Collectively known as Harlem Heat, Booker T and Stevie Ray were one of the better-known tag-teams in the WCW duo division. Incredibly, the brothers would have the most combined reigns as WCW Tag-Team Champions, winning the belts a grand total of 10 different times. An auspicious start in the tandem ranks had Ray and Booker go under the names Kane and Kole respectively. Even though they were still going under the Harlem Heat moniker for most of this time period, the brothers shocked a lot of people by initially being led to the ring in chains (!?) by their manager, a rich, white benefactor known as Colonel Robert Parker. Needless to say, this wasn't a popular move, and the blood brothers were quickly allowed to play characters which better reflected their real-life personalities. As late as the Halloween Havoc Pay-Per-View in 1999, Harlem Heat were still winning the WCW Tag-Team Titles. The team's first reign happened in 1994, and 9 subsequent runs with the belts followed over the next 5 years.
Lifelong wrestling, video game, music and sports obsessive who has been writing about his passions since childhood. Jamie started writing for WhatCulture in 2013, and has contributed thousands of articles and YouTube videos since then. He cut his teeth penning published pieces for top UK and European wrestling read Fighting Spirit Magazine (FSM), and also has extensive experience working within the wrestling biz as a manager and commentator for promotions like ICW on WWE Network and WCPW/Defiant since 2010. Further, Jamie also hosted the old Ministry Of Slam podcast, and has interviewed everyone from Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels to Bret Hart and Trish Stratus.
