Harlem Heat was a
professional wrestling tag team made up of two real-life brothers,
Booker and
Lane Huffman. Booker Huffman took the ring name of
Booker T, and Lane Huffman took the ring name of
Stevie Ray. As Harlem Heat, they won the
WCW World Tag Team Championship a record ten times together.
History
The Ebony Experience
Booker T and Stevie Ray started to team together as
The Huffman Brothers in
Ivan Putski's
Western Wrestling Alliance after a brief feud with each other. Soon after, the WWA ceased operating and the brothers started touring the Texas Independent circuit until they caught the eye of
Skandor Akbar who was involved with the
Global Wrestling Federation out of
Dallas, Texas in 1992. The brothers were repackaged as
The Ebony Experience and quickly rose through the ranks of the GWF tag team division under the guidance of
Gary Hart, defeating Skandor Akbar’s “Goodfellows” ("Gorgeous" Gary Young and Steve Dane) for the
GWF Tag Team Championship on July 31, 1992. Their first run with the GWF tag title lasted only a week before they were defeated by
The Blackbirds (
”Iceman” King Parsons and Action Jackson). Booker and Stevie Ray made a comeback and defeated the cheating birds in September.
The second run with the title lasted a bit longer than a week but was ultimately short lived as the
Rough Riders (Black Bart and Johnny Mantell) won the gold on October 23. The...
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