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All hail King Booker.

Get your spinaroonie's

for the five time-

Five time- five time.

-WCW Champion.

Booker T is the champ.

Yeah, we did just say that.

Today we look back at the very best of Booker T.

Give him all the hardware.

He's the man.

This is WWE's Greatest Moments.

Now can you dig that sucka?

Acknowledge me

My God.

Stone Cold with a beer bath.

This is surreal.

Look at this.

He slammed him.

Welcome, everyone to WWE's Greatest Moments.

I'm Michael Cole, and on this edition, we're looking back at

the greatest moments in the two time Hall of Fame career

of the one and only Booker T.

The Booker man has one of the

most decorated careers in all of professional wrestling.

The five time, five time, five time, five time, five time

WCW champion

Holding 21 titles, the most in WCW history.

King of the Ring.

He's the voice of NXT.

A coach on LFG.

When they feel you, it's in here.

And he even had a Latin Grammy Award winning

Bad Bunny song about him.

Can you dig it, sucka?

There's no denying the charisma

that comes with Booker T.

Boom.

Right there.

And one of his signature moves is the infamous spinaroonie.

There's nothing like seeing Booker get in the zone

to get the crowd hyped.

But many fans wonder where the genesis

of this break dance took place.

Major League Wrestling fans

we're taking our first look at a

new tag team here in the area,

Booker T and Stevie Ray.

When it came to wrestling,

I didn't know what was going to happen.

I had to do everything to make it happen.

I used to love dancing.

You were a kid from the neighborhood

and you was all for the dance.

Breakdancing was really, really huge.

I said, "Man, I'm gonna try this now,"

so I started breakdancing.

Wow, check it out.

Whoa.

What do you think of that, Gary?

When I got a chance to just bring a little bit of that world

inside of the wrestling ring,

I learned the power of entertainment that night,

and it's been a part of my career ever since day one.

I think the spinaroonie started out thid cool thing

that Booker could do and slowly morphed itself.

It just takes on a whole life of its own.

JR here it is.

Right here.

Here it comes.

Here it comes.

You're about to witness.

Oh, it's the most electrifying-

Spinaroonie I've ever seen.

Had the spinaroonie, had leg thing.

He had the hook.

He'd look at that hand.

The flair for drama-

Starts with the hand, of course.

You know, after one knee, all the centrifugal force

comes from the dreads,

you know, shake-

Once you shake the dreads,

it goes through the body all the way down to the legs.

Everybody's doing spinaroonie's-

All over the country.

You want to see The Rock do

The Rock-aroonie?

I did the spinaroonies-

Everything changed.

It was pretty awesome to see the effect that it had on not just

those fans, but throughout my whole career.

Upon their debut, Booker T and his brother Stevie Ray dominated

the WCW tag team scene as Harlem Heat.

With their manager Sister Sherri by their side,

the duo were undeniable in the ring.

Harlem Heat is the most collectively cohesive

unit in professional sports.

And it didn't take long for them to have the opportunity

at their first tag team championship against the team

known as Stars and Stripes.

Booker T and Stevie Ray

looking to become yet another

great brother tag team to hold the belts.

The most prestigious tag team award in the sport.

We were pretty good as a tag team, but we did know that we

wanted to be the greatest tag team

that ever put on a pair of boots.

The right foot right in the eye.

What a match we have going on.

Two teams giving it their all.

My brother played his role.

I played my role.

We were a cohesive unit.

Both of us brought the pain in our own way.

Together we gelled.

We had good chemistry.

People came to see us.

People wanted to see us.

We took pride in that.

The Patriot missed the clothesline,

so did Stevie Ray.

They both go down.

And I don't think they're the legal man here.

Come on.

Here's a cover by Booker T.

That's not the legal man.

One.

Two.

Three.

That's good enough.

We've got new champions.

That's one of the matches that everybody remembers.

It really solidified us as players in the game now.

The World Tag Team Champions.

It was a hell of a night winning our first

WCW Tag team championships.

They let us know that we were on the radar,

and let us know we had a chip in the game.

Straight to the top of WCW.

That's something we always took pride in, is that we played

an intricate part of WCW going to the next level.

They let us know that that was the beginning of

something very, very special.

Booker T eventually went on to have a very successful singles

career in WCW as well.

But on March 26th, 2001, World Championship Wrestling would

close its doors for good.

I, Vince McMahon, bought my competition.

That's right, I own WCW.

The last Monday Nitro aired with a special title unification

match between world champion Scott Steiner,

and the United States Champion Booker T.

Booker T looked to end the WCW story

by holding not one but two championships.

The final telecast of Monday Nitro on TNT,

a historic day in Sports Entertainment.

The end of WCW was the end of an era.

If you were there, you definitely felt a certain way.

A lot of people backstage,

it was like, "What the hell's going on?"

It was shocking.

We're going out with the bang.

All the titles on the line.

Here we go.

That's a match that I remember vividly-

Like seared in my brain.

Booker T brings into this match heart and athleticism.

And a Harlem sidekick.

We did the best show that we could do.

Steiner's got him in his clutches.

Oh.

Scott went out there-

He made me look good.

Booker T, calling to the fans

Put me in a position where I was making history.

Here he comes.

It was awesome.

The energy in the arena was fantastic.

Picks him up.

Booker T lands on his feet.

He's got-

Book End.

One, two.

Could it be it?

Yes it is.

Yes.

Booker T.

He's got two titles.

Give him all the hardware.

It was awesome,

as an African American youth,

watching someone like Booker do great things.

We wanted to have, you know, happy happy, joy joy.

last night for the WCW audience.

It was the right thing to do to put the championship on him.

I felt really good.

I'm the US champ and New World champ,

and I closing the company down.

This is a good night.

While WCW was ultimately purchased by WWE,

many of WCW's former superstars began invading WWE programing.

WCW's Dallas Page, DDP.

It's Lance Storm.

The WCW wrestler.

Many were anticipating the arrival of its champion.

We are at our main event in the King of the Ring.

The triple threat match to determine the richest prize

in the game.

Booker T said

"I want to be a star on the biggest platform I can."

Booker had enough confidence in himself to step up and say,

"Put me in."

Wait a minute, what the hell?

That's, that's, that's-

Booker T, he's the WCW champion.

The WCW champion has just attacked the WWE champion.

Coming from WCW and coming over to WWE,

I was ready to go out there and show those guys

I was just as good as I said I was.

Oh my God.

A sidewalk slam.

Booker T-

Just threw Stone Cold.

"Stone Cold" Steve Austin

bounced off the top this table all the way to the floor,

Bang.

My first thought was-

"What in the F just happened?"

What the hell?

When you take out one of the top guys in your first day-

makes people look at you a little bit differently.

Booker T has decimated

the WWE champion.

It was a great night for me.

I was pretty hyped up.

Booker T came through the crowd

is leaving through the crowd,

but he has done his damage.

Our next moment would lead to an intense rivalry between

"Stone Cold" Steve Austin and Booker T.

Stone Cold-

disguised as a fireman.

And Booker T running for his life.

As much as Booker T tried to evade the Texas Rattlesnake,

there was nowhere safe to go.

Attention shoppers,

there's cans of whoop ass on aisle two.

That's aisle two.

Here's a blank canvas

that Booker T and I are going to have an opportunity

to paint together.

Action.

We created magic.

That's Austin.

Austin attacking Booker T.

Two guys lettin' loose in a grocery store.

It was a spectacle.

It was a great piece of entertainment.

As he's beating Booker T up, he's able to do all the

catchphrases for the products that he's using on him.

Do you have any Grey Poupon?

Huh?

Have some Grey-

Oh, I like to shop

Everything that Steve said was ad lib.

Everything that I said was ad lib.

Please I won't do it no more.

You look like you could use a cold one, Book.

Oh God.

Please I won't do it no more.

Please.

The grocery store stuff with Steve,

the ability to make an ass of yourself is an art.

He didn't care.

He was all for entertainment.

That's how Booker was.

Booker with a shot to the jaw of Austin.

Thanks Book.

You got milk.

Oh, got milk.

"Man, we could really get something out of this."

That's what I'm thinking.

You want to burp?

Something like this with someone like Booker T,

who embraces the theatrics and the drama

and the shenanigans that go with it, is all the more fun.

Price check on a jackass.

It was a moment that people got to remember

for the rest of their lives.

Oh, Imma get you.

When you think of the most outrageous duos in WWE history,

you have to mention the odd pairing of Booker T

and the bizarre Goldust.

Sucka.

These two formed an unlikely partnership that led to some

of the most entertaining moments in WWE history.

Tell me, I don't look like that.

Welcome to the premiere edition

of Goldust and Booker T at the movies.

What up dawg?

Me and Booker- the odd couple,

completely opposite, and our chemistry just clicked.

Man, it was so easy with Booker.

Booker, thank you.

Thank you very much.

The entertainment part-

He was perfect for it.

Man, take that gold crap off.

To me, it was just another match made in heaven.

It was some of the best stuff WWE has ever done.

But I ain't no Star Wars geek.

I ain't never watched the movie and never will.

We didn't know how big it was going to get,

or how much the fans were going to really buy in,

and how much they were going to love it.

Can you dig it sucka?

The music hit-

Boom.

The place erupted and I was like, "Holy hell."

The World Tag Team Titles on the line here at Armageddon.

Everybody's here for the same thing,

and that is to walk out

the new World Tag Team Champions.

Booker T and Goldust

perhaps in the eyes of many, the emotional favorites

here tonight.

The Book End

Jericho walked into The Book End, for the win.

Oh no.

What?

Booker T and Goldust have done it.

In the beginning it was just a novelty but at the end,

people felt a certain way about it.

Everybody in this arena, they believe in Gol D and Booker T.

By 2003, fans were digging Booker T as he had proven

himself to be one of the most popular

WWE superstars of the era.

I will become the new Intercontinental Champion.

Now can you dig that sucka?

So needless to say, when Booker challenged the villainous

Christian for the Intercontinental Championship

on Raw,

it was a clear odds on favorite.

I can dig this.

Booker T getting enough for opportunity

for the Intercontinental Championship.

That is the workhorse title.

And Christian and Booker T are both, in my opinion, workhorses,

so I was excited as a fan to watch them.

And here we go.

The Intercontinental title is officially on the line.

These men know each other very well.

They have developed one hellacious rivalry here.

Look out.

I remember just having so much fun,

and the chemistry Christian and I had.

It was awesome.

Two guys, who can absolutely go in the ring.

Oh, no.

Christian and I we had been working together for some time

and the championship just had been eluding me and eluding me.

But Booker T-

Oh, doesn't miss with the Scissors Kick.

That's got to be it.

Will it be?

Yes it is.

Booker T, Booker T has done it.

After one, two, three,

crowd erupted.

Finally, Booker T has fought his way to the mountaintop.

Winning the championship was really, really cool.

That was the moment.

Finally, for the first time

Booker T is the Intercontinental Champion.

The pageantry of the King of the ring tournament

has been one of the most celebrated events for decades.

They proclaim ye the King of the ring.

The 2006 finals took place a Judgment Day

when Bobby Lashley battled Booker T,

and while we didn't know who would be crowned that night,

we never expected the winner to become such a royal pain.

Superstars compete in a tournament

with the winner

being crowned the King of the Ring.

So this is it, the finals and the King of the Ring tournament,

Bobby Lashley,

like the young powerhouse,

you look at the guy looks like a million bucks.

Lashley's feeling it.

Sharmell got his leg.

Come on.

He is gonna, of course,

cheat at some point to win.

What the hell?

No way.

All hail King Booker.

It wasn't just that he won the tournament,

it's that he put the crown on his head,

and he put that single pinky up in the air.

I'm gonna make sure that this character is something that

people are going to remember for the rest of their lives.

All hail King Booker

I don't know why he had an English accent.

Who is this rogue?

What is this unsightly maiden?

To be able to snap back from my British accent,

to gettin' really hot, to talk like a street kid.

Put the damn crown on my dome.

"Put the damn crown on my dome."

He had the ability to pull off just about anything.

Like one of the most entertaining characters ever,

King Booker.

I could not have been King Booker without Queen Sharmell.

She had to play a role and do the dastardly deeds

she would be there to do it,

every time.

It's like King Arthur coming out with Guinevere.

Long live King Booker.

With his pinky held high,

King Booker led a tyrannical reign

over the SmackDown kingdom.

You will kiss the royal feet

of King Booker.

God.

Oh, man.

But his Majesty sites were set on more than just a crown.

At the Great American Bash 2006, his Royal Highness promised to

vanquish Rey Mysterio of the World Heavyweight Championship.

It is a big fight feel here tonight

in Indianapolis Indiana.

You're in for a beating tonight, Rey.

The champion Rey Mysterio and the challenger King Booker.

This will be one hell of a matchup.

Working with Rey Mysterio

who I always considered

as my favorite wrestler.

I remember going out there with Booker T

and the chemistry was just there.

Oh, wow.

To me, the guys that are really great in this business

are guys that can do it all.

It's what to me puts Booker in the top echelon

is his ability to tear it up.

Royal Book End.

Book End.

The Royal Book End.

King Booker is world champion.

It is the King's time.

That was an incredible match.

Wow.

The only king to ever win that World Heavyweight Championship.

It meant a lot.

Long live the king.

It is now time for our number one moment.

We've spoken about the impressive resume of Booker T

with as many championship titles,

but let's go back to the very first world title.

Booker T was finally granted the opportunity.

He had waited his entire career for.

Opportunity has knocked, and I will be damned

if I don't answer that door.

A World Championship match against Jeff Jarrett

at WCW's Bash at the Beach 2000.

Opportunity knocks and Booker T

has stepped through the open door.

I always wondered if the fans wanted to see a black champion,

if the fans really wanted to see me in that position,

or they didn't wanted Jeff Jarrett to win, I don't know.

Look at that agility.

Is he amazing?

A drop kick to boot.

His athletic ability.

He had hops,

as we say, scissor kicks and spinning back kick.

Booker T and Jeff Jarrett brawling through the crowd,

giving the fans everything they bargained for,

quite frankly, a little bit more.

I was like, "Wow, they really care about me.

They really wanted to see me win."

Booker doesn't see Jarrett.

He caught him.

Yes.

Book End.

There's the referee at two.

Three.

Yes.

Yes.

It's over.

Oh my God

Booker T's the world champion.

It's very, very important to see people who look like you

doing great things, because it just gives you a visual

confirmation and affirmation that you too can do it

because you've seen it done.

If Booker T can do this, so can I.

Anybody who knows Booker T behind the scenes like we do

knows that he is a man deserving of this moment.

It's one of my most fond memories in my career.

I'm the guy that Booker beat, become the world champion for

his very first time.

And I'm pretty proud of that.

It's every young man's dream to be the champion.

And on this night, Booker T earned it.

I was a part of it.

And I'm definitely happy to have been part of it.

It was a moment that changed my life.

Booker T is the literal embodiment

of hard work paying off.

Which garnered him Hall of Fame status not once, but twice.

That'll do it for this edition of WWE's Greatest Moments.

I hope you've enjoyed this look back at the greatest moments

from the legendary Booker T.

Now can you dig that sucka?