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  1. Aug 1, 2012 · Booker T: From Prison to Promise: Life Before the Squared Circle (The Soul Archives) [Huffman, Booker T, Wright, Andrew William] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers.

  2. Booker T. Huffman Jr. (born March 1, 1965), better known by his ring name Booker T, is an American retired professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE , where he serves as a color commentator on the NXT brand, and is also the owner and founder of the independent promotion Reality of Wrestling (ROW) in Texas City, Texas .

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    • Who Is Booker T?
    • Early Life
    • Arrest and Prison Sentence
    • Early Wrestling Career
    • WCW and WWE Career
    • Retirement
    • Personal Life

    Booker T is a WWE wrestling superstar. Orphaned at a young age, he struggled to find his way during his teen years, and served time in prison after committing a string of robberies. Booker worked his way up from wrestling in local venues to national stardom, first with World Championship Wrestling, then WWE. He was an 11-time WCW Tag Team Champion,...

    Booker was born Robert Booker Tio Huffman Jr. on March 1, 1965, in Plain Dealing, Louisiana. The youngest of his mother's eight children, his father died when Booker was 10 months old. After this loss, his family relocated from Louisiana to Texas. Booker grew up in Houston's South Park neighborhood, where he developed a love of wrestling. When Book...

    Working at a Wendy's restaurant with a disagreeable manager inspired Booker and some friends to rob the fast food joint. After they successfully committed this crime, the group went on to rob other Wendy's franchises until they were arrested in 1987. Booker took a plea deal and received a five-year prison sentence. He served 19 months, earning his ...

    In 1989, Booker's brother, Lash "Stevie Ray" Huffman, talked to Booker about attending a wrestling school run by bodybuilder and wrestler Ivan Putski. Booker was interested but didn't have the required $4,000 fee. Fortunately, his boss at the storage company where he worked provided the funds. Booker proved to be a natural for the sport. After comp...

    Booker still had to work day jobs in between traveling to and from Dallas for the Global Wrestling Federation. His big break arrived when he and his brother were signed to World Championship Wrestling. At WCW in 1993, the brothers formed a tag team known as the Harlem Heat. The popular duo went on to be 10-time WCW Tag Team Champions. With his brot...

    Booker retired from wrestling in 2012. He next became a color commentator for WWE's SmackDown and served as the General Manager for SmackDown. In addition, Booker appeared as a trainer on the popular reality series WWE Tough Enough. Starting his own wrestling school, known as Reality of Wrestling, allowed Booker to share his love of the sport. He o...

    Booker's son Brandon was born when Booker was 17. His teenage girlfriend lost custody of their son and Brandon entered foster care while Booker was behind bars. Booker was able to gain custody when Brandon was 5. Booker and Sharmell Huffman were married on February 5, 2005. Sharmell is a former Miss Black America who'd toured with James Brown. The ...

  3. Booker T: My Rise To Wrestling Royalty is Huffman’s highly anticipated follow-up to the 2012 award-winning Booker T: From Prison To Promise, in which Booker detailed his turbulent...

  4. Aug 12, 2014 · Booker My Rise To Wrestling Royalty is Huffman’s highly anticipated follow-up to the 2012 award-winning Booker From Prison To Promise, in which Booker detailed his turbulent coming-of-age on the streets of Houston, Texas.

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  6. Jan 1, 2012 · Booker T. Huffman, Andrew William Wright. 3.82. 333ratings25reviews. As a six-time world champion, TV commentator, and holder of more than 35 major titles in WWE, WCW, and TNA, Huffman knows what it means to fight. He learned long before he entered the ring, when daily survival was a fierce battle.