10 Wrestlers Who Lived In The Shadow Of More Famous Relatives
9. Stevie Ray
Related to: Booker T.
Harlem Heat remains one of the greatest tag teams to ever sprout from WCW, despite their original gimmick being about as racist as you could get. But Booker T and Stevie Ray quickly blossomed into one of the hottest teams on the card, becoming the WCW Tag Team Champions within about a year of their debut.
Despite their massive success in WCW - they were ten-time champs by the time they disbanded - it was always pretty clear that Booker T had more potential than his older brother. Once Harlem Heat separated, that became even more evident.
While Booker went on to become a five-time (five-time, five-time, et cetera...) WCW World Heavyweight Champion and carry the company through some of its leaner years, Stevie Ray toiled away as a second-tier member of the nWo. Just to further cement the levels of individual prosperity between the two, any success Stevie Ray had later on always came back to focus on his little brother or the Harlem Heat name. He was either feuding with or playing second fiddle to Booker in some capacity from 1999 onwards.
When Booker made the jump to WWE after WCW collapsed, it didn't surprise many that his older brother opted for retirement.