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Real name: Booker Huffman |
Huffman trained for 6 months to become a pro wrestler. He debuted as G.I. Bro for Ivan Putski's Houston based independent promotion. Booker teamed with his brother Stevie Ray for 3 years in the Texas based WWA promotion. They moved to the Global Wrestling Federation, where they were called 'The Ebony Experience' and captured the Tag Team titles on several different occasions between �92 and �93.
�Harlem Heat� made their WCW debut on 07/07/93. They were the mystery partners of Sid Vicious and Big Van Vader at Fall Brawl �93, losing to Sting, Davey Boy Smith, The Shockmaster, and Dustin Rhodes. Harlem Heat captured their 1st WCW World Tag Team title on December 8th 1994, defeating The Patriot and Marcus Alexander Bagwell. After dropping the title to The Nasty Boys, they regained the belts on June 24th, 1995. Harlem Heat won their 3rd WCW Tag Team title at Fall Brawl on September 17th �95, defeating �Dirty� Dick Slater & Bunkhouse Buck. Their 3rd title reign lasted just one day, but the duo regained their 4th tag team title nine days later from Bagwell and Scotty Riggs. On the June 24th 1996 edition of NITRO, Harlem Heat overcame Lex Luger and Sting to win their 5th WCW Tag Team title. 3 days after losing the tag team titles to The Steiner Brothers, Harlem Heat regained the straps for a 6th time 3 nights later on July 27th �96. Booker T & Stevie Ray overpowered Public Enemy to capture their 7th WCW tag team title on October 1st, �96.
When Stevie Ray went down with an injury, Booker tried his luck in singles competition. He pinned the Disco Inferno for the WCW Television title on the December 29th 1997 edition of NITRO. Rick Martel relieved him of the title on February 16th 1998. At SuperBrawl VIII on February 22nd �98, Booker regained the championship for a 2nd time by defeating Martel and then defending the title in the very next match against Saturn. At Uncensored on March 15th, Booker defended the title against Eddie Guerrero. Booker defended the title at Spring Stampede on April 19th, against Chris Benoit only to lose the title to Benoit on April 30th. Booker regained the title from Benoit for a 3rd time on May 1st, only to lose it back to Benoit the next night, and then regain it for a 4th time on May 3rd. The next night on May 4th, �Fit� Finlay took the title from Booker T. At The Great American Bash on June 14th, Booker regained the TV title for a 5th time by beating �Fit� Finlay having already beaten Chris Benoit earlier in the evening. At Bash at the Beach on July 12th, Booker retained the title by defeating Bret Hart by disqualification. When Booker suffered a knee injury his brother, Stevie Ray, defended the title on his behalf, but lost it to Chris Jericho on August 10th. Booker T defeated �Big Poppa Pump� Scott Steiner for his 6th and final WCW TV title at Uncensored on March 14th 1999. On May 9th, Scott�s older brother, Rick Steiner, took the title from Booker.
Harlem Heat re-formed and defeated Bam Bam Bigelow and Kanyon for their 8th WCW World Tag Team title at Road Wild on August 14th �99. Barry & Kendall Windham took the titles on August 23rd, but the �Heat� regained them for a 9th time at Fall Brawl on September 12th. They lost the titles to The Filthy Animals (Konnan & Rey Mysterio) on October 18th, but the �Animals� were stripped of the belts due to injury. At Halloween Havoc on October 24th, Harlem Heat claimed their 10th and last WCW World Tag Team title by defeating Hugh Morrus & Brian Knobs, and The Filthy Animals (Konnan & Kidman), in a Triple Threat match, only to lose the titles the very next night to the �Animals�. Booker T began feuding with his brother when Stevie Ray deserted Booker during a tag match against Curt Hennig and Creative Control (Ron & Don Harris) at Starrcade, on December 19th. Booker defeated his brother via disqualification at Souled Out 2000. At Superbrawl 2000 on February 20th, Big T (Ahmed Johnson) pinned Booker in a match for ownership of the Harlem Heat name. Kidman & Booker (with Torrie Wilson) defeated Harlem Heat 2000 (Stevie Ray & Big T) at Uncensored 2000. Booker then joined Vince Russo�s �New Blood� stable and lost to Sting in a United States title tournament match at Spring Stampede on April 16th. After the match Booker went against the �New Blood� philosophy when he insisted on shaking Sting�s hand. On May 23rd Booker reverted back to his G.I. Bro gimmick and joined the �Misfits in Action� (Captain Hugh G. Rection/Hugh Morrus, Lt. Loco/Chavo Guerrero, Corporal Cajun/Lash Leroux, etc). As G.I. Bro, Booker defeated Shawn Stasiak at The Great American Bash on June 11th, in a �Boot Camp� match. On the June 19th edition of NITRO, Huffman removed his G.I. Bro attire and became Booker T once more.
At Bash at the Beach on July 9th, Booker T defeated Jeff Jarrett for the WCW World Heavyweight Title. On the July 24th edition of NITRO, Booker T successfully defended the title against Goldberg. On August 13th, at New Blood Rising, Booker defeated Jarrett to retain the title. Kevin Nash took the title on August 28th, but Booker defeated Nash for his 2nd WCW World Title at Fall Brawl in a �Steel Cage� match on September 17th. Vince Russo defeated Booker for the title by managing to escape a Steel Cage on September 25th, however Booker T regained the �vacated� strap for his 3rd World title on October 2nd, by defeating Jarrett in a �49ers� match. At Halloween Havoc on October 29th, Booker successfully defended the title against Scott Steiner. On November 16th 2000, Booker once again successfully defended the title against Steiner at the German only PPV Millennium Final. At Mayhem on November 26th, Booker lost the title to Steiner when he passed out from the pain whilst in the �Steiner Recliner�. During the match Booker T suffered an injured sternum. Following an extended absence from television, Booker returned to NITRO on February 26th 2001 with a new hairstyle. Booker defeated Rick Steiner for his 1st WCW United States title when Shane Douglas interfered in their match at the Greed PPV on March 18th. On the final NITRO on TNT (March 26th, 2001), Booker T pinned Scott Steiner to win the WCW World Heavyweight title for a 4th time. On May 30th 2001, Booker was reported to have signed a release from his contract with Time Warner, leaving him free to sign with the WWF.
Booker T made his WWF debut attacking �Stone Cold� Steve Austin at the King of the Ring on June 24th �01. On July 24th, Booker relinquished the U.S. title and awarded it to Kanyon, then lost the wCw title to Kurt Angle later that evening, but regained it for a 5th time six days later. At Summerslam on August 19th, Booker T lost the wCw title to The Rock. On September 25th, Booker T, along with Test, defeated The Undertaker & Kane for the wCw World Tag Team title, only to lose them to The Hardy Boyz on October 8th. On October 30th, Booker & Test, defeated The Rock & Chris Jericho for the WWF World Tag Team title. They once again lost these titles to The Hardy Boyz on November 12th. At Armageddon on December 15th 2002, Booker T, along with Goldust, captured the World Tag Team Championship by winning a Fatal Four Way match featuring Jericho & Christian, William Regal & Lance Storm, and The Dudley Boyz, they lost the belts to Regal & Storm on January 6th 2003. At Wrestlemania XIX on March 30th, Booker was unsuccessful in his attempt to capture the World Heavyweight title when he was defeated by the Champion, Triple H. On July 7th, Booker defeated Christian for the Intercontinental Championship, only to lose it back to him on August 10th. On February 16th 2004, Booker T along with RVD defeated Evolution (Ric Flair & Batista) for the World Tag Team Championship, only to lose the belts back to them on March 22nd. The next day, as a result of a draft lottery, Booker T was traded to SmackDown! On July 29th, Booker won an 8-Man Elimination match to re-capture the U.S. Championship. He lost the the title to John Cena at No Mercy on October 3rd in the final match of a 'Best of 5' series. On October 21st 2005, Booker T defeated Chris Benoit for his 3rd U.S. Title.

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Real name: Oscar Guttierrez |
Rey debuted under the name of Colibri (Hummingbird) and started wrestling in his Mid-Teens having been trained by his uncle Rey Mysterio Sr. Having made the name change to Rey Mysterio Jr. he went on to compete for Mexican organisations such as AAA.
Rey went to ECW where he defeated Psicosis in a 'Mexican Death' match at November to Remember '95. At House Party '96, Rey, along with 911, defeated The Eliminators when Rey pinned Perry Saturn.
Next Rey went to WCW where he challenged Dean Malenko for the WCW Cruiserweight Title at The Great American Bash on June 16th '96. Although unsuccessful on that occasion he did defeat Malenko for the belt on July 8th. At Hog Wild on August 10th '96 Rey defeated Ultimo Dragon. Rey eventually lost his title back to Malenko on October 27th '96 at Halloween Havoc. At Spring Stampede on April 6th 1997, Mysterio once again defeated Ultimo Dragon. Rey beat Eddie Guerrero for his 2nd Cruiserweight title in a 'mask vs. title' match at Halloween Havoc on October 26th in what WCW Magazine voted 'match of the year'. He lost the belt back to Guerrero on November 10th. On January 15th 1998 Rey defeated Juventud Guerrera for his 3rd Cruiserweight reign only to lose it to Chris Jericho 9 days later at Souled Out.
At SuperBrawl IX on February 21st 1999, Rey, along with Konnan, lost a 'mask vs. hair' match to The Outsiders (Hall & Nash) which meant he was forced to remove his sacred mask. Mysterio defeated Kidman on March 15th 1999 for his 4th Cruiserweight title. 2 weeks later Mysterio won the WCW Tag Team title with Kidman by defeating Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko. Rey lost the Cruiserweight title in a four-way dance to Psicosis on April 19th, but won it back from him for his 5th reign 7 days later. Mysterio & Kidman lost the Tag titles on May 9th at Slamboree to Raven & Saturn, in a 'trangle' match also featuring Benoit & Malenko. Rey lost the Cruiserweight belt on August 19th to Lenny Lane. By this time Rey had joined up with Kidman, Eddie Guerrero, & Konnan in a stable called The Filthy Animals. Mysterio & Konnan beat Harlem Heat for the Tag Titles on October 18th but soon had to vacate the titles due to an injury to Rey.
A new version of the Animals was formed and Mysterio along with Juventud Guerrera defeated The Great Muta & Vampiro for Rey's 3rd Tag Team title reign on August 14th 2000. They lost the titles a month later as they were put up as collateral in a match by Disco Inferno which he lost. On March 26th during the final Nitro, Mysterio & Kidman defeated Elix Skipper & Kid Romeo for the WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team title.
In 2002 Rey joined the company that had bought WCW making his WWE SmackDown! debut on July 25th, wearing his famous mask once again and defeating Chavo Guerrero. On November 5th Mysterio won the WWE Tag Team Championship along with Edge by defeating Chris Benoit & Kurt Angle. They lost the titles to Eddie & Chavo Guerrero at Survivor Series on November 17th. After a short layoff from injury Mysterio returned on June 3rd 2003, and defeated Matt Hardy for his 6th, now WWE, Cruiserweight title. Rey lost the title to Tajiri on September 23rd, but regained it on December 30th. At No Way Out on February 15th 2004, Rey lost the title to Chavo Guerrero, but regained it for an 8th time on June 15th. Rey lost the title to Spike Dudley on July 27th. On December 9th, Mysterio along with Rob Van Dam defeated Kenzo Suzuki & Rene Dupree for the WWE Tag Team Championship. They lost the titles to The Basham Brothers on January 13th 2005. On February 20th 2005, Rey & Eddie Guerrero defeated The Basham Brothers for the WWE Tag Team titles at No Way Out. Rey defeated his partner, Eddie Guerrero, in a match at Wrestlemania 21 on April 3rd 2005. The duo lost the titles to MNM on April 19th.

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Real name: Mark Callaway |
On April 1st 1989, The Master of Pain (Callaway) defeated Jerry 'The King' Lawler to capture the USWA Unified World Heavyweight Title. Callaway arrived in WCW as 'Mean' Mark Callous in late 1989. When Sid Vicious was injured, Callous took his spot in the Skyscrapers tag team with Dan Spivey. A version of the Skyscrapers (Callous & The Masked Skyscraper/Blake Beverly/Mike Enos) lost to The Road Warriors in a 'Chicago Street Fight' at Wrestle War on February 25th 1990. Callous pinned Johnny Ace (Road Warrior Animal's brother) at Capitol Combat on May 19th '90. At The Great American Bash on July 7th '90 Callous was pinned by US Champ Lex Luger in a title match
At the 1990 Survivor Series, Callaway debuted in the WWF as The Undertaker. Brother Love (Bruce Pritchard) was his manager, but in early '91, Paul Bearer replaced him. Taker dominated Jimmy 'Superfly' Snuka at Wrestlemania VII. At Survivor Series on November 27th 1991, The Undertaker defeated Hulk Hogan for the WWF Championship. He lost the title back to Hogan on December 3rd, at the Tuesday in Texas PPV, but the title was held up 9 days later due to both title changes being controversial (the title eventually went to Royal Rumble winner Ric Flair). The Undertaker then turned baby-face by helping the Macho Man & Elizabeth against Jake 'The Snake' Roberts and then defeated him at Wrestlemania VIII on April 5th 1992. At Wrestlemania IX on April 4th 1993, The Undertaker defeated Giant Gonzalez (El Gigante) via DQ. Taker faced WWF Champion Yokozuna in a �Casket� match at the 1994 Royal Rumble. Although he nearly had the match won early on, the �heels� from the locker room (including Bam Bam Bigelow, Jeff Jarrett, & Diesel) forced him into the casket. All the lights went out and The Undertaker was seen on the video wall, there was an explosion and then he was seen rising up to the top of building! The Undertaker would not be seen again until Summerslam on August 29th, where he defeated Ted DiBiase's 'fake' Undertaker (Brian Lee). Taker got his revenge against Yokozuna by defeating him in a �Casket� match at Survivor Series on November 23rd. At Wrestlemania XI on April 2nd 1995, The Undertaker defeated King Kong Bundy making his record 4-0 at �Mania. Next he feuded with the 500 plus pound Mabel (Viscera) who attacked The Undertaker, damaging his face in the process. Wearing a ghoulish face protector The Undertaker returned at Survivor Series on November 19th, to lead his 'Dark Side' team, consisting of Fatu (Rikishi), Henry Godwinn, & Savio Vega, to victory over 'The Royals' team featuring Mabel, Jerry Lawler, Issac Yankem (Kane), & Hunter-Heasrt Helmsley (Triple H). The Undertaker defeated Mabel in a �Casket� match at In Your House 5 on Dec 17th 1995.
At the 1996 Royal Rumble, The Undertaker faced Bret Hart for the WWF Championship, Taker won the match by DQ due to outside interference from Diesel, but as the title cannot change hands that way, Hart kept the belt. At Wrestlemania XII on March 31st 1996, The Undertaker defeated Diesel (Kevin Nash). During the spring of 1996, Mankind (Mick Foley) entered the WWF and began a feud with The Undertaker. Mankind faced The Undertaker at Summerslam on August 18th, in a �Boiler Room Brawl�. Mankind won the match when Paul Bearer turned against The Undertaker. The Undertaker would have his revenge by defeating Mankind in a �Buried Alive� match at In Your House 11 on October 20th. At Wrestlemania XIII on March 23rd 1997, The Undertaker defeated �Sycho� Sid for his 2nd WWF Championship and made his record at �mania 6-0 in the process. During the spring of 1997, The Undertaker was forced into having Paul Bearer as his manager again as Bearer threatened that he would reveal Takers dreaded secret if he didn't. Bearer tormented and threatened The Undertaker throughout the summer until Taker finally snapped and attacked him. The Undertaker lost the title to Bret Hart at Summerslam on August 3rd, when Shawn Michaels accidentally struck Taker with a chair that had been intended for Hart, a feud ensued. This led to the 1st ever �Hell in a Cell� match at In Your House: Badd Blood on October 5th, during the match The Undertaker's long lost 'brother' Kane appeared and gave him a Tombstone Piledriver to allow Michaels to gain the victory. At Wrestlemania XIV on March 29th 1998, The Undertaker defeated Kane. The Undertaker defeated Mankind at King of the Ring on June 28th, in the infamous �Hell in a Cell� match which was voted 1998's 'Match of the Year' by Pro Wrestling Illustrated. The Undertaker won his 1st WWF Tag Team Championship, along with Steve Austin, at Fully Loaded on July 26th, by defeating Kane & Mankind, only to lose the belts back to them on August 10th. Taker turned heel siding with McMahon to battle Austin for the remainder of 1998. Taker would later form the 'Ministry' including Mideon (Dennis Knight/Phineus Godwinn/Tex Slazinger), Viscera (Mabel), The Acolytes (Faarooq & Bradshaw), and Paul Bearer, to combat McMahon's 'Corporation' featuring Ken Shamrock, Big Boss Man, and The Rock. At Wrestlemania XV on March 28th 1999, The Undertaker defeated The Big Boss Man in a �Hell in a Cell� match, thus extending his �mania winning streak to 8-0. The Undertaker once again teamed up with McMahon to form the 'Corporate-Ministry'. During the Over the Edge PPV on May 23rd (the same show Owen Hart suffered his fatal accident), The Undertaker defeated Austin for his 3rd WWF Championship. The Undertaker defended the title against The Rock at King of the Ring on June 27th, but lost the title back to Austin the next night. At Summerslam on August 22nd, The Undertaker and The Big Show defeated Kane and X-Pac for Takers 2nd WWF Tag Team Championship, although they lost the belts to The Rock N� Sock Connection (The Rock & Mankind) on August 30th, they regained them on September 7th. Shortly after, the WWF learned that The Undertaker had a groin injury that would keep him out of action for an extended period. Therefore on September 20th, the Tag Team Championship was contested in a 'Dark Side Rules' match where any of The Undertaker�s followers could be involved. Big Show, Viscera & Mideon lost the titles to the Rock N� Sock Connection. During his rehabilitation, Taker suffered a torn pectoral muscle, which required surgery, thus further delaying his comeback.
Undertaker returned debuting his new 'American Bad Ass' gimmick at Judgment Day on May 21st 2000. Callaway was married to Sara on July 21st. On October 12th, Taker underwent gallbladder surgery. He faced Kurt Angle for the WWF Championship at Survivor Series on November 19th, but was unsuccessful as he pinned Kurt's brother, Eric, who was dressed identically. On December 18th, Taker captured his 4th WWF Tag Team Championship, this time with The Rock, defeating Edge & Christian, only to lose the titles back to them on December 19th. At Wrestlemania X-Seven on April 1st 2001, Taker defeated Triple H in his hometown of Houston, Texas. On April 17th, Taker captured his 5th WWF Tag Team Championship, this time with his 'brother' Kane, by defeating Edge & Christian, they lost the belts to Austin & Triple H at Backlash on April 29th. Undertaker defeated WWF Champion, Steve Austin, and Triple H, in a 'handicap' match in the main event of Insurrextion in London, England, on May 5th 2001, but as Taker pinned Triple H he did not win the title. During the spring of 2001, Undertaker's wife Sara acquired a 'stalker' who turned out to be Diamond Dallas Page. The two feuded throughout the summer, culminating in a 'Steel Cage' Tag Team Championship match at Summerslam on August 19th, between Undertaker & Kane, who had defeated Palumbo & O'Haire for the wCw World Tag Team Championship on August 7th, and DDP & Kanyon, who were the current WWF World Tag Team Champions. Undertaker demolished Page to capture the WWF Tag Team Championship for a 6th time (his 2nd with Kane), thus unifying both the wCw & WWF Tag Team Championships. Although Kane & Undertaker lost the WWF Tag Team belts a month later to The Dudley Boyz on September 17th, they continued to defend the wCw Tag Team Championship until September 25th when they lost them to Booker T & Test. Undertaker defeated Rob Van Dam for the WWF Hardcore Championship at Vengeance on December 9th. Undertaker lost the Hardcore Title to 'Tough Enough' winner Maven on February 5th due to interference from The Rock. At Wrestlemania X-8 on March 17th 2002, Undertaker defeated Ric Flair in a 'no-DQ' match to make his record at Wrestlemania 10-0. On the March 25th �Brand-Extension� edition of RAW, Undertaker was drafted 1st for Ric Flair�s RAW, whilst The Rock was drafted 1st for Vince McMahon's SmackDown! At Judgement Day on May 19th, Undertaker defeated Hulk Hogan to win his 4th WWE (formerly WWF) Championship. He lost the title to The Rock in a Triple Threat match, also featuring Kurt Angle, at Vengeance on July 21st. Having switched brands, Undertaker feuded with WWE Champion, Brock lesnar, who had become exclusive to SmackDown! The feud culminated in a �Hell in a Cell� match at No Mercy on October 20th, in which Undertaker was defeated. After a short lay off through injury, Undertaker returned at the Royal Rumble on January 19th 2003. At Wrestlemania XIX on March 30th, Undertaker defeated both A-Train and Big Show to increase his winning record at �Mania to 11-0. At Survivor Series on November 16th, Undertaker was defeated by Vince McMahon with the help of Kane in a �Buried Alive� match. He would not return until Wrestlemania XX on March 15th 2004, where he reverted to a modified version of his old �Dead Man� gimmick and was accompanied to the ring by Paul Bearer. The Undertaker defeated Kane and increased his �Mania record to 12-0. The next year at Wrestlemania 21 on April 3rd 2005, The Undertaker defeated Randy Orton to increase his record to 13-0.