10 Best African American Wrestlers In Wrestling History

6. Booker T

After a turbulent early life, Booker T found an outlet in pro wrestling and in the process became one of the industry's biggest stars of the 90s. First gaining exposure in the Global Wrestling Federation in 1991, Booker T and his brother Stevie Ray made their way to in 1993. They were dubbed Harlem Heat and were one of the most popular team tags of the era. After the success of the team, Booker would transition to the singles ranks, where he won multiple titles in the late 1990s. Perhaps the pinnacle of Booker's success is his run as WCW world champion in 2000 and it was one of the few positive aspects of Turner's tumbling wrestling promotion. Much like Ron Simmons shattered the glass ceiling with his title win, Booker T took it to another level as he became the main event babyface for WCW. After the Turner buy out, Booker T signed with the WWE and unfortunately, he was lost in the shuffle of the botched Invasion angle. However, Booker was still in the prime of his career when he challenged Triple H for the World Heavyweight title at Wrestlemania 19, but he didn't win the championship. It seemed that the WWE didn't want to put the title on a WCW character because Booker was actually given a title run as "King Booker" three years later. Since then, Booker T was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame and has played a variety of roles, currently as a commentator for Raw.