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Booker T
Sign in to saveAlso known as Robert Booker Tio Huffman, King Booker, Booker T. Huffman Jr., Booker Huffman Jr.
American professional wrestler
Film & TV
Plain Dealing, Louisiana, USA
Booker Tio Huffman, Jr. is an American semi-retired professional wrestler and commentator currently signed with WWE. He is better known by his ring names Booker T and King Booker. Booker is best known for his time in World Championship Wrestling (WCW), WWE, and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), holding 35 championships between those organizations. Regarded as one of the greatest stars in…
Known for
- NXT Stand & Deliver 2026 — Booker T2026
- NXT Heatwave 2026 — Booker T2026
- Hulk Hogan: Real American — Self2026
- WWE NXT Stand & Deliver 2025 — Booker T2025
- WWE NXT Battleground 2025 — Booker T2025
- NXT The Great American Bash 2025 — Booker T2025
- Heatwave 2025 — Booker T2025
- NXT Halloween Havoc 2025 — Booker T2025
- WWE NXT Deadline 2025 — Booker T2025
- WWE Legend Profiles — Booker T2025
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Key facts
- Born
- Booker T. Huffman Jr. , ( 1965-03-01 ) March 1, 1965 (age 61) , Plain Dealing, Louisiana , U.S.
- Spouses
- Levestia Huffman ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1996 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2001 ) Sharmell Sullivan ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2005 )
- Relative
- Stevie Ray (brother)
- Ring name s
- Black Snow , Booker, Booker T , GI Bro , King Booker , Kole
- Billed height
- 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
- Billed weight
- 256 lb (116 kg)
- Billed from
- 110th Street in Harlem, New York , Houston, Texas
- Trained by
- Ivan Putski , Scott Casey
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Houston
- Sibling
- Lash Huffman
- Occupation
- professional wrestler
- Employer
- WWE SmackDown
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- WWE Hall of Fame
- Notable work
- WWE Superstars
- Hair colour
- black hair
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 116
- Image
- Booker T 2018.jpg
- Height
- 191
- Number of children
- 3
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- Commons category
- Booker Huffman
- date of birth
- 1965-03-01
- start of work period
- 1989-03-01
- social media followers
- 1369387
- name in native language
- Booker T
- birth name
- Robert Booker Tio Huffman
- debut date
- 1986-00-00
- service retirement
- 2023-01-28
- located on street
- 110th Street
- pseudonym
- Kole
- trained by
- Scott Casey
- end of work period
- 2023-01-28
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Encyclopedic overview
Booker T. Huffman Jr. (born March 1, 1965), better known by his ring name Booker T, is an American retired professional wrestler and professional wrestling trainer. He is currently signed to WWE, where he serves as a color commentator on the NXT brand. He is also the owner and founder of the independent promotion Reality of Wrestling (ROW).
Booker is known for his tenure in World Championship Wrestling (WCW), the World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (WWF/E), and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), holding 35 championships between those organizations. He 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 11 WCW World Tag Team Championships: 10 as one half of Harlem Heat with his brother, Lash "Stevie Ray" Huffman in WCW (most reigns within that company), and one in the WWF with Test. Booker was the final WCW World Heavyweight Champion and WCW United States Heavyweight Champion under the WCW banner.
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