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Booker T. Huffman Jr., better known by his ring name Booker T,
is an American professional wrestler, professional wrestling promoter and color commentator. He was
born on March 1, 1965 in Plain Dealing, Louisiana, United States. Booker has been named by peers
and industry commentators as one of the best professional wrestlers of his era;
he was voted WWE's greatest World Heavyweight Champion in a 2013 viewer poll. Booker is also
the owner and founder of the independent promotion Reality of Wrestling (ROW) in Texas City, Texas.
Huffman was born the youngest of eight children. By the time Booker was 13,
both of his parents had died and he lived with his 16-year-old sister. He would move in with his
older brother Lash "Stevie Ray" Huffman at age 17. In high school, Huffman was a drum major. He
also played football and basketball.
Huffman has been married twice.
His first marriage to Levestia Huffman lasted from 1996 to 2001. They have one son named Brandon.
Huffman and retired professional wrestling valet and beauty queen Sharmell Sullivan
began dating while they both worked for WCW. The couple were married in February
2005. Sullivan gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, Kendrick and Kennedy.
As a single father working at a storage company, Huffman was looking to make a better life for
himself and his son. His brother, Lash, suggested that they should try out wrestling. Booker trained
under Scott Casey and debuted as "G.I. Bro" on Putski's Western Wrestling Alliance Live! program
in 1989. Booker and his brother continued to wrestle on the Texas independent circuit and was
signed with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1993. Booker is the most decorated wrestler in WCW
history, having held 21 titles including a record six WCW World Television Championships (along with
being the first African American titleholder), and a record eleven WCW World Tag Team Championships:
ten as one half of Harlem Heat with his brother, Lash "Stevie Ray" Huffman in WCW,
and one in the WWF with Test. Booker was the final WCW World Heavyweight Champion
and WCW United States Heavyweight Champion within the active WCW organization. Booker
is also known for his time in the World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (WWF/E),
and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), holding 35 championships between the three organizations.
Booker is a six-time world champion in professional wrestling, having won the WCW
World Heavyweight Championship five times, and WWE's World Heavyweight Championship once.
With his fifth WCW Championship win, Booker T became the second African-American to win
a world championship in WWF/E (after The Rock), and the first to be of non-mixed
race. He is also the winner of the 2006 King of the Ring tournament,
the sixteenth Triple Crown Champion, and the eighth Grand Slam Champion in WWE history.
As the ninth WCW Triple Crown Champion, Booker is one of five men to achieve both the WWE and WCW
Triple Crowns. He has headlined multiple pay-per-view events for the WWF/E,
WCW and TNA throughout his career. Booker was inducted into the WWE Hall
of Fame in April 2013, by his brother, Lash. Both he and Lash were inducted together into
the 2019 class in April 2019 as Harlem Heat, rendering Booker a two-time Hall of Famer.
In 2021, Booker Huffman's net worth was estimated to be $1 Million.
In February 2019, Booker T sued video game company Activision over the Call of Duty:
Black Ops 4 character David 'Prophet' Wilkes. The lawsuit claimed that the
Black Ops character contained similarities to Booker's GI Bro comic book character.
Booker has released two autobiographies. The first one, titled Booker T: From Prison to Promise,
was released in September 2012. In March 2015, Booker released his second autobiography,
Booker T: Wrestling Royalty with Medallion Press.
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