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4'''The [[{{CatchPhrase}} Five Time]], [[BadassBoast Five Time]], [[LargeHam Five Time]], [[NoIndoorVoice Five Time]], [[BoisterousBruiser Five Time]], WCW Champion!'''
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6Booker T (born Robert Booker Tio Huffman, March 1, 1965) is one of the most decorated wrestlers of all-time, having wrestled for [[Wrestling/{{WCW}} World Championship Wrestling]], [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} World Wrestling Entertainment]] and [[Wrestling/{{TNA}} Total Nonstop Action]]. Over the course of his career he's had six runs with a World Title (5 with [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-h.html WCW's World Heavyvweight Title]], 1 with [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-h.html WWE's World Heavyweight Title]]), 15 runs as a tag team champion (11 [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-t.html WCW]], 3 [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-t.html WWE]], 1 [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tna/tna-t.html TNA]]), and been a Grand Slam Champion in WCW ([[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-h.html WCW World Heavyweight Title]], [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw-us-h.html WCW United States Heavyweight Title]], [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw-tv.html WCW World Television Title]] and [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-t.html WCW World Tag Team Title]]) and in WWE. He is also a former Wrestling/KingOfTheRing. He was the General Manager for ''[[Wrestling/WWESmackDown SmackDown]]'', and serves as one of the trainers on ''Wrestling/WWEToughEnough''. Also, he's a part of the Hall of Fame class of 2013 and was later inducted again alongside Stevie Ray as part of Harlem Heat in the class of 2019.
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8He and Stevie Ray are also three time Global Wrestling Federation North American Tag Team Champions. Individually, Booker has held the heavyweight titles at the independent level of the Prairie Wrestling Alliance, Texas All-Pro Wrestling, Southern Championship Wrestling Florida and Las Vegas Pro Wrestling.
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10Beyond the ring, he's tried his hand at booking, or at least has ownership with his wife Sharmell, having established the Pro Wrestling Alliance in Houston, which was later replaced by Reality Of Wrestling. He is the current color commentator for ''Wrestling/{{WWENXT}}'', a position he has held since October 2022.
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12Do not confuse him with [[UsefuLNotes/CivilRightsMovement Booker T. Washington]], or [[{{Soul}} Booker T. Jones of Booker T. and the MGs]].
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15!! "You didn't trope that. TELL ME...you didn't just trope that!":
16* TheAce: The most decorated WCW champion of all time. It's only slightly diminished by his high points not necessarily being those of the company.
17* AffectionateNickname: "B. Teazy", as coined by {{Wrestling/Undertaker}} during a roast session.
18* AllAmericanFace: His G.I. Bro gimmick and Ebony Experience tag team with Stevie Ray were meant to fill the void left by Wrestling/SgtSlaughter no longer being one during the Gulf War.
19* AlliterativeName: His tag teams with Stevie Ray, "Ebony Experience" and "Harlem Heat".
20* AlternateCompanyEquivalent: With [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]] during his later days in WCW, as Wrestling/VinceRusso [[ExecutiveMeddling made him use the same finisher and spout catchphrases]]. Was lampshaded during the Invasion angle as Booker feuded with the Rock when the latter returned.
21* ArchEnemy:
22** Harlem Heat era: Wrestling/TheNastyBoys (Jerry Sags and Bryan Knobbs), the Steiner Brothers (Rick and [[Wrestling/ScottSteiner Scott]]), the Stud Stable (Col. Robert Parker, Bunkhouse Buck and Dick Slater), the Outsiders (Wrestling/ScottHall and Wrestling/KevinNash).
23** As a singles wrestler: Wrestling/JeffJarrett, Wrestling/ScottSteiner.
24* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning:
25** Unfortunately, his King of the Ring victory went to his head.
26** He was the first 100% black wrestler to win the WWE world championship.
27* BashBrothers: With Stevie Ray.
28* BerserkButton:
29** As a WWE commentator, Wrestling/MichaelCole. It's pretty much guaranteed that Cole will say something to ''seriously'' piss Booker off at least OnceAnEpisode.
30** Insulting or, worse, harming his wife Sharmell will incur his wrath. Just ask [[Wrestling/MikeBucci Simon Dean]], Wrestling/KurtAngle, Mark Jindrak, and Wrestling/BobbyRoode how that felt.
31* BigApplesauce: Was billed from Harlem, NY in Wrestling/{{WCW}}, despite being from UsefulNotes/{{Houston}}, Texas.
32* BigDamnHeroes: Saving Teddy Long from Wrestling/MarkHenry. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9aOiM7GrJw Because words can't do it justice.]]
33* BoisterousBruiser: Booker T was usually loud and happy to brawl. The exceptions were his WWE heel runs, especially when contrasted against Stone Cold Steve Austin.
34* BigOMG: OH MY GOODNESS!
35* BigYes: Harlem Heat's entrance music started with the words "YES YES YES NO NO NO!"
36* BullyingADragon: A real life example when Batista called him a jobber and challenged him to a fistfight in the dressing room. According to most versions of the scuffle, Booker promptly got him down and pounded him until they were separated, and still got the better of him when Batista grabbed his braids and tried to knee him in the head.
37* CallBack: His late-2005 Best of Seven Series for the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwf-us-h.html WWE United States Heavyweight Title]] with Wrestling/ChrisBenoit recycled the series they had done in 1998 over the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-tv.html WCW World Television Title.]]
38* CatchPhrase:
39** Two; "Can you dig that, [[LargeHam Suckaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]]?" and "Tell me... he didn't just say that." (more commonly spoken as "You didn't say that. Tell me... you didn't just say that.")
40** In WCW he would often say, "Don't hate the player, hate the game." It didn't really catch on. However, it led to a pretty cool moment in WWE. During a feud with Wrestling/TripleH, he and Wrestling/{{Goldust}} were talking about Hunter. The conversation ended with Goldust prompting him with "Don't hate the player..." and Booker responding in a murderous tone with "...hate ''[[RedBaron The Game]]''."
41** And he was the Five Time...Five Time...Five Time...Five Time...Five Time WCW CHAMPION!!!! That one did catch on.
42** He's developed a few as a commentator as well, including "Oh my GOODNESS!", "This is ridiculous!", [[FunetikAksent "What da hale?!"]], and, for high-flying action, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daring_Young_Man_on_the_Flying_Trapeze "With the greatest of ease!"]]
43*** Naturally, this has earned him his own [[http://sc.bonked.me/bookerbingo.php catchphrase bingo game.]]
44** "You Gotta Love It!" is another new commentary catch phrase Booker T uses.
45** [[DirtyOldMan "Shucky Ducky Quack Quack!"]]
46** "It is I, King Booker!"
47* CelebrityCameo: He was recognized in attendance at the 2012 Formula One US Grand Prix. He was supporting Lewis Hamilton, who didn't win that year (but would two years later).
48* ChristmasEpisode: ''Christmas Chaos'' was the final Reality Of Wrestling show, but an unexpected gift from interested investors and partners caused Booker T to decide to keep it going.
49* CombatCommentator:
50** When the Main Event Mafia took over TNA Impact, Booker T acted as one in a parody of Don West.
51** Booker T served as one for the Pro Wrestling Syndicate, then he became one on WWE Smackdown.
52* CombatPragmatist: A firm believer of it while on commentary.
53* CombinationAttack:
54** Big Apple Blast (bear hug from Stevie Ray, sidekick from Booker T). He and Scott Steiner have a variation where Booker T does a calf kick.
55** Heat Bomb (power bomb from Stevie Ray, elbow drop from Booker T).
56** Heat Seeker ([[Wrestling/TheRoadWarriors Doomsday Device]]).
57** Towering Inferno (back breaker from Stevie Ray, leg drop from Booker T).
58* CoolOldGuy: Over 50 and still one of the most respected and well-liked personalities in WWE, whether in the ring or out.
59* CuckoolanderCommentator:
60** ''{{Website/Botchamania}}'' has a ''dedicated segment'' for his "Inane" commentary at ringside.
61** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2WQHATbb8k#t=1450s "AWW YEAH, I CAN'T WAIT 'TIL "PAYBACK", MICHAEL PENGUIN! IT'S GON' BE A GREAT SHOW, TACO! SHUCKY-DUCKY PANASONIC! GONNA GO RUN OVER THAT SNOWBANK SLAP A PORPOISE? AH DUNNO BUT THAT KEVIN OWENS, HE'S ONE MEAN AARDVARK. DON'T WANNA BE NO VOLKSWAGEN."]]
62* DanceBattler: A 6'3", 250 pound angry man... [[LightningBruiser who breakdances.]]
63* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: One of only three wrestlers to beat Wrestling/{{Goldberg}} in WCW (the other two being Wrestling/KevinNash and Wrestling/ScottSteiner). It wasn't entirely clean, as Wrestling/JeffJarret interfered, but Booker T has the closest thing to such against a prime Goldberg.
64* DemotedToExtra:
65** At the start of the Invasion, Booker T was the top man in the Alliance. Very quickly, however, he was superseded by Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin, Wrestling/KurtAngle, and Wrestling/RobVanDam.
66** And again, after he lost his position as Smackdown GM. He's still with the company - he just doesn't do much, if anything, on screen.
67* {{Determinator}}: He decided to take on all four members of Evolution after they injured Goldust.
68* DirtyCoward: As a heel.
69* DirtyOldMan: Fairly often while on commentary.
70* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Harlem Heat (Booker and Stevie Ray)'s original, ''very'' short-lived, gimmick in Wrestling/{{WCW}} was that they were chained prisoners being led around by their white Southern manager, Col. Robert Parker. [[note]]Real name Robert [=Welch=], aka "The Tennessee Stud" Robert Fuller in Memphis and Alabama for decades and Wrestling/JeffJarrett's manager Tennessee Lee in 1998 Wrestling/{{WWE}}).[[/note]] The idea for the gimmick is usually attributed to wrestler [[Wrestling/SidEudy Sid [=Vicious=]]].
71* DreadlockWarrior: Has been growing the dreads out since the end of Harlem Heat's regular run in WCW and had them seemingly down to his waist for the last eleven years. Not so much now with the 'warrior' part, but he can still go when the time calls.
72* EarnYourHappyEnding: While a 5-time WCW champ, Booker had to endure a lot of setbacks in his WWE career (the finish of ''[=WrestleMania=] XIX'' is a good example where Wrestling/TripleH squashed him in humiliating fashion) before he finally won a world title again in 2006, five years after joining the company.
73* {{Expy}}: G.I. Bro was an expy of Sergeant Slaughter.
74* FacePalm: The instant he dropped his infamous "Hulk Hogan, we comin' for '''YOU''', nigga!", he immediately facepalmed, with {{Wrestling/Sherri|Martel}} mouthing "you madman, you" and giving him a sympathetic pat on the head.
75* FacialMarkings: Of the practical kind. He used to wear a rebreather in WCW.
76* {{Fanboy}}: Of [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]] a.k.a "D-Bryan" who consistently was on the top of Booker's "top five." Until Daniel Bryan's heel turn, that is.
77* FinishingMove: The Bookend, the Ax Kick, the Scissor Kick, the Missile Dropkick. In WCW he used to use a top rope somersault leg drop he called the Harlem Hangover, and occasionally used it in WWE as the Houston Hangover.
78* FlatWhat: His reaction to Wrestling/JerryLawler's supposed anal bleeding.
79* FriendToAllChildren: The money generated from his PWA / ROW shows that doesn't go to workers gets put in the Booker T Fights for Kids charity.
80* ForYourOwnGood: Booker T's reasoning for helping Jerry Lawler pull Michael Cole from the ring, who had already retreated over the top rope to get away from [[Wrestling/KiaStevens Kharma]], who went on to drop Wrestling/DolphZiggler with the Implant Buster.
81* GoodIsDumb: As Smackdown GM, he believes everything Wrestling/EveTorres tells him. To the point where Wrestling/{{Sting}} would probably think he's missing the obvious. He has gotten better, though.
82* HappilyMarried: To Sharmell.
83* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: More so in WCW, where this had become the norm.
84* HollywoodVoodoo: After claiming to be better than the Undertaker (which got the predictable results), Booker T turned to a bokor, who freaked out because "a shadow" was stalking him. When he asked her what to do about "the shadow", she gave him some powder, which he was to sprinkle in a grave site. It raised another man from the dead, who presumably would fight the Undertaker for Booker T. but Booker got scared and took off before he could see the man come out of the ground.
85* HotBlooded
86** He tried to suppress this as King Booker, but even then he got all fired up when Cryme Tyme stole his wallet. Otherwise this was pretty much the norm.
87** By his own admission, this is why he called Wrestling/HulkHogan the N-word. It just kinda slipped out.
88* IHaveManyNames: G.I. Bro, Black Snow, Kole, King Bookah...
89* IKissYourFoot: King Booker would often try to ''force'' other wrestlers to kiss his foot.
90* ImmediateSelfContradiction: Booker T claimed to Goldust that he was not a Star Wars fan and had never watched the movie before. He then took Goldust's toy lightsaber and swung it around while calling himself Obi Book Kenobi.
91* InkSuitActor: In the G.I. Bro Comic Books.
92* IrrationalHatred: For no apparent reason, Booker developed a hatred of Wrestling/JasonJordan during his run as Wrestling/KurtAngle's illegitimate son, and would go out of his way to denigrate him and accuse him of cheating on commentary, with even heel commentator Wrestling/CoreyGraves [[EveryoneHasStandards feeling Booker was taking his criticism way too far]] and scrambling to defend Jordan.
93* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: As a face prior to his semi retirement. Booker T's been much nicer as a commentator and as the Smackdown general manager than he was as a wrestler.
94* KickedUpstairs: He left the commentary team to become the GM of Smackdown.
95* KnowWhenToFoldEm: An unusual subversion in that Booker did this while he was winning. During a match with Wrestling/TheBigShow, he and Booker were fighting on the outside when he picked up the steel ring steps. He tried to attack Booker with them, but Booker superkicked him in the chest, making him lose his balance and fall back with the ring steps landing right on his head. Booker kicked the steps off of Show and found that he was completely unconscious. When Booker tried to drag Show back into the ring for a pin, he realized Show was too heavy to move. Finally, Booker just climbed back into the ring by himself and let the referee count Show out for the win.
96* LargeHam: It had reduced a bit as he got older, but even then it took a while. Take a gander at King Booker's promos where he completely cuts off Batista on the microphone to assure him of his inferiority. Better yet, just watch his entrance where he hops around and raises his hands when the pyro goes off.
97* LastOfHisKind: He was the last wrestler to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship on the final episode of Nitro.
98* LeaveHimToMe: At Producciones Perros del Mal, Booker T willingly took on Big Daddy V to keep him off of his smaller partners Mesias and Blue Demon Jr. However, after everything Booker T did failed to knock Big Daddy V down, he called for their help, once they were done with Shawn Hernandez and [[Wrestling/TheWorldsGreatestTagTeam Shelton Benjamin]].
99* LegacyCharacter: ''Sort of''. Bubba Douglas was the first Booker T when he was in CSW: Heart of America Sports Attractions, a promotion in Kansas, but that Booker T wasn't much like this one beyond name (and a not-quite-afro, if you want to stretch it).
100* {{Leitmotif}}
101** Alternated between "The Woodchuck's Game", "Hittin' The Jack" by Joel Edwards, and his G.I. Bro Theme in the year 2000.
102** Usually "Rapsheet" from 2001 onward.
103** "Dead White Guys" during his "King Bookah" run.
104** "Sucka" in TNA, when not using the Main Event Mafia theme.
105* LightningBruiser: Besides power moves like the Bookend, his chops or various kicks, he was also known for a flying forearm and an exaggerated jumping knee drop. In his younger days, he was known for his impressive somersault leg drop (dubbed the Harlem Hangover). He used it for the first time in years during his 2003 match with Wrestling/TripleH.
106* MoralityPet: Was friends with Wrestling/{{Goldust}} despite being a heel. Later on, his wife Sharmell filled this role.
107* MotorMouth: His commentary tends to ramble just a bit, giving the fans plenty of [[{{Website/Botchamania}} Inane Black Snow Commentary]] moments.
108* NapoleonDelusion: The "King Booker" gimmick was this, as Booker started to act as if being King of the Ring meant he ''really'' was a king.
109* NoIndoorVoice: Even in non wrestling contests, such as when he appeared on ''WWE Confidential'' or served as the Smackdown GM. The exception was his tenure on ''WWE Tough Enough''.
110* NWordPrivileges: His infamous promo towards Hulk Hogan shows that even he realised this was a bad idea.
111* OddFriendship: Several over his tenure, [[Wrestling/RobVanDam RVD]], Wrestling/EddieGuerrero, and Wrestling/{{Goldust}}.
112* OlderThanTheyLook: Booker will turn 60 in 2025 and looks to be in his mid-to-late thirties at the most. However, seeing that African-Americans usually age more slowly than other races, it shouldn't be surprising.
113* OneSteveLimit: Booker T owned his own PWA (Pro Wrestling Alliance in Texas) but was also champion in another PWA (Prairie Wrestling Alliance in Canada).
114* OnlyOneName: After Big T. defeated him for the right to use the letter T, Booker was just Booker.
115* OnlySaneMan: He shares this role with Josh Matthews when it comes to commentary on Smackdown. Though unlike Josh Matthews, who wisely stays quiet about it, Booker T tends to call Wrestling/MichaelCole out on his insanity.
116* OohMeAccentsSlipping:
117** During his time as King Booker, Booker used an obviously fake British accent. On occasion he'd get angered and slip back to his actual accent, mostly when someone caused him to revert to yelling "[[CatchPhrase Tell me... he didn't just say that]]!"
118** Whilst part of the Main Event Mafia, Booker used an obviously fake African accent, to portray the idea he was African royalty. He'd slip out of this one just as frequently.
119* OpenMouthInsertFoot: His infamous moment of calling Hulk Hogan the n-word in a moment of excitement only to visibly instantly regret it. Conversely, his manager clearly thinks it’s hilarious while everyone else has to no-sell what just happened and move on.
120* OutOfFocus: During the Invasion, he initially started off as TheDragon. But then BadassDecay set in, and [[SpotlightStealingSquad Stone Cold became the focus.]]
121* PerkyFemaleMinion
122** Sister Sherri for Harlem Heat, though she insisted she was just a friend everyone knew she was around to help them get ahead.
123** Booker hired Wrestling/TheBeautifulPeople to protect his wife from [[Wrestling/JessicaKresa ODB]] and even gave them his locker room.
124** Wrestling/BlackRose as Booker (and Wrestling/SheltonBenjamin's) manager in WWC during 2011, including her own spinaroonies.
125* PetTheDog: One of his first actions as the new Smackdown GM was to give Teddy Long (the longtime former GM who lost his job thanks to Wrestling/JohnLaurinaitis and had spent the last several months being humiliated by Laurinaitis and Wrestling/{{Eve| Torres}}) a position as his senior advisor.
126* PowerStable
127** Was TheDragon for the Alliance (until he was DemotedToExtra), ran King Booker's Court, and was a member of the Main Event Mafia in TNA.
128** Back in the dark days of WCW in 2000, briefly revived his old GWF gimmick of G.I. Bro as a member of the Misfits in Action, a military-themed {{Face}} group.
129** He and Stevie Ray joined the Masters of the Power Bomb with Wrestling/BigVanVader and Sid while they were Kole and Kane.
130** Randomly thrown into the WWE version of the [[Wrestling/NewWorldOrder NWO]] in 2002.
131** King Booker's Court, with Queen Sharmell, Wrestling/WilliamRegal, Finlay and Wrestling/{{Hornswoggle}}.
132** Perros Del Mal in Wrestling/{{AAA}}. His membership was kind of surprising, considering he showed no affiliation with the group when he worked for [[VillainBasedFranchise their own promotion]] prior.
133* PrimAndProperBun: A ''very'' rare male example as a respected Hall of Fame, All-Star panelist.
134* PunctuatedForEmphasis: See CatchPhrase.
135* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: As the Smackdown GM.
136* TheRival: Wrestling/JeffJarrett and Wrestling/ScottSteiner during his WCW days. Wrestling/JohnCena and Wrestling/ChrisBenoit during his time on Smackdown.
137* [[RetiredBadass Semi-Retired Badass]]: Following his return to WWE in 2011, he became a commentator, then he was appointed to be the Smackdown GM in 2012. 48 years old and can still drop a scissors kick on you if you get out of line.
138* RingOldies: When he was forty nine, Booker T reunited one last time with Stevie Ray to win the Reality Of Wrestling Tag Team Titles. They vacated them thirteen days after Booker T turned fifty.
139* SharpDressedMan: During his United States Championship feud with the Boogeyman, Booker declared himself to be the best dressed wrestler in the world and usually wore a suit. Also in the Main Event Mafia, obviously.
140* SmallNameBigEgo
141** King Bookah is a King. Batista is nothing but a bloated peasant!
142** Incidentally, he got in a fistfight with Wrestling/{{Batista}} backstage about Batista [[SmallNameBigEgo bragging about his push]]. Pretty much all the other wrestlers sided with Booker.
143* SpectacularSpinning: The Spin-A-Roonie is his signature taunt, usually done as a baby face to fire up the crowd, but sometimes its instead used in a practical way to get back up to his feet.
144* SpiritedCompetitor: Whenever he was a face.
145* SpiritualSuccessor: While the Pro Wrestling Alliance school was founded to make sure more pro wrestlers were properly trained, the shows they put on were supposed to call back to Paul Boesch's Houston Wrestling, a promotion from the 1920-1980s.
146* SpitTake: Happened mid-Stunner at Wrestling/WrestleMania XXVII.
147* StartMyOwn: His own wrestling promotion in Houston, TX, originally called the Pro Wrestling Alliance, now known as [[http://www.realityofwrestling.com Reality of Wrestling.]]
148* StillGotIt
149** At age 46, he can still go well enough in the ring, and he can still pull off the Spinaroonie too!
150** To prove this? The Raw of 06/06/11. He gets challenged by [[JerkJock Jack Swagger]] and goaded into a match. Many people expect Swagger to [[CurbStompBattle squash him]]. After all, Booker's a commentator now and the commentary team kept hyping that he had at least four years of ring rust [[AlternateHistory (despite being part of TNA)]]. What happens? Booker beats Swagger so bad, Swagger tries to ''run away'', only for Wrestling/EvanBourne to toss him back into the ring to receive Booker's patented [[FinishingMove Scissors Kick]]. Now, can you dig that? Sucka!
151** Also, a series of very good and closely contested matches with Wrestling/CodyRhodes, who was about 20 years his junior. Booker came very close to ''winning the Intercontinental Championship'' after spending several months in semi-retirement at the announcer's table.
152* TheVillainSucksSong: "[[Wrestling/CodyRhodes Cody]] [[WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer the Red Nosed Reindeer]]."
153* VitriolicBestBuds: His Chemistry with Wrestling/MichaelCole on commentary seems to be building up to this. The duo seem to find a lot of humor in [[{{Troll}} trolling]] each other in an attempt to [[{{Corpsing}} make the other corpse.]]
154* ThirdPersonPerson: As King Booker, and when imitating The Rock's catchphrases.
155* UnderwearOfPower: Pretty much wore them all the time while wrestling.
156* TheUnintelligible: His deep and raspy voice is very hard to understand at times.
157* UpperClassTwit: As King Booker, and again during his TNA tenure with Team 3D declaring him royalty and kissing his ring.
158* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt:
159** Long before HHH [[http://www.wrestlecrap.com/inductions/booker-t-vs-triple-h/ became a plantation owner]] over on ''Raw'', ''Nitro'' worked the race angle with Harlem Heat. Sherri managed the team as "Sister" Sherri, a white cougar with two huge black guys on her arm, which announcer Gary Michael Cappetta said was “easy heat.” Sherri wasn't amused, saying on numerous occasions that Booker is "her brother" and that their business isn't about color.
160** In Booker's WWE run, Wrestling/StacyKeibler helped him win a match against {{Wrestling/Test}}. Booker then invited Stacy into the ring and persuaded her to do a "[[DistaffCounterpart legaroonie]]" while wearing a short skirt. Booker enjoyed the ensuing PantyShot as much as anyone in the crowd.
161* WorthyOpponent: El Illegal Chicano in Puerto Rican IWA; despite being part of the evil Main Event Mafia stable and holder of his trumped up Legends Championship, Booker T was hardly upset when he lost to Chicano and celebrated with him.
162* WouldHitAGirl: Hit the Bookend on Team Canada's Major Gunns (Tylene Buck) on the November 15, 2000 ''WCW Thunder'' after she hit him with the Canadian flag, though he apologized for it the following week.
163* WrestlingFamily: His brother Stevie Ray and his wife Sharmell.
164* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: His reaction as a commentator when an awesome moment occurs in the ring.
165* YoungestChildWins: Booker is the youngest of eight children and despite a rocky start, became the star of the family. Despite Stevie Ray's (the third youngest) success in Harlem Heat, he was never able to have the singles success that Booker had.
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167[[CatchPhrase Now can you dig that, SUCKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!]]

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