Booker would wrestle Cena in a Five Pack Challenge along with Bobby Lashley, Mick Foley and Randy Orton at Vengeance: Night of Champions for the title in a losing effort.
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King Booker Huffman declared that neither Triple H nor Jerry Lawler could be known as "The King".
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Booker Huffman attacked Lawler, throwing him into the ring post and hitting him with a television monitor.
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Booker Huffman was suspended by WWE for violating its Wellness Policy.
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Booker Huffman denied using any drugs and being a customer of Signature Pharmacy.
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Booker Huffman T turned heel for the first time in TNA at Sacrifice by attacking Christian Cage and Rhino from behind with a steel chair.
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Booker Huffman then competed in the King of the Mountain match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship at Slammiversary.
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Booker Huffman was seconds away from winning the match, when Kevin Nash stopped him and performed a Jackknife Powerbomb; Samoa Joe would later go on to win the match.
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The next month at Against All Odds, Booker Huffman T defeated Shane Sewell to retain the Legends Championship.
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Booker Huffman T debuted in the International Wrestling Association on Histeria Boricua, a special event held on January 6,2009.
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On July 11,2010, Booker Huffman T was booked by World Wrestling Council in a match against Carlito which involved Orlando Colon and El Mesias.
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On September 16,2010, Booker Huffman T made his debut for Mexican promotion Perros del Mal.
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On January 30,2011 Booker Huffman T returned to WWE to take part in the Royal Rumble.
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Booker Huffman entered the match at number 21 and was eliminated by Mason Ryan.
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Booker Huffman coached on the returning Tough Enough competition, and at Elimination Chamber he introduced Trish Stratus as a fellow coach.
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At WrestleMania XXVII Booker Huffman T was on commentary during the Jerry Lawler vs Michael Cole match.
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Booker Huffman would become involved in the match during the event.
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However, Booker Huffman, who was subbing for Lawler on commentary, threw Cole back into the ring after he tried to escape.
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On July 27,2012, Booker Huffman T was appointed the new General Manager of SmackDown.
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Booker Huffman was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame by his brother, Stevie Ray, the night before WrestleMania 29.
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Since 2014, Booker Huffman T has commonly done work on the WWE Network, including the Raw pre-show and being a part of the "expert panel" on Kickoff shows before each pay-per-view event.
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However, it was later announced that Booker Huffman would be returning on a full-time basis to take Lawler's place on Raw, with Lawler moving to SmackDown.
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Booker Huffman was replaced by Byron Saxton for commentating as he became a coach for the sixth season of WWE Tough Enough.
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Booker Huffman T returned to his old "King Booker Huffman" gimmick in a segment with the SmackDown Live Survivor Series tag teams where he gave a motivational speech and convinced Breezango to join the team.
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In 2020, Booker Huffman made his return by wrestling at the Reality of Wrestling promotion.
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On October 6,2022 WWE announced that they had shuffled their commentary and interview teams, with Booker Huffman T joining the NXT commentary team alongside Vic Joseph.
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Booker Huffman was the first African American WCW World Television Champion.
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Booker Huffman was voted WWE's greatest World Heavyweight Champion in a 2013 viewer poll.
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In 2000, Booker Huffman appeared in the film Ready to Rumble, starring as himself.
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Booker Huffman has appeared in an episode of Charmed, called "Wrestling with Demons" alongside Buff Bagwell and Scott Steiner.
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In 2001, along with several other WWE wrestlers, Booker Huffman competed on an episode of The Weakest Link, being eliminated second from the show.
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On September 1,2012, Booker Huffman released his first autobiography, Booker Huffman T: From Prison to Promise, with Medallion Press.
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Booker Huffman T made appearances to promote the book with The Score Television Network with Arda Ocal which aired on August 29,2012.
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On March 10,2015, Booker Huffman released his second autobiography, Booker Huffman T: Wrestling Royalty with Medallion Press.
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In February 2019, Booker Huffman T sued video game company Activision over the Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 character David "Prophet" Wilkes.
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Booker Huffman T was featured as one of four main characters alongside Macho Man Randy Savage, Stone Cold Steve Austin and Eddie Guerrero.
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Booker Huffman presented her to the Nitro crowd the night after his WCW World Heavyweight Championship win at Bash at the Beach.
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Booker Huffman has a son, from a previous relationship with a high school girlfriend, named Brandon was born on in 1982, and with whom he has a strained relationship due to his time spent on the road.
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Booker Huffman married his girlfriend of five years, Sharmell Sullivan, in February 2005.
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Booker Huffman is a fan of Formula One, and was in attendance at the 2012 USGrand Prix as a guest of Lewis Hamilton.
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In February 2020, Booker Huffman T returned to wrestle for the promotion in an eight-man tag team match.
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On December 10,2016, Booker Huffman announced that he would be running in the 2019 Houston mayoral election.
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Booker Huffman pleaded guilty in December 1987 to two aggravated robbery counts and was sentenced to five years in prison.
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Booker Huffman was released after serving 19 months, and was placed on parole until April 1992.
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