In the summer of 1997, they fired Sherri and added a new manager, Jacqueline. Stevie Ray, best known for his seven-year run (1993-2000) in WCW where he was one half of the tag team Harlem Heat with brother Booker T, is now host of a Houston-based weekly radio talk show called "Straight Shooting with Stevie Ray." He also does a podcast called "Stand Up for Greatness." Claim the offer and place your bets below! Harlem Heat became tweeners and entered a feud with Col. Parker's Stud Stable of "Dirty" Dick Slater and Bunkhouse Buck. ? Harlem Heat was a professional wrestling tag team composed of two brothers, Booker and Lash Huffman (better known as Booker T and Stevie Ray). Of these, ten he won as a part of Harlem Heat with his brother, Lash "Stevie Ray" Huffman. [56] Vincent's repeated interferences in matches resulted in Harlem Heat beginning a feud with nWo's Vicious and Delicious (Buff Bagwell and Scott Norton), leading to a match between the two teams at Road Wild. [35] Harlem Heat unsuccessfully challenged Luger and Sting for the titles at SuperBrawl VI. Although this would make Stevie Ray known for using dirty tactics and a strength-in-numbers mentality, his brother, Booker, showed little resentment and respected Stevie Ray's decision to be a part of the nWo, and they were able to peacefully co-exist. Booker T may be a five-time World Champion, but now he's a two-time WWE Hall of Famer the [.] Do check the Promotions tab if you cannot find it in the Primary Inbox. Harlem Heat reunited once on the June 15 episode of Nitro, where they unsuccessfully challenged Sting and Kevin Nash for the World Tag Team Championship. The Road Warriors are one of the greatest tag-teams of all time and dominated pro-wrestling in the late '80s and the '90s. [12] Harlem Heat made their pay-per-view debut at Fall Brawl on September 19 by teaming with Vader and Sid Vicious against Sting, Davey Boy Smith, Dustin Rhodes, and The Shockmaster in the WarGames match. How seriously do you want to take it?". Not long after, Stevie Ray won the leadership role in a 4-man battle royal on the April 5, 1999, episode of WCW Monday Nitro, defeating Horace Hogan, Brian Adams, and Vincent. [4] Kevin Powers of WWE remarked: "When debating the greatest tag team in WCW history, Harlem Heat and The Steiner Brothers are more or less interchangeable. [11] In April 2013, Stevie Ray inducted Booker T into the WWE Hall of Fame. After turning babyface, Rosey formed a popular tag-team with The Hurricane as his Superhero In Training. Speaking on Keepin' It 100, wrestling veteran Konnan disclosed that he would like to see Harlem Heat reunite in WWE. Booker and Stevie signed to WCW in 1993, where they were initially going to be ex-cons who wore chains to signify their bondage. In May, Stevie split from Big T, Kash and Biggs (who all left WCW) and helped Booker T out of a jam. [51], Soon after, Harlem Heat took on The Public Enemy and The Faces of Fear (Meng and The Barbarian) in a three-way dance at SuperBrawl VII, which Public Enemy won. Ryan Clark. Despite having less Tag Team Championship reigns, The Steiner Brothers held on to the belts for more days than Harlem Heat. "We have dirt sheet writers talking about my . The former tag-team champion was released from WWE in 2006. Stevie returned from suspension on the November 29 episode of Nitro to rescue Midnight from an assault by Curt Hennig. His brother Bray Wyatt, on the other hand, has been a top star since making his debut on the main roster. They formed the legendary Harlem Heat tag-team and are 10-time WCW Tag-Team Champions. He said: Since I am a tag team extraordinaire, a tag team specialist, 14 tag team championships throughout my reign in this business, so Im looking forward to the tag team division getting crunk in 2020, and I might even manage The Street Profits somewhere along the year. Coincidentally, Harlem Heat will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame later this year, the night before WrestleMania 35. At Clash of the Champions XXXI, Harlem Heat and Sherri defeated Slater, Buck and Parker in a six-person tag team match. WWE Veteran Booker T Says He is Talking With Brother Stevie Ray for Booker T says an iconic tag team, who featured in both WCW and WWE, deserves to be a part of the WWE Hall of Fame and he's campaigning for them to get the nod. Sensational Sherri) as a manager, who worked under the name Sister Sherri. Harlem Heat - Wikipedia [19] The alliance with Sherri led to Harlem Heat being elevated in the tag team division. Harlem Heat lost the titles to Barry and Kendall Windham on the August 23 episode of Nitro.