The less said about this storyline the better, as fourteen years later were not even sure we understand what the hell this was about. So here is our attempt to sum this one up in a nutshell: Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) were having relationship problems with each other like all tag teams inevitably do. Stevie Ray thus got a new partner who called himself Big T, and so he brought in a lawyer named J Biggs tomake it official we guess? Biggs then told Booker T that if he called himself Booker T, then he would be sued for copyright infringement since he was no longer part of Harlem Heat. Booker was fine mind you, it was just Booker T wasnt. This lead to a conflict between the former Harlem Heat members that made pretty much zero sense and bored the life out of the crowd, as WCW lay on life support getting weaker every day. Aside from the fact the core of this feud was about a name, what was so puzzling and odd was the assumption from WCW creative that the WCW audience had even a modicum of interest in the ins and outs of copyright legislation. Nothing kills a wrestling storyline faster than litigation being brought into the story because litigation is boring at the very best of times. Wrestling exists in a parallel universe where laws dont really matter, and where all problems ranging from infidelity to financial fraud are sorted out in the ring immediately. Thats part of the appeal. The idea that fans would be interested in legal intricacies of how the alphabet can be distributed amongst the roster is gobsmacking. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x82elv_kidman-booker-t-vs-harlem-heat-2000_sport And of course in the end it all meant nothing as after a while the story was disposed of and Booker T would go back to being known by that moniker for the rest of his career.
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