The Wwe Legend King Booker T - Who is He?

Booker Tio Huffman (born March 1, 1965), better known by his wrestling persona Booker T, is an American professional wrestler. He is currently wrestling for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he is the current TNA Legends Champion.

Booker T had a tough childhood, having lost his parents by 13 years of age, and later having to

live with his older sister and brother. He was also sent to prison for robbery and served 19

months in jail.

Booker T took up wrestling lessons with his brother, Stevie Ray, and the two wrestled in the

indie scene in Texas for a few years, before they were signed by World Championship wrestling.

The brothers tag teamed together in WCW and were named Harlem Heat, and the duo went on

to win the WCW World Tag Team Championship, where they had great feuds with The Steiner

Brothers, and held the belt for a mind-boggling ten times.

Following a successful tag team career, Booker T embarked on a singles run where he became

the most successful WCW star, winning 21 titles in total, including the WCW World Heavyweight

Championship, WCW World Television Championship, WCW World Tag Team Championship,

and the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship.

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Booker T had great feuds with Jeff Jarrett, Chris Benoit, and Scott Steiner on WCW television,

before WWE acquired the rival promotion where Booker T went next.

WWE Career

Booker T had more success in WWE in 2001, where he had a memorable feud with Stone Cold

Steve Austin, as a heel, and then went on to feud with the likes of Kurt Angle and The Rock.

After winning the Royal Rumble, Booker T then feuded against Triple H, and the two had a

match at WrestleMania XIX, where Booker T lost.

He then won the Intercontinental Championship and then the United States Championship, and in 2006, he won the World Heavyweight Champion after defeating Rey Mysterio.

TNA and return to WWE

Booker T was released by the WWE in 2007, following which he moved to rival promotion, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he faced off against foes, while teaming up with Scott Steiner - against whom he had put up phenomenal matches back in WCW - to win the TNA World Tag Team Championship.

Booker T returned to the WWE in 2011 and had a few matches, but was mainly restricted to a

commentary role. In 2013, Booker T was inducted by his brother Stevie Ray, into the WWE Hall of Fame.

Who is Booker T's wife?

Booker married his first wife Levestia on May 23, 1996. Booker presented her to the Nitro crowd the night after his WCW World Heavyweight Championship win at Bash at the Beach. Levestia was also used to further the feud between himself and Jeff Jarrett when Jarrett hit her in the head with a guitar on Nitro on July 31, 2000.However, they divorced on May 8, 2001.

Booker has a son, from a previous relationship with a high school girlfriend, named Brandon, with whom he has a strained relationship due to his time spent on the road. Booker married his girlfriend of five years, Sharmell Sullivan, in February 2005.

The couple welcomed their twins, a boy named Kendrick and a girl named Kennedy, in 2010. Booker and his brother Lash opened a wrestling school in Houston in 2005. Booker T is also a supporter of Formula One, and was in attendance at the 2012 U.S Grand Prix as a guest of Lewis Hamilton.

What is Booker T net worth?

Booker T (WWE) is an American semi-retired professional wrestler which has an estimated net worth of $5 million.

What does the T stand for in Booker T?

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