Booker T
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 250 lbs
Hometown: Houston, Texas
Birthday: May 1, 1965
Pro Debut: 1989
AKA: Booker T, Booker
Signature Maneuver: Missle Dropkick, Axe Kick
A model of style and substance, Booker T glides with grappling strength and grace. He's GQ meets in-your-face street toughness. Always decked in the latest attire outside the ring, he has also been a trend setter in the ring with 10 tag team and six singles titles. When Booker T flaunts his best, winning is always in fashion.
Career History
Formed Harlem Heat, along with brother Stevie Ray, to become the most dominant tag team in WCW history... Won an unmatched 10 championships... Defeated a "Who's Who" of twosomes with title entanglements with the Nasty Boys, Outsiders, Steiner Brothers, Public Enemy, The Triad, West Texas Rednecks, Luger/Sting and the Filthy Animals... One-on-one he is a six-time WCW World Television Champion with fierce feuds against Disco Inferno, Chris Benoit and Fit Finlay... Split with Stevie Ray after team-breaking disputes involving the New World Order... Hit with ludicrous litigation for the rights to the Harlem Heat name and music by J. Biggs... Began pro wrestling in Texas after attending a Houston-area wrestling school... After eight years in WCW, won the WCW World Heavyweight Championship by defeating Jeff Jarrett at Bash At The Beach on July 9, 2000.
Wrestling Style
Loaded with versatile athleticism... Blends mongoose-like quickness with exceptional power and agility... Stuns opponents with a missile dropkick... Famed for his back-to-feet spinning street dance maneuver, the whirly whirly... Match-ending Harlem Hangover always leaves tag teams flat... Always fights hard bell-to-bell.
Did You Know?
Grew up in Houston's tough South Park neighborhood... Youngest of eight children... Both parents died by the time he was 14 years old... During this difficult period, he fell into trouble with a bad crowd... Brother Stevie Ray became a strong influence that steered Booker on the right path... Practicing a "do your best" philosophy, he worked in fast food, security, maintenance and computers... Strutted as a drum major in high school... Today he likes to share his experiences with high-risk teenagers... One of the best-dressed athletes in pro wrestling... Sports the latest Italian clothes, footwear and accessories... POV Magazine photographed his classic look in a special fashion story... Featured in a national MCI commercial as well as on Comedy Central and MTV specials... Appeared in the Warner Brothers movie Ready To Rumble... Enjoys fishing and playing video games... Regularly returns to his childhood neighborhood in Houston.
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