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SmackDown: Edge celebrates 25 years with a banger match

Posted by Shelby-Liza Ndumbi | Aug 18, 2023 | TV Reports

Hey there! Welcome to the Grayson Waller Effect as we invite the Hall of Famer and the new US...

NXT: Dragunov battles Waller, Booker T joins the booth

Posted by Matthew McFarlin | Oct 11, 2022 | TV Reports

“Shucky ducky quack quack,” Booker T joins the NXT commentary booth as a result of WWE’s broadcast...

WWE making changes to commentary teams

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Oct 6, 2022 | News, TV Reports

WWE announced some changes to the commentary teams for their flagship RAW, Smackdown, and NXT...

Booker T’s promotion signs massive TV deal

Posted by John Powell | Sep 8, 2021 | News

Can you dig it, suckas? Wrestling icon Booker T’s promotion is heading to nationwide...

Take what you can get from the A&E/WWE Biography on Booker T

Posted by Dave Hillhouse | May 10, 2021 | Documentary Reviews, Hollywood Headlock

As the previous entries in the new series of Biography on A&E featuring big-name WWE stars has...

Booker T speaks out, ‘disturbed’ by corruption and abuse

Posted by John Powell | Jun 25, 2020 | #SpeakingOut, News

Booker T is not only a wrestling legend and a Hall of Famer but he also runs the Reality of...

Deep Impact teams Booker T with Impact

Posted by Alexandra Robertson | Jun 28, 2019 | Interviews

There is no question that Booker T is one of the most decorated and unique wrestlers that has ever...

Hall of Fame honours Booker T, Severn, Hart, Brody and others

Posted by Pat Laprade | Jul 30, 2018 | Interviews, Tragos/Thesz HOF

WATERLOO, Iowa – There aren’t too many places where you can have a former WWE...

Shawn Michaels adds ‘Mr. CAC’ to his amazing resume

Posted by Greg Oliver | May 3, 2018 | CAC, Interviews

LAS VEGAS – He was “The Showstopper,” “The Heartbreak Kid” and “Mr....

2018 Tragos/Thesz HOF Class announced

Posted by Greg Oliver | Mar 26, 2018 | Tragos/Thesz HOF

The George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame announced its Class of 2018 today:...

Veteran wrestler and trainer Tugboat Taylor dead at 71

Posted by Greg Oliver | Nov 8, 2017 | Interviews, Obituaries

Tugboat Taylor, a veteran wrestler and trainer based in Houston, has died. He was 71 years old....

A history lesson on Tough Enough

Posted by John Powell | Jul 1, 2015 | News

It is just common sense. If you are going to work for a magazine, you should read some back...

Emotional WWE Hall of Fame ceremony dragged at times

Posted by Bob Kapur | Apr 7, 2013 | Interviews, WrestleMania

NEW YORK, NY — Though TicketMaster showed the event as being sold out, there were a few...

WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2013 an impressive group

Posted by Nick Tylwalk | Apr 7, 2013 | Interviews, WrestleMania

NEW YORK, NY – When the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2013 was inducted Saturday night at Madison...

Booker T ready for the Rumble — but will he be in it?

Posted by Matthew Asher | Jan 25, 2013 | Interviews

The Royal Rumble PPV is second only to WrestleMania in the WWE in terms of importance. While fans...

The book on Booker T ends too early

Posted by Greg Oliver | Sep 26, 2012 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Make sure you read the subhead on the Booker T autobiography just so you know what you are...

Minority Mat Report: The rocky road of African-Americans in wrestling

Posted by Blaine Van Der Griend | Feb 2, 2011 | Interviews

Black History month is here, and just like Eli Whitney, Harriett Tubman and Martin Luther King Jr....

Booker T enjoying life away from the spotlight

Posted by Jason Clevett | Jun 16, 2010 | Interviews

Edmonton based Prairie Wrestling Alliance (PWA) shocked its fans at the Century Casino at the...

Booker T relishes veteran role

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jun 13, 2008 | Interviews

It would be understandable if there was some trepidation for the TNA locker room at having another...

Booker T wants to be king again

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jun 5, 2008 | Interviews

During his last months in the WWE, Booker T was known as “King” Booker. Come...

WWE departure left Booker T feeling unwell

Posted by Nick Tylwalk | Dec 11, 2007 | Interviews

Now that Booker T has taken his place on the TNA roster, one question remains unanswered. What...

Booker has long-term plans as ‘T’ in TNA

Posted by Nick Tylwalk | Nov 28, 2007 | Interviews

Booker T is looking forward to playing a big role in TNA. And despite comments he’s made to...

Booker T the surprise, but Angle still champ after Genesis

Posted by CHRIS SOKOL | Nov 12, 2007 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2007

The major hype surrounding TNA’s Genesis PPV had to do with Sting’s mystery partner....

Wrestlers open up about Benoit tragedy

Posted by Jason Clevett | Jun 28, 2007 | Interviews

World Wrestling Entertainment wrestlers have begun to comment both on their websites and to media...

Booker still reigns after No Mercy

Posted by Brian Elliott | Oct 9, 2006 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2006

Call me old-fashioned, but when a singles championship is on the line, I prefer to see it...

WWE wannabes try out in Ottawa

Posted by Stephen Dean Johnson | Sep 21, 2006 | Interviews

OTTAWA — Andy Warhol coined the phrase “Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes.”...

King Booker prepares for life after reign

Posted by Chris Schramm | Jul 28, 2006 | Interviews

DETROIT – It is always hard to be World champion. But what if you had a second job as well?...

Booker T looking at present, towards future

Posted by John M. Milner | Aug 14, 2005 | Interviews

LONDON, Ont. — Booker T has just arrived at the Zellers at Masonville Place. In a few hours,...

Booker T, Christian take Toronto for a spin

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jun 24, 2005 | Interviews

TORONTO — Get a couple of WWE stars together, and inevitably a dance contest breaks out....

Booker T to play two more years

Posted by Jason Clevett | Jun 22, 2005 | Interviews

Life is great when you’re Booker T. The Smackdown! superstar recently married long-time...

Booker T victim of politics

Posted by John Powell | Apr 14, 2003 | Interviews

A travesty was committed at WrestleMania XIX and I am not talking about the insulting and...

Booker T looking beyond Alliance angle

Posted by John Powell | Nov 1, 2001 | Interviews

WWF superstar Booker T swung through Toronto Thursday on a media blitz to promote WrestleMania...

Booker T overwhelmed by WWF success

Posted by John Powell | Sep 8, 2001 | Classics, Interviews

For years, Booker-T was considered one of the most underutilized wrestlers on the WCW roster. A...

Lance Storm on Japan, Jericho and Ace

Posted by John Molinaro | Aug 17, 2000 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Classics, Interviews

Having wrestled in several different countries and been able to adapt to their different styles,...

Booker T: Wrestling’s consummate performer

Posted by John Powell | Jun 18, 2000 | Classics, Interviews

Ask most wrestlers why they get into the business and you’d get a variety of answers....

Booker T looking to Bash Stasiak

Posted by John Powell | Jun 8, 2000 | Interviews

Perennial WCW worker, Booker T, has every reason and more to feel confident about his...

Booker T story archive

Posted by Slam Wrestling | May 10, 1900 | Story Archives

Booker T Huffman had one of the most interesting trajectories in pro wrestling history, from jail...

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