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Booker T has a professional wrestling career that stretched over three decades, and he is considered one of the most decorated professional wrestlers of all time. He earned his early fame during his WCW career, where he was projected as one of the biggest upcoming stars of the promotion. During his early career, he worked as a tag team wrestler along with his brother Stevie Ray, and later, he started working solo.
He had been projected as one of the top upcoming stars of WCW, and he even won the WCW World Heavyweight Championship four times in total while he was a part of WCW. He is often regarded as a five times WCW World Heavyweight Champion; he actually won the fifth title during the invasion angle in 2001, and he was a part of WWE then.
Booker T discusses dealing with racism
Booker T transitioned to WWE in 2001 during the invasion storyline, and during his early career, he was promoted as a mid card. In 2006, he was elevated to a main event role, and he even won the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. He had been inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame 2 times, once in 2013, and 2019, he had been inducted as a member of Harlem Heat.
Booker T made his in ring debut in 1990
But even a wrestler like Booker T could not survive racism in America. He recently revealed that he had to face racism during his early career when he could not become a famous name. Speaking on his “Hall of Fame” podcast, he revealed the following about dealing with racism during his early career;
He retired from in ring action in 2023
“Yeah, my brother and I – we experienced racism. From the beginning of our careers we experienced racism… I remember our debut in the Global Wrestling Federation. Now it was about 75 people, maybe 100 people. … And literally, my brother and I – we walked out. The crowd started calling us the n-word.”
“In WCW, there was a guy – he was one of the security guards, and … I don’t know if he was former KKK. He might have been current KKK at that time… WCW, you know – it was the ‘Good Ol’ Boys.’ Of course there was going to be some racism!” said the two times WWE Hall of Famer and five times WCW World Heavyweight Champion.
