Booker T. Huffman Jr. (born March 1, 1965), better known by his ring name Booker T, is an American retired professional wrestler and professional wrestling trainer. He is currently signed to WWE, where he serves as a color commentator on the NXT brand. Widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time, he is also the owner and founder of the independent promotion Reality of Wrestling (ROW).

Booker is known for his tenure in World Championship Wrestling (WCW), the World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (WWF/E), and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), holding 35 championships between those organizations. He is the most decorated wrestler in WCW history, having held 21 titles, including a record six WCW World Television Championships (along with being the first African American titleholder), and a record 11 WCW World Tag Team Championships: 10 as one half of Harlem Heat with his brother, Lash "Stevie Ray" Huffman in WCW (most reigns within that company), and one in the WWF with Test. Booker was the final WCW World Heavyweight Champion and WCW United States Heavyweight Champion under the WCW banner.

Booker is an overall six-time world champion in professional wrestling, having won the WCW World Heavyweight Championship five times and WWE's World Heavyweight Championship once. With his fifth WCW Championship win (which occurred in the WWF), Booker T became the second African-American to win a world championship in WWF/E (after The Rock), and also the first to be of non-mixed race. He is also the winner of the 2006 King of the Ring tournament, the 16th Triple Crown Champion, and the eighth Grand Slam Champion in WWE history. As the ninth WCW Triple Crown Champion, Booker is one of four men to achieve both the WWE and WCW Triple Crowns. He has headlined multiple pay-per-view events for the WWF/E, WCW and TNA throughout his career.

Booker was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame on April 6, 2013, by his brother, Lash. Both he and Lash were inducted together into the 2019 class on April 6, 2019, as Harlem Heat, making Booker a two-time Hall of Famer.

Booker T. Huffman Jr. was born on March 1, 1965, in Plain Dealing, Louisiana, though his birthplace is often misidentified as Houston, Texas. He is the youngest of eight children. His father Booker Huffman Sr. died when Jr was less than a year old in Plains Dealing Louisiana at 60 years old. His mother passed away when he was only 13. He then lived with his 16 year-old sister,then later moved in with his older brother Lash at age 17. In high school, he was a drum major.

As a single father working at a storage company in Houston, Texas, Huffman was looking to make a better life for himself and his son. His brother Lash suggested that the two check out a new professional wrestling school being opened by Ivan Putski in conjunction with his Western Wrestling Alliance (WWA). His boss at the storage company put up the money to pay for his wrestling lessons. Booker trained under Scott Casey, who helped to turn Booker's background as a gangster and dancer into a wrestling character, teaching him in-ring psychology and ring generalship.

Eight weeks later, Booker debuted as G.I. Bro on Putski's Western Wrestling Alliance Live! program. The character was a tie-in to the raging Gulf War and the WWF's Sgt. Slaughter angle. Even though the WWA met its demise some time later, Booker continued to wrestle on the Texas independent circuit, often with his brother Lash.

Booker and his brother were spotted by Skandor Akbar, who hired them to work for the Global Wrestling Federation (GWF), where he and Eddie Gilbert were involved. Gilbert teamed Stevie Ray and Booker T together as the Ebony Experience, and they won the GWF Tag Team Championship on July 31, 1992. During their time with GWF, they held the tag title a total of three times. Subsequently, Booker T and Stevie Ray left the GWF to work for World Championship Wrestling (WCW). During that time, they also worked for Network Of Wrestling in Japan.