WWE Biography: The Birth of King Booker & Queen Sharmell | A&E

Who can forget King Booker and Queen Sharmell? Learn about this real life couple and everything they did to become one of the most entertaining couples of WWE!
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[@shinebright5965]

🎯🎯🎯🎯🌹🌹

[@johnnygalindo3678]

@@randomtateclips Q

[@HumbleRumble420]

Where can I watch these please?

[@boomboominroom]

So glad Booker is getting his flowers. One of the most underrated stars ever.

[@modnationbuilds]

Amen to that

[@macewbee]

True

[@MasamuneStreams]

Agreed. The documentary was incredible. He really went through a lot to become the legend he is 💯

[@AbbzJordan]

Agreed! I loved him growing up

[@MichaelBrown-js1ti]

wwe24 100,000 likes 100 more stories episodes AE The Sunday wrestlers and Dimas this Sunday

[@MasamuneStreams]

The way his accent went from Game of Thrones to GTA San Andreas used to take me out 😂 This was one of the funniest characters I have ever seen in WWE/F.

[@expeditocolladojr5240]

The cryme tyme one was one of the funniest

[@scorptarget]

Yep 😂

[@Sharrieff93]

Lmao indeed

[@coolkidd723]

😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 Well said

[@Undertakerfan365]

I don’t remember him being King Booker, I remember him being KING BOOKAH!

[@scorptarget]

😂

[@TheLadyj8402]

😂😂😂

[@brandondear3641]

Lmfao. Same

[@joeshualee]

BOOKAEEAH *twitches mouth*

[@sebadrum16]

You missed around 10 Os my friend 😂

[@TheFinisher669]

Booker and Sharmell had the best and most appropriate reaction to Boogeyman The King gimmick was one of the funniest and honestly a career booster and probably saver for Booker.

[@marvelsProtege]

I wouldn't say saved more like earned him money because he took it to then TNA he got to have fun and he can make anything work

[@prasithoudomvilay8454]

Lot of people booed king booker so much, due to the music too and how he insults the fans hahaha! This gimmick led to winning the world heavyweight championship

[@JohnHartson20]

@@prasithoudomvilay8454 : and I loved Queen Sharmell and her shouting all hail King Bookah, this beautiful Woman should have had much more fans!!!

[@richd2457]

Not really he's already 🎉@brendanwade3483 a 😮legend...the blasphemous attitude you display how dare you 😮

[@h_noel7380]

What? No mention of JBL on commentary from that era? His reactions to King "Bookah" and Queen Sharmell on commentary added to the fun of the gimmick. He'd act all star-strucked and humbled being in the presence of royalty. It was hilarious.

[@beet1508]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 fr tho

[@marshallcarter4928]

Facts lol

[@tigerhood6830]

So true . No one gassed kingbooker up like jbl

[@matthewalkman386]

JBL was terrible on commentary and a known bully in the lockerroom. No thanks

[@beet1508]

@@matthewalkman386 bruh u liked ur own comment ur opinion isn't valid LMAO

[@furiousd36]

I always loved how he would refer to Teddy Long as Thaddeus and Jerry Lawler as Jerome 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jgstarks9436]

That used to have me dying 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@TheLadyj8402]

😂😂😂

[@skorpiosavage9818]

Lol😂

[@everybodyhateschris6221]

and Taz as "Tazwell" lmao

[@cyclingcmdr]

Queen Sharmell and Vickie Guerrero were the best female villains of the Ruthless Aggression. Good times.

[@AALS96]

Even lita too

[@TomTom451-76]

@@AALS96 thing is she was a villain in and out the ring

[@AALS96]

@@TomTom451-76 idk about outside lita is usually nice in real life

[@TomTom451-76]

@@AALS96 yeah current lita but past lita was not the best person to say the least

[@JohnHartson20]

but Queen Sharmell was pure Class,Beauty and Royalty and Vickie was just annoying tbh.

[@sirCRASHtheGreat]

The way Booker galloped out the room in his towel😂

[@Cart3rboi93]

The best part about King Booker is when he got mad and reverted back to Booker-T for a quick second

[@scorptarget]

😂😂

[@hitmanlowe3562]

LMFAO

[@CR36111]

We need us a woman like sharmell

[@pseudochef07]

Booker T is one versatile performer. He can turn it on and off when it comes to bringing out the entertainer in him. He knows when to turn the jets on and keeps it on when he has to be the most competitive man inside that ring. The man knew how to get it done. His Hall of Fame accolades speak for itself.

[@LMNY1]

Book kept himself in phenomenal shape throughout his entire career.

[@EJayyDreadHead]

Facts

[@raydiochamberx]

Booker T is a legend

[@marka.graffakasnakebitenat3736]

Booker T and Sharmelle live and work mainly in Houston, Texas.

[@EJayyDreadHead]

And he doesn't age

[@MichaelBrown-js1ti]

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[@mirgill1]

My favorite part of the King Booker character is when he would be regal and all and go hood on someone when things go wrong. LMAO

[@maulfazri3697]

How irony that Triple H talked about Booker T since he the one who buried Booker T at Mania 19

[@LongHuynh-bx5ll]

He did but listen to the story it made sense for triple h to go over.

[@leir2005]

@@LongHuynh-bx5ll It did not make sense for Triple H to go over. The whole storyline was Triple H claiming that he was better than Booker T because he was white. All men are created equal so how does it make sense for Triple H to go over if anything it would make sense for him to get his comeuppance

[@boomboominroom]

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@LongHuynh-bx5ll]

@@leir2005 it does for wm19 but let's not forget evolution debut that year they wanted to keep the stable evolution as a dominant heel faction

[@LongHuynh-bx5ll]

@@leir2005 yes and they wanted to make Lesnar first title reign more convincing

[@maraviyoso8473]

Congratulations to Queen Sharmell, the newest inductee to the WWE HoF

[@JohnHartson20]

so well deserved

[@JohnHartson20]

Loved Queen Sharmell sooo much, she had soo much grace, elegance, class and beauty. Such an incredibly beautiful woman inside and out and the reason why I started wrestling.

[@paulcordova8890]

What's your Instagram

[@JohnHartson20]

@@paulcordova8890 : Why do you wanna know my Instagram? :) And thanks to all for so many likes. I always thought she should have had much more fans, but tbh as the Purple Princess Paisley she was perfection in every aspect. Still in love with Sharmell in her wcw days.

[@aaronnobles541]

@@paulcordova8890 get some water 😭

[@sunnydforfree7145]

@@paulcordova8890 Rejecteeed.😂 But I'd still give you props for shootin your shot, cause many wouldn't have the courage. Including me.😂

[@coachmikesfilmroom3111]

Right on, Goodluck to you. Sharmell was amazing in wrestling and seems like an awesome woman in rl as well. Booker's been one of my favorites since Harlem Heat got WCW

[@chriswilliams1024]

The best and the only King and Queen gimmick in wwe.

[@mrc3rtifi3d13]

King macho man n queen Elizabeth

[@peterflagle5446]

Macho King and Queen Sherri

[@chriskay1449]

@@mrc3rtifi3d13 Actually Sensational Queen Sherri.

[@BigBadJerryRogers]

Yeah Macho Man and Sherri were the top.

[@JLaffey]

To everyone saying Sherri, technically he did state WWE so he isn't really wrong

[@agthaog1986]

His heel Character was one of the Hardest to hate, because the luv was already there from long ago...To execute it and it such a subtle, totally non-aggressive way...thats saying alot about his overall abilities as an entertainer in wrestling in particular

[@coachmikesfilmroom3111]

Yeah he was a lil like Sting in that regard.

[@Juicepluggedin]

Feel sorry for the kids now that missed the attitude and ruthless aggression era lol

[@anthonylockhart4943]

Yep

[@khesipresents1885]

The adam cole kids lol

[@raymondhernandez8702]

King booker is better then king Corbin

[@quezlloyd6143]

So so so true i hate king Corbin

[@fastpacedsports]

Its not even close

[@dookieface8378]

This isn’t a comparison

[@onemic187]

Yes ive heard comparisons like that before, Micheal Jordan is better then kwame brown

[@wyanedolla2087]

King booker is better than every king character

[@InvincibleYoungEmpire]

Always loved them two. Wishing them well and sending them all the love for their continued history together.

[@terryo3512]

The Boogeyman & Booker was hilarious 😂

[@SuperGamewarrior101]

Queen Sharmell is officially going into the Hall of Fame this year. Well deserved, I'd say

[@JohnHartson20]

So well deserved and as a big Fan of her I'm sooo proud and happy, she is the most beautiful woman inside and out.

[@Jhh983]

I met booker t when I was a kid after a show during his wcw days. He was a nice guy. Shook my hand gave me an autograph he was smoking the biggest cigar I ever seen lol

[@belloutdoors5217]

Thats awesome. He seems like a down to earth man

[@g-dub5272]

“Those are hammer toes” 😂🤣😭

[@lg3385]

And Cena had to kiss them 🦶😂

[@scorptarget]

😂😂

[@zellyzell1993]

Sharmell Still looking good after all these years😍😍😘

[@Lance-wn9dc]

She's so beautiful

[@WHENWEGONEWIN]

They got married at my church

[@bobbytilkov3574]

Oh yeah what church was that then

[@675gilly]

@@bobbytilkov3574 lol

[@olhut9748]

@@bobbytilkov3574 an Indian one

[@bobbytilkov3574]

@EGG haha

[@WHENWEGONEWIN]

You kids make a living off trolling under A&E wrestling videos comments kinda shows the level of people in the room

[@enochamoahmintah5832]

I loved this couple through and through, when wrestling was actually good

[@Spencerlayne]

Booker was a good baby face and a good heel. Very few can do both and so well. Legend

[@hamadhumaid1984]

Congratulations to Sharmell Huffman the wife of the 2-time WWE Hall of Famer Booker T for being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame class of 2022

[@redwan6605]

I enjoyed his king booker run so much back than when i was a kid. I enjoyed his behavior so much.

[@oyametalicusII]

The King Booker gimmick was ne of the best things to ever happened during the mid 2000s. We, fans, were having the time of our lives.

[@saturdaynightjordan]

Got the chance to meet him when he made an appearance at an indy show in my hometown. Really awesome and super smart guy. You will always be the king Booker T

[@mattayoubi9829]

A legendary character. Booker was a phenomenal wrestler, one of the best ever in the ring, and entertaining too.

[@TheRealOtakuako]

Funny Trips is here, and they had "that" promo with Book. The irony. 😁

[@williamslaughter7474]

His reign in WWE should’ve been so much more than it was tbh

[@the_laird_]

One of the best gimmicks played by one of the best talents of his or any era. I loved Booker T in all his incarcerations from Harlem Heat to singles serious Booker T to King Bookah. He has that talent to morph into whatever they gave him and turn it into something.

[@Squeakypickles619]

All these years later and the way he skips out at 4:16 still cracks me tf up😂

[@Dom8o8]

He played it so well.

[@animalmother5902]

I always loved playing as him in the WWE games, such a cool dude

[@DemonDriver31]

I have a smackdown sym funny story of booker. You know how hiac can be a 6 man match well it was Undertaker v Kane v Booker v triple h v stone cold v rock. Booker would do the spinaroonie at the edge of the cell and fall so much i began crying.

[@nuknuknuk111]

@@DemonDriver31 I know exactly what you're talking about 😂😂😂

[@DemonDriver31]

@@nuknuknuk111 Bruh it got worse . Everytime i play the match and put booker he does it and dies i setup the match one night with friends omg. We alll cried of laughter we even nicknamed booker T handicapped T.

[@OhhMazi]

was wondering what this dude has been up to since the old days. glad hes doing good

[@chriskay1449]

He has basically been in WWE the whole time.

[@lamzytopshotta7409]

@@chriskay1449 exactly.....he ain't up to date 😂

[@marka.graffakasnakebitenat3736]

If you to see and hear him, come to Houston. His Reality of Wrestling school is in Texas City, Texas and he's on the ESPN radio station here in Houston.

[@moniquedaughtry]

You haven't been watching WWE lately have you?

[@lopezrome1982]

he got his own podcast and its kwite great

[@kman215]

King bookah was incredible so was queen. We were all blessed to have experience the king

[@JohnHartson20]

Sharmell was the Goat and the Beauty Queen, Booker was cool too.

[@Kagey1v1]

One of the most entertaining characters of all time. King Booker is Legendary! 👑

[@jaleelshivers226]

The only King gimmick (outside of the Macho King) that worked in my opinion😶 Queen Sharmell helped sell the gimmick and deserves her flowers as well, I wish she could be inducted into the HOF but I don’t know if she was in the company long enough to qualify.

[@JohnHartson20]

and now the Queen of Wrestling Sharmell and the Purple Beauty Queen Paisley of WCW is in the HOF, so well deserved.

[@isrv]

I just want someone to be as happy when they’re next to me like queen sharmel in the thumbnail KING BOOKER true 🐐

[@TonyDmgl8181]

I love the segment with crime time.. it was pure gold

[@jamesgibson3716]

RIP Shad....

[@theevananderson5888]

I DONT SPEAK EBONICS!

[@ericathewwfwcwdivastraight8906]

5x WCW Champ and became King 👑 and his wife as the Radiant queen 👑 elegant radiance regal and King of Champions best moments. Inspired by the late Macho King Randy Savage and Sensational Queen Sherri.

[@eclectica1]

That's five time, five time, five time, five time, five time WCW Champion to you!

[@DEEJAYAIR]

What a BEAUTIFUL couple.

[@philaman1972]

Great gimmick! I really enjoyed their characters as well. What I cannot believe however is how much time has gone by - 15 years!!

[@OTKP]

King Booker and Queen Sharmell had a great run they was awesome both still look great

[@KingN8Boogie]

Best part of the gimmick was seeing Sharmell on screen more. 😏

[@JohnHartson20]

Absolutely she is the sexiest, most beautiful and most sensual woman in the wrestling industry since 1999.

[@carolewise]

I love that they are the perfect couple💝

[@ZEUSDAZ]

And they say Vince loved to bury black guys and WCW wrestlers and yet here we have a black dude that came from WCW and was levitated to higher heights under Vince's wing and became a bigger wrestling superstar, Booker T was brilliant.

[@NGC616]

LMAO booker T was buried too

[@chriskay1449]

@@NGC616 Hardly

[@chriskay1449]

Yeah Look at WWE's champions early in 2021 before Wrestlemania: WWE Champion - Bobby Lashley Universal Champion - Roman Reigns IC Champion -Apollo Crews Raw Womens - Asuka Smackdown Womens - Sasha Banks Raw Tag Team Champions - New Day Smackdown Tag Champions - The Street Profits With the exception of Riddle as US Champion and Shayna Bazeler as 1 half of the womens tag titles, all of main roster title holders were people of color.

[@dashkataey1740]

@@chriskay1449 Biggest burial for Booker T came at Wrestlemania 19 against Triple H. If Booker T didn't get the King of the Ring win, he would have been another one of those WCW guys that was buried. The big saving grace for Booker T was that he was 'traded' to Smackdown and allowed to become what he should have been years prior.

[@FireAngelChris]

@@dashkataey1740 lol everyone should know this. From 2002-2004 Booker T was so over. It was utter travesty that he didn’t win the world title at mania. By time he won the world title it was more than long overdue. If he wasn’t so good King Booker Gimmick wouldn’t have worked.

[@godlyspacing3111]

Man booker t would be the only wrestler to make me laugh

[@VERSACE.1X]

the rocc

[@keanucora4606]

Stone Cold and the Rock also

[@RaviKiran-np8dc]

So such a good entertainer

[@ZipTieGuyItRhymes]

Can't do anything but love these two! Thanks for the memories!

[@eljefe9039]

King Booker now that's class..now kiss my ring

[@jonbank7569]

I LOVE BOOKER T. What an incredible human being. God bless Booker T and his family.

[@tommoore4642]

That was a fun time in the WWE. So much better than today.

[@kannan991]

Goldust Booker T and Sharmell story line was epic

[@archersmith869]

They remind me of the old couple u see at a family BBQ and u wish u will have that when u get older with ur wife

[@joelsantiago8348]

I remember when he became King Booker at Judgement Day in Phoenix, Az

[@xxxentbrandonredhoodrobins7606]

i cannot wait until they do biography for Kane

[@KevinNovaMST]

O shut up and kane pls

[@kaywells6422]

The way Booker closed his eyes when Shelton Benjamin kissed the ring😂

[@glst1974]

His King Booker storyline was just like Macho Man, so glad he mention him. Two of my favorites ever❤. Having his wife, perfect.

[@LGAC-DEADZ]

Man's such a legend even a song made with his name

[@dollarsignhtotheo2dubbs579]

The GOAT!!! 🐐

[@isaiasdias5648]

Booker called cena a peasant🤣🤣

[@hamiltonlee3653]

One of my favorite characters!💯😂

[@oscarvillarreal8951]

I've been waiting for this 1. 😂! King Booker was a favorite! His British accent was funny as 💩!

[@mauricehooks320]

Those two played the shhh out those roles🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@AKingNamedBenji]

King Booker and Hollywood Rock were my favorite heels ever lmao and Chris Jericho with his weekly list and scarf

[@jack-exzolt9858]

King Booker was so memorable that I remember uttering his funny phrase: "BUT FIRST. YOU MUST KISS. THE ROYAL FEET." And I would always laugh at that segment. One of the funniest heels in WWE, up there with JBL.

[@johnson1010YT]

That magnanomous look on his face was just perfection. Long live the king.

[@onyekachioji7598]

I still laugh at his mannerisms as King Booker. Great comedic stuff

[@scorptarget]

Same 😂

[@dwanrobinson]

This is when I found out how hilarious Booker is. The king bit was golden.

[@Brandon-vv5jc]

If she don’t hold me down like Queen Sharmell did King Booker, I don’t want it.

[@wwechampion]

King BOOKAH is my favorite wrestling character ever. The idea of a brotha from the hood suddenly becoming a posh gentleman is fk'n hilarious lol

[@GFMSancho436]

One of my favorite character king booker and he definitely did it the best

[@TheReelAnalyst]

I used to hate King Booker so much as a kid 🤣🤣🤣 but now it’s so funny to me

[@user-pz2so4je5h]

One of the best in the industry i love how JBL used to apraise him in the commentary during matches

[@Bossbase11]

"Book T, is one of the "Greatest wrestler," in the business!" Raise the roof!!!🔥🔥

[@JustmikeeType]

Booker t funny asf man 😂😂😂🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@jrp7808]

This is when I started watching wrestling. I thought every king of the ring would be like this.

[@hulioortiz6988]

When you have a good black woman by your side.

[@GusdabereanHXO]

Loved every reign of the Great King BOOKAAHHHH! They were the first to integrate the medieval before House of the Dragon was even thought of it! What a great push and collab with Queen Sharmell and i know every minute was a blast! They had fun with it!

[@Duh_wettest95]

When he’d get mad he’d turn back to his regular voice 😂😂😂

[@kickinitwithpoc]

As a kid I was annoyed by Queen Booker, I wanted my O.G back 😅; as a 26 year old man, I think we can all appreciate a Queen Booker 💯

[@jeremyvanbriesies1940]

Booker is such a nice guy

[@glenn5517]

I'm dead 2:15 I've never seen cena being so humbled in my entire life. literally being forced to kiss booker t's feet 😅

[@ruiptaurus33]

Queen Sharmell is still gorgeous!!! King Booker indeed.

[@HeIsKJW]

And now the King and Queen live in their rightful place as the Wwe Hall Of Fame!!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@tco2007]

All Hail King Bookah!!! The King of Kings 🤴 👑 🦁

[@shattaredentertainment4782]

I stopped watching wrestling long before this but man I wish I started watching again when Booker started getting this push. Hes definitely high on my favs list.

[@nokiawiko1650]

I Miss boker t in the ring all of the Best for him and his family

[@Raincity1]

Hahahaha King Booker.... Man I missed this ...Booker T knew how to get under people's skin with this gimmick...and Queen shamel still looks beautiful...the two have a beautiful family

[@6godnick554]

Booker T and the boogeyman was the funniest skits ever 😂😂😂😂

[@Albert-bm7yr]

You had to be there to Witness how GOLD this Gimmick Was. Then he had his Wife, the Queen to Go With It !!

[@CJ-st9lr]

I'mma Tell my kids this was the royal king of America