The two real life siblings who captured the WCW tag team championships 10 times during their illustrious run together and got inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame last year are seriously contemplating a comeback to face The Revival after a recent exchange on the TLC Kickoff show. But the most notable homegrown team in WCW has got to be Harlem Heat, the team of Booker T and Stevie Ray. Stevie. What is Stevie Ray Vaughans guitar worth? Lets go, Book. However, Harlem Heat lost the titles to Konnan and Kidman, the following night on Nitro.[65]. Reigns is one of the faces of modern WWE as is a former 4-time world champion, a former Royal Rumble winner as well as a triple crown winner. "Harlem Heat" Booker T & Stevie Ray Interview 2017!WCW"s "Harlem Heat" team of Stevie Ray and WWE Superstar Booker T share memories of WCW, Sheri Martel Mana. He began teaming with his brother as Stevie Ray (named after a combination of musical artists Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles[8]) in a tag team called The Ebony Experience for the Global Wrestling Federation, which was on ESPN. and this advice earned him the nickname, "Straightshootin'" Stevie Ray. [12] Ray's last match was at Reality of Wrestling on August 12, 2017, teaming with Abel Andrew Jackson as they lost to Ernest Miller and Ryan Davidson.[13]. Me and my big brother, we talking about it." In Dave Meltzer's opinion, I'm not worthy of the #WWEHallOfFame. Harlem Heat became tweeners and entered a feud with Col. Parker's Stud Stable of "Dirty" Dick Slater and Bunkhouse Buck. Booker also responded to criticism and stood up for his brother as being deserving for the Hall of Fame. Stevie Ray, best known for his seven-year run (1993-2000) in WCW where he was one half of the tag team Harlem Heat with brother Booker T, is now host of a Houston-based weekly radio talk show called Straight Shooting with Stevie Ray. He also does a podcast called Stand Up for Greatness., Deceased (19541990) 10. [59] However, in 1998, Harlem Heat quietly disbanded. This difference within the group would cause Harlem Heat and Midnight to lose a six-person tag team match to Curt Hennig and Creative Control at Starrcade. Could he not have lobbied to get his brother hired, or did he and they just didn't respond favorably? He would join the "black & white" in August, effectively turning him heel. [11] On the August 21 episode of Saturday Night, Harlem Heat became villains by teaming with Sid Vicious to defeat Ron Simmons, 2 Cold Scorpio and Marcus Alexander Bagwell in a six-man tag team match. They formed the legendary Harlem Heat tag-team and are 10-time WCW Tag-Team Champions. During his time with WWE, Carlito won the US Championship, Intercontinental Championship and also the WWE Tag titles twice with his brother Primo. [49][50] At Clash of the Champions XXXIV on January 21, 1997, Harlem Heat defeated the team of The Renegade and Joe Gomez. The pair would end up winning the WCW World Tag Team Championships ten times throughout their time in the company. [51], Soon after, Harlem Heat took on The Public Enemy and The Faces of Fear (Meng and The Barbarian) in a three-way dance at SuperBrawl VII, which Public Enemy won. Harlem Heat lost the titles to Lex Luger and Sting on January 22, 1996 episode of Nitro. By June 1998, Stevie Ray had returned to the ring, and the powerful gang-like faction of the nWo had been split into two: Hollywood Hogan's nWo Hollywood and Kevin Nash's nWo Wolfpac. Stevie Ray laughs hysterically at Big T (Ahmed Johnson) snafu during Booker T match http://TitleMatchNetwork.com Stand Up for Greatness w/ Stevie Ray is cr. Copyright Network18 Media and Investments Ltd 2023. Plus, get every WWE Premium Live Event, your favorite shows, new movies, live sports, and more. Booker T could return to the ring in 2020 and reunite Harlem Heat alongside his brother Stevie Ray. [52] The following month, at Uncensored, Harlem Heat defeated Public Enemy in a Texas Tornado match. [12] Harlem Heat made their pay-per-view debut at Fall Brawl on September 19 by teaming with Vader and Sid Vicious against Sting, Davey Boy Smith, Dustin Rhodes, and The Shockmaster in the WarGames match. Check it out. In the long run, this didn't weaken Booker T. If anything, it showed he has depth and willing to look like a dork but be actually funny at the same time. The original Harlem Heat duo of Booker T and Stevie Ray had one final reunion in WCW on the July 19 episode of Thunder where they defeated Jeff Jarrett and Rick Steiner in a tag team match. While Stevie Ray was taking time off to deal with an injury Booker T started gaining traction in the singles realm, winning the Television Title in late 1997. In the summer of 1999, Booker began feuding with The Jersey Triad. [Dash] Wilder! I got respect in this business which is more than I can say for him. 5 Reasons Why Harlem Heat Was WCWs Best Tag Team (& 5 Why It Was The Steiner Brothers), legendary wrestler turned promoter Skandor Akbar, 8 Backstage Stories Fans Should Know About Sensational Sherri Martel, The nWo Wolfpac vs nWo Hollywood Storyline, Explained. Stevie Ray (@RealStevieRay) March 12, 2019. Stevie Ray, best known for his seven-year run (1993-2000) in WCW where he was one half of the tag team Harlem Heat with brother Booker T, is now host of a Houston-based weekly radio talk show called "Straight Shooting with Stevie Ray." He also does a podcast called "Stand Up for Greatness." They now have two daughters, Celia and Rebecca. [41] At Clash of the Champions XXXIII, Harlem Heat retained the titles against Steiner Brothers and the team of Sting and Lex Luger in a triangle match as the match ended in a no contest when the referee Nick Patrick abruptly ended the match due to The Outsiders (Kevin Nash and Scott Hall) just appearing at ringside. Meet us in Houston. 5 Real WWE brothers who had totally different careers. Of these, ten he won as a part of Harlem Heat with his brother, Lash "Stevie Ray" Huffman. Speaking on his Hall of Fame podcast, Booker T recalled an incident in which he and his brother saved Duggan's life at a club before he was married: As the angry boyfriend and his group were about to attack the Hall of Famer, Booker T and Stevie Ray (aka Harlem Heat) entered the club: Booker T opened up on initially disliking a particular duo of eight-time champions. On the January 30 episode of Nitro, Harlem Heat acquired J. Biggs as their manager, who prevented Booker from using the "Rap Sheet" entrance music and "T" in his name. Huffman, better known as Booker T. They won the WCW World Tag Team Championship a record ten times. At Clash of the Champions XXXI, Harlem Heat and Sherri defeated Slater, Buck and Parker in a six-person tag team match. monitoring_string = "afb8e5d7348ab9e99f73cba908f10802", (You must log in or sign up to post here.). Lets take a look at the career of this legendary team and what fans should know about them. Booker T and his brother, Stevie Ray, held the WCW Tag Team Championships ten times. Johnny Ace's brother was one half of the legendary Road Warriors/Legion of Doom along with his late partner Hawk. A Time Warner Company. Don't miss out. Booker T is open to a comeback (Credit: WWE) Booker T could return to the ring in 2020 and reunite Harlem Heat alongside his brother Stevie Ray. [27] On the June 24 episode of WorldWide, Harlem Heat defeated Nasty Boys to win their second World Tag Team Championship after interference by The Blue Bloods (Lord Steven Regal and Earl Robert Eaton). As 1998 started to roll around, Stevie had to take some time off from WCW from January to June. Carlito won the WWE United States Championship on his WWE debut, spitting the apple he was chewing into John Cena's face before attacking him. Watch every Premium Live Event and enjoy some of your favorite WWE content on Shahid. . Pro Wrestling Illustrated, March 1993 issue, p.97. Were going to be discussing that over the new year. [60] During this time, Stevie began attacking Chris Benoit on several occasions, against whom Booker had recently competed in a best-of-seven series to determine the #1 contendership for the World Television Championship. The guitar was originally set to be made for Stevie in 1979, but the plan was dropped when Vaughan started using his middle name Ray; he was only known as Stevie Vaughan at the time. Booker also responded to criticism and stood up for his brother as being deserving for the Hall of Fame. Speaking about the honour, Stevie Ray said: Bo Dallas' career was going great until he joined the main roster. New AEW World Championship Design Jason David Frank Dies One-Punch Man S3 Rumor . After being released from his sentence early, Booker T got into pro wrestling with his brother Stevie Ray. Alongside Hollywood Hogan and Bret Hart, he also participated in the War Games of Fall Brawl 1998. [40] Harlem Heat successfully defended the titles against Steiner Brothers at Hog Wild. It was at the appropriately named event, The Final Heat where Booker and Stevie defeated the Heavenly Bodies to win the ROW Tag Team Championship, a title they held for three weeks before vacating it. [8] Their third run with the title proved to be their longest as they held them until May 7 where Guido Falcone and Vito Mussolini (known as The Sicilian Stallions) defeated them for the titles. In July, Kole and Kane changed their names back to Booker T and Stevie Ray. Last Updated: January 02, 2020, 12:39 IST. Tensions rose in Harlem Heat over the inclusion of Midnight, and Stevie Ray eventually made his official betrayal of Booker T. On top of that, Stevie formed a new tag team, Harlem Heat 2000, enlisting former WWE star Ahmed Johnson as his new partner, Big T. At SuperBrawl 2000, Booker T took on Big T in a match with big stakes: after losing, Booker lost the Harlem Heat name, the entrance music, and even the T in his ring name. [8] In early 1993 the Ebony Experience returned to action and started to chase The Bad Breed (Axl and Ian Rotten) who had won the titles while Booker T recovered. They formed the legendary Harlem Heat tag-team and are 10-time WCW Tag-Team Champions. To help distinguish the two, Booker T has a more ripped body. Booker T is considered to be one of the most decorated wrestlers in WCW history, having held 21 titles including a record six WCW World Television Championships and a record eleven WCW World Tag Team Championships. But legendary wrestler turned promoter Skandor Akbar noticed the brothers and brought them into his short-lived Global Wrestling Federation as a tag team called The Ebony Experience. During his tenure with the nWo, Stevie Ray would tag team with the likes of Horace Hogan and Scott Norton as well as performing in singles competition, often with Vincent at ringside. Over the course of these runs, theyd have memorable matches with teams like American Males, the Stud Stable, the Four Horsemen, The Steiner Brothers, and the team of Lex Luger and Sting. Instead, the two simply went their separate ways, with Booker T expressing support for Stevie Ray even if he personally didnt approve. [21], On December 8, Harlem Heat defeated Stars and Stripes (The Patriot and Marcus Alexander Bagwell) to win their first WCW World Tag Team Championship, which aired on the January 14, 1995 episode of Saturday Night. This marked their final time teaming in WCW before the promotion disbanded. The two made a name for themselves in WCW, storming the tag team division. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. By 1997, things were changing for Harlem Heat. In 2005, Stevie Ray and Booker T opened the "Booker T and Stevie Ray Pro Wrestling Academy" in Houston, Texas. [54], Shortly after, Harlem Heat got involved in a feud with the Steiner Brothers over contention for the World Tag Team Championship, leading to a match between the two teams at The Great American Bash, which Harlem Heat won by disqualification after New World Order (nWo) member Vincent interfered by attacking them. The Road Warriors were inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2011. Get Stevie. [34] This title change was taped on October 11. And no WWE doesn't hire wrestlers based on "decent play-by-play ability can replace promo ability" standards. He further added, "I got one left in me. Harlem Heat won the match to begin their record-setting eighth tag team title reign.[64]. [2] On February 21, 2015, Booker T and Stevie Ray reunited as Harlem Heat for one last match at Booker T's promotion, Reality of Wrestling's "The Final Heat" event, where they defeated the Heavenly Bodies for the ROW Tag Team Championship. [38] On the June 24 episode of Nitro, Harlem Heat defeated Luger and Sting and Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott) in a triangle match to win their fifth World Tag Team Championship. Stevie came back for one more WCW match (a title vs. career match) for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship against Scott Steiner on the November 27, 2000, edition of WCW Monday Nitro, which he lost. Today, let's take a look at 5 pairs of real brothers and the separate directions their careers took. At Bash at the Beach, Harlem Heat retained the titles against Nasty Boys and Blue Bloods in a triangle match. At this point, Rick is still decorated in his Trapper Keeper graphic-style singlet , while pre-"Big Poppa Pump" Scott opts for . Instead, the duo debuted on TV as Harlem Heat despite being from Texas, and with the names Kole and Kane rather than their respective soon-to-be famous monikers of Booker T and Stevie Ray. After being defeated with a surprise small package, Stevie Ray turned on both Booker T and Midnight by attacking both of them. A few months later, WCW was bought by the WWF in March 2001. At the time, the New World Order experienced a schism, resulting in a babyface offshoot called nWo Wolfpac while the heelish nWo Hollywood courted Stevie Ray to join its ranks. Me and my big brother, we talking about it. That's fine because that's his opinion, but I was voted in by my peers. Building a Cloud Computing Career with Amazon AWS Certified Developer Azure Cognitive Services and Containers: 5 Amazing Benefits for Businesses, Running Your Own Electronics Accessories Ecommerce Store, August 22, 1958 Houston, Texas, United States, Booker T (brother) Bonita Huffman-Lott (sister) Carolyn Jones (sister) Sharmell (sister-in-law). Booker liked the addition of Midnight while Stevie neglected her help and started arguing with Booker. On February 21, 2015, Booker T and Stevie Ray reunited as Harlem Heat for one last match at Booker T's promotion, Reality of Wrestling's The Final Heat event, where they defeated The New Heavenly Bodies for the ROW Tag Team Championship. Later that night, Creative Control interfered in Booker's tournament match against Jeff Jarrett, allowing Jarrett to win. [30] As a result, Harlem Heat earned a tag team title shot against Slater and Buck at Fall Brawl. The Road Warriors are one of the greatest tag-teams of all time and dominated pro-wrestling in the late '80s and the '90s. Even the Breathe-Rite strips are sculpted on. As a result, he spent some time following the loss wrestling as simply Booker. Stevie Ray (@RealStevieRay) March 12, 2019. On June 22, 1993, the brothers debuted in WCW as the tag team Harlem Heat, with Booker renamed Kole and Lash renamed Kane. They had brief feuds with Lex Luger and Sting, trading the titles back and forth in early 1996 and The Road Warriors before starting a long feud with Rick and Scott Steiner in 1996. We need to confirm your email address. Originally, they were supposed to be a pair of wrestling slaves won in a card game by manager Col. These days in WWE, they go hire Primo, the brother of a wrestler that they never gave a crap about, and they could care even less about Primo himself. On February 26 the Ebony Experience won their third GWF Tag Team championship, becoming the only team to hold that title three times. I dont think Stevie Ray should have had a fulltime gig with WWE, but a one time Harlem Heat reunion would have been sick. She subsequently joined Harlem Heat. When the HOF is over, fans will get to hear what I really think of Dave. Harlem Heat -- WWE.com's No. Some WWE fans may not be aware of the fact that Roman Reigns' real-life brother was the late Rosey. Stevie resented her help and started disputing with Booker over her. Booker and Stevie signed to WCW in 1993, where they were initially going to be ex-cons who wore chains to signify their bondage. Watch a hard-hitting match between Harlem Heat and The Steiners. Get Stevie. Lane Huffman(Stevie Ray), and Booker Huffman are real life brothers. Harlem Heat, comprised of brothers Booker T and Stevie Ray, was inducted into WWE's Hall Of Fame over WrestleMania weekend. and Torrie Wilson is going into the Hall of Fame! Alistair McGeorge Friday 3 Jan 2020 4:29 pm. Quizzed on the possibility by Renee Young on this weeks Backstage, Booker teased: You know what? Your login session has expired. Booker T was brought in to WWE to be a singles competitor. Fans from the Ruthless Aggression Era all remember Carlito and his legendary vignettes fondly. He then engaged in a short feud with Chavo Guerrero Jr. over the right to defend the belt before dropping it to Chris Jericho afterwards. Make Your First Deposit Bet $5+ On Any Team ML Get $150 if your team wins with DraftKings! Please logout and login again. Harlem Heat lost the titles to Barry and Kendall Windham on the August 23 episode of Nitro. All rights reserved. [19] The alliance with Sherri led to Harlem Heat being elevated in the tag team division. Be the first one to comment on this story. This would result in Booker getting the "Rap Sheet" theme song and "T" name back. Watch every Premium Live Event and enjoy some of your favorite WWE content on Disney + HotStar. Rob Parker's team in the War Games at Fall Brawl on September 19, 1993, with Vader and Sid Vicious against Sting, Davey Boy Smith, Dustin Rhodes and The Shockmaster. From the streets of Harlem, N.Y., came a powerful pair of brothers who terrorized WCW's tag-team ranks throughout much of the 1990s. In case you missed it, you can check out the Monday Night RAW results here. XenForo Add-ons by Brivium 2012-2013 Brivium LLC. During this time, Stevie and Booker lost the titles to the Nasty Boys, regained them, then lost them to Slater and Buck and regained them again. The team achieved their greatest success in World Championship Wrestling (WCW), where they won the WCW World Tag Team Championship a record ten times. Hollywood Hogan began telling various members in private that he had granted them official leadership, causing confusion and friction between members. Please credit the Hall of Fame podcast and give a H/T to Sportskeeda if you use the above transcription. Ive got one left in me! [25] Harlem Heat finally lost the titles to Nasty Boys at Slamboree.[26]. Stevie Ray was the oldest, and he took on the burden of looking after Booker. Now, the brothers will be . The WWE Hall of Famer spoke about the same on this week's WWE Backstage as well, hinting that the match could actually happen. But in late 1996, the New World Order faction was staging a hostile takeover of the promotion, so established WCW stars becoming babyfaces seemed a necessity. On March 30, 2016, Stevie Ray debuted a new weekly radio talk show, Straight Shooting with Stevie Ray which airs on KCOH radio 92.9 FM HD2 every Wednesday. He said: Since I am a tag team extraordinaire, a tag team specialist, 14 tag team championships throughout my reign in this business, so Im looking forward to the tag team division getting crunk in 2020, and I might even manage The Street Profits somewhere along the year. Booker T describes how his brotherly bond with Stevie Ray helped make Harlem Heat a combination deserving of WWE Hall of Fame induction. Could another wrestler patch things up with Triple H like CM Punk did? The former NXT Champion's push lost steam soon after his debut and his "Bo-lieve" gimmick just did not get over with fans on the main roster. They went on to win the Tag Titles three more times, making them 10 time champions. 7 Greatest Tag Team -- is arguably one of WCW's most dominant, most cohesive pairings in history. This article is about the wrestler. Soon enough, tag team gold would follow. After a tumultuous romance and several breakups and makeups, Parker ended up managing Harlem Heat alongside Sherri. Rob Parker, but was changed due to racial sensitivity based on their look, coming out to the ring in wrist and foot shackles. Meanwhile, Booker T would go on to win WCW World Television Championship. This aint 97 bruh. After the match, Booker convinced Stevie to tear up the nWo shirt and reform Harlem Heat. A tag-team specialist like his brother, Johnny Ace found most of his in-ring success over in Japan. [36] At Uncensored, Booker T teamed with Sting to defeat The Road Warriors (Hawk and Animal) in a street fight to earn Harlem Heat, a title shot against Luger and Sting on the April 22 episode of Nitro,[37] which Harlem Heat lost. This guitar has been on display at a Guitar Center in Austin, TX since 2018 in celebration of his 64th birthday. Although a match between two of the greatest teams of their respective generations is a mouth watering prospect for fans, Bookers last official bout was on Raw seven years ago, while Stevie Ray has been semi-retired for a long time now although the brothers did reunite for one final match under the banner of Bookers own Reality of Wrestling promotion in February 2015. WWE Hall of Famer Booker T is now a color commentator on NXT. "[5], Harlem Heat was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame on April 6, 2019 as part of the 2019 class.[6]. [20] On the December 3 episode of WorldWide, Harlem Heat renamed her Sister Sherri. Booker T & Stevie Ray were one of the most dominant tag teams of the 1990s, steamrolling over the competition in WCW to become tag team champions on 10 occasions. Life hadn't been easy for them. Wilder. In August 1993, they went to World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and changed their team name to Harlem Heat. WWE Hall of Famer Booker T recently recalled the time he and his brother, Stevie Ray, saved Hacksaw Jim Duggan from an angry boyfriend at a club. Ray and Big T referred their new team as Harlem Heat 2000. Harlem Heat was a professional wrestling tag team composed of two brothers, Booker and Lash Huffman (better known as Booker T and Stevie Ray). Harlem Heat 2000 continued to feud with Booker as they lost to Booker and Kidman at Uncensored. Sign up for Peacock to watch. Booker wasn't a bad kid. "There ain't no b---h in none of my brothers or . "Stevie Ray is going into the Hall of Fame? We have often seen promoters put brothers into a tag-team when they are starting off and gaining experience and some even break away from the tag-team, like Scott Steiner and Jeff Hardy, to find success and gold as a singles star. His First Wrestling Name Was 'Super Collider'. They became heels and were on Harley Race and Col. Booker T & Stevie Ray vs The Heavenly Bodies from Reality of Wrestling's iPPV #TheFinalHeat saw the last match ever of the legendary WCW & WWE hall of fame t. Speaking of Primo Colon, he's still on WWE's roster but rarely appears. Stevie eventually turned heel and joined up, but he never actually turned on his brother to do so. [Scott] Dawson! They won the GWF Tag Team Championship three times. Reigns has eclipsed the success of his later brother and there are a lot more titles left for him to win in the future. Stevie would form the new Harlem Heat with Big T and begin feuding with Booker and Midnight. Details here. Booker T & Stevie Ray held the WCW World Tag Team Championship a record 10 times -- the most reigns as a tandem in WCW historyIntroduced by towering fireballs, clad in flame-adorned tights and wearing their trademark nose-strips, the brothers complemented each other in style and strength. The following month, at Fall Brawl, Harlem Heat defeated the Windhams in a rematch to win their ninth World Tag Team Championship[65] and retained the titles against Windhams on the September 27 episode of Nitro. He's also a former WWE Champion but is currently off WWE programming as he waits for a new direction from creative. Polly Robinson of the Wisconsin Civil Air Patrol said the helicopter hit the 1,000-foot ski hill about 100 feet below the summit in a clearing east of the ski trail. -. Dawson. RELATED: 8 Backstage Stories Fans Should Know About Sensational Sherri Martel. ? Initially Lash was known as Kane while Booker became Kole. Despite being on opposite sides they managed to peacefully co-exist (despite Booker expressing dismay at Stevie for joining the nWo). Just one night later, on Monday Nitro, Harlem Heat lost the tag team titles to The American Males (Marcus Alexander Bagwell and Scotty Riggs). The titles were vacated a month later without them ever defending them. Eventually, Stevie Ray rose through the ranks to become leader of nWo Hollywood, but the group was imploding and thus not long for this world. In Ivan Putski's Western Wrestling Alliance, he first started feuding with his brother, Booker (who was G.I. However, an alignment with Col. Robert Parker at a house show drew controversy with fans and backstage figures alike when it came off as a slavery gimmick. Dissension within the team began over Midnight on the December 13 episode of Nitro, where Harlem Heat competed against The Revolution (Dean Malenko, Perry Saturn and Asya) in a handicap match, which they lost when Booker tended to an injured Midnight while ignoring Ray, leaving him to get pinned by Malenko.
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