Harlem Heat

Title History

GWF (Global Wrestling Federation) Tag Team titles defeating Gary Young and Stevie Dane (July 1992);
GWF (Global Wrestling Federation) Tag Team titles defeating Action Jackson and King Parsons (August 1992);
GWF (Global Wrestling Federation) Tag Team titles defeating Ian and Axl Rotten;
WCW (World Championship Wrestling) world tag team titles defeating Stars and Stripes (December 8, 1994);
WCW (World Championship Wrestling) world tag team titles defeating The Nasty Boys (June 24, 1995);
WCW (World Championship Wrestling) world tag team titles defeating Bunkhouse Buck and Dick Slater (September 17, 1995);
WCW (World Championship Wrestling) world tag team titles defeating American Males (September 27, 1995);
WCW (World Championship Wrestling) world tag team titles defeating Sting and Lex Luger (June 24, 1996);
WCW (World Championship Wrestling) world tag team titles defeating The Steiner Brothers (July 27, 1996);
WCW (World Championship Wrestling) world tag team titles defeating Public Enemy (October 1, 1996);
[Booker T] WCW (World Championship Wrestling) world television title defeating Disco Inferno (December 29, 1997);
[Booker T] WCW (World Championship Wrestling) world television title defeating Rick Martel (Febuary 22, 1998);
[Booker T] WCW (World Championship Wrestling) world television title defeating Chris Beniot (March 1, 1998);
[Booker T] WCW (World Championship Wrestling) world television title defeating Chris Beniot (March 3, 1998);
[Booker T] WCW (World Championship Wrestling) world television title defeating Fit Finlay (June 14, 1998);
[Booker T] WCW (World Championship Wrestling) world television title defeating Scott Steiner (March 14, 1999);
WCW (World Championship Wrestling) world tag team titles defeating The Triad (August 14, 1999);
WCW (World Championship Wrestling) world tag team titles defeating The West Texas Rednecks (September 12, 1999);
WCW (World Championship Wrestling) world tag team titles defeating Rey Mysterio and Konnan (October 24, 1999);
[Booker T] WCW (World Championship Wrestling) World Heavyweight title defeating Jeff Jarrett (July 10, 2000);
[Booker T] WCW (World Championship Wrestling) World Heavyweight title defeating Kevin Nash (September 17, 2000);
[Booker T] WCW (World Championship Wrestling) World Heavyweight title defeating Jeff Jarrett (October 2, 2000);
[Booker T] WCW (World Championship Wrestling) World United States title defeating Rick Steiner (March 18, 2001);
[Booker T] WCW (World Championship Wrestling) World Heavyweight title defeating Scott Steiner (March 26, 2001);

Career Highlights

In The Beginning:

The Huffman Brothers originally debuted in the WWA..

Global Wrestling Federation – The Ebony Experience:

Early 1990s: The Ebony Experience gained popularity after moving to the Global Wrestling Federation..
July 1992: The Ebony Experience defeated Gary Young and Stevie Dane for the GWF Tag Team titles..
~~~Two weeks later, they lost the Tag Team titles to The Blackbirds (Action Jackson and King Parsons)..
August 1992: The Ebony Experience recaptured the Tag Team titles but lost them to Johnny Mantell and Black Bart..
Bobby (Booker T) then took some time off for a knee injury..
The Ebony Experience defeated The Bad Breed (Ian and Axl Rotten) to win their third GWF Tag Team Championship..
~~~A few months later: The Sicilian Stallions defeated The Ebony Experience for the GWF Tag Team titles..
Bobby (Booker T) first used the “G.I. Bro” gimmick during his sting in the Global Wrestling Federation.
Valerie Allen wrote (On August 2008): Hi, I’d like to share a little known tidbit about Ebony Experience. I played the “sister” to the two brothers while they were with the GWF in the early ’90s. My character’s name was “Tawanda”. I only did a few shows with them, but it was a blast. I work in the legal system now as a court reporter in a felony district court in Fort Worth, Texas. Grey Pierson was one of the promoters at the time. I still keep in touch with him. He’s a lawyer in Arlington, Texas.

World Championship Wresling – Harlem Heat:

The Huffman Brothers moved on to WCW, where they became known as Harlem Heat – Kane and Kole..
Harlem Heat eventually dropped those names and became known as “Booker T” and “Stevie Ray”..

World Championship Wrestling – Harlem Heat:

Fall Brawl 1993: Sting/Smith/Rhodes/Shockmaster def Sid/Vader/Harlem Heat in a War Games match.
January 29, 1994 – Saturday Night: Dustin Rhodes, Flyin’ Brian and Sting defeated Harlem Heat and The Equalizer.
March 26, 1994 – Worldwide: Too Cold Scorpio and Marcus Bagwell defeated Harlem Heat.
April 9, 1994 – Worldwide: Ice-Train, Marcus Alexander Bagwell and Too Cold Scorpio defeated Harlem Heat and Ron Simmons.
May 21, 1994 – Saturday Night: Harlem Heat defeated Bobby Walker and Quinn Nash.
June 25, 1994 – Saturday Night: Arn Anderson and Dustin Rhodes defeated Harlem Heat.
July 23, 1994 – Saturday Night: Harlem Heat defeated Chris Michaels and Todd Morton.
July 30, 1994 – Saturday Night: Harlem Heat defeated Alex Davis and Kenny Kendall.
August 27, 1994 – Saturday Night: Harlem Heat defeated Barry Houston and Buddy Wayne.
October 1, 1994 – Saturday Night: Harlem Heat defeated Buck Siegler and Larry Santo.
October 22, 1994 – Worldwide: Harlem Heat defeated Mark Starr and Terry Taylor.
November 12, 1994 – Worldwide: Harlem Heat defeated Joey Maggs and Todd Morton.
November 26, 1994 – Saturday Night: Harlem Heat defeated Joey Maggs and Scott Sandlin.
December 3, 1994 – Saturday Night: The Nasty Boys defeated Harlem Heat by disqualification.
December 10, 1994 – Saturday Night: Harlem Heat defeated Bobby Fulton and Tommy Rogers.
December 17, 1994 – Saturday Night: Harlem Heat defeated Alan Horne and Tommy Stevenson.
December 24, 1994 – Saturday Night: Harlem Heat defeated Davey Rich and Rob Morgan.
January 7, 1995 – Saturday Night: Harlem Heat defeated Brad and Scott Armstrong.
January 14, 1995 – Saturday Night: Harlem Heat defeated Stars and Stripes to win the tag team titles.
February 18, 1995 – Saturday Night: Tag team champions Harlem Heat defeated Mike Davis and Scott Armstrong to retain the titles.
February 19, 1995 – Superbrawl: Harlem Heat defeated The Nasty Boys by disqualification to retain the World Tag Team Titles.
February 25, 1995 – Saturday Night: Tag team champions Randy Savage and Sting defeated Harlem Heat by disqualification to retain the titles.
March 5, 1995 – Worldwide: Tag team champions Harlem Heat defeated Stars and Stripes to retain the titles.
March 18, 1995 – Saturday Night: Harlem Heat defeated Eddie Jackson and Kenny Kendall.
March 19, 1995 – Uncensored: The Nasty Boyz defeated Harlem Heat in a texas tornado match.
March 25, 1995 – Saturday Night: Harlem Heat defeated Scott Armstrong and Tim Horner to retain the titles.
April 1, 1995 – Saturday Night: Harlem Heat defeated Tim Horner and Brad Armstrong.
April 25, 1995 – Saturday Night: Tag team champions Harlem Heat defeated Red Tyler and Mike Thor to retain the titles.
May 3, 1995 – Worldwide: Tag team champions Harlem Heat defeated The Nasty Boys to retain the titles.
May 21, 1995 – Slamboree: The Nasty Boyz defeated Harlem Heat to win The World Tag Team Titles.
May 27, 1995 – Saturday Night: Harlem Heat defeated Mike Khorey and Scott D’Amore.
June 17, 1995 – Saturday Night: Harlem Heat defeated Todd Zane and Tommy Tanner.
June 18, 1995 – The Great American Bash: Harlem Heat defeated The Fantastics.
June 21, 1995 – Saturday Night: Harlem Heat defeated Ricky Santana and David Sierra.
June 24, 1995 – Saturday Night: Hawk and Sting defeated Harlem Heat.
July 16, 1995 – Bash At The Beach: World Tag Team Champions Harlem Heat defeated The Nasty Boys and The Blue Bloods in a triangle match.
July 22, 1995 – Saturday Night: Bunkhouse Buck and Dick Slater defeated Harlem Heat to win the tag team titles.
August 5, 1995 – Saturday Night: Harlem Heat defeated Frank Lancaster and Mark Starr.
August 19, 1995 – Saturday Night: Harlem Heat defeated Barry Houston and Bobby Hayes.
September 17, 1995 – Fall Brawl: Harlem Heat defeated Bunkhouse Buck and Dick Slater to win the World Tag Team Titles.
September 18, 1995 – WCW Monday NITRO: The American Males defeated Harlem Heat to win the World Tag Team Titles.
Harlem Heat recaptured the Tag titles by defeating the American Males a week later.
October 23, 1995 – WCW Monday NITRO: Lex Luger and Sting defeated Harlem Heat.
October 28, 1995 – Saturday Night: Harlem Heat defeated The American Males to win the WCW tag team titles.
December 4, 1995 – WCW Monday NITRO: Harlem Heat defeated The American Males.
December 9, 1995 – Worlwide: WCW tag team champions Harlem Heat defeated Blue Bloods to retain the titles.
January 22, 1996 – WCW Monday NITRO: Lex Luger and Sting defeated Harlem Heat to win the WCW tag team titles.
January 27, 1996 – Saturday Night: Harlem Heat defeated The American Males.
February 3, 1996 – Saturday Night: Harlem Heat defeated Chris Kanyon and Mark Starr.
February 11, 1996 – SuperBrawl: Sting and Lex Luger defeated Harlem Heat to retain the World Tag Team Titles.
February 26, 1996 – Nitro: The Road Warriors defeated Harlem Heat.
March 9, 1996 – NJPW: Harlem Heat (Booker T & Stevie Ray) defeated Satoshi Kojima & Shinya Hashimoto.
March 10, 1996 – NJPW: Junji Hirata & Keiji Muto defeated Harlem Heat (Booker T & Stevie Ray).
March 11, 1996 – NJPW: Harlem Heat (Booker T & Stevie Ray) defeated Kensuke Sasaki & Takashi Iizuka.
March 13, 1996 – NJPW: Harlem Heat (Booker T & Stevie Ray) defeated Keiji Muto & Tadao Yasuda.
March 14, 1996 – NJPW: Kensuke Sasaki & Osamu Nishimura defeated Harlem Heat (Booker T & Stevie Ray).
March 17, 1996 – NJPW: Junji Hirata, Osamu Nishimura & Shinya Hashimoto defeated Harlem Heat (Booker T & Stevie Ray) & Wild Pegasus.
March 18, 1996 – NJPW: Harlem Heat (Booker T & Stevie Ray) defeated Kensuke Sasaki & Tadao Yasuda.
March 20, 1996 – NJPW: IWGP tag team champions Junji Hirata & Shinya Hashimoto defeated Harlem Heat (Booker T & Stevie Ray) to retain the titles.
March 21, 1996 – NJPW: Harlem Heat (Booker T & Stevie Ray) defeated Heisei Ishingun (Kengo Kimura & Kuniaki Kobayashi).
March 22, 1996 – NJPW: Ookami Gundan (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Masahiro Chono) defeated Harlem Heat (Booker T & Stevie Ray).
March 30, 1996 – Saturday Night: Harlem Heat defeated LT. James Earl Wright and Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker.
April 29, 1996 – WCW Monday NITRO: Sting and Lex Luger defeated Harlem Heat to retain the World Tag Team Titles.
May 19, 1996 – Slamboree: Hawk and Lex Luger defeated Animal and Booker T.
May 25, 1996 – Saturday Night: Harlem Heat defeated Chris Kanyon and Mike Winner.
June 9, 1996 – Worldwide: The Public Enemy defeated Harlem Heat & The Faces of Fear in a 3-way tag team match.
June 15, 1996 – Saturday Night: The Steiner Brothers defeated Harlem Heat.
June 22, 1996 – Saturday Night: Harlem Heat defeated Ice Train and Scott Norton.
June 24, 1996 – WCW Monday NITRO: Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) defeated Sting and Lex Luger and The Steiner Brothers in a triangle match to for the tag team titles.
July 1, 1996 – WCW Monday NITRO: Harlem Heat defeated The Steiner Brothers to retain the world tag team titles.
July 13, 1996 – Saturday Night: WCW tag team champions Harlem Heat defeated The Public Enemy to retain the titles.
July 15, 1996 – WCW Monday NITRO: Harlem Heat defeated Rough and Ready (Dick Slater and Mike Enos).
July 20, 1996 – Saturday Night: Harlem Heat defeated Bobby Walker and Jim Powers.
August 3, 1996 – Saturday Night: WCW tag team champions Harlem Heat defeated Mike Enos and Dick Slater to retain the titles.
August 5, 1996 – WCW Monday NITRO: Harlem Heat defeated The Rock N Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson) to retain the tag titles.
August 10, 1996 – Hog Wild: World Tag Team Champions Harlem Heat defeated The Steiner Brothers.
August 12, 1996 – WCW Monday NITRO: The Steiner Brothers defeated Harlem Heat by disqualification.
August 17, 1996 – Saturday Night: WCW tag team champions Harlem Heat vs. The Steiner Brothers ended in a no contest.
August 19, 1996 – WCW Monday NITRO: Harlem Heat defeated The American Males to retain the tag team titles.
September 2, 1996 – WCW Monday NITRO: Harlem Heat defeated Greg Valentine and Buddy Valentino to retain the tag team titles.
September 8, 1996 – Worldwide: WCW tag team champions Harlem Heat defeated Mike Enos and Dick Slater to retain the titles.
September 15, 1996 – Worldwide: WCW tag team champions Harlem Heat defeated The Renegade and Jim Powers to retain the titles.
September 15, 1996 – Fall Brawl: World Tag Team Champions Harlem Heat defeated The Nasty Boys.
September 23, 1996 – WCW Monday NITRO: The Public Enemy defeated Harlem Heat to win the World Tag Team Titles.
October 5, 1996 – Saturday Night: Harlem Heat defeated The Public Enemy to win the WCW tag team titles.
October 7, 1996 – WCW Monday NITRO: Harlem Heat defeated Public Enemy to win the World Tag Team Titles.
October 12, 1996 – Saturday Night: WCW tag team champions Harlem Heat defeated Dick Slater and Mike Enos in a non-title match.
October 14, 1996 – WCW Monday NITRO: Harlem Heat vs. The Faces Of Fear (Meng and Barbarian) ended in a no contest.
October 21, 1996 – WCW Monday NITRO: Harlem Heat defeated The American Males to retain the world tag team titles.
October 27, 1996 – Halloween Havoc: The Outsiders defeated Harlem Heat to win the World Tag Team titles.
Harlem Heat eventually lost the titles to the Outsiders, and Stevie Ray went down with an injury.
November 11, 1996 – WCW Monday NITRO: Harlem Heat vs. The Amazing French Canadians ended in a No Contest.
November 24, 1996 – World War 3: Harlem Heat defeated The Amazing French Canadians. Booker T was also in the 3 ring battle royal won by The Giant.
November 25, 1996 – WCW Monday NITRO: Harlem Heat vs. The Faces Of Fear ended in a No Contest.
December 30, 1996 – WCW Monday NITRO: Harlem Heat defeated The Faces Of Fear.
January 6, 1997 – WCW Monday NITRO: Harlem Heat defeated The Amazing French Canadians.
January 11, 1997 – Saturday Night: Harlem Heat defeated The Amazing French Canadians.
January 13, 1997 – WCW Monday NITRO: Harlem Heat defeated High Voltage.
February 1, 1997 – Saturday Night: Harlem Heat defeated Public Enemy.
February 3, 1997 – WCW Monday NITRO: Harlem Heat vs. The Steiner Brothers ended in a No Contest.
February 22, 1997 – Saturday Night: Harlem Heat defeated Robbie Brookside and Doc Dean.
February 23, 1997 – SuperBrawl: The Public Enemy defeated The Faces of Fear and Harlem Heat in a 3-WAY tag team match.
February 24, 1997 – WCW Monday NITRO: Harlem Heat vs. Lex Luger and The Giant ended in a No Contest.
February 27, 1997 – Saturday Night: Harlem Heat defeated Kenny Kaos and Robbie Rage.
March 8, 1997 – Saturday Night: Harlem Heat defeated Bobby Walker and Jim Powers.
March 15, 1997 – Saturday Night: Harlem Heat defeated Joe Gomez and The Renegade by disqualification.
March 16, 1997 – Uncensored: Harlem Heat defeated Public Enemy in a texas tornado match.
March 17, 1997 – WCW Monday NITRO: Harlem Heat vs. The Steiner Brothers ended in a No Contest.
March 22, 1997 – Saturday Night: Harlem Heat defeated The Faces of Fear by disqualification.
March 24, 1997 – WCW Monday NITRO: Harlem Heat defeated The Faces Of Fear.
March 29, 1997 – Saturday Night: Harlem Heat defeated Steve and Scott Armstrong.
April 6, 1997 – Spring Stampede: Lex Luger and The Giant defeated Harlem Heat.
April 7, 1997 – WCW Monday NITRO: Harlem Heat defeated Jeff Jarrett and Steve McMichael.
April 12, 1997 – Saturday Night: Harlem Heat defeated Scott and Steve Armstrong.
April 14, 1997 – WCW Monday NITRO: Jeff Jarrett and Steve McMichael defeated Harlem Heat by disqualification.
May 26, 1997 – WCW Monday NITRO: Harlem Heat defeated Jeff Jarrett and Steve McMichael.
June 2, 1997 – WCW Monday NITRO: Damien and Ciclope defeated Harlem Heat.
June 7, 1997 – Saturday Night: Harlem Heat defeated Dave Power and Dean Power.
June 15, 1997 – The Great American Bash: Harlem Heat defeated The Steiner Brothers by disqualification in a #1 contenders match.
June 16, 1997 – WCW Monday NITRO: Harlem Heat defeated The Amazing French Canadiens.
June 19, 1997 – wCw vs. nWo Take Over Tour: The Steiner Brothers defeated Harlem Heat.
June 21, 1997 – wCw vs. nWo Take Over Tour: The Steiner Brothers defeated Harlem Heat.
June 23, 1997 – WCW Monday NITRO: The Steiner Brothers defeated Harlem Heat.
July 7, 1997 – WCW Monday NITRO: Public Enemy defeated Harlem Heat.
July 14, 1997 – WCW Monday NITRO: Syxx and Scott Hall defeated Harlem Heat.
August 9, 1997 – Road Wild: Harlem Heat defeated Buff Bagwell and Scott Norton.
August 18, 1997 – WCW Monday NITRO: Harlem Heat defeated Buff Bagwell and Scott Norton by disqualification.
September 14, 1997 – Fall Brawl: The Steiner Brothers defeated Harlem Heat.
September 15, 1997 – WCW Monday NITRO: The Faces Of Fear defeated Harlem Heat.
September 22, 1997 – WCW Monday NITRO: Booker T defeated Scott Norton and Konnan by disqualification.
October 10, 1997 – Saturday Night: Harlem Heat defeated Scott Norton and Buff Bagwell.
November 29, 1997 – Saturday Night: Harlem Heat defeated Ernest Miller and Glacier.
December 1, 1997 – WCW Monday NITRO: Harlem Heat defeated The Faces Of Fear.
December 13, 1997 – Saturday Night: Harlem Heat defeated The Faces of Fear.
December 22, 1997 – WCW Monday NITRO: Harlem Heat defeated Scotty Riggs and Lodi.

World Championship Wrestling – Singles Action:

Stevie Ray went down with an injury so Booker T embarked on a successful singles run capturing the Television title..
Stevie Ray returned to World Championship Wrestling and became a member of the new World order.

World Championship Wrestling – Harlem Heat:

1999: Booker T reunited with Stevie Ray as Harlem Heat, and went on to defeat The Triad to win the Tag Team titles..
August 2, 1999 – WCW Monday NITRO: Harlem Heat defeated World Tag Team Champions Bam Bam Bigelow and Kanyon in a non-title match.
Harlem Heat defeat The Triad to win the Tag Team titles for the 8th time!
August 16, 1999 – WCW Monday NITRO: World Tag Team Champions Harlem Heat defeated Horace Hogan, Scott Nortan and Vincent in a handicap match.
August 19, 1999 – Thunder: World Tag Team Champions Harlem Heat defeated Scott Nortan and Horace Hogan.
August 21, 1999 – Saturday Night: WCW tag team champions Harlem Heat defeated Barry Darsow and Bobby Eaton to retain the titles.
August 23, 1999 – WCW Monday NITRO: Kendall Windham and Barry Windham defeated Harlem Heat to win the World Tag Team Titles.
August 26, 1999 – Thunder: Harlem Heat defeated Brian Knobbs and Hugh Morris.
September 2, 1999 – Thunder: Harlem Heat defeated Disorderly Conduct.
September 9, 1999 – Thunder: Booker T defeated Barry Windham by disqualification.
September 12, 1999 – Fall Brawl: Harlem Heat defeated Barry Windham and Kendall Windham to win the World Tag Team titles.
September 13, 1999 – WCW Monday NITRO: World Tag Team Champions Harlem Heat defeated Brian Knobbs and Hugh Morris.
September 18, 1999 – Worldwide: Harlem Heat defeated Chris Adams and Johnny Swinger.
September 27, 1999 – WCW Monday NITRO: World Tag Team Champions Harlem Heat defeated Barry Windham and Kendall Windham.
October 18, 1999 – WCW Monday NITRO: Konnan and Rey Mysterio Jr. defeated Harlem Heat to win the World Tag Team Titles.
October 21, 1999 – Thunder: Harlem Heat vs. Steven Regal and David Taylor ended in a No Contest.
October 24, 1999 – Halloween Havoc: Harlem Heat defeated Billy Kidman and Konnan and Hugh Morris and Brian Knobbs.
October 25, 1999 – WCW Monday NITRO: World Tag Team Champions Konnan and Rey Mysterio Jr. defeated Harlem Heat to retain the world tag team titles.
Harlem Heat eventually broke up again, and this time they started to feud over the rights to the Harlem Heat name.

World Championship Wrestling – Harlem Heat 2000:

Stevie Ray recruited Big T (Ahmed Johnson) and formed Harlem Heat 2000 with Mr. Biggs..
Harlem Heat 2000’s personal lawyer, Mr. Biggs (aka Clarence Mason in the WWF) got a court order saying Booker couldn’t use the letter “T”..
Uncensored 2000: Booker and Billy Kidman defeated Harlem Heat 2000 (Stevie Ray and Big T).

World Championship Wresling:

July 19, 2000 – Thunder: Harlem Heat defeated Jeff Jarrett and Rick Steiner.
2000: Stevie Ray took an announce position on WCW Thunder while Booker T went on to win several WCW World Championships..
2001-02: Steve Ray competed and announced for start-Up Australian promotion called World Wrestling All-Stars.

Other Awards:

May 2018 – Harlem Heat will receive a 2018 CAC Tag Team Award from the Cauliflower Alley Club.
April 6, 2019 – WWE Hall Of Fame: Harlem Heat was inducted in the Class Of 2019 WWE Hall Of Fame.

Updated: February 2, 2024 @ 10:41 am

Active Promotion Inactive

Trained By

Debut

1995-1999

Birthday

Hometown

Gender

Male

Height

Weight

Finishing Move(s)

Heat Seeker

Favorite Move(s)

Harlem Sidekick,
Heat Bomb (Powerbomb/Elbow Drop),
Towering Inferno (Backbreaker/Leg Drop),
The Big Apple Blast (Bearhug/Leaping Kick)

Notable Feuds

The Blue Bloods,
The Nasty Boys,
The Steiner Brothers,
The Outsiders,
Public Enemy (WCW),
Booker T

Status

Living