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Real Name: Booker Huffman
Aliases: GI Bro
Birthday: May 1, 1965
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 250 pounds
From: Houston,TX
Finishing Move: Book End
- Huffman trained for six months to become a
pro wrestler.
- Booker debuted as G.I. Bro for Ivan Putski's
Houston based
indy promotion.
- Booker and his brother Stevie Ray became a
tag team in the Texas-
based WWA promotion. The duo stayed in the territory three years.
- While in Texas, Booker T feuded with Tiger
Conway Jr.
- T and Ray moved to the Global Wrestling
Federation,
and were managed by Gary Hart. The team received the name
"The Ebony Experience."
- The Ebony Experience beat Stevie Dane and
Gary Young for the
GWF Tag Team title on July 31, 1992.
- The Ebony Experience claimed their second
GWF Tag Team title in
September 1992, and their third on February 26, 1993
from Bad Breed (Ian & Axl Rotten).
- T and Ray made their WCW debut on July 7,
1993, teaming with
Sid Vicious in a six man tag match.
- Harlem Heat were Sid Vicious and Big Van
Vader's mystery
partners at Fall Brawl 1993, losing to Sting, Davey Boy Smith,
The Shockmaster, and Dustin Rhodes.
- Harlem Heat captured their first WCW World
Tag Team title on
December 8, 1994, defeating The Patriot and Marcus Alexander
Bagwell in Atlanta, Georgia.
- After dropping the title to
the Nasty Boys, Heat regained the belts on June 24, 1995.
- Harlem Heat won the WCW Tag Team title at
Fall Brawl 1995,
defeating "Dirty" Dick Slater and Bunkhouse Buck.
- Their third title only lasted one day, but
the duo regained the tag team title nine
days later from Bagwell and Scotty Riggs.
- On the June 24, 1996 "Nitro,"
Harlem Heat overcome
Lex Luger and Sting to win their fifth WCW Tag Team title.
- Three days after losing the tag team title
to the Steiner brothers,
Harlem Heat regained the straps three nights later
on July 27, 1996.
- Booker T and Stevie Ray over powered Public
Enemy to
capture their seventh WCW tag team title on October 1, 1996, in Canton, Ohio.
- When Stevie Ray went down with an injury,
Booker tried his luck in
singles competition. He pinned the Disco Inferno for the WCW Television title on
Nitro, December 29, 1997.
- Rick Martel relieved T of the TV title at
SuperBrawl, but Booker
regained the championship on February 22, 1998.
- On June 14, 1998, David "Fit"
Finlay fell victim to Booker T, as the
master of the Harlem Hangover regained the Television title in
Indianapolis, Indiana.
- When Booker suffered a knee injury; brother
Stevie Ray defended the
title against Chris Jericho, who captured the title on the August 10, 1998 Nitro.
- Booker T beat "Big Poppa Pump"
Scott Steiner for his sixth WCW
Television title at Uncensored on March 14th in Louisville, Kentucky.
- Harlem Heat defeated Bam Bam Bigelow and
Kanyon for the
WCW World Tag Team title at the 1999 Road Wild.
- Harlem Heat beat Barry and Kendall Windham
at the 1999 Fall Brawl
in Winston-Salem, NC, for the WCW World Tag Team title.
- When the Filthy Animals were stripped of the
WCW Tag Team belts due to
an injury suffered by Rey Mysterio Jr., the title was put up in a three-way
dance at the 1999 Halloween Havoc. Harlem Heat claimed their tenth WCW World Tag
Team title defeating Hugh Morrus & Brian Knobs and Konnan & Kidman.
- Booker T defeated his brother Stevie Ray via
disqualificaiton
at Souled Out 2000 in Cincinnati, Ohio.
- Kidman & Booker (with Torrie Wilson)
defeated Harlem 2000 (Ray & Big T)
at Uncensored 2000.
- On the May 23rd Thunder taping, Booker
reverted back to
G.I. Bro and joined the Misfits in Action.
- As G.I. Bro, Booker T defeated Shawn Stasiak
at the 2000
Great American Bash in a Boot Camp match in Baltimore, MD.
- On the June 19th episode of
"Nitro," Huffman removed his G.I.
Bro attire and became Booker T once again.
- At the Bash at the Beach in Daytona Beach,
FL, Booker T
defeated Jeff Jarrett for the WCW title.
- On the July 24th edition of
"Nitro," Booker T successfully
defended the WCW title against Goldberg.
- At New Blood Rising in Vancouver, Booker T
defeated
Jeff Jarrett to retain the WCW title.
- On the September 4th episode of
"Nitro," Booker T defeated his brother
Stevie Ray under the orders of Vince Russo in a qualifying match for
the War Games 2000 match.
- At Fall Brawl 2000, Booker T defeated Kevin
Nash in a
steel cage match for his second WCW title.
- After dropping the WCW title to Vince Russo,
Booker T
regained the strap on the October 2nd edition of "Nitro," defeating Jeff
Jarrett in a 49ers match.
- At Halloween Havoc, Booker T successfully
defended the
WCW title against Scott Steiner.
- On November 16th, Booker T again
successfully defended the WCW
title against Steiner at the German only PPV "Millennium Final."
- In a match against Scott Steiner at Mayhem
2000, Booker T
suffered an injured sternum.
- Following an extended absence from
television, Booker
returned to "Nitro" on the February 26 with a new hairstyle.
- Booker T, thanks to outside interference
from Shane Douglas, defeated
Rick Steiner for the United States title at WCW's
Greed PPV in Jacksonville, FL.
- On the final "Nitro" on TNT (March
26, 2001), Booker T pinned Scott
Steiner for the WCW World Heavyweight title in Panama City, FL.
- Booker T signed with WWFE after the company
purchased WCW.
- Booker T made his WWF debut at the 2001 King
of the Ring, slamming
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin through the Spanish announcer's table.
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