Also, Booker T not winning the belt back from The Rock was a mistake. Huffman is also a one-time WCW World Television Champion. Check out the story here. To complete the subscription process, please click the link in the email we just sent you. 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. 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. "Stevie Ray is going into the Hall of Fame? Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. When the HOF is over, fans will get to hear what I really think of Dave. This is completely different from the WM19 vs HHH match. Harlem Heat lost the titles to The Outsiders at Halloween Havoc. Sign up for Peacock to watch. After dropping the tag titles to The Outsiders (Kevin Nash and Scott Hall), the duo turned face by firing Col. Parker, and then went a step further by getting rid of Sister Sherri in favor of future WWE Womens Champion Jacqueline. Stevie Ray was the oldest, and he took on the burden of looking after Booker. Primo was brought in to form a tag team with Carlito. Stevie. They won the GWF Tag Team Championship three times. Harlem Heat won the WCW World Tag Team Championship three times in 1995, trading the titles with the American Males (Bagwell and Scotty Riggs) in the early fall. Not long after, Stevie Ray won the leadership role in a 4-man battle royal on the April 5, 1999, episode of WCW Monday Nitro, defeating Horace Hogan, Brian Adams, and Vincent. Booker T had a hall of fame career, winning 6 world championships in total as well as being a former United States Champion, IC Champion as well as a former King of the Ring winner. Harlem Heat -- WWE.com's No. [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. Get Stevie. A potential match would be something of a dream for fans around the world, with Harlem Heat regarded as one of the greatest tandems of all time, while Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder have become one of the best teams around today after a string of incredible performances in recent years. Harlem Heat, comprised of brothers Booker T and Stevie Ray, was inducted into WWE's Hall Of Fame over WrestleMania weekend. -. That's fine because that's his opinion, but I was voted in by my peers. [39], Harlem Heat lost the tag team titles to Steiner Brothers at a live event on July 24. 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. [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. In 1997 they feuded with Public Enemy (Johnny Grunge and Rocco Rock), The Steiners and the New World Order. They were then billed from Harlem. 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. During his time with WWE, Carlito won the US Championship, Intercontinental Championship and also the WWE Tag titles twice with his brother Primo. Originally, they were supposed to be a pair of wrestling slaves won in a card game by manager Col. [35] Harlem Heat unsuccessfully challenged Luger and Sting for the titles at SuperBrawl VI. Alongside Hollywood Hogan and Bret Hart, he also participated in the War Games of Fall Brawl 1998. 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. [17], At SuperBrawl IV on February 20, 1994, Harlem Heat defeated Thunder and Lightning. They were briefly put out of action by the nWo and returned to feud with The Faces of Fear (Meng and The Barbarian). [67] Harlem Heat 2000 did not find much success as they lost most of their matches including the semifinal match in the tournament for the vacant World Tag Team Championship against the eventual tournament winners Shane Douglas and Buff Bagwell at Spring Stampede and a handicap match against Terry Funk for the Hardcore Championship on the May 10 episode of Thunder. 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. [11] In April 2013, Stevie Ray inducted Booker T into the WWE Hall of Fame. Stevie Ray (@RealStevieRay) March 12, 2019. Stevie did not want to go to WWF.[10]. He's also a former WWE Champion but is currently off WWE programming as he waits for a new direction from creative. Rosey's brother Roman Reigns recently came back from a health scare and is one of the most heavily pushed stars in WWE today. [19], At Clash of the Champions XXIX, Sensuous Sherri joined Harlem Heat as their manager by helping them in defeating The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags). They became heels and were on Harley Race and Col. At Bash at the Beach, Harlem Heat retained the titles against Nasty Boys and Blue Bloods in a triangle match. [Dash] Wilder! "For me as a tag team, who didn't even get a chance to work in WWE with my brother, my brother and I, we paved the way for so many other young African American wrestlers that watched us and said, man if Booker T and Stevie Ray can do it, we can do it too," said Booker. Stevie Ray, in the WWE Hall of . Wilder. They . From there, they feuded with The Nasty Boys (Jerry Sags and Brian Knobs) and got into a feud with Col. Parker's "Stud Stable" of Dick Slater and Bunkhouse Buck where Parker and Sherri were carrying on a love affair. During a recent appearance on the "That 90s Wrestling Podcast", WWE Hall of Famer Stevie Ray commented on the 2001 segment in WWE that featured Booker T and Stone Cold Steve Austin facing off in a grocery store, and more. I got respect in this business which is more than I can say for him. 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. For the musician, see, Singles appearances; New World Order (19981999), Harlem Heat reformation and feud with Booker T (19992000), GWF North American Heavyweight Championship, "Stevie Ray to induct Booker T into WWE Hall of Fame", "Booker T & Stevie Ray: Bringing the 'Heat', "Wrestling 101: getting a grip on the basics", "Harlem Heat To Be Inducted Into The 2019 WWE Hall Of Fame | Fightful Wrestling", "KELLER'S WWE HALL OF FAME SEGMENT REPORT 4/6: Booker T and Stevie Ray tell stories from early years, Ole Anderson, Arn Anderson, Eddie Gilbert, Sid, Hogan, and then endorses Kofimania", "Stevie Ray Reveals Why He Never Went To WWE", "Stevie Ray is now host of a Houston-based weekly radio talk show", "Stevie Ray Thinks He Has One Last Match In Him", "Harlem Heat Will Be Honored in Las Vegas - Cauliflower Alley Club", "Awards Stevie Ray Wrestlers Database CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database", Creative Control/The Harris Brothers (Gerald/Ron Harris and Patrick/Don Harris), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stevie_Ray&oldid=1152590510, African-American male professional wrestlers, New World Order (professional wrestling) members, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, ROW Tag Team Championship (1 time) with, The Goodfellows (Gary Young and Steve Dane), Sicilian Stallions (Guido Falcone and Vito Mussolini), This page was last edited on 1 May 2023, at 04:27. 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. Harlem Heat had a legendary career as a tag team in WCW. [33] On the October 28 episode of Saturday Night, Harlem Heat defeated American Males to win their fourth World Tag Team Championship. Professional wrestling has seen brothers compete since the advent of the art form. 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. The WWE Hall of Famer spoke about the same on this week's WWE Backstage as well, hinting that the match could actually happen. On February 26 the Ebony Experience won their third GWF Tag Team championship, becoming the only team to hold that title three times. Check out his comments here. . Stevie eventually turned heel and joined up, but he never actually turned on his brother to do so. Martinez acquired a replacement from Fender and Stevie was without the use of his favorite guitar for only one show. A few months later, WCW was bought by the WWF in March 2001. Lane Huffman(Stevie Ray), and Booker Huffman are real life brothers. Don't miss out. Me and my big brother, we talking about it." However, the WWE Hall of Famers never wrestled together in the Stamford-based company. Copyright Network18 Media and Investments Ltd 2023. As a commentator, Stevie referred to all of the women as "yaks" and coined his catchphrase "Suckas gots to know!" [28] The title win was taped on May 3. Huffman, as part of Harlem Heat, was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame class of 2019.[7]. 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). November 9, 2021. On the October 18 episode of Nitro, Harlem Heat lost the tag team titles to The Filthy Animals members Konnan and Rey Mysterio Jr. All rights reserved. They won the rights to the Harlem Heat name in a match with Big T against Booker on February 20, 2000, at SuperBrawl X. 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. For years, Harlem Heat comprised of Booker T and Stevie Ray wreaked havoc on WCW's tag team division to the tune of 10 World Tag Team Championship reigns. At SuperBrawl 2000, Booker lost the rights to the Harlem Heat name, the "Rap Sheet" and the "T" surname after being pinned by Big T after a distraction by Cassius (formerly known as 4x4 from The No Limit Soldiers). 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. 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. Booker T & Stevie Ray brawled with the likes of The Steiner Brothers, Sting & Lex Luger and The Nasty Boys on their way to seven reigns as WCW Tag Team Champions. [2][5] Among other events, he headlined the Fall Brawl 1993 and 1998 pay-per-views. Claim the offer and place your bets below! At Clash of the Champions XXXI, Harlem Heat and Sherri defeated Slater, Buck and Parker in a six-person tag team match.