10 Wrestlers Who Were Only World Champion Because Of The Brand Split
4. Booker T
As he'd regularly remind us, Booker T was a 5-time, 5-time, 5-time, 5-time, 5-time WCW Champion when he arrived in the then-WWF back in 2001. Whether Booker would've ever won a World Championship in Vince McMahon's company without the brand split is certainly up for debate.
The hottest that Booker T ever was in the WWF/WWE was when he went up against Triple H for the World Heavyweight Championship at Wrestlemania 19. As Triple H said to Book at the time, "people like him" weren't supposed to win WWE World Championships. And in a decision that seemed ridiculous at the time (and still does now), Booker T lost. Clean. To a solitary Pedigree and a super-slow cover.
It wouldn't be until the Great American Bash 2006 that Booker would win his first real WWE World Championship, defeating Rey Mysterio for the World Heavyweight Title.
There's certainly an argument to say that Booker's chances of becoming a WWE World Champion were finished once he did the J.O.B. to Triple H at 'Mania 19, and were it not for the chance given to him years down the line on Smackdown then one would have to think that Booker T would never have worn WWE World Championship gold.