In this week’s “The Hall of Fame with Booker T,” he revealed his legal name due to internet controversy and shared which wrestler made him feel like he was having a real fight.
Booker T said that his first name is not Robert, despite appearing online:
“Many people think my name is Robert because of what they see on the Internet,” he said. “My real name is Booker T. Huffman Jr..”
“That’s what’s on my birth certificate. I don’t know where Robert Teal Huffman Jr. came in. I tell people all the time that I hated my name as a child. Kids are cruel and they called me booger all the time, And I used to fight everyday because I had to say, ‘My name is Booker, not Booger.'”
“I thought, ‘When I turn 18, I’m going to change my name,’ because I couldn’t take the ridicule from the kids. Then when I turned 18, I thought, ‘That’s a name for me. Not too bad for it. I’ll catch it.’ Now I see all the people who ridiculed me as a kid about my name, Booker T, 2-time Hall of Famer, 6-time World Champion, 35 titles and all that stuff, and still do Booker T is a bad, bad guy. So the name, it fits.”
Booker was asked which opponent felt like it was a real match:
“Man, I always said that my fight with the late Chris Benoit was the toughest fight I’ve ever had in the ring which almost made me feel like it’s not getting any closer to being real than this.”
“In my career, I don’t think it can come any closer.”
You can watch this week’s full “Hall of Fame” podcast below.
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