Booker T
Sign in to saveAlso known as Robert Booker Tio Huffman, King Booker, Booker T. Huffman Jr., Booker Huffman Jr.
American professional wrestler
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 5 Apr 1856
- Died
- 14 Nov 1915
- Works
- 294
Top works
- The Negro Problem
- Up From Slavery
- Address of Booker T. Washington
- Working with the hands
- The story of the Negro
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 487,661
- Total plays
- 4,076,604
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Booker T. & the M.G.'s is an instrumental rhythm & blues band that was influential in shaping the sound of Southern soul and Memphis soul. The original members of the group were Booker T. Jones (organ, piano), Steve Cropper (guitar), Lewie Steinberg (bass), and Al Jackson, Jr. (drums). In the 1960s, as members of the house band of Stax Records, they played on hundreds of recordings by artists such as Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding, Bill Withers, Sam & Dave, Carla Thomas, Rufus Thomas, Johnnie Tayl
Recent publications · Crossref
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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
- 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
- pseudonym
- Kole
- end of work period
- 2023-01-28
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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.