Harlem Heat
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| Harlem Heat | |
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 Stevie Ray (left), Sister Sherri (center) and Booker T (right) |
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| Tag team | |
| Members | Booker T Stevie Ray |
| Name(s) | Harlem Heat The Ebony Experience, The Ghetto Blasters |
| Heights | 6 ft 3 in (190 cm) - Booker T 6 ft 5 in (196 cm) - Stevie Ray |
| Combined weight | 545 lbs (247 kg) |
| Hometown | Houston, Texas |
| Debuted | 1991 |
| Disbanded | 2000 |
| Promotions | Global Wrestling Federation World Championship Wrestling |
| Trainer | Scott Casey |
Harlem Heat was a professional wrestling tag team made up of two brothers, Booker and Lane Huffman. Booker Huffman took the ring name of Booker T., and Lane Huffman took the ring name of Stevie Ray.
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[edit] Career
[edit] Global Wrestling Federation
Harlem Heat got its start as The Ebony Experience in the Global Wrestling Federation in 1991. Booker T and Stevie Ray formed the team and won three GWF Tag Team Titles.
[edit] World Championship Wrestling
They went to World Championship Wrestling in 1993 and changed their name to "Harlem Heat" (the brothers were both from Houston, but, according to Stevie Ray, WCW management didn't think "Houston Heat" sounded "tough enough"). They were originally slated to debut as two wrestling slaves called The Ghetto Blasters while being managed by Robert Parker, a former wrestler who was playing the role of a Southern Gentleman at the time. This gimmick was aborted, however, due to the racial insensitivity of the planned characters. The team won 10 World Tag Team Titles before splitting in 1999. They spent most of their WCW career being managed by Sister Sherri as heels and tweeners.
[edit] Break-up / Harlem Heat 2000
In 2000, Stevie Ray teamed with Big T, and manager J. Biggs to form Harlem Heat 2000. Big T officially won the Harlem Heat name in a match over Booker T at SuperBrawl on February 20, 2000 in San Francisco.
[edit] Rivals
Harlem Heat's biggest rivals over the years were The Nasty Boys, The Steiner Brothers, Sting & Lex Luger, Dick Slater & Bunkhouse Buck, Stars N Stripes (The Patriot & Marcus Bagwell), The Road Warriors, Barry & Kendall Windham and The Outsiders (Kevin Nash & Scott Hall).
[edit] Finishing & Signature Moves
- Heat Bomb (Combination powerbomb with top rope elbowdrop)
- Towering Inferno (Combination pendulum backbreaker with top rope leg drop)
- Heat Seeker (top rope missile dropkick onto an elevated opponent)
- Big Apple Blast (combination elevated bear hug with a hopping superkick)
- Harlem Hangover (Belly to back suplex followed by a top rope somersault leg drop combination)
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
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- 10-Time WCW World Tag Team Champions
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- 3-time GWF Tag Team Champions
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- Ranked # 62 of The 100 Best Tag Teams of The "PWI Years" (2003)
- 1995 Tag Team of The Year
- 1996 Tag Team of the Year
