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‐ Growing up with close to
nothing in South Park, Texas,
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kicking it around New York
City is kinda surreal.
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♪ ♪
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The sounds, the energy;
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there's nothing like it.
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♪ ♪
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It's like another world, man.
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♪ ♪
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It's also a place
that I dreamed of as a kid...
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♪ ♪
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'Cause of "Shaft."
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♪ ♪
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I watched that movie
at least 100 times,
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and I literally wanted to be
John Shaft.
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We didn't see black guys like
this in movies back then.
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♪ ♪
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He was a bad man and didn't
back down from nobody.
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♪ ♪
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See, Shaft,
he resonated with me
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and inspired the five words
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that define the two‐time
WWE Hall of Famer.
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Can you dig it, sucka?
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["Rap Sheet" playing]
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‐ Act one of being
a pro wrestler
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is when you come through
that curtain.
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He went in,
and he took it to the moon.
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‐ Can you dig it, sucka?
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[laughing]
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‐ You see how he just soaks up
the adulation and the energy,
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just makes it bigger
and bigger and bigger.
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‐ Now our two‐time
WWE Hall of Famer, Booker T.
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♪ ♪
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‐ Booker's persona is
a street‐smart, hungry,
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athletic, over‐the‐top,
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kick‐your‐ass
professional wrestler.
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‐ Take a look at this punk!
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[grunting]
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♪ ♪
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‐ Even growing up,
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Junior was never afraid
to fight.
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He would fight big kids,
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dogs, cats.
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I mean, he just loved to fight,
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and he could fight very well.
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[lively music]
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♪ ♪
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‐ You try to get somebody like,
"Did you see that?"
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[cheering,
indistinct chatter]
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‐ One of the things I loved
about Booker T
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was his flair
for the theatrical side...
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[indistinct commentating]
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‐ And the drama of it.
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‐ Austin‐‐
Austin attacking Booker T!
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‐ Here you go, brother.
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[shouts]
‐ Oh, Booker with a shot.
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‐ This is show business.
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‐ Booker T!
‐ Hey, Booker!
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[cheering]
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‐ The key in this business
is charisma.
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[cheers and applause]
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Booker T walks into a room,
you notice him.
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‐ [laughs]
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Fun, larger‐than‐life
personality,
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and big, and loves to laugh.
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‐ [laughs]
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‐ Go to every length
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just to entertain you.
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‐ Tell me
I don't look like that!
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‐ Pin him!
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‐ And let me tell you,
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Booker is the same way
when he is at home.
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‐ Yes, yes, yes, yes!
‐ Oh, no!
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Yeah.
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‐ I'm like, "Really?
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Are you really doing this
right now?"
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[laughs]
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♪ ♪
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‐ Pioneer, trendsetter,
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two‐time Hall of Famer...
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♪ ♪
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Five‐time champion.
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He's always managed
to stay on top.
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♪ ♪
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‐ It's very, very important
to see people
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who look like you
doing great things.
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If he's doing it,
so can I.
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‐ Can you dig that,
sucka?
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[cheering]
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♪ ♪
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[hip‐hop music]
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‐ ♪ Welcome to my home ♪
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♪ On the south side ♪
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♪ Nah, uh‐uh ♪
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♪ That's just the south side
style ♪
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♪ You got a big game,
you know what I'm saying ♪
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[dogs barking]
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‐ This is where it all started
so many years ago.
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You don't miss
what you don't have.
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We didn't have a lot,
but what we had, it was enough.
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‐ ♪ South side,
the south side, yeah ♪
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♪ South side,
the south side ♪
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♪ Everybody do the south side,
the south side ♪
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♪ Yeah, south side,
the south side ♪
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‐ There was a lot
of shooting dice.
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We'd shoot marbles.
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Then we'd try to get
some mischief,
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looking for some girls.
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[dog barking]
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‐ ♪ South side, yeah ♪
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♪ South side,
the south side ♪
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♪ No one but you ♪
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‐ Don't let nobody
push you around, you know?
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Hey, man, if you get into
a fight, you know,
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make sure
you throw the first punch.
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‐ ♪ You know the south side ♪
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‐ You know,
and that's what‐‐
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not my brothers
was teaching me,
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but my sisters
was teaching me that.
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‐ ♪ You know the south side ♪
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[indistinct singing]
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‐ That's what life was
here in this neighborhood.
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♪ ♪
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We moved here back when I was
actually about seven years old.
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We moved around Houston
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till we finally settled right
here in this neighborhood,
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and I tell you,
just standing here right now,
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the memories
just‐‐just flood back.
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[hip‐hop music]
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♪ ♪
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I was born in a little place
called Plain Dealing,
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about 50 miles outside
of Shreveport, Louisiana.
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♪ ♪
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I was the youngest
of eight kids.
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I never knew my father.
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He passed away
when I was ten months old.
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♪ ♪
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My mother was
a registered nurse,
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and she packed up,
and she moved us here
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because she just wanted more
for her kids.
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As long as I can remember,
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my mother worked
from 11:00 at night
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to 7:00 a. m. in the morning.
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‐ It was very important
for her to be there
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when we woke up
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and to be there when we came
home from school every day
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and to make sure
that we were fed,
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that we did our homework,
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and that we were in the bed
before she left, so...
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That graveyard shift can be
very, very tough,
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but my mom did it,
and she did it for us.
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We had four girls, four boys,
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and some of the older ones
were already out of the house
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when we moved to Houston,
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but she was still a single
parent with a full household.
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My older brother, Lash,
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others know him
as Stevie Ray,
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his wrestling name.
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Booker T, myself,
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the three of us
were all three years apart,
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so we were the closest,
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and all three of us
were the youngest.
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‐ Sports was always
in the equation,
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and my brother would
always play football
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with me and my friends.
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For some reason or another,
he wanted to play with us.
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‐ Whatever Lash wanted to do,
Junior wanted to do.
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Whenever we would get
new mattresses,
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Junior and Lash
would ask the old mattress,
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and they'd set it up
in the backyard
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and make a makeshift ring,
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and me and my niece,
we were guinea pigs
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for the sleeper hold.
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He did look up
to his big brother.
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♪ ♪
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My mom, not that she didn't
love all of us,
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but she loved Junior
'cause he was the baby.
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‐ He could cry for three hours
without stopping.
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Sometimes he'd cry so much,
you'd have to pay him to stop,
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and he'd get your money,
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and then when she come home,
he was crying again
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so he could plead his case.
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My mama would be,
"Oh, my baby, my baby,"
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and he'd be hugging her
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and looking over there
and winking at us.
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[laughs]
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‐ I was a mama's boy, yeah.
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I always said one day
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that I was gonna buy my mother
a big house,
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and she wasn't gonna
have to ever work again.
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I'd just lay on my mother
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and just listen
to her heartbeat.
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The relationship was very,
very special.
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♪ ♪
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‐ We had a attic fan,
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and for some reason,
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the attic fan
had stopped working.
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♪ ♪
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All my of my brothers
are older,
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and she had been trying
to get one of those guys
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to go up there and take
a look at it for the longest,
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and finally one day she said,
"I'll go and do it myself."
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♪ ♪
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She went up to the attic,
you know, to check it out.
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You know, she stepped
on the sheetrock,
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and she fell through the roof
to the floor.
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♪ ♪
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From that point on,
she always had back problems,
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and she had to have surgery.
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‐ She had the surgery.
She came through.
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Everything was fine.
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Her leg began to stiffen,
and she was in pain again,
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and when she went back
to the doctor,
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they said that they needed
to go in again.
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‐ It was basically,
"I'm gonna go to the hospital.
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I'll be there a couple of days.
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Here's lunch money,"
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and you kiss your mom good‐bye.
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‐ Something happened,
complications,
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and her heart stopped beating,
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and bam, 49 years old,
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my mother was gone, yeah.
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[somber piano music]
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♪ ♪
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We had lost our leader,
our rock, our provider,
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our strength‐‐
we had lost that.
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♪ ♪
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Everything changed for me,
of course,
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being a 13‐year‐old kid
with no parents.
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I don't blame any of my sisters
and brothers
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for not stepping up
and being, you know,
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a father figure
or a mother figure,
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and I don't think anybody
was prepared or equipped
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for the loss of my mother.
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No one was.
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‐ We were like little ants
without the queen.
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Everybody was just,
like, everywhere.
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‐ It kinda splintered
our family somewhat.
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You know, I know it did me.
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‐ And the younger kids,
Booker, Bonita,
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that's all they knew,
was their mom.
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‐ From a legal standpoint,
we were "orphans"
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because we didn't have
a mother or father,
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and we were both minors.
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[indistinct chatter]
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For a short period of time,
we did struggle
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because we were basically
the two
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that were left in the home
after my mom died.
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♪ ♪
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‐ So here's this kid at age 13
living with his sister
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in a house that is abandoned.
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You know, the electricity's
being turned off now.
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It's becoming
a derelict house.
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They don't have any food.
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They have nowhere to go.
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‐ They kept the lights on as
long as they possibly could.
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They kept the water on as long
as they possibly could,
262
00:10:46,521 --> 00:10:49,983
and then no lights, no water,
no gas, no anything.
263
00:10:50,108 --> 00:10:51,901
♪ ♪
264
00:10:52,026 --> 00:10:53,820
It was a lot of scary nights
in the house,
265
00:10:53,903 --> 00:10:57,157
you know, with candles.
266
00:10:57,282 --> 00:11:00,702
We toughed it out
as long as we possibly could.
267
00:11:00,827 --> 00:11:03,496
The house got foreclosed on,
and the bank took it.
268
00:11:03,580 --> 00:11:05,331
My sister actually,
you know, took us in,
269
00:11:05,415 --> 00:11:07,959
and we were in a better place
as far as we had lights,
270
00:11:08,042 --> 00:11:09,460
and we had gas.
271
00:11:09,544 --> 00:11:12,005
We had water.
We had food.
272
00:11:12,130 --> 00:11:13,381
♪ ♪
273
00:11:13,464 --> 00:11:14,924
But we were still
in a environment
274
00:11:15,008 --> 00:11:17,177
that two kids
shouldn't have been in,
275
00:11:17,302 --> 00:11:21,181
wondering what was next.
276
00:11:21,306 --> 00:11:24,684
‐ Right now we're deep in
the heart of South Park, Texas,
277
00:11:24,809 --> 00:11:26,060
where I pretty much grew up
278
00:11:26,186 --> 00:11:29,939
and, I always say,
created all my dirt.
279
00:11:30,023 --> 00:11:32,150
The lifestyle that I led,
you know,
280
00:11:32,233 --> 00:11:33,776
was a little bit different
than most kids
281
00:11:33,860 --> 00:11:36,905
because, you know,
most kids were,
282
00:11:37,030 --> 00:11:38,573
you know,
thinking about getting home
283
00:11:38,698 --> 00:11:40,825
and going outside
284
00:11:40,950 --> 00:11:42,619
and playing with their buddies,
285
00:11:42,702 --> 00:11:45,747
and it was like that for me,
to a point,
286
00:11:45,872 --> 00:11:47,874
and then after
I lost my mother,
287
00:11:47,999 --> 00:11:50,627
things totally went
in another direction
288
00:11:50,752 --> 00:11:54,797
as far as
now I had to police myself.
289
00:11:54,881 --> 00:11:57,508
Now I had, you know,
peer pressure.
290
00:11:57,592 --> 00:12:00,094
In the neighborhood, the kid
on the corner's asking you,
291
00:12:00,178 --> 00:12:01,971
"Hey, man, you wanna smoke
some of this?"
292
00:12:02,096 --> 00:12:04,724
You know, and you go, "Yeah,
man, I'll smoke some of that,"
293
00:12:04,849 --> 00:12:07,435
and, you know‐‐and that's where
it all starts.
294
00:12:07,518 --> 00:12:10,438
[somber piano music]
295
00:12:10,521 --> 00:12:11,731
One of the first things I saw,
296
00:12:11,856 --> 00:12:13,441
actually,
we was at the car wash.
297
00:12:13,524 --> 00:12:14,984
A friend of mine
by the name of Ted,
298
00:12:15,068 --> 00:12:16,694
he was a kid
that I went to school with.
299
00:12:16,819 --> 00:12:18,196
So I'm getting into it
with another guy
300
00:12:18,321 --> 00:12:19,614
down at the car wash,
301
00:12:19,697 --> 00:12:21,532
and it was just gonna be
a regular fight,
302
00:12:21,658 --> 00:12:24,994
and next thing you know,
303
00:12:25,078 --> 00:12:27,830
Ted pulls out a gun
and boom, shoots the kid,
304
00:12:27,956 --> 00:12:31,584
and then the kid's friend
pulls out a shotgun,
305
00:12:31,668 --> 00:12:34,295
boom, and kills Ted.
306
00:12:34,379 --> 00:12:37,006
So as a kid, you know,
seeing stuff like that,
307
00:12:37,131 --> 00:12:38,466
you just wonder, man,
you know,
308
00:12:38,591 --> 00:12:40,802
what is life all about,
you know?
309
00:12:40,927 --> 00:12:44,264
What are we here for,
and how long are we here for?
310
00:12:44,347 --> 00:12:46,766
Life in the neighborhood.
311
00:12:46,849 --> 00:12:48,893
I could pretty much do
whatever I wanted to do.
312
00:12:48,977 --> 00:12:50,395
I didn't have to think
about going to school
313
00:12:50,520 --> 00:12:52,313
if I didn't want
to go to school.
314
00:12:52,397 --> 00:12:55,441
I would just stay at home
or just go somewhere else.
315
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♪ ♪
316
00:12:57,902 --> 00:12:59,654
Who was gonna tell me
it was wrong?
317
00:12:59,737 --> 00:13:00,780
No one.
318
00:13:00,863 --> 00:13:02,365
Who knew I was at school
or not?
319
00:13:02,448 --> 00:13:05,326
No one. Who cared?
No one.
320
00:13:05,451 --> 00:13:07,787
When you find yourself
in that position,
321
00:13:07,870 --> 00:13:09,831
you start doing things
a young kid
322
00:13:09,956 --> 00:13:13,793
definitely shouldn't have
been doing...
323
00:13:13,876 --> 00:13:16,045
Going out and partying,
drugs,
324
00:13:16,170 --> 00:13:19,632
hanging out till 4:00 in the
morning out on the waterfront,
325
00:13:19,757 --> 00:13:23,011
watching the ladies
of the night.
326
00:13:23,136 --> 00:13:25,555
Things changed in
the neighborhood, South Park,
327
00:13:25,680 --> 00:13:27,181
but, you know, nothing,
328
00:13:27,265 --> 00:13:29,600
nothing like when I start
coming in this area right here.
329
00:13:29,684 --> 00:13:31,936
It's called
the waterfront area, you know?
330
00:13:32,020 --> 00:13:33,938
The docks is not too far
from here.
331
00:13:34,022 --> 00:13:36,107
Everybody would frequent
this area, you know?
332
00:13:36,190 --> 00:13:38,651
Especially on Friday nights
after they got paid.
333
00:13:38,693 --> 00:13:40,987
Prostitutes, gambling,
334
00:13:41,070 --> 00:13:42,655
you'd see gambling
on the corner.
335
00:13:42,739 --> 00:13:44,991
The drug scene, the needles,
336
00:13:45,116 --> 00:13:47,994
that's what I remember more
than anything, is the needles.
337
00:13:48,077 --> 00:13:49,829
‐ ♪ Talking about Slick ♪
‐ ♪ Slick ♪
338
00:13:49,912 --> 00:13:52,081
‐ Listening to
some Willie Hutch,
339
00:13:52,165 --> 00:13:53,708
some of the pieces of music
340
00:13:53,791 --> 00:13:56,669
went hand in hand
with the game.
341
00:13:56,753 --> 00:13:58,713
‐ ♪ Walking fast,
talking trash ♪
342
00:13:58,838 --> 00:14:00,631
♪ Trying to beat you
out your cash ♪
343
00:14:00,757 --> 00:14:02,258
♪ Who is he? ♪
344
00:14:02,342 --> 00:14:04,093
♪ They call him Slick ♪
‐ ♪ Slick ♪
345
00:14:04,177 --> 00:14:05,762
‐ They sit out here,
and they‐‐they'll gamble,
346
00:14:05,845 --> 00:14:07,305
and they'll loiter,
347
00:14:07,388 --> 00:14:08,431
and they'll try to make
their drug sales.
348
00:14:08,514 --> 00:14:10,183
‐ 35, it's on a 21.
349
00:14:10,308 --> 00:14:12,268
‐ ♪ They call him Slick ♪
‐ ♪ Slick ♪
350
00:14:12,352 --> 00:14:14,771
‐ ♪ Now Slick ain't got
no regrets ♪
351
00:14:14,854 --> 00:14:16,189
♪ Slick ain't got no sorrow ♪
352
00:14:16,314 --> 00:14:18,608
♪ If he don't get you today ♪
353
00:14:18,691 --> 00:14:19,984
‐ I knew I didn't want
to do drugs.
354
00:14:20,068 --> 00:14:21,527
I knew I didn't want to be
a pimp.
355
00:14:21,611 --> 00:14:23,154
I knew I didn't want to have
that lifestyle.
356
00:14:23,237 --> 00:14:25,865
‐ ♪ They call him Slick ♪
357
00:14:25,990 --> 00:14:28,159
‐ I knew I didn't want
to do that,
358
00:14:28,242 --> 00:14:30,328
but I was right
in the middle of it.
359
00:14:30,411 --> 00:14:33,289
♪ ♪
360
00:14:33,373 --> 00:14:35,375
‐ Booker just kinda fell
through the cracks.
361
00:14:35,500 --> 00:14:38,378
I mean, here's a kid
that was literally on his own,
362
00:14:38,461 --> 00:14:39,962
and then he ends up
getting a job
363
00:14:40,046 --> 00:14:41,714
with sweeping the floors
in a heroin den,
364
00:14:41,798 --> 00:14:43,925
and it doubled as a brothel.
365
00:14:44,008 --> 00:14:45,176
He's trying to survive.
366
00:14:45,301 --> 00:14:47,345
He's trying to live
till tomorrow.
367
00:14:47,470 --> 00:14:49,305
‐ I had no ambitions.
368
00:14:49,347 --> 00:14:51,015
I was in that whirlwind,
369
00:14:51,099 --> 00:14:52,892
and it was spinning,
370
00:14:53,017 --> 00:14:55,686
and where it stopped,
that's where I was gonna go.
371
00:14:55,812 --> 00:14:57,146
‐ When you have that mind‐set
372
00:14:57,230 --> 00:14:58,564
and you're stuck
in that position,
373
00:14:58,689 --> 00:15:00,274
you do things that are‐‐
374
00:15:00,358 --> 00:15:02,443
you look back and say, "Well,
that was a terrible decision."
375
00:15:02,527 --> 00:15:05,947
♪ ♪
376
00:15:06,030 --> 00:15:08,324
‐ You just start making
your own rules,
377
00:15:08,408 --> 00:15:10,952
whether those rules
are right or wrong.
378
00:15:11,035 --> 00:15:13,704
You just start making them,
and that's what I did.
379
00:15:13,830 --> 00:15:15,665
I remember hanging out
with my buddies,
380
00:15:15,748 --> 00:15:17,500
and they became my family,
381
00:15:17,583 --> 00:15:20,878
and we started writing
our own blueprints.
382
00:15:21,003 --> 00:15:23,798
‐ So when he sees an option
to deal a little pot
383
00:15:23,881 --> 00:15:26,968
or rob a good‐‐
a fast food restaurant,
384
00:15:27,051 --> 00:15:28,428
of course he's gonna do it.
385
00:15:28,511 --> 00:15:33,057
‐ The robbery, the incident,
the way it started.
386
00:15:33,141 --> 00:15:35,476
It was myself,
a friend of mine, Zachary,
387
00:15:35,560 --> 00:15:37,854
a friend that I grew up with,
Wendell.
388
00:15:37,979 --> 00:15:39,647
We worked at Wendy's.
389
00:15:39,730 --> 00:15:41,274
There was this one manager
390
00:15:41,357 --> 00:15:44,068
who just used to give us
a hard time all the time.
391
00:15:44,193 --> 00:15:45,820
We were talking about it
one day,
392
00:15:45,945 --> 00:15:47,822
"Man, we should rob him."
393
00:15:47,905 --> 00:15:50,032
We did it,
and we got away with it,
394
00:15:50,158 --> 00:15:51,951
the store
that we actually worked at.
395
00:15:52,034 --> 00:15:54,537
Then we did it again,
396
00:15:54,620 --> 00:15:56,164
and we got away with it.
397
00:15:56,289 --> 00:15:58,666
Somebody said, "Hey, man,
when we going out again?
398
00:15:58,791 --> 00:16:01,669
Let's do it."
399
00:16:01,752 --> 00:16:03,296
We got away with it again.
400
00:16:03,421 --> 00:16:06,966
It was like we weren't
ever gonna get caught.
401
00:16:07,008 --> 00:16:09,093
And we saw it on the news,
and we was like,
402
00:16:09,177 --> 00:16:10,678
"Man, this thing
is getting crazy.
403
00:16:10,761 --> 00:16:11,804
You know,
we getting really big."
404
00:16:11,929 --> 00:16:13,806
We were like rock stars then.
405
00:16:13,890 --> 00:16:16,434
It was like cat and mouse,
406
00:16:16,517 --> 00:16:17,977
catch me if you can.
407
00:16:18,019 --> 00:16:19,645
It's hard to understand
how do you think
408
00:16:19,770 --> 00:16:21,731
you know more than the cops.
409
00:16:21,856 --> 00:16:24,484
[laughs]
That's their job.
410
00:16:24,609 --> 00:16:26,277
They were‐‐they would
come to the office.
411
00:16:26,360 --> 00:16:29,530
Only thing they'd do
is sit around and investigate
412
00:16:29,614 --> 00:16:33,201
and try to figure out how
to catch someone doing wrong.
413
00:16:33,284 --> 00:16:36,120
♪ ♪
414
00:16:36,204 --> 00:16:38,289
I was coming home
to my apartment.
415
00:16:38,372 --> 00:16:42,251
I came around the corner,
and I saw no one.
416
00:16:42,335 --> 00:16:44,462
It was so quiet that night,
417
00:16:44,504 --> 00:16:45,963
and I just remember, man,
418
00:16:46,088 --> 00:16:49,258
just something does not
feel right at all.
419
00:16:49,342 --> 00:16:52,470
And literally
10, 15, 20 people came out
420
00:16:52,553 --> 00:16:53,721
at the same time.
421
00:16:53,846 --> 00:16:57,266
[siren wailing]
422
00:16:57,350 --> 00:16:59,852
They all had guns, and they
were all pointing at me.
423
00:16:59,936 --> 00:17:04,899
♪ ♪
424
00:17:05,024 --> 00:17:06,692
[siren wails]
425
00:17:06,817 --> 00:17:09,320
That ride from 45 and 610
426
00:17:09,362 --> 00:17:12,156
to downtown Houston
to the county jail,
427
00:17:12,281 --> 00:17:15,576
that was the longest ride
I ever had.
428
00:17:15,701 --> 00:17:18,538
[desolate music]
429
00:17:18,663 --> 00:17:22,041
♪ ♪
430
00:17:22,166 --> 00:17:25,503
I was in Harris County
for about eight months.
431
00:17:25,586 --> 00:17:27,004
I sat in that jail
432
00:17:27,088 --> 00:17:28,756
waiting on whether I was
either gonna go to trial
433
00:17:28,839 --> 00:17:30,299
or I was gonna take a plea,
434
00:17:30,383 --> 00:17:31,801
and I was gonna take a plea.
435
00:17:31,884 --> 00:17:35,054
I knew I was wrong.
I knew I was guilty.
436
00:17:35,179 --> 00:17:37,223
I knew I would have been
convicted very, very easily.
437
00:17:37,348 --> 00:17:40,434
I took the sentence,
which was five years.
438
00:17:40,518 --> 00:17:43,312
♪ ♪
439
00:17:43,354 --> 00:17:46,607
I had to go a place
called Pack 2.
440
00:17:46,691 --> 00:17:49,485
It was in Navasota, Texas.
441
00:17:49,610 --> 00:17:52,488
I remember seeing a chain gang
on television.
442
00:17:52,572 --> 00:17:54,323
I didn't think
that was a real thing.
443
00:17:54,448 --> 00:17:55,783
I thought it was just
something that was outdated
444
00:17:55,866 --> 00:17:58,286
or in the past,
445
00:17:58,369 --> 00:18:01,664
but we really had to wake up
early in the morning
446
00:18:01,747 --> 00:18:03,499
and get on the back
of this big truck,
447
00:18:03,624 --> 00:18:07,920
and we would go to literally
just clear a field.
448
00:18:08,004 --> 00:18:10,965
[dramatic music]
449
00:18:11,007 --> 00:18:14,969
♪ ♪
450
00:18:15,052 --> 00:18:17,471
And we would do it
pretty much by hand,
451
00:18:17,555 --> 00:18:21,017
pulling up stumps,
and it was for hours.
452
00:18:21,142 --> 00:18:22,518
And I'm like,
"Man, this is real.
453
00:18:22,602 --> 00:18:24,353
This is as real
as it get right here."
454
00:18:24,437 --> 00:18:27,982
It was a education
for me as well.
455
00:18:28,024 --> 00:18:31,277
I got a chance to get my GED.
456
00:18:31,360 --> 00:18:33,362
I wanted to go to school.
I wanted to learn more.
457
00:18:33,487 --> 00:18:36,115
I wanted to be able
to teach myself.
458
00:18:36,198 --> 00:18:39,160
I got a chance to work
on the laundry, you know,
459
00:18:39,201 --> 00:18:41,203
and doing detail
from that perspective,
460
00:18:41,329 --> 00:18:42,663
learning about myself,
461
00:18:42,705 --> 00:18:44,707
atone for my mistake
and, you know,
462
00:18:44,832 --> 00:18:46,792
try to move on in life.
463
00:18:46,876 --> 00:18:48,377
‐ I never went to visit him
464
00:18:48,461 --> 00:18:52,590
because I never wanted
to see him locked up.
465
00:18:52,673 --> 00:18:54,133
♪ ♪
466
00:18:54,216 --> 00:18:56,719
We kept in touch via letter.
467
00:18:56,802 --> 00:18:58,638
♪ ♪
468
00:18:58,763 --> 00:19:02,308
In those letters he talked
about his regrets,
469
00:19:02,391 --> 00:19:04,977
his dreams, and his goals.
470
00:19:05,061 --> 00:19:09,565
♪ ♪
471
00:19:09,690 --> 00:19:12,943
"I've made the mistake.
I own up to it.
472
00:19:13,027 --> 00:19:14,570
I'm gonna do my time,
473
00:19:14,695 --> 00:19:17,573
and I'm gonna come out
and do better."
474
00:19:17,698 --> 00:19:21,952
I remember talking to him
about stick to the goals
475
00:19:22,036 --> 00:19:23,412
and not just the dreams
476
00:19:23,537 --> 00:19:25,498
because dreams
you have to wake up from.
477
00:19:25,539 --> 00:19:28,417
‐ He needed to stand on his own
two feet and be a man,
478
00:19:28,501 --> 00:19:33,172
so he was in the penitentiary
for 19 months,
479
00:19:33,255 --> 00:19:36,425
and then he came up
for parole.
480
00:19:36,509 --> 00:19:38,886
‐ "Booker T."
"Yeah?"
481
00:19:38,969 --> 00:19:42,473
They go,
"You're out of here."
482
00:19:42,556 --> 00:19:44,767
I was like, "Oh, man,
you kidding me, right?"
483
00:19:44,850 --> 00:19:46,602
You know, he's like,
"No, man, you're out of here.
484
00:19:46,686 --> 00:19:47,978
Get your stuff."
485
00:19:48,062 --> 00:19:50,147
When I left that prison wall,
there was‐‐
486
00:19:50,231 --> 00:19:52,316
there was this one guard.
487
00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:53,776
He was sitting
on his big horse,
488
00:19:53,859 --> 00:19:56,445
had this big cowboy hat on,
489
00:19:56,529 --> 00:20:00,074
and he said, "I'll see you
when you get back,"
490
00:20:00,199 --> 00:20:03,661
and got my 200 bucks.
491
00:20:03,744 --> 00:20:05,496
♪ ♪
492
00:20:05,579 --> 00:20:09,417
They put me on that Greyhound
and sent me back to Houston.
493
00:20:09,542 --> 00:20:12,128
Life was what I was gonna
make it from that point on.
494
00:20:14,964 --> 00:20:16,590
♪ ♪
495
00:20:16,674 --> 00:20:18,217
‐ One thing that you‐‐
when you got out,
496
00:20:18,342 --> 00:20:20,010
you wanted to get your son
Brandon back.
497
00:20:20,094 --> 00:20:22,179
You didn't have the money
in the bank,
498
00:20:22,263 --> 00:20:25,558
so you pulled one last heist.
499
00:20:25,641 --> 00:20:29,437
♪ ♪
500
00:20:29,520 --> 00:20:32,481
‐ I was a kid when Brandon
was born myself.
501
00:20:32,606 --> 00:20:33,607
I was 17.
502
00:20:33,691 --> 00:20:36,360
His mom and I,
we never was anticipating
503
00:20:36,485 --> 00:20:38,112
on getting married
or anything like that.
504
00:20:38,195 --> 00:20:42,158
It was two kids
having a kid, you know,
505
00:20:42,199 --> 00:20:44,160
not knowing anything
about life.
506
00:20:44,243 --> 00:20:46,495
When I ended up
going to prison,
507
00:20:46,620 --> 00:20:49,331
she was on drugs
really, really bad,
508
00:20:49,415 --> 00:20:53,294
and that's when the CPS
came into play and took him,
509
00:20:53,419 --> 00:20:56,422
and from that point on,
he was in foster care.
510
00:20:56,505 --> 00:20:59,008
I wouldn't say I abandoned him
or anything like that,
511
00:20:59,133 --> 00:21:03,012
but I definitely wasn't a dad
or a father in the beginning.
512
00:21:03,137 --> 00:21:04,680
♪ ♪
513
00:21:04,805 --> 00:21:06,974
Was I gonna leave my son
in foster care,
514
00:21:07,099 --> 00:21:10,644
or was I gonna go through
the system and get him out?
515
00:21:10,728 --> 00:21:12,396
And it was
a very simple answer.
516
00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:14,148
My mother raised eight kids.
517
00:21:14,231 --> 00:21:16,734
How could I look at myself in
the mirror and not raise one?
518
00:21:16,859 --> 00:21:19,195
When I came home, I was‐‐
519
00:21:19,320 --> 00:21:22,156
I got paroled
to my sister's house,
520
00:21:22,198 --> 00:21:25,242
and, you know,
521
00:21:25,367 --> 00:21:27,703
she was still in the game
selling weed.
522
00:21:27,828 --> 00:21:29,705
My sister's dealer, you know,
he was supplying,
523
00:21:29,830 --> 00:21:32,875
you know, 5 pounds here,
5 pounds there,
524
00:21:32,958 --> 00:21:37,421
and, you know, one night I knew
where the stash house was,
525
00:21:37,505 --> 00:21:38,923
and it was about 5 pounds.
526
00:21:39,006 --> 00:21:41,967
I crept in.
527
00:21:42,051 --> 00:21:43,636
I got all of it.
528
00:21:43,761 --> 00:21:45,346
I got out of there.
529
00:21:45,471 --> 00:21:47,014
‐ You stole from
a drug dealer?
530
00:21:47,139 --> 00:21:50,142
‐ I stole from
the drug dealers, and‐‐
531
00:21:50,226 --> 00:21:51,310
‐ But for the right reasons.
532
00:21:51,393 --> 00:21:52,478
You wanted to get
your son back.
533
00:21:52,603 --> 00:21:53,646
‐ It was for the right reasons.
534
00:21:53,729 --> 00:21:55,272
‐ You gotta have money
in the bank.
535
00:21:55,356 --> 00:21:57,233
‐ I needed money,
and‐‐and I needed it quick,
536
00:21:57,358 --> 00:21:59,318
and I just needed a platform,
537
00:21:59,401 --> 00:22:01,737
a springboard
to get out of that life.
538
00:22:01,862 --> 00:22:03,489
But I still needed
a little bit more help,
539
00:22:03,614 --> 00:22:05,157
and that's where
my brother came in.
540
00:22:05,199 --> 00:22:07,451
I asked my brother, you know,
for a little bit of help.
541
00:22:07,535 --> 00:22:09,245
I said, "I actually need you
to help me get a job."
542
00:22:09,370 --> 00:22:11,497
‐ You gotta get out
of this environment
543
00:22:11,622 --> 00:22:15,751
if you want to
be something in life,
544
00:22:15,835 --> 00:22:18,420
and that's pretty much
the conversation that we had.
545
00:22:18,504 --> 00:22:21,298
I'd been put in a position
to help him,
546
00:22:21,382 --> 00:22:22,633
and that's what I did,
547
00:22:22,758 --> 00:22:24,468
but it's up to you
to make it work.
548
00:22:24,593 --> 00:22:27,638
‐ First job he got me
was a security guard.
549
00:22:27,763 --> 00:22:29,890
[laughs]
550
00:22:30,015 --> 00:22:32,726
Fresh out of prison, he get me
a job as a security guard.
551
00:22:32,852 --> 00:22:35,855
And at the time my brother
actually let me stay with him.
552
00:22:35,980 --> 00:22:37,982
I had to prove
to the court system
553
00:22:38,107 --> 00:22:39,859
that I was worthy
of being a dad,
554
00:22:39,984 --> 00:22:40,818
and it took me about a year.
555
00:22:40,901 --> 00:22:42,194
You know, certain days,
556
00:22:42,278 --> 00:22:43,404
I had to make sure
I was there,
557
00:22:43,529 --> 00:22:44,363
keep a steady job,
558
00:22:44,488 --> 00:22:46,407
and I showed them that.
559
00:22:46,532 --> 00:22:48,325
They ended up granting me
full custody
560
00:22:48,409 --> 00:22:50,369
when Brandon
was five years old.
561
00:22:50,494 --> 00:22:51,871
We didn't have a lot.
562
00:22:51,954 --> 00:22:53,789
We had each other,
and we had our dog.
563
00:22:53,873 --> 00:22:57,209
We had our apartment,
and I had a job.
564
00:22:57,334 --> 00:22:58,627
Working that security job,
you know,
565
00:22:58,752 --> 00:23:00,462
it only lasted
for a few months,
566
00:23:00,588 --> 00:23:02,631
and then they found out
about my prison record.
567
00:23:02,715 --> 00:23:04,800
They told my brother that they
was gonna have to let me go,
568
00:23:04,925 --> 00:23:06,468
but the guy
that I had worked for,
569
00:23:06,552 --> 00:23:08,178
his name's Bruce Gasarch,
570
00:23:08,304 --> 00:23:10,431
saw me as a‐‐as a human being,
571
00:23:10,514 --> 00:23:12,308
and he saw my character.
572
00:23:12,391 --> 00:23:14,727
‐ I saw how hard he worked
and tried.
573
00:23:14,852 --> 00:23:16,645
We found another job for him.
574
00:23:16,729 --> 00:23:18,981
One of the properties
we bought was a mini storage,
575
00:23:19,106 --> 00:23:22,610
and he ended up helping me
run that property,
576
00:23:22,693 --> 00:23:25,654
leasing new tenants,
cleaning up the property,
577
00:23:25,738 --> 00:23:28,324
making sure that people
have paid their rent.
578
00:23:28,407 --> 00:23:29,825
‐ I was working for Bruce,
579
00:23:29,909 --> 00:23:31,619
and my brother, he was like,
"Hey, man,
580
00:23:31,702 --> 00:23:32,953
I know this guy
opening a wrestling school.
581
00:23:33,037 --> 00:23:34,330
You want to try it out?"
582
00:23:34,371 --> 00:23:35,998
‐ I'm Ivan Putski.
583
00:23:36,123 --> 00:23:38,000
If you've got what it takes
to be a professional wrestler,
584
00:23:38,125 --> 00:23:39,627
let me show you the ropes.
585
00:23:39,752 --> 00:23:42,796
You do what you like,
and I loved wrestling.
586
00:23:42,880 --> 00:23:45,424
Ivan Putski's Professional
School of Wrestling,
587
00:23:45,507 --> 00:23:48,802
that drew‐‐
"Hey, I watched him on TV."
588
00:23:48,886 --> 00:23:50,721
People would read that,
and they came in.
589
00:23:50,846 --> 00:23:53,140
‐ I'm like, "Hey, man,
you doing it,
590
00:23:53,265 --> 00:23:55,643
I'll try it out too," you know?
591
00:23:55,768 --> 00:23:58,646
Since I was a kid,
whatever my brother was doing,
592
00:23:58,729 --> 00:24:00,606
I wanted to be a part of it.
593
00:24:00,689 --> 00:24:04,652
We was like a tag team even
before we were a tag team.
594
00:24:04,777 --> 00:24:07,947
Wrestling school was $4,000.
595
00:24:08,030 --> 00:24:11,659
I knew I didn't have the money
for it, but I was blessed.
596
00:24:11,742 --> 00:24:15,079
My boss, he sponsored me
to go to the wrestling school.
597
00:24:15,204 --> 00:24:17,498
‐ He wanted to do something
to improve himself.
598
00:24:17,539 --> 00:24:20,292
You want to improve yourself
and I can help, I will.
599
00:24:20,417 --> 00:24:23,087
I had the money available,
so I helped,
600
00:24:23,170 --> 00:24:24,922
and if you're willing
to take a little chance,
601
00:24:25,005 --> 00:24:26,674
sometimes it pays off.
602
00:24:26,799 --> 00:24:28,133
♪ ♪
603
00:24:28,217 --> 00:24:31,679
‐ When Booker T and
his brother first arrived,
604
00:24:31,804 --> 00:24:35,391
they didn't know a thing
about wrestling.
605
00:24:35,516 --> 00:24:38,435
I mean, they were just green.
606
00:24:38,519 --> 00:24:42,231
I just showed them
how to get the holds on you,
607
00:24:42,356 --> 00:24:45,651
the bumps and the slams,
throw punches.
608
00:24:45,776 --> 00:24:47,403
I taught them
how to take their fall
609
00:24:47,528 --> 00:24:49,154
and how you protect yourself.
610
00:24:49,238 --> 00:24:51,991
Then we blend in
their personality.
611
00:24:52,074 --> 00:24:55,077
‐ Scott Casey was
the main trainer there.
612
00:24:55,202 --> 00:24:56,412
Ivan opened the school,
613
00:24:56,537 --> 00:24:58,080
but Scott Casey
opened our minds.
614
00:24:58,205 --> 00:25:02,292
We went 7:00 to 10:00
Monday through Friday
615
00:25:02,376 --> 00:25:05,045
for, like, three months
straight.
616
00:25:05,170 --> 00:25:07,589
This is what I'm clapping
on somebody's head
617
00:25:07,673 --> 00:25:10,467
and make it pop,
goes the weasel.
618
00:25:10,551 --> 00:25:11,969
♪ ♪
619
00:25:12,094 --> 00:25:13,887
And after that,
they give you a certificate.
620
00:25:14,013 --> 00:25:16,473
It's kind of like these online
gimmicks that you have today,
621
00:25:16,557 --> 00:25:17,891
you know what I'm saying?
622
00:25:18,017 --> 00:25:19,643
In 90 days,
I'm a professional wrestler,
623
00:25:19,685 --> 00:25:20,644
you know what I'm saying?
624
00:25:20,728 --> 00:25:22,980
So it's like, wow.
625
00:25:23,063 --> 00:25:25,941
‐ Booker was what you called
a natural.
626
00:25:26,025 --> 00:25:28,360
He caught on so fast.
627
00:25:28,485 --> 00:25:29,862
‐ [shouts]
628
00:25:29,987 --> 00:25:31,989
Come on! Get up!
629
00:25:32,072 --> 00:25:34,158
[shouting]
630
00:25:34,241 --> 00:25:36,702
I always wanted to be
the best student,
631
00:25:36,827 --> 00:25:39,246
you know, in the school,
so I would go and push myself.
632
00:25:39,371 --> 00:25:40,831
‐ Get up! Get up!
633
00:25:40,956 --> 00:25:42,458
[shouting]
634
00:25:42,541 --> 00:25:44,084
‐ I would run the ropes
for five minutes
635
00:25:44,168 --> 00:25:45,794
and I literally pushed myself
636
00:25:45,878 --> 00:25:47,463
farther than anyone
in there
637
00:25:47,588 --> 00:25:49,048
could ever think about
pushing me.
638
00:25:49,173 --> 00:25:50,632
[shouting]
639
00:25:50,758 --> 00:25:53,635
‐ Man, I got a jewel here.
640
00:25:53,719 --> 00:25:55,929
‐ Notice how I concentrate
mainly on the sweep.
641
00:25:56,013 --> 00:25:57,264
‐ Right.
642
00:25:57,347 --> 00:25:59,600
‐ We're pumping up
these massive quads,
643
00:25:59,683 --> 00:26:03,771
as the G.I. Bro
can only do oh, so well.
644
00:26:03,854 --> 00:26:06,482
[grunts]
645
00:26:06,565 --> 00:26:07,983
I was working
at the warehouse,
646
00:26:08,108 --> 00:26:10,652
and I had to clean up
one of the units.
647
00:26:10,778 --> 00:26:12,154
There was a old army
hat in there,
648
00:26:12,279 --> 00:26:13,906
and I was like,
"Oh, man, I like this hat,"
649
00:26:14,031 --> 00:26:16,366
and I went to practice,
and I wore the hat.
650
00:26:16,492 --> 00:26:19,161
Ivan Putski goes,
"That's who you are.
651
00:26:19,244 --> 00:26:21,205
From now on, you're G.I. Bro,"
652
00:26:21,330 --> 00:26:23,832
and I go, "G.I. Bro?
653
00:26:23,957 --> 00:26:25,793
All right, I like that.
It's pretty cool."
654
00:26:25,918 --> 00:26:27,211
♪ ♪
655
00:26:27,336 --> 00:26:29,630
Right after we finished
the course, actually,
656
00:26:29,755 --> 00:26:31,131
by the grace of God,
657
00:26:31,215 --> 00:26:34,009
Ivan Putski had
local television here.
658
00:26:34,134 --> 00:26:36,011
‐ Precious Johnny Valiant,
watching just like all you
659
00:26:36,136 --> 00:26:38,138
other fans
out here of the WWA,
660
00:26:38,180 --> 00:26:40,808
a local favorite here
in Houston, Texas, G.I. Bro.
661
00:26:40,933 --> 00:26:42,518
This guy is very charismatic.
662
00:26:42,643 --> 00:26:43,811
‐ G.I. Bro.
663
00:26:43,894 --> 00:26:45,646
‐ G.I. Brother, G.I. gravy.
664
00:26:45,771 --> 00:26:47,940
‐ Cranking it up.
Yeah, count him out.
665
00:26:48,023 --> 00:26:49,483
‐ Oh.
‐ Did he get him?
666
00:26:49,608 --> 00:26:53,445
Yes, he did.
Control. G.I. Bro.
667
00:26:53,529 --> 00:26:56,115
‐ I got a chance to wrestle
in the Sam Houston Coliseum,
668
00:26:56,198 --> 00:26:59,326
you know, eight weeks
out of wrestling school.
669
00:26:59,409 --> 00:27:01,328
I remember after
I started wrestling,
670
00:27:01,411 --> 00:27:03,872
I had to take payrolls
to the bank,
671
00:27:03,997 --> 00:27:06,291
and they go,
"Hey, aren't you G.I. Bro?"
672
00:27:06,375 --> 00:27:09,128
and I was like,
"Yeah, I'm G.I. Bro," you know?
673
00:27:09,211 --> 00:27:11,046
'Cause they're watching me
on television.
674
00:27:11,171 --> 00:27:14,341
‐ Everybody's favorite,
G.I. Bro.
675
00:27:14,424 --> 00:27:15,801
The G.I. Bro.
676
00:27:15,884 --> 00:27:18,804
♪ ♪
677
00:27:18,929 --> 00:27:20,806
‐ The kids, they would‐‐
they would just mob me,
678
00:27:20,931 --> 00:27:22,558
and they would just‐‐you know?
679
00:27:22,683 --> 00:27:24,977
And I was like,
"Man, what is going on here?"
680
00:27:25,060 --> 00:27:27,104
I got a new haircut.
Would you like to see it, man?
681
00:27:27,187 --> 00:27:28,355
‐ Yeah, I want to see it.
682
00:27:28,438 --> 00:27:30,274
All right.
‐ G.I. Bro.
683
00:27:30,357 --> 00:27:33,277
G.I. Bro's my name, and beating
people up is my game.
684
00:27:33,360 --> 00:27:35,279
Look in my eyes.
685
00:27:35,362 --> 00:27:38,532
That's when I'm gonna declare
World War III on you,
686
00:27:38,657 --> 00:27:41,076
and thank you [inaudible].
I'm a demon.
687
00:27:41,201 --> 00:27:42,202
[shouts]
688
00:27:42,327 --> 00:27:43,537
♪ ♪
689
00:27:43,662 --> 00:27:46,081
I don't think
I was ever asked one time
690
00:27:46,206 --> 00:27:48,959
what I want to be when I grow
up as a kid.
691
00:27:49,042 --> 00:27:51,086
I don't think
I was ever asked that once.
692
00:27:51,170 --> 00:27:54,131
Then I found myself
through wrestling.
693
00:27:54,256 --> 00:27:55,549
It was an escape.
694
00:27:55,674 --> 00:27:57,676
It was something
that I could do,
695
00:27:57,801 --> 00:28:00,137
and I could do it very well,
696
00:28:00,262 --> 00:28:02,764
♪ ♪
697
00:28:02,848 --> 00:28:07,644
Put my boots on and become
like a superhero for a moment.
698
00:28:07,728 --> 00:28:09,354
I realized I had something.
699
00:28:09,479 --> 00:28:12,691
I had a connection,
700
00:28:12,816 --> 00:28:15,152
and I was like,
"Wow, this is so cool,"
701
00:28:15,235 --> 00:28:18,447
and I had so much fun
finding myself
702
00:28:18,530 --> 00:28:25,537
as far as
possibly who I could be
703
00:28:25,662 --> 00:28:28,290
‐ After the Western Wrestling
Alliance closed down,
704
00:28:28,373 --> 00:28:31,877
Booker T and his brother
went to work for TAP,
705
00:28:32,002 --> 00:28:33,462
Texas All‐Pro Wrestling.
706
00:28:33,587 --> 00:28:36,256
I got Stevie Ray in an issue
707
00:28:36,340 --> 00:28:38,300
of "Wrestling Main Event"
magazine,
708
00:28:38,425 --> 00:28:39,968
and he got noticed,
709
00:28:40,093 --> 00:28:43,263
people up in Dallas
at the GWF, Global Wrestling.
710
00:28:43,347 --> 00:28:45,015
Skandor Akbar called him
711
00:28:45,140 --> 00:28:47,100
and wanted him to come up
to Dallas,
712
00:28:47,184 --> 00:28:48,727
and him and his brother
went up there,
713
00:28:48,852 --> 00:28:51,813
and Akbar
and "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert
714
00:28:51,939 --> 00:28:53,941
took a liking to them
right off the bat.
715
00:28:54,024 --> 00:28:55,984
‐ They wanted to give
my brother a try‐out,
716
00:28:56,109 --> 00:28:57,986
and my brother
was going to Dallas,
717
00:28:58,070 --> 00:29:00,989
and of course, jumped in
the car, and I rode with him.
718
00:29:01,114 --> 00:29:02,908
‐ We finally walk into
Eddie Gilbert's office,
719
00:29:03,033 --> 00:29:05,077
and Eddie Gilbert was like,
"Who's that?"
720
00:29:05,202 --> 00:29:06,870
and I was like,
"Oh, that's my brother."
721
00:29:06,995 --> 00:29:08,163
‐ He goes, "Is he a worker?"
722
00:29:08,288 --> 00:29:10,040
and he goes,
"Yeah, he's a worker."
723
00:29:10,165 --> 00:29:12,626
He goes, "Have you guys
ever done any tag team?"
724
00:29:12,709 --> 00:29:15,087
and we go, "Yeah."
725
00:29:15,170 --> 00:29:16,546
‐ We were lying.
726
00:29:16,672 --> 00:29:18,257
We had never tagged together
before, ever,
727
00:29:18,340 --> 00:29:20,884
but we had tagged
against each other before.
728
00:29:21,009 --> 00:29:24,721
That's what we were saying.
We have tagged together, so.
729
00:29:24,846 --> 00:29:26,181
In that sense, I wasn't lying.
730
00:29:26,306 --> 00:29:28,475
‐ Boom,
that's how we got started
731
00:29:28,558 --> 00:29:31,895
in the Global Wrestling
Federation, just by accident.
732
00:29:31,979 --> 00:29:34,564
There was this wrestler
back in the day.
733
00:29:34,690 --> 00:29:35,983
His name was Mr. Ebony.
734
00:29:36,066 --> 00:29:37,442
Black guy, he wore a mask.
735
00:29:37,526 --> 00:29:39,486
I never knew who Mr. Ebony was,
736
00:29:39,611 --> 00:29:41,029
but he was one of
the black guys
737
00:29:41,154 --> 00:29:43,073
that was representing us,
738
00:29:43,198 --> 00:29:45,826
so we remembered Mr. Ebony.
739
00:29:45,951 --> 00:29:47,953
Why not be
the Ebony Experience,
740
00:29:48,036 --> 00:29:49,663
Booker T and Stevie Ray?
741
00:29:49,705 --> 00:29:52,666
‐ The Ebony Experience!
742
00:29:52,749 --> 00:29:53,709
[upbeat music]
743
00:29:53,834 --> 00:29:56,670
♪ ♪
744
00:29:56,795 --> 00:29:58,630
‐ The Global
Wrestling Federation
745
00:29:58,714 --> 00:30:01,300
was on ESPN at the time,
746
00:30:01,383 --> 00:30:04,011
and it was geared towards
747
00:30:04,136 --> 00:30:06,555
that afternoon
kids coming home from school,
748
00:30:06,680 --> 00:30:07,931
3:30 in the afternoon.
749
00:30:08,015 --> 00:30:09,141
There were 30‐minute show,
750
00:30:09,266 --> 00:30:10,892
and then there was
an hour show,
751
00:30:11,018 --> 00:30:13,186
and it was based out of
Dallas, Texas,
752
00:30:13,312 --> 00:30:15,105
in the world‐famous
Sportatorium,
753
00:30:15,188 --> 00:30:16,815
which I think
it's just world‐famous
754
00:30:16,857 --> 00:30:18,984
because it's old, ugly.
755
00:30:19,067 --> 00:30:21,653
It stunk,
no air conditioning,
756
00:30:21,778 --> 00:30:25,824
and there were rats
the size of dogs.
757
00:30:25,907 --> 00:30:28,493
It had atmosphere.
It had atmosphere.
758
00:30:28,577 --> 00:30:30,329
Let's just say that.
759
00:30:30,412 --> 00:30:32,331
‐ You almost took your life
in your own hands
760
00:30:32,456 --> 00:30:33,332
in the Sportatorium.
761
00:30:33,457 --> 00:30:34,624
Back then the police,
762
00:30:34,708 --> 00:30:36,209
if somebody tried
to stick you with a knife
763
00:30:36,335 --> 00:30:38,337
or hit you with
a whiskey bottle or something,
764
00:30:38,462 --> 00:30:40,047
they would bring them back
to the dressing room
765
00:30:40,172 --> 00:30:41,631
and literally let you
beat them up.
766
00:30:41,715 --> 00:30:42,632
It was the law of the west.
767
00:30:42,716 --> 00:30:44,384
[dramatic music]
768
00:30:44,509 --> 00:30:47,387
But there was a huge
racist element there too.
769
00:30:47,471 --> 00:30:49,306
People would sit there
and shout out
770
00:30:49,431 --> 00:30:54,269
some of the most vile things
imaginable at those guys.
771
00:30:54,353 --> 00:30:57,105
‐ And we got called the n‐word,
of course.
772
00:30:57,189 --> 00:30:59,483
They didn't want
to see us coons.
773
00:30:59,566 --> 00:31:00,692
‐ And those people called us
774
00:31:00,817 --> 00:31:04,154
every racial epithet
known to man.
775
00:31:04,279 --> 00:31:07,491
♪ ♪
776
00:31:07,616 --> 00:31:08,950
‐ It wasn't the first time
777
00:31:09,034 --> 00:31:10,786
I had dealt with racism
in my life.
778
00:31:10,869 --> 00:31:12,454
♪ ♪
779
00:31:12,537 --> 00:31:14,331
When I first got
in the wrestling business,
780
00:31:14,456 --> 00:31:17,459
a very, very famous man
by the name of Ox Baker
781
00:31:17,584 --> 00:31:20,295
told me, he said,
"Kid, you got a lot of talent,
782
00:31:20,337 --> 00:31:21,880
"but you're gonna come up
against
783
00:31:22,005 --> 00:31:24,633
a lot of obstacles
in this business."
784
00:31:24,758 --> 00:31:27,135
He didn't say racism
or anything like that,
785
00:31:27,260 --> 00:31:29,304
but I knew exactly
what he was talking about.
786
00:31:29,388 --> 00:31:32,808
You gotta figure a way
around it, under it.
787
00:31:32,891 --> 00:31:34,351
You may have to go over it,
788
00:31:34,476 --> 00:31:36,478
and that night we had to go
right through it,
789
00:31:36,561 --> 00:31:38,021
no matter what.
790
00:31:38,146 --> 00:31:39,356
‐ You want to see what
the competition's
791
00:31:39,481 --> 00:31:40,649
looking like out here?
792
00:31:40,774 --> 00:31:42,192
We got us a couple
of big homeboys
793
00:31:42,317 --> 00:31:43,819
from Houston,
looks like to me.
794
00:31:43,902 --> 00:31:45,195
‐ In the situation
that you're in,
795
00:31:45,320 --> 00:31:46,947
you gotta be able to adapt.
796
00:31:47,030 --> 00:31:48,615
You gotta be able
to figure it out.
797
00:31:48,698 --> 00:31:50,659
You have to face the fire,
and we dealt with it.
798
00:31:50,742 --> 00:31:52,953
‐ I gotta say, where did
these guys come up with this?
799
00:31:53,036 --> 00:31:54,621
The Ebony Experience,
what are they,
800
00:31:54,704 --> 00:31:57,541
a magazine or something
like that for ugly people?
801
00:31:57,666 --> 00:32:00,919
‐ But I learned the power
of entertainment that night.
802
00:32:01,002 --> 00:32:02,629
I did the Spinaroonie
in that match.
803
00:32:02,712 --> 00:32:05,465
‐ He did some type of
hop‐skip‐spin type thing.
804
00:32:05,590 --> 00:32:07,509
I never saw it before.
Did you see that?
805
00:32:07,634 --> 00:32:08,969
What was that, they used to
have them break dance moves?
806
00:32:09,052 --> 00:32:10,470
He did some spinning‐‐
807
00:32:10,595 --> 00:32:12,472
‐ The same guy that was
calling me the n‐word,
808
00:32:12,556 --> 00:32:15,016
he was totally excited
when he saw the Spinaroonie,
809
00:32:15,142 --> 00:32:18,812
and it totally changed him
all in one breath,
810
00:32:18,895 --> 00:32:20,647
and it was like,
"Whoa, what was that?"
811
00:32:20,772 --> 00:32:22,983
The fans started to change.
812
00:32:23,108 --> 00:32:25,944
Now the fans
are rooting for us.
813
00:32:26,027 --> 00:32:29,531
‐ Make it, Booker T!
Make it, Booker T!
814
00:32:29,656 --> 00:32:33,326
Make it, Booker T!
Make it!
815
00:32:33,452 --> 00:32:35,162
‐ It was like the Rocky movie,
man,
816
00:32:35,245 --> 00:32:38,039
when Rocky was fighting Drago.
817
00:32:38,165 --> 00:32:40,959
The Russian fans start rooting
for the underdog.
818
00:32:41,042 --> 00:32:42,377
‐ 'Cause when I did
the Spinaroonie,
819
00:32:42,502 --> 00:32:46,131
it seemed like everything
changed in that arena.
820
00:32:46,214 --> 00:32:49,468
I realized how much power
the Spinaroonie had,
821
00:32:49,551 --> 00:32:51,511
and not just in the
Global Wrestling Federation
822
00:32:51,636 --> 00:32:54,097
with those fans but throughout
my whole career.
823
00:32:54,181 --> 00:32:57,058
‐ Spinaroonie [indistinct].
[laughs]
824
00:32:57,184 --> 00:32:58,477
‐ We all love to dance.
825
00:32:58,602 --> 00:33:01,021
My mom loved to see us dance,
826
00:33:01,146 --> 00:33:03,690
and we all had good rhythm too,
still‐‐
827
00:33:03,815 --> 00:33:05,358
still have good rhythm.
828
00:33:05,442 --> 00:33:06,985
‐ My cousin,
come over here, man.
829
00:33:07,110 --> 00:33:08,987
This is my cousin right here,
man, you know?
830
00:33:09,112 --> 00:33:11,156
‐ The neighborhood boys
were always trying
831
00:33:11,239 --> 00:33:13,867
to outdo each other
with their dance moves.
832
00:33:13,992 --> 00:33:15,535
That was the competition.
833
00:33:15,660 --> 00:33:18,997
Michael Jackson had nothing
on my brothers.
834
00:33:19,080 --> 00:33:20,999
‐ He used to break dance
on the patio.
835
00:33:21,041 --> 00:33:23,043
That's where I learned
the Spinaroonie at.
836
00:33:23,168 --> 00:33:25,837
On his patio right around
the corner, you know?
837
00:33:25,962 --> 00:33:27,339
We'd be on that patio.
838
00:33:27,464 --> 00:33:28,673
We'd have the cardboard box
out there.
839
00:33:28,798 --> 00:33:30,091
We had a beat box.
‐ Yep.
840
00:33:30,175 --> 00:33:32,093
‐ We'd be out there
breaking ourselves, man,
841
00:33:32,177 --> 00:33:34,304
and‐‐but that's where the
Spinaroonie came from, yeah.
842
00:33:34,387 --> 00:33:36,139
‐ That's where they learned
those moves.
843
00:33:36,181 --> 00:33:37,724
That's where they learned
to spin,
844
00:33:37,849 --> 00:33:42,437
so that Spinaroonie came
from a pop‐lock dance move.
845
00:33:42,521 --> 00:33:44,356
‐ Ladies and gentlemen,
they're dynamic.
846
00:33:44,481 --> 00:33:46,983
They're sensational.
They're the Lockers.
847
00:33:47,108 --> 00:33:50,820
[funky music]
848
00:33:50,904 --> 00:33:52,739
‐ The Lockers, they were it.
849
00:33:52,864 --> 00:33:54,199
That was the best dance group
850
00:33:54,324 --> 00:33:56,326
perhaps in
the history of the world.
851
00:33:56,451 --> 00:33:57,827
♪ ♪
852
00:33:57,953 --> 00:33:59,538
Fred "Rerun" Berry,
853
00:33:59,663 --> 00:34:01,331
he used to be on the show
"What's Happening!!"
854
00:34:01,456 --> 00:34:03,333
He was actually
one of the Lockers,
855
00:34:03,416 --> 00:34:06,336
and just watching these guys
move the way they did
856
00:34:06,461 --> 00:34:08,380
and perform
the way they performed,
857
00:34:08,505 --> 00:34:11,132
I wanted to be in the group
when I was a kid.
858
00:34:11,258 --> 00:34:13,051
I wanted to be
one of the Lockers, you know?
859
00:34:13,134 --> 00:34:14,427
When I saw them
on "Soul Train,"
860
00:34:14,511 --> 00:34:16,930
I was like, "Man, how do I get
on 'Soul Train'?
861
00:34:17,013 --> 00:34:19,140
I gotta be a part of this."
862
00:34:19,224 --> 00:34:21,685
The pop‐locking craze started
curving off a little bit,
863
00:34:21,810 --> 00:34:25,397
and then the break dancing
curve started coming around.
864
00:34:25,522 --> 00:34:28,358
[upbeat music]
865
00:34:28,483 --> 00:34:31,152
♪ ♪
866
00:34:31,236 --> 00:34:32,612
I said,
"Man, I'ma try this now,"
867
00:34:32,696 --> 00:34:34,781
so any wrestling fan
around the world,
868
00:34:34,864 --> 00:34:38,201
you say Spinaroonie, they know
who you're talking about.
869
00:34:38,326 --> 00:34:40,120
Bad Breed,
you're going down.
870
00:34:40,203 --> 00:34:41,663
We're gonna take you out
into the ebony zone.
871
00:34:41,788 --> 00:34:45,000
We're gonna drop you off
into some ebony funk, man.
872
00:34:45,125 --> 00:34:47,294
It wasn't about how much money
I was making.
873
00:34:47,377 --> 00:34:49,671
It was just being able
to do something
874
00:34:49,796 --> 00:34:51,715
that you love doing so much
875
00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:53,800
that you would do it for free,
and my brother and I,
876
00:34:53,883 --> 00:34:56,678
we was making 125 bucks
you know,
877
00:34:56,803 --> 00:34:59,639
to make the drive all the way
from Houston to Dallas,
878
00:34:59,723 --> 00:35:03,268
and sometimes we would work
four times in one night,
879
00:35:03,351 --> 00:35:05,395
sleep on my sister's sofa,
880
00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:08,440
then get up and make the drive
back to Houston.
881
00:35:08,523 --> 00:35:11,860
‐ Junior wore out the couch
in my den.
882
00:35:11,985 --> 00:35:15,196
Stevie Ray, Lash, wore out
the couch in my living room.
883
00:35:15,322 --> 00:35:16,781
They would come every Friday,
884
00:35:16,865 --> 00:35:19,326
and I know they did that
for a couple of years.
885
00:35:19,451 --> 00:35:20,785
[cheering]
886
00:35:20,869 --> 00:35:22,329
It was just a great time
887
00:35:22,454 --> 00:35:26,458
to watch them get better
and more popular.
888
00:35:26,541 --> 00:35:28,376
[dramatic music]
889
00:35:28,501 --> 00:35:30,420
‐ The fans weekly warmed up,
890
00:35:30,503 --> 00:35:32,130
and they started
liking something
891
00:35:32,255 --> 00:35:33,882
that they didn't even know
they liked.
892
00:35:33,965 --> 00:35:36,676
all: Ebony! Ebony! Ebony!
893
00:35:36,801 --> 00:35:38,261
Ebony! Ebony!
894
00:35:38,345 --> 00:35:40,847
Ebony! Ebony!
Ebony!
895
00:35:40,972 --> 00:35:44,559
[cheering]
896
00:35:44,684 --> 00:35:46,936
‐ And then we started
getting more black fans
897
00:35:47,020 --> 00:35:49,189
coming into the arena.
898
00:35:49,314 --> 00:35:54,235
You just
couldn't say anything anymore.
899
00:35:54,361 --> 00:35:56,488
How you like that, baby?
900
00:35:56,613 --> 00:36:01,159
‐ Within a few months, we were
the hottest thing in Global.
901
00:36:01,242 --> 00:36:03,161
Everybody in the place
had a sign
902
00:36:03,244 --> 00:36:04,663
with
the Ebony Experience on it.
903
00:36:04,746 --> 00:36:07,332
[cheering]
904
00:36:07,457 --> 00:36:08,875
♪ ♪
905
00:36:08,958 --> 00:36:11,544
‐ We finally got to that point
to where we had to win
906
00:36:11,670 --> 00:36:14,964
the tag team championship, and
all of my family was there.
907
00:36:15,090 --> 00:36:18,343
♪ ♪
908
00:36:18,468 --> 00:36:22,430
‐ That night that they won,
we screamed, and we cried.
909
00:36:22,514 --> 00:36:25,058
It was so great,
and all I could think about
910
00:36:25,183 --> 00:36:27,644
was that I wish my mom
911
00:36:27,769 --> 00:36:29,646
was there to see that.
912
00:36:29,771 --> 00:36:31,815
♪ ♪
913
00:36:31,940 --> 00:36:34,317
‐ My brother and I,
we had accomplished something
914
00:36:34,442 --> 00:36:37,654
that we never dreamt
of accomplishing in our lives.
915
00:36:37,737 --> 00:36:39,489
♪ ♪
916
00:36:39,614 --> 00:36:42,659
We had watched wrestling on
television for so many years,
917
00:36:42,784 --> 00:36:45,954
and then we're the ones who got
the belts and holding them up.
918
00:36:46,037 --> 00:36:47,831
♪ ♪
919
00:36:47,956 --> 00:36:49,124
‐ These guys are superstars.
920
00:36:49,207 --> 00:36:50,500
You knew they were
going somewhere.
921
00:36:50,542 --> 00:36:52,460
There was not a doubt
in anybody's mind.
922
00:36:52,585 --> 00:36:55,213
‐ It was like
Hansel and Gretel.
923
00:36:55,338 --> 00:36:57,632
Somebody was dropping crumbs,
924
00:36:57,716 --> 00:37:03,263
and we were picking them up
and following the trail.
925
00:37:03,346 --> 00:37:05,598
‐ My brother and I,
we had regular jobs,
926
00:37:05,682 --> 00:37:07,976
and we worked in the
Global Wrestling Federation
927
00:37:08,101 --> 00:37:09,644
one night a week,
928
00:37:09,728 --> 00:37:11,813
and we did that
for 18 months straight.
929
00:37:11,896 --> 00:37:14,315
We were getting ready to work
one night, and the phone rang,
930
00:37:14,399 --> 00:37:16,776
and a man named Mike Davis
came in and goes,
931
00:37:16,860 --> 00:37:19,821
"Hey, man, Sid Vicious wanna
talk to you guys."
932
00:37:19,904 --> 00:37:23,074
‐ Sid Vicious had been
watching us on television,
933
00:37:23,199 --> 00:37:25,118
and WCW was interested in us.
934
00:37:25,201 --> 00:37:26,995
We were, like, really excited,
you know?
935
00:37:27,120 --> 00:37:30,290
Like, wow, Sid Vicious, man?
Wow.
936
00:37:30,373 --> 00:37:32,333
And WCW? Wow.
937
00:37:32,417 --> 00:37:33,918
‐ One of the biggest companies
in the world,
938
00:37:34,002 --> 00:37:36,087
and we had a great spot.
939
00:37:36,171 --> 00:37:37,922
‐ We just had to come up
with a name.
940
00:37:38,006 --> 00:37:40,967
Houston Heat might have been
put in there, Miami Heat.
941
00:37:41,050 --> 00:37:43,636
We was like,
"What about Harlem Heat?"
942
00:37:43,720 --> 00:37:45,513
Harlem Heat, okay,
you get a picture in your mind
943
00:37:45,597 --> 00:37:48,349
as to what Harlem Heat
should be,
944
00:37:48,475 --> 00:37:51,227
and boom, you start going
for it artistically.
945
00:37:51,311 --> 00:37:52,812
‐ We needed some cool shirts,
946
00:37:52,937 --> 00:37:55,648
and we didn't have no one
to make them for us,
947
00:37:55,732 --> 00:37:58,276
so I didn't know
the country group or anything,
948
00:37:58,359 --> 00:38:00,028
but it turned out to be
Brooks & Dunn,
949
00:38:00,153 --> 00:38:01,529
and they had shirts,
950
00:38:01,613 --> 00:38:03,656
and they had this cool flame
pattern on them.
951
00:38:03,782 --> 00:38:05,283
♪ ♪
952
00:38:05,366 --> 00:38:07,327
So I went and got us
some Brooks & Dunn shirts
953
00:38:07,410 --> 00:38:09,704
and had them tailored.
954
00:38:09,829 --> 00:38:12,582
We made the hats
out of the sleeves, actually,
955
00:38:12,665 --> 00:38:14,584
'cause they had flames
on them as well.
956
00:38:14,667 --> 00:38:16,252
The ensemble actually
came together
957
00:38:16,336 --> 00:38:17,796
and looked pretty cool.
958
00:38:17,879 --> 00:38:19,380
‐ You know, we're gonna see
a new tag team,
959
00:38:19,506 --> 00:38:21,966
the Harlem Heat,
and what an appropriate name,
960
00:38:22,091 --> 00:38:23,635
seeing that Harlem's been about
961
00:38:23,760 --> 00:38:26,513
100 degrees
the last two weeks.
962
00:38:26,638 --> 00:38:28,223
‐ You know, as a kid, you just
like all the bright colors
963
00:38:28,348 --> 00:38:29,766
and the energy,
964
00:38:29,849 --> 00:38:31,434
and I just feel like they
represented that, you know?
965
00:38:31,518 --> 00:38:33,436
It felt like they was
from around my way, like,
966
00:38:33,520 --> 00:38:35,146
you know what I'm saying?
How they talked,
967
00:38:35,230 --> 00:38:36,564
how they dressed,
how they carried theirself,
968
00:38:36,648 --> 00:38:38,441
and even they music was tight.
969
00:38:38,525 --> 00:38:41,778
Like, they had the best music
on WCW, like, probably ever.
970
00:38:41,861 --> 00:38:44,739
‐ Harlem Heat had cool
ring music.
971
00:38:44,864 --> 00:38:46,991
Like duh, duh, duh,
duh, duh, duh‐duh.
972
00:38:47,075 --> 00:38:49,994
[funky music]
973
00:38:50,078 --> 00:38:52,455
♪ ♪
974
00:38:52,539 --> 00:38:55,041
‐ We're gonna kill somebody
tonight!
975
00:38:55,166 --> 00:38:57,585
‐ [shouting] Sucka!
976
00:38:57,669 --> 00:38:59,295
‐ They were two guys
that were coming in
977
00:38:59,379 --> 00:39:01,464
who were bad to the bone, man,
978
00:39:01,548 --> 00:39:02,924
and they were gonna talk it.
979
00:39:03,007 --> 00:39:04,259
They were gonna walk it,
980
00:39:04,342 --> 00:39:05,802
and they were gonna
kick your ass.
981
00:39:05,885 --> 00:39:07,011
[laughs]
982
00:39:07,136 --> 00:39:11,015
♪ ♪
983
00:39:11,140 --> 00:39:13,893
‐ They had an aura about them.
They were big.
984
00:39:14,018 --> 00:39:15,311
They were intimidating.
985
00:39:15,436 --> 00:39:17,814
They were scary,
like big wrestlers should be.
986
00:39:17,897 --> 00:39:20,525
♪ ♪
987
00:39:20,650 --> 00:39:23,027
With the name Harlem Heat,
I mean, come on.
988
00:39:23,152 --> 00:39:25,488
You can't come up with a better
name than that anywhere.
989
00:39:25,613 --> 00:39:27,115
‐ Take a look at this punk!
990
00:39:27,198 --> 00:39:28,908
♪ ♪
991
00:39:28,992 --> 00:39:32,203
All the years my brother
and I slept in the same bed,
992
00:39:32,328 --> 00:39:34,664
we were a cohesive unit.
993
00:39:34,747 --> 00:39:36,499
♪ ♪
994
00:39:36,583 --> 00:39:38,543
Both of us brought the pain
in our own way.
995
00:39:38,668 --> 00:39:41,254
My brother was ground,
and sometime I would go air,
996
00:39:41,337 --> 00:39:43,631
but together we gelled.
997
00:39:43,756 --> 00:39:44,632
♪ ♪
998
00:39:44,674 --> 00:39:46,968
‐ It's the Harlem Hangover. Oh!
999
00:39:47,093 --> 00:39:50,847
‐ Thank you, I'm talking about
suicide Harlem Hangover!
1000
00:39:50,930 --> 00:39:52,849
On right now, bro!
1001
00:39:52,974 --> 00:39:54,726
‐ Harlem Heat did not
really have a gimmick.
1002
00:39:54,809 --> 00:39:58,771
They were just
big, black badasses
1003
00:39:58,855 --> 00:40:01,190
that really were themselves
turned up,
1004
00:40:01,316 --> 00:40:02,650
and when they talked,
1005
00:40:02,734 --> 00:40:04,861
I felt like if I ran into them
in the street,
1006
00:40:04,986 --> 00:40:06,654
that would be exactly
how they are.
1007
00:40:06,696 --> 00:40:09,365
‐ The moves you punks making,
the route you're taking
1008
00:40:09,490 --> 00:40:10,909
is gonna lead
to heartbreaking.
1009
00:40:11,034 --> 00:40:13,703
‐ This country hick town
of Tupelo, Mississippi,
1010
00:40:13,786 --> 00:40:15,538
gonna get a lot heat
raised up.
1011
00:40:15,663 --> 00:40:19,375
‐ Any gimmick that really works
1012
00:40:19,459 --> 00:40:22,587
is an exaggeration
of who you are.
1013
00:40:22,670 --> 00:40:24,547
‐ It was so easy
to actually go out
1014
00:40:24,631 --> 00:40:26,966
and know what it's like
to be in a fight
1015
00:40:27,008 --> 00:40:29,260
'cause when you've been
fighting your whole life,
1016
00:40:29,344 --> 00:40:30,803
you know what it feels like.
1017
00:40:30,887 --> 00:40:33,139
You know what it's like to get
hit in the mouth as well.
1018
00:40:33,222 --> 00:40:37,352
For my brother and I
to go out and produce drama
1019
00:40:37,477 --> 00:40:39,354
from a realistic perspective
1020
00:40:39,479 --> 00:40:41,064
was just our field house.
1021
00:40:41,189 --> 00:40:42,148
We were at home.
1022
00:40:42,231 --> 00:40:43,733
‐ We created these two guys.
1023
00:40:43,816 --> 00:40:45,735
Now we gotta be these two guys,
1024
00:40:45,860 --> 00:40:47,195
but a lot of times
I just wanna come out
1025
00:40:47,320 --> 00:40:49,238
and just bust out laughing,
1026
00:40:49,364 --> 00:40:51,115
but I gotta hold it in,
1027
00:40:51,199 --> 00:40:53,868
and I gotta try to keep
this mean look on my face, man.
1028
00:40:53,993 --> 00:40:56,537
I have to put myself
into this character.
1029
00:40:56,663 --> 00:40:57,747
I got to go into him
all the way.
1030
00:40:57,872 --> 00:41:00,249
What some [inaudible]
hillbillies,
1031
00:41:00,375 --> 00:41:01,960
stay on the hill,
sucka!
1032
00:41:02,043 --> 00:41:04,545
‐ We had so much fun
going down the road
1033
00:41:04,671 --> 00:41:05,880
in certain towns.
1034
00:41:06,005 --> 00:41:08,007
Somebody is gonna get
a Harlem Hangover.
1035
00:41:08,132 --> 00:41:09,968
People just hating us
to the point that where,
1036
00:41:10,051 --> 00:41:12,220
man, they just want
to kill these black guys.
1037
00:41:12,345 --> 00:41:13,721
‐ Ladies and gentlemen,
1038
00:41:13,805 --> 00:41:16,307
welcome to the Black Hills
of South Dakota.
1039
00:41:16,391 --> 00:41:21,688
250,000 bikers are here
for WCW Hog Wild.
1040
00:41:21,813 --> 00:41:23,815
‐ There's no black folks there.
‐ No.
1041
00:41:23,940 --> 00:41:24,941
‐ We're the only
two black folks...
1042
00:41:25,024 --> 00:41:26,401
‐ No, none.
1043
00:41:26,526 --> 00:41:27,986
‐ In Sturgis, South Dakota,
at that time.
1044
00:41:28,069 --> 00:41:29,696
♪ ♪
1045
00:41:29,821 --> 00:41:31,406
We almost started a riot.
1046
00:41:31,531 --> 00:41:33,408
What you want,
but you ain't gonna get it!
1047
00:41:33,533 --> 00:41:36,119
Just like all these suckers
out here, man.
1048
00:41:36,202 --> 00:41:37,662
[shouting]
1049
00:41:37,787 --> 00:41:39,497
‐ Even the Steiner brothers
was like,
1050
00:41:39,539 --> 00:41:41,082
"Hey, man, don't do what
y'all usually do every night
1051
00:41:41,207 --> 00:41:43,042
'cause y'all got
the Hells Angels out there."
1052
00:41:43,167 --> 00:41:45,211
We don't even know who
the Hells Angels are, you know?
1053
00:41:45,336 --> 00:41:46,879
We're getting ready
to go do what we do.
1054
00:41:47,005 --> 00:41:48,965
They're just gonna
have to watch this
1055
00:41:49,090 --> 00:41:51,509
'cause we getting ready to get
in everybody's you‐know‐what,
1056
00:41:51,634 --> 00:41:53,386
Hells Angels or not.
1057
00:41:53,511 --> 00:41:56,973
We get out the ring and start
talking trash to everybody.
1058
00:41:57,056 --> 00:41:59,392
[loud shouting]
1059
00:41:59,475 --> 00:42:01,185
You know, "I got a problem
with rednecks,
1060
00:42:01,310 --> 00:42:02,812
and as far
as I'm concerned,
1061
00:42:02,895 --> 00:42:04,981
everybody in here's a redneck,"
you know what I'm saying?
1062
00:42:05,106 --> 00:42:06,816
‐ [laughs]
1063
00:42:06,899 --> 00:42:09,819
‐ "Come on up in this ring
and watch what happen to you."
1064
00:42:09,902 --> 00:42:13,656
Now everybody's infuriated,
1065
00:42:13,740 --> 00:42:15,825
and by the time
we got through...
1066
00:42:15,950 --> 00:42:18,077
‐ Aw, yeah, we got
a [inaudible] going now.
1067
00:42:18,202 --> 00:42:20,997
‐ 25,000 motorcycles,
it sounds like.
1068
00:42:21,080 --> 00:42:22,999
‐ As far as you could see,
motorcycles and people,
1069
00:42:23,082 --> 00:42:25,918
and all of them revving
their engines at the same time.
1070
00:42:26,002 --> 00:42:27,378
‐ They're cranking up
the crowd.
1071
00:42:27,503 --> 00:42:28,504
‐ Oh, yeah.
1072
00:42:28,629 --> 00:42:30,173
‐ The fans are making noise.
1073
00:42:30,298 --> 00:42:32,425
‐ Because we just told them
what we thought of them.
1074
00:42:32,508 --> 00:42:35,303
‐ It don't get
any better than this.
1075
00:42:35,386 --> 00:42:37,138
[upbeat music]
1076
00:42:37,263 --> 00:42:39,098
[cheering]
1077
00:42:39,182 --> 00:42:42,060
‐ The Harlem Heat was able
to pull it off so well
1078
00:42:42,185 --> 00:42:44,312
that the people in Harlem
felt represented
1079
00:42:44,437 --> 00:42:46,314
by a couple of Texas boys.
1080
00:42:46,439 --> 00:42:48,524
‐ The Harlem Heat,
they are bad men
1081
00:42:48,649 --> 00:42:50,818
off the streets
of uptown Manhattan
1082
00:42:50,902 --> 00:42:53,571
in the heart of Harlem,
and gentlemen‐‐
1083
00:42:53,654 --> 00:42:55,656
‐ Shut up, Mean Gene,
'fore I slap a patch of hair
1084
00:42:55,782 --> 00:42:57,200
out of the top of your head.
1085
00:42:57,325 --> 00:43:01,079
Being able to talk about
certain landmarks in Harlem
1086
00:43:01,204 --> 00:43:05,750
that we fictitiously, you know,
thought up in our own minds
1087
00:43:05,875 --> 00:43:07,543
was really, really cool,
you know?
1088
00:43:07,668 --> 00:43:09,587
One of the places that we used
to visit all the time
1089
00:43:09,670 --> 00:43:11,589
was Artie's Pool Hall.
1090
00:43:11,672 --> 00:43:13,883
Three blocks south
of Artie's Pool Hall,
1091
00:43:14,008 --> 00:43:16,094
right on the corner
of 110th Street.
1092
00:43:16,177 --> 00:43:20,264
Gene, the graffiti is written
all over the neighborhood.
1093
00:43:20,348 --> 00:43:23,643
You looking at a couple
of straight OGs from the hood!
1094
00:43:23,768 --> 00:43:26,395
I've had several people
come up to me to talk about
1095
00:43:26,521 --> 00:43:29,023
when we were kids
back in Harlem,
1096
00:43:29,148 --> 00:43:31,859
did I remember them from,
you know, back in the day,
1097
00:43:31,943 --> 00:43:34,654
and of course you go, "Yeah,
yeah, yeah, I remember you.
1098
00:43:34,737 --> 00:43:37,281
Yeah, yeah, right."
You go right along with them.
1099
00:43:37,365 --> 00:43:39,492
Only clique you need to know
about is the Harlem Heat.
1100
00:43:39,617 --> 00:43:42,495
‐ Booker T has the most viral
wrestling moment of all time,
1101
00:43:42,578 --> 00:43:43,704
I guess, right?
1102
00:43:43,788 --> 00:43:46,249
'Cause he slips up,
says the n‐word.
1103
00:43:46,332 --> 00:43:47,625
‐ We coming for you,
[bleep]!
1104
00:43:47,708 --> 00:43:49,961
[somber music]
1105
00:43:50,044 --> 00:43:52,130
That was the problem
with ad‐libbing back then.
1106
00:43:52,255 --> 00:43:54,757
That's probably why they write
everybody's stuff today,
1107
00:43:54,841 --> 00:43:57,885
and that's a word that we used
a whole lot back in the day
1108
00:43:57,969 --> 00:43:59,971
when I was coming up,
and that's the first time
1109
00:44:00,096 --> 00:44:02,265
and the last time
any of my peers
1110
00:44:02,348 --> 00:44:04,142
ever heard me say that.
1111
00:44:04,225 --> 00:44:06,853
‐ It is a interesting lesson
to not get lost
1112
00:44:06,978 --> 00:44:09,647
in your character
or not being too real
1113
00:44:09,730 --> 00:44:10,857
when you're talking
about somebody,
1114
00:44:10,982 --> 00:44:12,567
but that's the risk you run
1115
00:44:12,692 --> 00:44:14,443
when you are as authentic
a character
1116
00:44:14,527 --> 00:44:16,237
as Booker T is, right?
1117
00:44:16,362 --> 00:44:19,490
‐ That's right, we finna hurt
these pups Harlem‐style,
1118
00:44:19,615 --> 00:44:20,950
if you know what I'm saying.
1119
00:44:21,033 --> 00:44:22,618
‐ When I think about
the early '90s
1120
00:44:22,702 --> 00:44:23,703
and I think about
the black characters
1121
00:44:23,828 --> 00:44:25,663
and your Koko B. Wares
1122
00:44:25,746 --> 00:44:27,165
and your Papa Shangos
1123
00:44:27,248 --> 00:44:29,667
and people who fit
a lot of stereotypes
1124
00:44:29,750 --> 00:44:31,460
but also did not get pushed.
1125
00:44:31,544 --> 00:44:33,588
[bell dinging]
1126
00:44:33,671 --> 00:44:35,381
♪ ♪
1127
00:44:35,506 --> 00:44:40,803
So watching two black guys
who go on to win championships
1128
00:44:40,928 --> 00:44:43,389
and did not back down
from who they were
1129
00:44:43,514 --> 00:44:44,473
was great to watch,
1130
00:44:44,599 --> 00:44:45,975
but also what's important
1131
00:44:46,100 --> 00:44:47,977
is that here
were two brothers, right?
1132
00:44:48,060 --> 00:44:50,813
‐ Harlem Heat!
1133
00:44:50,897 --> 00:44:53,566
‐ So seeing
a familial relationship
1134
00:44:53,691 --> 00:44:55,693
between black guys on TV
1135
00:44:55,776 --> 00:44:57,445
who genuinely
loved each other,
1136
00:44:57,528 --> 00:44:59,780
who celebrated together,
who had each other's back
1137
00:44:59,864 --> 00:45:01,157
was really empowering.
1138
00:45:01,240 --> 00:45:02,617
♪ ♪
1139
00:45:02,700 --> 00:45:04,535
‐ That was so important
for my brother and I
1140
00:45:04,619 --> 00:45:06,037
to go out there and represent
1141
00:45:06,162 --> 00:45:08,873
because we knew
young guys like we were
1142
00:45:08,998 --> 00:45:10,499
was watching us now.
1143
00:45:10,541 --> 00:45:12,835
♪ ♪
1144
00:45:12,919 --> 00:45:14,712
Harlem Heat will go down
in history
1145
00:45:14,795 --> 00:45:16,297
as being one of
the greatest tag teams
1146
00:45:16,422 --> 00:45:18,507
that ever put on
a pair of boots.
1147
00:45:18,633 --> 00:45:22,178
♪ ♪
1148
00:45:22,303 --> 00:45:25,473
‐ That was just me
and my brother being us,
1149
00:45:25,556 --> 00:45:28,392
natural‐born entertainers,
1150
00:45:28,517 --> 00:45:30,144
and that's what
we pride ourself on.
1151
00:45:30,228 --> 00:45:32,313
‐ Those are memories
that me and my brother
1152
00:45:32,396 --> 00:45:34,607
will live with
for the rest of our lives.
1153
00:45:34,690 --> 00:45:36,234
‐ It was a journey.
1154
00:45:36,359 --> 00:45:40,071
‐ It was the coolest
nine years of my life.
1155
00:45:40,196 --> 00:45:42,073
All‐time greats,
1156
00:45:42,198 --> 00:45:44,992
we're immortalized forever
in the WWE Hall of Fame.
1157
00:45:45,076 --> 00:45:46,869
♪ ♪
1158
00:45:46,953 --> 00:45:50,873
I never thought about
having a singles career,
1159
00:45:50,957 --> 00:45:57,630
never thought about it
until it happened.
1160
00:45:57,755 --> 00:45:59,298
‐ Now let's see how Booker T
can operate
1161
00:45:59,382 --> 00:46:00,633
as a single wrestler.
1162
00:46:00,758 --> 00:46:03,678
‐ ...somebody.
Now can you dig it?
1163
00:46:03,803 --> 00:46:05,846
I never thought about
having a singles career.
1164
00:46:05,972 --> 00:46:07,306
‐ A chance to reverse...
1165
00:46:07,431 --> 00:46:10,142
‐ Never thought about it
until it happened.
1166
00:46:10,226 --> 00:46:11,727
‐ Oh!
‐ Oh!
1167
00:46:11,852 --> 00:46:13,813
‐ I told my brother,
"Man, go ahead and go.
1168
00:46:13,896 --> 00:46:15,022
Go ahead and do your thing,"
1169
00:46:15,106 --> 00:46:17,358
and I gave him my blessing.
1170
00:46:17,483 --> 00:46:20,194
‐ As Booker T goes solo,
1171
00:46:20,319 --> 00:46:22,989
WCW starts getting
to this point
1172
00:46:23,072 --> 00:46:25,449
where they're the biggest
wrestling promotion
1173
00:46:25,533 --> 00:46:27,743
in the world.
1174
00:46:27,868 --> 00:46:31,163
WCW was using money
from the Turner Organization.
1175
00:46:31,247 --> 00:46:34,000
They were part
of a bigger corporation.
1176
00:46:34,125 --> 00:46:37,795
Scott Hall and Kevin Nash
end up leaving the WWE
1177
00:46:37,920 --> 00:46:39,964
for a lot of money in WCW,
1178
00:46:40,089 --> 00:46:44,010
and they start
this reality‐based storyline
1179
00:46:44,135 --> 00:46:47,513
of a takeover and formed
a group with Hulk Hogan,
1180
00:46:47,638 --> 00:46:50,516
who for the first time in
his career became a bad guy,
1181
00:46:50,641 --> 00:46:51,976
unheard of at the time,
1182
00:46:52,101 --> 00:46:54,729
and started
the New World Order.
1183
00:46:54,854 --> 00:46:56,939
‐ The following announcement
has been paid for
1184
00:46:57,023 --> 00:46:58,190
by the New World Order.
1185
00:46:58,316 --> 00:47:00,609
‐ When I came out
as Hollywood Hulk Hogan,
1186
00:47:00,693 --> 00:47:02,361
nWo, we took off like a rocket,
1187
00:47:02,486 --> 00:47:05,489
so the Monday night war started
getting really, really intense.
1188
00:47:05,573 --> 00:47:08,617
‐ We had "Monday Night RAW"
on the USA network.
1189
00:47:08,701 --> 00:47:09,952
[upbeat rock music]
1190
00:47:10,036 --> 00:47:12,538
They had "Monday Nitro"
on TNT,
1191
00:47:12,663 --> 00:47:14,165
on Ted Turner's network.
1192
00:47:14,290 --> 00:47:17,126
You're looking at
every single rating point,
1193
00:47:17,209 --> 00:47:21,130
every eyeball
we were competing for.
1194
00:47:21,172 --> 00:47:24,842
They beat us for 83 weeks
in the ratings.
1195
00:47:24,967 --> 00:47:28,095
‐ WCW became
the top game in town.
1196
00:47:28,179 --> 00:47:30,598
‐ The most powerful
organization
1197
00:47:30,681 --> 00:47:32,808
in professional wrestling.
1198
00:47:32,933 --> 00:47:35,728
‐ Honestly, I really didn't
care about the war.
1199
00:47:35,853 --> 00:47:38,022
It had nothing to do with me.
1200
00:47:38,147 --> 00:47:39,648
I was making a lot of money.
1201
00:47:39,774 --> 00:47:41,233
I was in a place in my life
1202
00:47:41,359 --> 00:47:45,279
that I'd never imagined
being in a million years.
1203
00:47:45,363 --> 00:47:48,616
‐ As they're concentrating
on the other big stars,
1204
00:47:48,699 --> 00:47:50,826
Booker T,
right under their noses,
1205
00:47:50,910 --> 00:47:52,870
is just getting better
and better
1206
00:47:52,995 --> 00:47:55,206
and better and better.
1207
00:47:55,331 --> 00:47:57,500
‐ My peers,
they always told me,
1208
00:47:57,583 --> 00:47:59,627
"There's only one Tiger Woods
of wrestling."
1209
00:47:59,752 --> 00:48:01,629
[laughs]
1210
00:48:01,670 --> 00:48:03,381
And I go,
"I appreciate that, bro."
1211
00:48:03,464 --> 00:48:06,300
‐ That's when he became
no longer a tag guy.
1212
00:48:06,425 --> 00:48:09,470
That's when it just‐‐like,
okay, he's a star.
1213
00:48:09,553 --> 00:48:12,139
‐ You can tell when somebody
has the it factor.
1214
00:48:12,223 --> 00:48:15,142
Booker T just looked
main event material.
1215
00:48:15,226 --> 00:48:17,686
He carried himself like the sky
was the limit.
1216
00:48:17,812 --> 00:48:19,146
He had it all.
1217
00:48:19,230 --> 00:48:21,107
‐ I used to raise the roof
back then.
1218
00:48:21,190 --> 00:48:22,817
When I used to raise the roof,
1219
00:48:22,900 --> 00:48:24,610
everybody used to raise
the roof with me.
1220
00:48:24,693 --> 00:48:27,154
♪ ♪
1221
00:48:27,238 --> 00:48:30,491
And it let me know that
hey, I was moving up.
1222
00:48:30,616 --> 00:48:32,618
You know,
it was the beginning of my run
1223
00:48:32,701 --> 00:48:33,828
as a singles wrestler
1224
00:48:33,953 --> 00:48:37,331
and a whole different life.
1225
00:48:37,456 --> 00:48:40,459
[funky music]
1226
00:48:40,584 --> 00:48:43,045
‐ I was born and raised
in Gary, Indiana,
1227
00:48:43,129 --> 00:48:44,880
had a great childhood.
1228
00:48:45,005 --> 00:48:46,590
I caught the entertainment
bug very, very early.
1229
00:48:46,674 --> 00:48:49,802
I started doing beauty pageants
when I was 12 years old,
1230
00:48:49,927 --> 00:48:51,679
so that was always something
that I enjoyed,
1231
00:48:51,804 --> 00:48:53,514
and then I was always
into dancing.
1232
00:48:53,639 --> 00:48:54,974
That was my first love,
1233
00:48:55,099 --> 00:48:56,725
so all that ended up
paying off.
1234
00:48:56,809 --> 00:48:58,811
You know, I went on to become
Miss Black America.
1235
00:48:58,853 --> 00:49:00,938
I ended up touring
with James Brown,
1236
00:49:01,021 --> 00:49:02,565
the Godfather of Soul,
1237
00:49:02,690 --> 00:49:03,983
so I spent three and a half
years on the road
1238
00:49:04,024 --> 00:49:05,443
touring with him
1239
00:49:05,526 --> 00:49:06,986
and then ended up
in sports entertainment.
1240
00:49:07,111 --> 00:49:09,488
‐ Here are the Nitro Girls.
1241
00:49:09,613 --> 00:49:10,990
‐ We met back in WCW
1242
00:49:11,115 --> 00:49:12,700
when she was a Nitro Girl.
1243
00:49:12,783 --> 00:49:15,536
♪ ♪
1244
00:49:15,661 --> 00:49:17,288
We started talking a little bit
1245
00:49:17,371 --> 00:49:20,124
on the movie set
of "Ready to Rumble."
1246
00:49:20,207 --> 00:49:23,002
Then we just gradually
became friends.
1247
00:49:23,127 --> 00:49:25,588
‐ He was always very polite,
very well dressed,
1248
00:49:25,671 --> 00:49:26,964
and he looked like
a businessman
1249
00:49:27,047 --> 00:49:28,799
instead of
a professional wrestler.
1250
00:49:28,883 --> 00:49:30,468
That was my first impression
of him,
1251
00:49:30,551 --> 00:49:33,471
but I will never forget
when I heard him
1252
00:49:33,596 --> 00:49:34,930
listening to Tupac,
1253
00:49:35,014 --> 00:49:36,474
and that surprised me
because to me,
1254
00:49:36,557 --> 00:49:39,852
I thought he would listen
to Frank Sinatra, not Tupac,
1255
00:49:39,977 --> 00:49:43,647
so I got to know
a few things about him.
1256
00:49:43,772 --> 00:49:45,149
He's a great guy all around.
1257
00:49:45,274 --> 00:49:47,485
I got to see he's really,
really funny.
1258
00:49:47,610 --> 00:49:49,487
He's really, really silly,
1259
00:49:49,612 --> 00:49:50,988
but we just kinda gelled.
1260
00:49:51,071 --> 00:49:53,699
We just kinda meshed,
and it was very exciting
1261
00:49:53,824 --> 00:49:56,243
to see Booker be able
to carve out a path for himself
1262
00:49:56,368 --> 00:49:59,330
because he was such
an amazing talent.
1263
00:49:59,413 --> 00:50:04,126
‐ WCW welcome you
to the summertime tradition,
1264
00:50:04,251 --> 00:50:10,424
the World Championship
Wrestling's Bash at the Beach!
1265
00:50:10,508 --> 00:50:14,637
‐ All the backstage drama
that went on that night
1266
00:50:14,720 --> 00:50:17,598
put more light on me actually
winning the championship.
1267
00:50:17,681 --> 00:50:20,017
Me winning it just would have
been me winning it.
1268
00:50:20,142 --> 00:50:23,479
‐ The title match is between
1269
00:50:23,604 --> 00:50:26,065
Jeff Jarrett and Hulk Hogan.
1270
00:50:26,190 --> 00:50:29,026
The story is that Hulk Hogan
wants to win,
1271
00:50:29,151 --> 00:50:30,569
doesn't want to lose
to Jeff Jarrett.
1272
00:50:30,694 --> 00:50:32,071
Jeff Jarrett's the champion.
1273
00:50:32,196 --> 00:50:33,489
The writer, Vince Russo,
1274
00:50:33,572 --> 00:50:35,491
he doesn't want Hogan
to be the champion.
1275
00:50:35,616 --> 00:50:37,409
He wants Jeff Jarrett
to hold on to it.
1276
00:50:37,535 --> 00:50:40,329
They can't come to an agreement
because Hulk Hogan,
1277
00:50:40,371 --> 00:50:43,082
in real life,
has a creative control clause
1278
00:50:43,207 --> 00:50:44,333
in his contract.
1279
00:50:44,416 --> 00:50:45,751
‐ There's a million stories,
1280
00:50:45,834 --> 00:50:47,461
and everybody has
their opinion.
1281
00:50:47,545 --> 00:50:50,339
All I know is,
when I signed on with WCW,
1282
00:50:50,464 --> 00:50:52,841
I had what's called
creative control.
1283
00:50:52,967 --> 00:50:54,677
I'm gonna exercise
my creative control.
1284
00:50:54,760 --> 00:50:57,012
I'm gonna go ahead and beat
Jarrett, one, two, three.
1285
00:50:57,137 --> 00:50:59,640
It went right up Russo's ass.
1286
00:50:59,723 --> 00:51:01,559
‐ What's Jeff doing?
‐ Hang on a minute.
1287
00:51:01,684 --> 00:51:03,102
What's Jeff doing?
1288
00:51:03,185 --> 00:51:04,520
Russo, I think, told Jarrett
to lie down.
1289
00:51:04,645 --> 00:51:06,522
What's going on?
‐ Jarrett's down.
1290
00:51:06,647 --> 00:51:08,315
‐ I know, and Hogan
is as shocked as we are.
1291
00:51:08,440 --> 00:51:10,484
‐ What in the world?
Jeff Jarrett.
1292
00:51:10,609 --> 00:51:14,154
‐ Oh, God, this is real life.
One, two, three.
1293
00:51:14,280 --> 00:51:17,575
‐ I took the belt, and I left.
‐ What the hell?
1294
00:51:17,700 --> 00:51:19,493
I think we're deviating
from the script.
1295
00:51:19,577 --> 00:51:21,829
I hesitate to say that,
but what the hell is going on?
1296
00:51:21,954 --> 00:51:23,414
‐ Is it a storyline?
1297
00:51:23,539 --> 00:51:26,458
Is this real life?
Is this some weird mixture?
1298
00:51:26,542 --> 00:51:29,378
Vince Russo's says they have
two world championships now.
1299
00:51:29,503 --> 00:51:33,257
‐ There will be a new WCW belt.
1300
00:51:33,340 --> 00:51:35,467
‐ Jeff Jarrett and Booker T
fight for it
1301
00:51:35,593 --> 00:51:37,011
later on in the evening.
1302
00:51:37,136 --> 00:51:39,138
‐ Opportunity has knocked,
and I will be damned
1303
00:51:39,221 --> 00:51:40,931
if I don't answer that door.
1304
00:51:41,015 --> 00:51:43,892
I am gonna do what I have to do
tonight to take that gold home,
1305
00:51:44,018 --> 00:51:45,185
take it around my waist,
1306
00:51:45,269 --> 00:51:46,812
and take it into
the next millennium.
1307
00:51:46,895 --> 00:51:48,230
Can you dig that, Gene?
1308
00:51:48,355 --> 00:51:50,858
‐ I can.
Tony, back to you.
1309
00:51:50,983 --> 00:51:55,487
‐ Not just did the fans
not expect this to be going on.
1310
00:51:55,571 --> 00:51:58,616
Me and Booker didn't expect
for it to be going on.
1311
00:51:58,699 --> 00:52:02,161
‐ I watched everything play out
just like America.
1312
00:52:02,286 --> 00:52:05,205
I had about ten minutes
to prepare
1313
00:52:05,331 --> 00:52:07,041
for the biggest moment
of my life
1314
00:52:07,166 --> 00:52:08,667
in professional wrestling,
1315
00:52:08,751 --> 00:52:10,336
but I was prepared for it.
1316
00:52:10,461 --> 00:52:12,713
I got there
by working my ass off,
1317
00:52:12,838 --> 00:52:15,841
and I started at the bottom
of that company,
1318
00:52:15,966 --> 00:52:19,303
and I went out and I performed
every single night.
1319
00:52:19,428 --> 00:52:20,971
‐ It's been a long journey,
a lot of titles,
1320
00:52:21,055 --> 00:52:22,306
but never the big one.
1321
00:52:22,348 --> 00:52:24,016
This is Booker T's chance.
1322
00:52:24,141 --> 00:52:26,477
♪ ♪
1323
00:52:26,560 --> 00:52:28,354
‐ When I finally got
in that position,
1324
00:52:28,479 --> 00:52:30,022
I always wondered
if the fans wanted to see
1325
00:52:30,147 --> 00:52:32,524
a black champion.
1326
00:52:32,608 --> 00:52:37,488
WCW hadn't had a black
champion since Ron Simmons.
1327
00:52:37,571 --> 00:52:40,157
It was a lot of questions
in my mind,
1328
00:52:40,282 --> 00:52:43,827
you know, if the fans really,
really wanted to see me
1329
00:52:43,952 --> 00:52:44,870
in that position.
1330
00:52:44,995 --> 00:52:46,330
I'm just so happy
1331
00:52:46,413 --> 00:52:50,626
that people looked past
my color and said,
1332
00:52:50,709 --> 00:52:52,086
"This is the guy."
1333
00:52:52,169 --> 00:52:59,218
♪ ♪
1334
00:53:01,512 --> 00:53:02,805
‐ Booker T and Jeff Jarrett
1335
00:53:02,930 --> 00:53:04,056
brawling through the crowd.
1336
00:53:04,181 --> 00:53:07,226
[indistinct shouting]
1337
00:53:09,895 --> 00:53:10,979
Two, three!
1338
00:53:11,105 --> 00:53:13,816
[cheers and applause]
1339
00:53:13,899 --> 00:53:16,735
‐ We've got a new champion!
‐ Oh, my God,
1340
00:53:16,860 --> 00:53:19,988
Booker T's the world champion!
1341
00:53:20,114 --> 00:53:22,324
‐ The crowd erupted.
They went crazy.
1342
00:53:22,408 --> 00:53:24,410
I was like, "Wow, man,
they really care about me.
1343
00:53:24,535 --> 00:53:26,745
They really wanted
to see me win."
1344
00:53:26,829 --> 00:53:29,123
It was a moment
that changed my life.
1345
00:53:29,206 --> 00:53:32,126
[dramatic music]
1346
00:53:32,251 --> 00:53:34,878
‐ It's one of my most fond
memories in my career.
1347
00:53:35,003 --> 00:53:37,881
I'm the guy that Booker beat
to become the world champion
1348
00:53:38,006 --> 00:53:39,758
for his very first time around.
1349
00:53:39,842 --> 00:53:41,677
I'm pretty proud of that.
1350
00:53:41,760 --> 00:53:43,178
♪ ♪
1351
00:53:43,303 --> 00:53:44,805
‐ He became champion,
1352
00:53:44,888 --> 00:53:46,932
and it was a great
crowning achievement for him
1353
00:53:47,015 --> 00:53:49,518
evolving
and elevating himself,
1354
00:53:49,643 --> 00:53:53,689
and Booker T, especially
for black boys and girls
1355
00:53:53,814 --> 00:53:55,858
who watched wrestling,
he is a hero.
1356
00:53:55,983 --> 00:53:59,445
♪ ♪
1357
00:53:59,528 --> 00:54:02,030
‐ Booker has so much respect
from all the guys
1358
00:54:02,156 --> 00:54:03,657
and girls in the locker room
1359
00:54:03,782 --> 00:54:06,785
that when he came back through
the curtain after winning,
1360
00:54:06,869 --> 00:54:08,662
people were standing there
and applauding.
1361
00:54:08,787 --> 00:54:10,998
I remember a few of us
had tears in our eyes.
1362
00:54:11,081 --> 00:54:12,541
It just really was
a special moment
1363
00:54:12,666 --> 00:54:15,294
to finally see him
rise to the top
1364
00:54:15,419 --> 00:54:17,838
because he really deserved it.
1365
00:54:17,963 --> 00:54:19,631
‐ Look at the fans standing,
1366
00:54:19,715 --> 00:54:22,301
and they're raising the roof
with Booker T,
1367
00:54:22,426 --> 00:54:25,220
the world heavyweight
champion.
1368
00:54:25,345 --> 00:54:30,851
What a moment in WCW history
this is!
1369
00:54:30,976 --> 00:54:32,519
‐ WWE was synonymous
1370
00:54:32,644 --> 00:54:34,521
with the best
in sports entertainment.
1371
00:54:34,605 --> 00:54:36,565
‐ How you doing, pal?
‐ I'm fine, thank you.
1372
00:54:36,690 --> 00:54:39,610
‐ And now we were
being challenged,
1373
00:54:39,693 --> 00:54:44,156
so it creates an atmosphere of
having to fight from underneath,
1374
00:54:44,198 --> 00:54:48,118
creating new
and unique storylines
1375
00:54:48,202 --> 00:54:50,245
new and unique talents,
1376
00:54:50,370 --> 00:54:53,165
and changing the way
we looked at the business.
1377
00:54:53,248 --> 00:54:55,083
♪ ♪
1378
00:54:55,167 --> 00:54:57,669
‐ It made WWE regroup,
1379
00:54:57,795 --> 00:55:00,297
taking the gloves off and
changing what the company was
1380
00:55:00,380 --> 00:55:01,799
and going with
the Attitude Era.
1381
00:55:01,840 --> 00:55:05,427
♪ ♪
1382
00:55:05,511 --> 00:55:06,762
‐ Oh, my.
‐ Oh, my God.
1383
00:55:06,845 --> 00:55:08,180
‐ Good lord, have mercy.
1384
00:55:08,305 --> 00:55:10,474
‐ Somebody's gonna get
their ass whipped!
1385
00:55:10,516 --> 00:55:13,227
When that energy comes out,
that intensity comes out,
1386
00:55:13,352 --> 00:55:14,853
and I look like
an ass‐kicking machine,
1387
00:55:14,978 --> 00:55:17,397
it was all about the attitude.
1388
00:55:19,525 --> 00:55:22,569
‐ Stone Cold is here!
1389
00:55:22,694 --> 00:55:24,404
Oh, yeah!
1390
00:55:24,530 --> 00:55:25,739
He got McMahon!
1391
00:55:25,864 --> 00:55:27,658
‐ Ahh!
‐ What do you think about that?
1392
00:55:27,741 --> 00:55:28,700
Huh?
1393
00:55:28,826 --> 00:55:30,202
♪ ♪
1394
00:55:30,327 --> 00:55:32,996
‐ A badass locker room
full of men
1395
00:55:33,121 --> 00:55:34,331
who had starved,
1396
00:55:34,456 --> 00:55:36,959
kicked, scratched,
1397
00:55:37,042 --> 00:55:39,628
clawed to get to the top
1398
00:55:39,711 --> 00:55:41,839
and who weren't afraid
to go out on a limb
1399
00:55:41,964 --> 00:55:43,257
and push the envelope.
1400
00:55:43,340 --> 00:55:45,592
‐ Oh, my God!
1401
00:55:45,676 --> 00:55:47,761
‐ The Rattlesnake
has struck!
1402
00:55:47,845 --> 00:55:49,471
[indistinct shouting]
1403
00:55:49,555 --> 00:55:51,974
‐ When we started kicking
the WCW's ass,
1404
00:55:52,057 --> 00:55:53,517
you know, we just took off,
1405
00:55:53,642 --> 00:55:56,186
and their infrastructure was
kind of unorganized
1406
00:55:56,311 --> 00:55:58,647
and kinda started falling
apart,
1407
00:55:58,730 --> 00:56:00,607
and then we just crushed them,
1408
00:56:00,691 --> 00:56:04,194
and then later on down the road
Vince would buy the company
1409
00:56:04,278 --> 00:56:06,613
from Ted Turner
for pennies on the dollar.
1410
00:56:06,697 --> 00:56:11,243
‐ I, Vince McMahon,
bought my competition.
1411
00:56:11,368 --> 00:56:12,244
That's right.
1412
00:56:12,369 --> 00:56:15,831
I own WCW.
1413
00:56:15,956 --> 00:56:19,126
‐ They raised the flag,
and they said, "We won.
1414
00:56:19,167 --> 00:56:20,627
The war is over."
1415
00:56:20,752 --> 00:56:22,546
‐ For all of us at World
Championship Wrestling,
1416
00:56:22,671 --> 00:56:24,882
a historic day
in sports entertainment.
1417
00:56:24,965 --> 00:56:27,259
This is the last "Nitro"
on the Turner Network,
1418
00:56:27,342 --> 00:56:31,638
so we're going out with a bang,
all the titles on the line.
1419
00:56:31,722 --> 00:56:33,682
‐ I didn't know
what was gonna happen.
1420
00:56:33,807 --> 00:56:35,809
I didn't see it coming
till that night.
1421
00:56:35,934 --> 00:56:39,688
I found out that I was gonna
be going out a dual champ.
1422
00:56:39,813 --> 00:56:41,315
♪ ♪
1423
00:56:41,398 --> 00:56:42,941
They closed the company down
1424
00:56:43,025 --> 00:56:44,943
as World Champion
and as United States Champion.
1425
00:56:45,027 --> 00:56:47,487
‐ Picks him up, Booker T,
lands on his feet.
1426
00:56:47,613 --> 00:56:49,281
He's got him!
Book end!
1427
00:56:49,364 --> 00:56:50,782
‐ Book end!
‐ Here it is!
1428
00:56:50,866 --> 00:56:52,242
One, two, could it be it?
Yes, it is!
1429
00:56:52,367 --> 00:56:53,702
‐ Yes, yes!
1430
00:56:53,785 --> 00:56:58,665
‐ Booker T is
WCW World Champion!
1431
00:56:58,790 --> 00:57:01,001
‐ That is the last
"Monday Nitro,"
1432
00:57:01,126 --> 00:57:04,296
what a night for Booker T.
1433
00:57:04,379 --> 00:57:07,507
‐ I didn't feel sad
like everybody else did.
1434
00:57:07,591 --> 00:57:10,260
I lost my mother
when I was 13,
1435
00:57:10,344 --> 00:57:13,597
so I always knew
nothing lasts forever.
1436
00:57:13,680 --> 00:57:15,849
I remember one the guys
actually talking to me,
1437
00:57:15,974 --> 00:57:17,809
and he literally
had tears in his eyes,
1438
00:57:17,893 --> 00:57:21,063
and he's like, "Man, Book,
it's the end of WCW, man.
1439
00:57:21,188 --> 00:57:22,564
It's over."
1440
00:57:22,689 --> 00:57:24,149
He goes, "Man,
what are you gonna do, man?
1441
00:57:24,232 --> 00:57:25,692
What are you gonna do?"
1442
00:57:25,817 --> 00:57:27,444
I said,
"Man, I'm going to WWE."
1443
00:57:27,527 --> 00:57:29,571
[laughs]
You know what I mean?
1444
00:57:29,655 --> 00:57:30,864
What else could I do?
1445
00:57:30,948 --> 00:57:34,868
♪ ♪
1446
00:57:34,952 --> 00:57:36,119
[laughs]
1447
00:57:36,203 --> 00:57:37,996
‐ I don't think we knew
1448
00:57:38,080 --> 00:57:41,208
that we were gonna keep Booker,
had no idea.
1449
00:57:41,333 --> 00:57:43,669
When you're looking
at the talent base
1450
00:57:43,794 --> 00:57:47,005
and you're looking at talent
that's available,
1451
00:57:47,130 --> 00:57:49,633
all of these top‐tier talents
1452
00:57:49,716 --> 00:57:54,846
chose to stay on their
AOL Time Warner contract,
1453
00:57:54,972 --> 00:57:57,808
stay at home,
collect their money,
1454
00:57:57,933 --> 00:57:59,142
not go to work.
1455
00:57:59,226 --> 00:58:01,937
‐ I sat at home for 17 months
1456
00:58:02,020 --> 00:58:05,440
and got paid bank‐‐bank.
1457
00:58:05,524 --> 00:58:08,110
‐ But then you have a guy,
Booker T,
1458
00:58:08,193 --> 00:58:12,864
who did have a pretty good
guaranteed contract
1459
00:58:12,990 --> 00:58:15,325
who said,
"Man, I want to work.
1460
00:58:15,409 --> 00:58:17,160
♪ ♪
1461
00:58:17,244 --> 00:58:19,788
I want to be a star
on the biggest platform I can."
1462
00:58:19,871 --> 00:58:21,790
‐ I was a performer.
I was talent.
1463
00:58:21,873 --> 00:58:23,500
Something I tell young people
all the time,
1464
00:58:23,583 --> 00:58:26,086
you know,
believe in your talent.
1465
00:58:26,169 --> 00:58:28,338
Do not forsake your talent.
1466
00:58:28,463 --> 00:58:29,881
Going into the WWE locker room,
1467
00:58:30,007 --> 00:58:31,883
those guys
didn't too much care for us.
1468
00:58:32,009 --> 00:58:34,052
They wasn't gonna treat us
special or anything.
1469
00:58:34,177 --> 00:58:37,139
They didn't want us there,
and I understood that.
1470
00:58:37,222 --> 00:58:39,349
I was ready to go out there
and show those guys
1471
00:58:39,474 --> 00:58:42,644
I was just as good
as I said I was.
1472
00:58:42,728 --> 00:58:45,647
‐ Booker had enough confidence
in himself
1473
00:58:45,731 --> 00:58:49,151
to step up and say,
"Put me in."
1474
00:58:49,234 --> 00:58:51,319
[cheering]
1475
00:58:51,403 --> 00:58:53,280
‐ Wait a minute!
What the hell?
1476
00:58:53,363 --> 00:58:56,450
[cheering]
1477
00:58:56,533 --> 00:58:57,659
‐ Booker T,
1478
00:58:57,743 --> 00:59:02,581
he's the WW‐‐WCW champion.
1479
00:59:02,706 --> 00:59:04,541
‐ The WCW champion
1480
00:59:04,624 --> 00:59:08,045
has just attacked
Stone Cold Steve Austin!
1481
00:59:08,170 --> 00:59:09,796
Oh, my God!
1482
00:59:09,880 --> 00:59:11,506
‐ Man, it was a good night
for me,
1483
00:59:11,631 --> 00:59:14,426
debut, drop Steve Austin.
1484
00:59:14,509 --> 00:59:16,303
‐ Booker T!
‐ I'm off and running.
1485
00:59:16,386 --> 00:59:17,804
Everything's beautiful.
1486
00:59:17,929 --> 00:59:19,431
‐ Right through
the announce table!
1487
00:59:19,514 --> 00:59:20,682
‐ My first thought was,
"Hey, man,
1488
00:59:20,807 --> 00:59:22,392
Booker T just came in here,
1489
00:59:22,476 --> 00:59:24,394
he just took away
what I do for a living,"
1490
00:59:24,478 --> 00:59:27,564
broke three transverse
processes in my back,
1491
00:59:27,689 --> 00:59:29,983
and I was in intense pain,
1492
00:59:30,108 --> 00:59:33,653
and I was like, "What
in the eff just happened?"
1493
00:59:33,737 --> 00:59:36,490
[somber music]
1494
00:59:36,531 --> 00:59:38,200
♪ ♪
1495
00:59:38,325 --> 00:59:40,827
There is that layer of hey,
man, we need to watch this guy,
1496
00:59:40,911 --> 00:59:43,163
or is he safe to work with,
1497
00:59:43,288 --> 00:59:45,040
or is he gonna do that to me?
1498
00:59:45,165 --> 00:59:47,292
‐ Steve Austin had the kind of
stroke at that time
1499
00:59:47,417 --> 00:59:48,752
in the company
where he could have
1500
00:59:48,835 --> 00:59:50,670
went to the office and said,
1501
00:59:50,796 --> 00:59:53,131
"Man, this guy's reckless and
doesn't know what he's doing,"
1502
00:59:53,256 --> 00:59:54,549
even though it wasn't my fault.
1503
00:59:54,674 --> 00:59:56,968
‐ When I look back at it,
he did everything right.
1504
00:59:57,094 --> 01:00:00,472
He executed with perfection,
but I was so sweaty,
1505
01:00:00,555 --> 01:00:01,973
when I hit the top
of that desk,
1506
01:00:02,099 --> 01:00:06,311
I just skipped off,
and my back hit a chair.
1507
01:00:06,436 --> 01:00:07,312
It was an accident.
1508
01:00:07,395 --> 01:00:08,814
Accidents happen,
1509
01:00:08,897 --> 01:00:11,358
but hey, man,
anytime the lead guy goes down
1510
01:00:11,441 --> 01:00:13,110
and someone has done
something to him,
1511
01:00:13,193 --> 01:00:15,779
yeah, you might have some heat
on you from the boys.
1512
01:00:15,862 --> 01:00:17,864
‐ You walk in the door
coming from somewhere else,
1513
01:00:17,948 --> 01:00:19,616
and you take out
one of the top guys
1514
01:00:19,699 --> 01:00:21,493
that's putting food
on all our tables,
1515
01:00:21,576 --> 01:00:22,911
that's not gonna sit well
with a lot of people
1516
01:00:22,994 --> 01:00:24,746
'cause most of these guys
never met him.
1517
01:00:24,871 --> 01:00:28,542
‐ Who in the blue hell are you?
1518
01:00:28,667 --> 01:00:30,127
‐ Coming into that company,
1519
01:00:30,252 --> 01:00:33,755
it wasn't gonna be easy for me
by any means.
1520
01:00:33,839 --> 01:00:35,632
‐ Hell, my name is Booker‐‐
1521
01:00:35,674 --> 01:00:37,717
‐ It doesn't matter
what your name is!
1522
01:00:37,801 --> 01:00:40,846
[cheers and applause]
1523
01:00:40,971 --> 01:00:43,890
‐ You can bring someone in
up at the top.
1524
01:00:44,015 --> 01:00:45,809
It's difficult for them
to stay there,
1525
01:00:45,934 --> 01:00:48,478
especially when you had
the kind of personality
1526
01:00:48,562 --> 01:00:51,148
and the kind of talent of
a Steve Austin,
1527
01:00:51,231 --> 01:00:52,816
Rock, Undertaker.
1528
01:00:52,899 --> 01:00:55,819
‐ Stepping into the ring with
the five‐time former W‐‐
1529
01:00:55,944 --> 01:00:57,946
‐ Here we go,
Booker T on the offensive!
1530
01:00:58,029 --> 01:01:00,157
‐ Booker T [inaudible]
The Undertaker.
1531
01:01:00,240 --> 01:01:04,786
‐ Rock, I would say
you're the sucka, sucka.
1532
01:01:04,870 --> 01:01:06,788
‐ Look out! Rock Bottom!
1533
01:01:06,872 --> 01:01:09,082
Rock Bottom!
Rock Bottom!
1534
01:01:09,207 --> 01:01:10,542
‐ Book hung.
1535
01:01:10,625 --> 01:01:12,460
Book hung and said,
"Y'all come on up to me."
1536
01:01:12,544 --> 01:01:15,964
‐ The bottom line is,
if you come to WWE,
1537
01:01:16,006 --> 01:01:18,008
you better be able to work,
1538
01:01:18,133 --> 01:01:20,260
and Booker T
could work his ass off.
1539
01:01:20,343 --> 01:01:22,220
He wasn't accepted
just 'cause we liked him.
1540
01:01:22,345 --> 01:01:24,347
He was accepted
because he was damn good.
1541
01:01:24,472 --> 01:01:26,683
‐ It was kind of
a Jack Nicholson,
1542
01:01:26,766 --> 01:01:29,102
"Wait till
they get a load of me."
1543
01:01:29,186 --> 01:01:31,980
Yeah, Big Henry, you better
lace them up tonight,
1544
01:01:32,022 --> 01:01:35,817
'cause we finna be moving
and flying and singing, baby.
1545
01:01:35,942 --> 01:01:39,321
The greats can't stick
to a script.
1546
01:01:39,446 --> 01:01:40,655
It's emotional.
1547
01:01:40,739 --> 01:01:42,574
♪ ♪
1548
01:01:42,657 --> 01:01:45,202
‐ To make it real,
it's gotta look raw.
1549
01:01:45,327 --> 01:01:46,745
It's gotta look uncut.
1550
01:01:46,870 --> 01:01:48,914
We're close enough to the fans
1551
01:01:49,039 --> 01:01:51,166
that want sweat
to fly all over them.
1552
01:01:51,249 --> 01:01:54,211
♪ ♪
1553
01:01:54,336 --> 01:01:56,630
That part is as real
as it possibly can get.
1554
01:01:56,755 --> 01:01:58,465
♪ ♪
1555
01:01:58,548 --> 01:02:00,091
‐ Book has a unique ability
1556
01:02:00,175 --> 01:02:02,469
to relate to the audience
and conversely,
1557
01:02:02,552 --> 01:02:03,970
and that's really
what you look for.
1558
01:02:04,095 --> 01:02:05,805
He's a man who gave it all.
1559
01:02:05,889 --> 01:02:08,558
If he had an opportunity,
he was going for it.
1560
01:02:08,683 --> 01:02:10,685
‐ I wanted the fan
that was watching
1561
01:02:10,769 --> 01:02:13,855
to have that same feeling
that I did.
1562
01:02:13,939 --> 01:02:15,857
It was a out of body
experience.
1563
01:02:15,982 --> 01:02:17,817
I could tell
what the fans were feeling
1564
01:02:17,943 --> 01:02:19,027
because I was one of them.
1565
01:02:19,152 --> 01:02:22,030
♪ ♪
1566
01:02:22,155 --> 01:02:25,325
‐ You would have never thought
that somebody with the talent
1567
01:02:25,367 --> 01:02:27,202
that he had in the ring,
1568
01:02:27,327 --> 01:02:30,038
he would have just as much
talent behind the scenes.
1569
01:02:30,121 --> 01:02:32,791
You can't just define him
as a wrestler.
1570
01:02:32,874 --> 01:02:34,000
He was a entertainer.
1571
01:02:34,084 --> 01:02:37,629
‐ Now, can you dig that, sucka?
1572
01:02:37,754 --> 01:02:42,300
[cheers and applause]
1573
01:02:42,425 --> 01:02:44,636
[indistinct chatter]
1574
01:02:44,761 --> 01:02:46,304
‐ Booker watches
a lot of movies.
1575
01:02:46,388 --> 01:02:48,640
He's always studied movies
his whole life,
1576
01:02:48,682 --> 01:02:50,600
whether it be kung fu movies
1577
01:02:50,684 --> 01:02:52,143
or, you know,
any type of action movies,
1578
01:02:52,269 --> 01:02:53,770
so I really do believe
1579
01:02:53,853 --> 01:02:55,021
that if he weren't
a wrestler,
1580
01:02:55,105 --> 01:02:56,523
he would definitely
be an actor.
1581
01:02:56,648 --> 01:02:57,983
‐ For you today.
‐ [laughs]
1582
01:02:58,066 --> 01:03:00,277
‐ The doctor authentic‐‐
‐ I'm serious, man.
1583
01:03:00,360 --> 01:03:03,989
‐ A lot of those movies
were my escapes as well,
1584
01:03:04,114 --> 01:03:07,033
and I used to skip school
and go to the Majestic OST,
1585
01:03:07,117 --> 01:03:09,744
and all those movies
made me feel a certain way.
1586
01:03:09,869 --> 01:03:11,705
I literally would go
to that place.
1587
01:03:11,830 --> 01:03:13,581
‐ A little bit more structure
here.
1588
01:03:13,707 --> 01:03:15,625
‐ I literally would be
in that movie.
1589
01:03:15,709 --> 01:03:18,420
I knew every line.
I knew every scene.
1590
01:03:18,503 --> 01:03:20,964
I knew what made
that scene work
1591
01:03:21,089 --> 01:03:22,716
because of what happened
before it
1592
01:03:22,841 --> 01:03:24,175
and what's gonna happen after,
1593
01:03:24,301 --> 01:03:26,052
and that's what wrestling
has always been.
1594
01:03:26,136 --> 01:03:29,806
So for me, my WCW career
was so serious all the time.
1595
01:03:29,931 --> 01:03:32,100
There was never
a laughing moment,
1596
01:03:32,183 --> 01:03:35,520
and then when I got to WWE,
everything changed.
1597
01:03:35,603 --> 01:03:37,689
Booyah!
Hey, what's up, suckas?
1598
01:03:37,814 --> 01:03:39,733
Your ass is about
to get whacked
1599
01:03:39,858 --> 01:03:42,861
by the five‐time
master Jedi champion!
1600
01:03:42,986 --> 01:03:46,489
Now, can you dig that, sucka?
1601
01:03:46,614 --> 01:03:48,491
[cheers and applause]
1602
01:03:48,575 --> 01:03:50,785
‐ He was always a comedian.
1603
01:03:50,869 --> 01:03:52,996
He always liked
to make people laugh.
1604
01:03:53,121 --> 01:03:56,750
‐ Tell me I don't
look like that!
1605
01:03:56,875 --> 01:03:58,251
‐ That just came,
1606
01:03:58,335 --> 01:04:00,295
and we would all do
little skits at home
1607
01:04:00,420 --> 01:04:02,297
and make up things,
so, you know,
1608
01:04:02,422 --> 01:04:05,383
just what kids do
who don't have a lot of money.
1609
01:04:05,508 --> 01:04:07,969
You have a great imagination.
1610
01:04:08,053 --> 01:04:09,804
‐ [exhaling sharply]
1611
01:04:09,929 --> 01:04:13,850
‐ Imagine what we could be
and what we could do.
1612
01:04:15,435 --> 01:04:17,729
‐ [laughing]
1613
01:04:17,812 --> 01:04:20,023
You‐‐you didn't say that.
1614
01:04:20,148 --> 01:04:22,484
Tell me you didn't
just say that.
1615
01:04:24,361 --> 01:04:26,738
You just gave me the key
to your heart, baby.
1616
01:04:26,863 --> 01:04:29,324
Yeah.
1617
01:04:29,449 --> 01:04:31,993
‐ It's like the actor in
a film that you've only seen
1618
01:04:32,077 --> 01:04:35,663
play a very serious,
badass role.
1619
01:04:35,747 --> 01:04:37,415
‐ Oh, my goodness.
1620
01:04:37,540 --> 01:04:38,666
‐ And then you see him
in a buddy comedy,
1621
01:04:38,792 --> 01:04:40,085
and you're like,
"Oh, my God,
1622
01:04:40,168 --> 01:04:41,961
I had no idea
this guy was so funny,"
1623
01:04:42,045 --> 01:04:44,005
and, like, it just opens up
a whole new world for you.
1624
01:04:44,130 --> 01:04:48,009
‐ Wah, wah, wah, wah, wah‐wah,
wah, wah, wah, wah, wah‐wah.
1625
01:04:48,134 --> 01:04:49,969
Look, that ain't me,
brother.
1626
01:04:50,053 --> 01:04:51,554
You know, I got to feel
what I'm doing, man.
1627
01:04:51,679 --> 01:04:53,098
I got bass!
1628
01:04:53,181 --> 01:04:54,265
You know,
I got to feel, man,
1629
01:04:54,349 --> 01:04:57,602
can you dig it, sucka?
1630
01:04:57,685 --> 01:04:59,187
[cheering]
1631
01:04:59,312 --> 01:05:02,982
Just because you know
kung fu‐‐wah!
1632
01:05:03,066 --> 01:05:05,485
Doesn't mean you know shampoo,
1633
01:05:05,568 --> 01:05:08,071
but that's all about to change
1634
01:05:08,196 --> 01:05:12,867
thanks to new
Yakamoshi shampoo.
1635
01:05:14,661 --> 01:05:17,205
It won't make your hair
look as good as mine...
1636
01:05:19,541 --> 01:05:21,126
But you gotta start somewhere.
1637
01:05:21,251 --> 01:05:23,169
Give me the script,
and let me make it
1638
01:05:23,294 --> 01:05:25,422
what I want it to be,
no matter what it is.
1639
01:05:25,505 --> 01:05:26,798
I don't care what it is.
1640
01:05:26,881 --> 01:05:30,677
Now let me check to see
if they're fresh.
1641
01:05:30,802 --> 01:05:32,262
‐ Creative tells us,
"Hey, man,
1642
01:05:32,345 --> 01:05:33,972
"you and Booker are gonna
have this brawl
1643
01:05:34,097 --> 01:05:35,807
in a grocery store."
1644
01:05:35,932 --> 01:05:37,225
Okay.
1645
01:05:37,350 --> 01:05:39,894
Here's a blank canvas
that Booker T and I
1646
01:05:40,019 --> 01:05:42,313
are gonna have an opportunity
to paint together.
1647
01:05:42,397 --> 01:05:43,440
‐ Action.
1648
01:05:43,523 --> 01:05:45,817
[can pops open]
1649
01:05:45,942 --> 01:05:47,360
We created magic.
1650
01:05:49,028 --> 01:05:51,656
‐ Austin‐‐
Austin attacking Booker T!
1651
01:05:51,739 --> 01:05:54,617
[both grunting]
1652
01:05:56,661 --> 01:05:58,329
‐ Get up, Booker.
We ain't done.
1653
01:06:00,039 --> 01:06:02,417
Want some ketchup
on that ass‐whupping, huh?
1654
01:06:02,542 --> 01:06:05,336
[both grunting]
1655
01:06:07,505 --> 01:06:10,258
I'm walking through the store,
up an aisle, down an aisle.
1656
01:06:10,341 --> 01:06:11,801
You're working
off of instincts...
1657
01:06:11,885 --> 01:06:14,137
I like shopping, Booker.
Ahh!
1658
01:06:14,262 --> 01:06:15,972
As if you were in the ring.
1659
01:06:16,055 --> 01:06:19,142
You know you're trying
to entertain people.
1660
01:06:19,267 --> 01:06:21,978
Let's go back for more burgers.
1661
01:06:22,103 --> 01:06:25,106
‐ Oh, Booker with a shot
to the jaw of Austin.
1662
01:06:25,190 --> 01:06:27,734
‐ Hey, Book, you got milk?
1663
01:06:27,859 --> 01:06:29,736
‐ Got milk!
‐ I'm action.
1664
01:06:29,819 --> 01:06:32,071
He's reaction,
and his reactions
1665
01:06:32,197 --> 01:06:34,324
were just off‐the‐chart gold.
1666
01:06:34,449 --> 01:06:35,492
You want to burp?
1667
01:06:35,533 --> 01:06:37,327
[both grunting]
1668
01:06:37,410 --> 01:06:39,662
‐ This is what wrestling is
right here.
1669
01:06:39,787 --> 01:06:40,997
The stuff that we do
in the ring,
1670
01:06:41,122 --> 01:06:43,333
that's one thing,
but this is wrestling.
1671
01:06:43,374 --> 01:06:45,251
‐ By the time
it was all said and done,
1672
01:06:45,335 --> 01:06:48,129
it was about $10,000
worth of damage to that store.
1673
01:06:48,254 --> 01:06:50,256
"Price check on a jackass,"
1674
01:06:50,340 --> 01:06:52,133
people still remember
that line.
1675
01:06:52,175 --> 01:06:53,301
Price check on a jackass.
1676
01:06:53,384 --> 01:06:54,719
[siren wailing]
1677
01:06:54,802 --> 01:06:57,972
‐ [Booker moaning]
1678
01:06:58,056 --> 01:06:59,933
Oh, I'ma get you.
1679
01:07:00,016 --> 01:07:01,976
‐ Booker T and I painted
a Mona Lisa
1680
01:07:02,018 --> 01:07:05,313
with a bunch of damn stuff that
you'd find in a grocery store.
1681
01:07:05,355 --> 01:07:06,981
‐ Who wants to see
the Spinaroonie?
1682
01:07:07,106 --> 01:07:11,152
‐ Who, at 6'3" and 260 pounds,
1683
01:07:11,236 --> 01:07:13,696
can do, like, the
Spinaroonie, you know,
1684
01:07:13,821 --> 01:07:16,533
the break dancing move up
on his shoulders, flip up and?
1685
01:07:16,658 --> 01:07:18,618
‐ It starts with the hand,
of course,
1686
01:07:18,701 --> 01:07:20,245
and then you drop to one knee.
1687
01:07:20,370 --> 01:07:23,456
All the centrifugal force
comes from the dreads,
1688
01:07:23,540 --> 01:07:26,084
you know, shake‐‐
once you shake the dreads,
1689
01:07:26,167 --> 01:07:28,878
it goes through the body
all the way down to the legs,
1690
01:07:29,003 --> 01:07:30,171
which gives you torque.
1691
01:07:30,296 --> 01:07:31,714
‐ Oh, wait a minute.
1692
01:07:31,839 --> 01:07:32,924
I think Booker T's
gonna give him‐‐
1693
01:07:33,007 --> 01:07:34,592
he's on the ground,
1694
01:07:34,676 --> 01:07:36,261
and he's taking a big old‐‐
and it's a Spinaroonie!
1695
01:07:36,344 --> 01:07:37,804
‐ A Spinaroonie!
‐ Oh, yeah!
1696
01:07:37,845 --> 01:07:39,222
‐ Spinaroonie!
Spinaroonie!
1697
01:07:39,347 --> 01:07:43,810
‐ Can you dig that, suckas?
1698
01:07:43,935 --> 01:07:45,603
♪ ♪
1699
01:07:45,687 --> 01:07:48,189
‐ The Spinaroonie in concept
is not, like, that silly.
1700
01:07:48,273 --> 01:07:50,316
Like, it's a cool way to get up
and get to your feet,
1701
01:07:50,400 --> 01:07:53,361
and it's just
a charismatic moment,
1702
01:07:53,486 --> 01:07:55,154
but over time,
1703
01:07:55,280 --> 01:07:58,408
the Spinaroonie kinda took on
a life of its own.
1704
01:07:59,701 --> 01:08:01,411
‐ Everybody had a roonie.
1705
01:08:01,536 --> 01:08:03,663
The most infamous night was
trying to get the Undertaker
1706
01:08:03,746 --> 01:08:05,039
to do a Taker‐roonie.
1707
01:08:05,123 --> 01:08:09,711
I think it's time
for the Undertaker‐roonie.
1708
01:08:09,836 --> 01:08:12,839
[cheers and applause]
1709
01:08:12,964 --> 01:08:14,299
‐ If you know the Undertaker,
1710
01:08:14,382 --> 01:08:16,759
like, he don't come out
of character ever.
1711
01:08:16,843 --> 01:08:18,261
‐ I tried to get him to do it.
1712
01:08:18,344 --> 01:08:19,512
You know, I tell the fans,
you know,
1713
01:08:19,637 --> 01:08:21,764
get the fans hyped up.
1714
01:08:21,848 --> 01:08:23,141
Get up!
1715
01:08:23,266 --> 01:08:26,394
[cheers and applause]
1716
01:08:26,519 --> 01:08:29,397
[fans chanting]
1717
01:08:34,444 --> 01:08:37,822
And Taker looks at me,
and he goes,
1718
01:08:37,905 --> 01:08:40,283
"I'm gonna kill you."
1719
01:08:42,785 --> 01:08:45,121
All the named players
on the card come out,
1720
01:08:45,204 --> 01:08:46,623
and literally,
1721
01:08:46,706 --> 01:08:49,626
we're 30 minutes after
we're off the air
1722
01:08:49,709 --> 01:08:51,878
trying to get the Undertaker
to do the Spinaroonie.
1723
01:08:52,003 --> 01:08:53,421
Everybody does the Spinaroonie.
1724
01:08:53,504 --> 01:08:55,798
‐ You want to see the Rock
do the Rock‐a‐roonie?
1725
01:08:55,923 --> 01:08:59,135
[cheers and applause]
1726
01:08:59,177 --> 01:09:00,428
‐ There ain't no way in hell
1727
01:09:00,511 --> 01:09:02,347
you could do
something like that.
1728
01:09:02,472 --> 01:09:05,933
♪ ♪
1729
01:09:06,017 --> 01:09:07,518
‐ Vince McMahon.
1730
01:09:07,644 --> 01:09:09,854
He does the worst Spinaroonie
I ever seen in my life.
1731
01:09:09,937 --> 01:09:16,861
♪ ♪
1732
01:09:19,947 --> 01:09:21,741
Out of all the wrestlers,
1733
01:09:21,866 --> 01:09:25,495
I've gotten everyone to do it,
except the Undertaker.
1734
01:09:25,578 --> 01:09:27,705
He's the only one,
still to this day.
1735
01:09:27,830 --> 01:09:29,624
‐ There ain't a chance in hell
I'm gonna get out there
1736
01:09:29,707 --> 01:09:31,167
and do the Spinaroonie,
1737
01:09:31,292 --> 01:09:33,878
so you might better
send the cavalry.
1738
01:09:33,961 --> 01:09:39,509
♪ ♪
1739
01:09:43,846 --> 01:09:45,598
[mysterious piano music]
1740
01:09:45,682 --> 01:09:48,768
‐ My first son,
he's 35 years old now,
1741
01:09:48,851 --> 01:09:52,647
we had a somewhat
of a rough life growing up,
1742
01:09:52,772 --> 01:09:55,149
and I thought it was due to me
being on the road a lot,
1743
01:09:55,233 --> 01:09:58,069
being on the road wrestling,
not being there.
1744
01:09:58,194 --> 01:09:59,779
When I got in
the wrestling business,
1745
01:09:59,862 --> 01:10:01,572
he went to stay with my sister.
1746
01:10:01,698 --> 01:10:05,159
‐ When he'd get a weekend off,
he would fly from Atlanta,
1747
01:10:05,243 --> 01:10:07,078
and he'd come back to Houston,
1748
01:10:07,161 --> 01:10:08,913
and they'd spend time together,
1749
01:10:09,038 --> 01:10:12,375
still trying to get
a relationship with his son.
1750
01:10:12,500 --> 01:10:14,585
It's just a process.
1751
01:10:14,669 --> 01:10:18,297
I'm sure they had
their ups and downs.
1752
01:10:18,381 --> 01:10:21,217
‐ My son turned 16,
17 years old,
1753
01:10:21,342 --> 01:10:24,804
and that's when it really got
tough between him and I.
1754
01:10:26,347 --> 01:10:28,641
It was always just rocky.
1755
01:10:28,683 --> 01:10:31,227
My son ended up going down
that same road that I did,
1756
01:10:31,352 --> 01:10:33,062
you know, getting in trouble,
1757
01:10:33,146 --> 01:10:34,564
you know, even as an adult.
1758
01:10:34,689 --> 01:10:36,274
That's why he's not here
right now.
1759
01:10:36,357 --> 01:10:38,401
He's sitting in a jail cell,
1760
01:10:38,526 --> 01:10:39,944
you know, waiting to see
1761
01:10:40,027 --> 01:10:43,990
exactly what's gonna happen
with his life, you know?
1762
01:10:44,073 --> 01:10:45,867
You know, he's still my son.
1763
01:10:45,992 --> 01:10:47,660
I'm still there for him.
1764
01:10:47,744 --> 01:10:49,162
♪ ♪
1765
01:10:49,287 --> 01:10:50,788
It was totally different
when I had my son
1766
01:10:50,872 --> 01:10:52,707
because I was a kid myself,
you know?
1767
01:10:52,832 --> 01:10:54,834
I was only 17 years old.
1768
01:10:54,876 --> 01:10:58,963
Not having that male presence
in my life was a huge factor,
1769
01:10:59,005 --> 01:11:01,132
but I tried my best.
1770
01:11:01,174 --> 01:11:03,676
I tried to make sure
I did the same thing
1771
01:11:03,801 --> 01:11:05,553
that my mom did for me,
1772
01:11:05,678 --> 01:11:09,015
and that was work my butt off.
1773
01:11:09,140 --> 01:11:11,309
I tried to give my son a image
1774
01:11:11,392 --> 01:11:13,686
that I wanted him
to actually be like,
1775
01:11:13,811 --> 01:11:16,689
but I didn't have the tools
to actually be able
1776
01:11:16,814 --> 01:11:18,483
to teach him everything
that he needed to know,
1777
01:11:18,608 --> 01:11:20,651
especially from
a educational side.
1778
01:11:20,693 --> 01:11:22,153
♪ ♪
1779
01:11:22,236 --> 01:11:24,655
‐ He was so young,
a young single parent
1780
01:11:24,739 --> 01:11:26,908
without a wife,
working hard,
1781
01:11:27,033 --> 01:11:31,037
building up his career,
a lot of time on the road,
1782
01:11:31,162 --> 01:11:35,166
but then when that second
phase of his life came around,
1783
01:11:35,249 --> 01:11:36,667
there was different dynamics
1784
01:11:36,793 --> 01:11:40,046
that played into
the role of fatherhood.
1785
01:11:40,171 --> 01:11:41,631
‐ Booker T!
‐ Hey, Booker!
1786
01:11:41,756 --> 01:11:43,049
‐ He was stable.
1787
01:11:43,174 --> 01:11:45,593
He was more established
in his career.
1788
01:11:45,676 --> 01:11:47,637
He married a wonderful woman.
1789
01:11:47,678 --> 01:11:48,763
‐ All right.
1790
01:11:48,846 --> 01:11:50,556
♪ ♪
1791
01:11:50,640 --> 01:11:52,183
Booker and I were married
1792
01:11:52,308 --> 01:11:55,478
February 5, 2005.
1793
01:11:55,561 --> 01:11:59,315
It was a beautiful ceremony in
my hometown of Gary, Indiana.
1794
01:11:59,440 --> 01:12:00,858
I only had, I think,
three months
1795
01:12:00,983 --> 01:12:04,195
to plan the wedding
because of our schedule.
1796
01:12:04,278 --> 01:12:06,197
Most women want to have a year
to plan
1797
01:12:06,322 --> 01:12:08,574
and find the perfect dress
and all that.
1798
01:12:08,699 --> 01:12:09,992
I didn't have time
for any of that.
1799
01:12:10,076 --> 01:12:11,494
It was definitely a whirlwind
1800
01:12:11,619 --> 01:12:14,872
and then right back to work
the following week.
1801
01:12:14,956 --> 01:12:18,125
‐ I was gonna quit the company
right after we got married.
1802
01:12:18,251 --> 01:12:19,669
I didn't want to be away
from Sharmell.
1803
01:12:19,794 --> 01:12:21,420
I didn't want to be
on the road all the time.
1804
01:12:21,504 --> 01:12:24,882
‐ He was considering
cutting back on his work,
1805
01:12:25,007 --> 01:12:28,135
and all of a sudden,
they decided to bring me in,
1806
01:12:28,219 --> 01:12:29,387
to bring me back.
1807
01:12:31,681 --> 01:12:33,724
So babe, I don't know
how you felt
1808
01:12:33,850 --> 01:12:35,643
the first time you saw
action figures
1809
01:12:35,726 --> 01:12:37,562
'cause I know you've had
action figures before,
1810
01:12:37,645 --> 01:12:39,438
but this was
my very first one.
1811
01:12:39,522 --> 01:12:40,940
‐ Yeah.
‐ This is amazing.
1812
01:12:41,023 --> 01:12:43,985
How many husbands and wives
do you think have this?
1813
01:12:44,110 --> 01:12:45,486
‐ Yeah, it's crazy,
yeah.
1814
01:12:45,570 --> 01:12:48,155
‐ He's always called me
his queen,
1815
01:12:48,239 --> 01:12:50,908
so we kinda just transitioned
that into wrestling.
1816
01:12:50,992 --> 01:12:55,329
The true life stories
make for the best work, right?
1817
01:12:55,413 --> 01:12:57,373
So it kinda just easily flowed
into King Booker
1818
01:12:57,498 --> 01:12:58,541
and Queen Sharmell.
1819
01:12:58,666 --> 01:13:03,504
All hail King Booker!
1820
01:13:03,629 --> 01:13:05,256
‐ Oh, look at this!
1821
01:13:05,339 --> 01:13:09,010
‐ Oh, must be good‐‐must
be nice to be the king.
1822
01:13:09,135 --> 01:13:10,803
‐ It was just entertaining.
1823
01:13:10,845 --> 01:13:12,805
It was something that people
had never seen before,
1824
01:13:12,847 --> 01:13:15,474
and then they had never seen
Booker T in that light before.
1825
01:13:15,558 --> 01:13:18,644
He was always rugged,
raw, you know, tough,
1826
01:13:18,728 --> 01:13:20,521
and now he's coming out
and just,
1827
01:13:20,605 --> 01:13:24,984
like, prancing around,
elegant and classy and pompous,
1828
01:13:25,067 --> 01:13:26,944
contradictory on every level.
1829
01:13:27,028 --> 01:13:27,904
I thought it was brilliant.
1830
01:13:28,029 --> 01:13:29,697
[regal music]
1831
01:13:29,780 --> 01:13:31,908
‐ It was such an awesome,
awesome time in my career,
1832
01:13:32,033 --> 01:13:33,159
so much fun,
1833
01:13:33,284 --> 01:13:34,869
but man, this fool's crazy.
1834
01:13:34,952 --> 01:13:36,078
He really is crazy.
1835
01:13:36,203 --> 01:13:37,830
‐ He would just open up
the cape,
1836
01:13:37,872 --> 01:13:40,666
and he'd have his scepter,
and he'd just twirl around
1837
01:13:40,791 --> 01:13:43,127
and look so very majestic.
1838
01:13:43,252 --> 01:13:45,254
All of the little things
that he did
1839
01:13:45,338 --> 01:13:48,382
really made
that character amazing.
1840
01:13:48,507 --> 01:13:51,427
‐ This guy is walking around
like he's royalty,
1841
01:13:51,510 --> 01:13:54,430
holding his pinkie
up in the air.
1842
01:13:54,513 --> 01:13:56,933
‐ I think he was just
making it up as he goes.
1843
01:13:57,016 --> 01:13:58,684
‐ As I ponder.
1844
01:13:58,809 --> 01:14:00,478
‐ He started speaking
in a bad British accent.
1845
01:14:00,603 --> 01:14:03,689
‐ Has become a much,
much better place since I,
1846
01:14:03,814 --> 01:14:07,068
King Booker,
has become ruler of it.
1847
01:14:07,193 --> 01:14:09,570
‐ He was almost like
Kevin Costner in "Robin Hood."
1848
01:14:09,654 --> 01:14:11,489
Like, he would float
in and out of the accent.
1849
01:14:11,572 --> 01:14:13,115
‐ If you got him too angry,
1850
01:14:13,199 --> 01:14:15,660
then his British accent
went right back to the hood.
1851
01:14:15,743 --> 01:14:18,329
‐ It's going to be
in a steel cage.
1852
01:14:18,371 --> 01:14:19,497
‐ Oh, hell no!
1853
01:14:19,580 --> 01:14:21,707
‐ What?
Oh, baby, baby.
1854
01:14:21,832 --> 01:14:23,459
‐ Hell no! Oh, hell no! ‐
Come on, baby, you‐‐
1855
01:14:23,584 --> 01:14:26,045
‐ Oh, oh, oh.
Oh, oh.
1856
01:14:26,170 --> 01:14:29,298
People would actually treat me
like a king as well.
1857
01:14:29,382 --> 01:14:31,467
I don't think I paid
for a meal the whole year
1858
01:14:31,550 --> 01:14:33,761
I was King Booker anywhere.
1859
01:14:33,844 --> 01:14:36,430
‐ This is Booker T
reaching that nirvana
1860
01:14:36,514 --> 01:14:38,099
of character development,
1861
01:14:38,182 --> 01:14:42,728
the culmination of all of
Booker T's years in wrestling.
1862
01:14:42,812 --> 01:14:46,607
All of that sort of led to him
finding this perfect character
1863
01:14:46,691 --> 01:14:48,859
that was undeniable,
I mean, to the point
1864
01:14:48,943 --> 01:14:51,320
where you gotta give him
the championship.
1865
01:14:51,404 --> 01:14:53,406
He became champion
as King Booker,
1866
01:14:53,531 --> 01:14:55,449
and it is as memorable
1867
01:14:55,533 --> 01:14:57,368
as anything
he's ever done in wrestling.
1868
01:14:57,493 --> 01:15:00,371
‐ The poor kid from Houston,
Texas,
1869
01:15:00,454 --> 01:15:01,414
has risen
to the top of the world.
1870
01:15:01,539 --> 01:15:04,792
‐ All hail King Booker!
1871
01:15:04,875 --> 01:15:06,252
♪ ♪
1872
01:15:06,335 --> 01:15:08,963
‐ King!
1873
01:15:09,005 --> 01:15:12,091
Booker!
1874
01:15:12,174 --> 01:15:14,343
[laughter]
1875
01:15:14,427 --> 01:15:17,972
Ooh, give me some, baby.
1876
01:15:18,055 --> 01:15:22,226
♪ ♪
1877
01:15:22,309 --> 01:15:23,477
[camera shutter snaps]
1878
01:15:23,519 --> 01:15:25,980
‐ Watch out, now. And...
1879
01:15:26,105 --> 01:15:27,148
We know that...
1880
01:15:27,231 --> 01:15:28,524
‐ [laughs]
‐ You look great.
1881
01:15:28,649 --> 01:15:30,693
We're the one person
we can count on
1882
01:15:30,818 --> 01:15:33,529
when all else fails,
and we really hold that dear.
1883
01:15:33,612 --> 01:15:36,073
[light music]
1884
01:15:36,198 --> 01:15:41,078
‐ For us, it's been
a team effort since day one,
1885
01:15:41,203 --> 01:15:43,664
us pulling together
and now having twins...
1886
01:15:43,748 --> 01:15:44,957
Hey, guys.
A boy and a girl,
1887
01:15:45,041 --> 01:15:46,250
eight years old,
1888
01:15:46,375 --> 01:15:48,669
I never imagined
in a million years
1889
01:15:48,794 --> 01:15:50,671
that her and I would have
kids running around.
1890
01:15:50,796 --> 01:15:52,339
It's pretty, pretty special.
1891
01:15:52,465 --> 01:15:54,133
Good day at school today?
1892
01:15:54,258 --> 01:15:55,634
‐ Yeah.
‐ Yeah?
1893
01:15:55,718 --> 01:16:00,473
I've been practicing
all day long, yeah, baby.
1894
01:16:00,598 --> 01:16:02,767
[laughs]
‐ No.
1895
01:16:02,850 --> 01:16:03,684
‐ [laughing]
1896
01:16:03,768 --> 01:16:05,311
You know, Sharmell and I,
1897
01:16:05,394 --> 01:16:06,687
we tried to have kids
for three years,
1898
01:16:06,771 --> 01:16:08,856
and things just
didn't work out,
1899
01:16:08,981 --> 01:16:10,608
and then, you know,
instead of one, you know,
1900
01:16:10,691 --> 01:16:12,818
God blessed us with two.
1901
01:16:12,860 --> 01:16:19,742
♪ ♪
1902
01:16:22,870 --> 01:16:25,331
I've watched them grow
over the last eight years
1903
01:16:25,414 --> 01:16:26,999
and not being on
the road wrestling
1904
01:16:27,041 --> 01:16:29,251
on a weekly basis
in a different town.
1905
01:16:29,335 --> 01:16:31,378
‐ How do you do a Spinaroonie?
1906
01:16:31,504 --> 01:16:33,422
Whoa!
1907
01:16:33,506 --> 01:16:34,590
[clapping]
1908
01:16:34,673 --> 01:16:37,843
[laughter and chatter]
1909
01:16:37,927 --> 01:16:39,428
‐ That part right there,
I think,
1910
01:16:39,512 --> 01:16:41,972
has been more special
than anything.
1911
01:16:42,098 --> 01:16:43,641
♪ ♪
1912
01:16:43,766 --> 01:16:47,186
‐ Wait.
[laughter]
1913
01:16:48,813 --> 01:16:50,731
Okay, don't eat it all
at one time.
1914
01:16:50,856 --> 01:16:52,566
‐ I'm not.
‐ [laughs]
1915
01:16:52,691 --> 01:16:54,652
‐ I was working on prefixes
and suffixes.
1916
01:16:54,777 --> 01:16:57,780
‐ So how much did Tessa save?
‐ Seven.
1917
01:16:57,863 --> 01:16:59,615
‐ $7? And how much did‐‐
‐ $7.
1918
01:16:59,698 --> 01:17:02,326
‐ Mm‐hmm.
‐ $7 and $7, so $14.
1919
01:17:02,409 --> 01:17:05,496
‐ In some aspects,
our kids are polar opposites,
1920
01:17:05,579 --> 01:17:06,831
but they're both
extremely talented
1921
01:17:06,914 --> 01:17:09,291
and so very, very smart.
1922
01:17:09,375 --> 01:17:11,335
Booker is an amazing dad.
1923
01:17:11,460 --> 01:17:13,462
He's so playful with the kids.
1924
01:17:13,587 --> 01:17:15,464
‐ Come on!
1925
01:17:15,589 --> 01:17:18,509
[laughing]
1926
01:17:18,634 --> 01:17:20,970
Finish him!
‐ Yes!
1927
01:17:21,011 --> 01:17:22,012
‐ Oh, no.
1928
01:17:22,138 --> 01:17:24,223
‐ My son, Kendrick,
is now really,
1929
01:17:24,306 --> 01:17:25,516
really into wrestling.
1930
01:17:25,641 --> 01:17:27,184
‐ I got him now, baby.
1931
01:17:27,309 --> 01:17:29,728
‐ A lot of times I catch
just spontaneous moments
1932
01:17:29,812 --> 01:17:31,230
between the two of them.
1933
01:17:31,313 --> 01:17:34,275
‐ Hey, come on.
‐ [laughs]
1934
01:17:34,358 --> 01:17:35,568
Oh, my God.
1935
01:17:35,693 --> 01:17:36,902
‐ I'm very fortunate
1936
01:17:37,027 --> 01:17:38,654
for the way our kids
are growing up,
1937
01:17:38,779 --> 01:17:40,865
and we're just afforded
this family
1938
01:17:40,990 --> 01:17:43,367
that Booker, unfortunately,
didn't have
1939
01:17:43,492 --> 01:17:44,618
when he was growing up.
1940
01:17:44,702 --> 01:17:46,370
‐ You got it! Yes!
1941
01:17:46,495 --> 01:17:48,664
Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!
‐ Oh, no!
1942
01:17:48,747 --> 01:17:51,000
‐ Yes! Yes!
[laughter]
1943
01:17:51,083 --> 01:17:53,794
‐ Of course,
Booker cooks really well.
1944
01:17:53,836 --> 01:17:55,087
He can cook better than me.
1945
01:17:55,171 --> 01:17:57,214
That's the only time
I'll admit that.
1946
01:17:57,298 --> 01:17:58,632
So I'll tell you
what I can do.
1947
01:17:58,716 --> 01:18:01,635
I can turn the oven on
for the French fries.
1948
01:18:01,719 --> 01:18:03,971
‐ I get anxiety
maybe three days
1949
01:18:04,054 --> 01:18:06,682
before I have to leave
on a one‐day trip.
1950
01:18:06,765 --> 01:18:09,059
I literally‐‐I'll be
sitting here, and I go,
1951
01:18:09,185 --> 01:18:10,811
"Man, I can't wait
to get back,"
1952
01:18:10,895 --> 01:18:12,646
and I haven't even gone.
‐ And he hasn't even left yet,
1953
01:18:12,730 --> 01:18:14,690
Yeah.
‐ [laughs] So...
1954
01:18:14,815 --> 01:18:15,983
‐ Every time.
1955
01:18:16,025 --> 01:18:18,444
‐ Because I do love
being a dad.
1956
01:18:18,527 --> 01:18:20,362
I do love being at home.
1957
01:18:20,446 --> 01:18:23,032
That's what's cool about,
you know, this stage of life,
1958
01:18:23,157 --> 01:18:26,827
and I can honestly say,
you know, it's the best stage.
1959
01:18:26,911 --> 01:18:30,206
I do want the memories
that my son and my daughter
1960
01:18:30,331 --> 01:18:32,249
have of their dad
1961
01:18:32,333 --> 01:18:35,836
be something that's gonna
catapult them throughout life.
1962
01:18:35,961 --> 01:18:37,463
They're gonna know exactly
what it's‐‐
1963
01:18:37,588 --> 01:18:39,131
what it means to be a dad.
1964
01:18:39,173 --> 01:18:41,800
They're gonna know exactly
what it means to be a mom,
1965
01:18:41,926 --> 01:18:43,969
and that right there,
at the end of the day,
1966
01:18:44,094 --> 01:18:46,639
you know, we've done our job.
1967
01:18:46,764 --> 01:18:52,353
♪ ♪
1968
01:18:52,436 --> 01:18:54,146
‐ Let's bring in now
our two‐time WWE Hall of Famer,
1969
01:18:54,271 --> 01:18:56,607
our good friend, of course,
Booker T, to the panel.
1970
01:18:56,690 --> 01:18:58,067
‐ Whoo!
‐ Let's see those rings.
1971
01:18:58,192 --> 01:18:59,652
‐ Which one of these?
Where my camera at?
1972
01:18:59,777 --> 01:19:01,278
‐ Right there.
‐ Right there? Oh. [laughs]
1973
01:19:01,362 --> 01:19:02,988
‐ Look at all that gold.
1974
01:19:03,072 --> 01:19:05,282
‐ Congratulations, sir,
last night‐‐
1975
01:19:05,366 --> 01:19:07,076
‐ If you know Booker,
1976
01:19:07,201 --> 01:19:09,370
I've never seen the guy
in a bad mood.
1977
01:19:09,495 --> 01:19:11,538
♪ ♪
1978
01:19:11,664 --> 01:19:14,166
‐ That feels good right there.
1979
01:19:14,208 --> 01:19:17,294
‐ Sports entertainment
is in his blood.
1980
01:19:17,336 --> 01:19:20,089
‐ Coming to the final chapter
of Wrestlemania.
1981
01:19:20,172 --> 01:19:23,842
‐ To see the guy
that I first met in the '90s
1982
01:19:23,968 --> 01:19:25,678
and to know Booker now,
1983
01:19:25,803 --> 01:19:28,472
his legacy
just continues to grow
1984
01:19:28,597 --> 01:19:32,434
because he's one of the guys
that wants to give back,
1985
01:19:32,518 --> 01:19:33,936
that is giving back.
1986
01:19:34,019 --> 01:19:35,980
‐ And I understand exactly
what you're talking about.
1987
01:19:36,105 --> 01:19:40,484
It will eat you all week
thinking about that, I swear.
1988
01:19:40,567 --> 01:19:43,279
‐ I appreciate
the words of wisdom.
1989
01:19:43,362 --> 01:19:46,031
‐ Holla. Stay up.
1990
01:19:46,156 --> 01:19:48,867
I love being around the events
to be a mentor.
1991
01:19:48,993 --> 01:19:50,452
‐ Off the European tour.
1992
01:19:50,536 --> 01:19:51,829
‐ Shine some knowledge,
you know,
1993
01:19:51,912 --> 01:19:53,831
let these guys sit under
the learning tree.
1994
01:19:53,956 --> 01:19:56,166
‐ An African‐American kid
coming up, you know,
1995
01:19:56,250 --> 01:19:57,710
wanting to do
what you were doing.
1996
01:19:57,835 --> 01:19:59,295
It was‐‐it was always
a sense of motivation,
1997
01:19:59,420 --> 01:20:01,839
so I'm just trying to‐‐
trying to pay it forward.
1998
01:20:01,964 --> 01:20:03,257
‐ So you gotta be champion
in the ring
1999
01:20:03,340 --> 01:20:05,175
as well as out of the ring,
all the time.
2000
01:20:05,259 --> 01:20:07,094
It doesn't cost you anything
to be nice to people, man,
2001
01:20:07,177 --> 01:20:08,929
and it'll take you
so far in life,
2002
01:20:09,013 --> 01:20:11,473
so definitely, man, just keep
doing what you do, bro.
2003
01:20:11,557 --> 01:20:12,850
‐ Yeah.
‐ I love the business,
2004
01:20:12,975 --> 01:20:19,148
and the business
have given me so much.
2005
01:20:19,231 --> 01:20:20,774
‐ Oh!
2006
01:20:24,695 --> 01:20:25,738
‐ It starts right here.
2007
01:20:25,863 --> 01:20:28,240
I had a dream back in 2005.
2008
01:20:28,365 --> 01:20:29,950
I said, "One day
I'm gonna open up
2009
01:20:30,034 --> 01:20:31,660
my own wrestling school.
2010
01:20:31,785 --> 01:20:35,164
I'm gonna teach kids
the proper way."
2011
01:20:35,205 --> 01:20:36,832
Good job, Callie, good job.
2012
01:20:36,915 --> 01:20:38,667
We come here Monday
through Friday.
2013
01:20:38,751 --> 01:20:41,545
The gym's open from normally
around 6;00 p. m.
2014
01:20:41,670 --> 01:20:43,088
It goes till
the last man leaves.
2015
01:20:43,172 --> 01:20:45,799
Bang, all right?
It's gotta be that big.
2016
01:20:45,924 --> 01:20:47,843
That's the thinking part, guys.
2017
01:20:47,968 --> 01:20:49,970
You're trying
to think storytelling.
2018
01:20:50,095 --> 01:20:52,473
This is my livelihood.
This is what I do.
2019
01:20:52,598 --> 01:20:53,974
This is my trade.
2020
01:20:54,099 --> 01:20:56,435
My knowledge
is never gonna go away.
2021
01:20:56,518 --> 01:20:58,312
And then bam.
2022
01:20:58,395 --> 01:21:00,898
I loved doing that spot right
there
2023
01:21:01,023 --> 01:21:03,901
almost more than any spot
that I ever did
2024
01:21:04,026 --> 01:21:06,153
in professional wrestling,
I swear to God.
2025
01:21:06,195 --> 01:21:09,031
Pop the crowd to where they go,
"Wow, that was awesome."
2026
01:21:09,156 --> 01:21:11,867
Add a little bit more on it.
It means something.
2027
01:21:11,992 --> 01:21:13,327
Think about the guy
in the cheap seats.
2028
01:21:13,410 --> 01:21:14,995
I want my youngsters
to be able
2029
01:21:15,079 --> 01:21:16,246
to create their own stories.
2030
01:21:16,372 --> 01:21:17,664
Okay, bro.
‐ I want to be with you,
2031
01:21:17,790 --> 01:21:20,084
brother.
‐ Hey, man, welcome to the club.
2032
01:21:20,167 --> 01:21:21,251
‐ Thank you.
2033
01:21:21,335 --> 01:21:22,961
‐ That's what it all
started out as,
2034
01:21:23,045 --> 01:21:25,672
and then it manifested into
2035
01:21:25,798 --> 01:21:27,424
us having our own
wrestling promotion.
2036
01:21:27,508 --> 01:21:30,010
♪ ♪
2037
01:21:30,135 --> 01:21:32,805
‐ This is really exciting.
We have a huge crowd tonight,
2038
01:21:32,888 --> 01:21:34,556
and all of our hard work,
I know it's gonna pay off,
2039
01:21:34,640 --> 01:21:35,974
and we're gonna have
a great show.
2040
01:21:36,058 --> 01:21:37,684
‐ Yeah, do you hear that crowd
behind us?
2041
01:21:37,810 --> 01:21:39,395
They're getting ready
to have some fun.
2042
01:21:39,520 --> 01:21:42,356
[indistinct shouts]
2043
01:21:47,361 --> 01:21:51,615
Then our fans coming to see
our own homegrown talent,
2044
01:21:51,698 --> 01:21:53,325
they are the stars of the show.
2045
01:21:53,409 --> 01:21:56,537
[indistinct shouts]
2046
01:21:56,662 --> 01:21:58,080
I mean, we got something here,
2047
01:21:58,205 --> 01:22:00,165
and we could take this thing
to the next level...
2048
01:22:00,290 --> 01:22:02,793
♪ ♪
2049
01:22:02,835 --> 01:22:04,294
And we're on our way.
2050
01:22:04,378 --> 01:22:06,964
♪ ♪
2051
01:22:07,047 --> 01:22:08,799
‐ Hey! [indistinct shout]
2052
01:22:08,882 --> 01:22:13,011
‐ [laughs]
2053
01:22:13,137 --> 01:22:15,764
‐ He had all the odds
against him.
2054
01:22:15,848 --> 01:22:18,142
If you were to pick out
the kid
2055
01:22:18,267 --> 01:22:21,520
that was gonna end up dead
by the time he was 30,
2056
01:22:21,645 --> 01:22:24,481
you would probably pick
Booker T. Huffman.
2057
01:22:24,565 --> 01:22:27,359
♪ ♪
2058
01:22:27,484 --> 01:22:28,652
He grew up.
2059
01:22:28,735 --> 01:22:31,321
He experienced life‐‐
2060
01:22:31,405 --> 01:22:34,116
good, bad, ugly.
2061
01:22:34,199 --> 01:22:37,411
Book did what it took.
2062
01:22:37,536 --> 01:22:39,204
He never went and said,
2063
01:22:39,329 --> 01:22:43,000
"Well, here's a shortcut
over here I can take,"
2064
01:22:43,125 --> 01:22:46,837
and the rewards matched
the hard work that he put in.
2065
01:22:46,962 --> 01:22:48,797
♪ ♪
2066
01:22:48,881 --> 01:22:52,301
He is a real‐life
success story.
2067
01:22:52,384 --> 01:22:53,802
‐ You ain't never
coming back!
2068
01:22:53,844 --> 01:22:56,263
You going down
for the one, two, three
2069
01:22:56,346 --> 01:22:59,683
because I got all my people
standing behind me 110%!
2070
01:22:59,808 --> 01:23:01,351
Hey!
2071
01:23:01,477 --> 01:23:03,645
‐ People thought that
he couldn't do something
2072
01:23:03,729 --> 01:23:05,397
because of either his race
2073
01:23:05,522 --> 01:23:06,773
or where he was from
2074
01:23:06,857 --> 01:23:08,233
or how he looked or the fact
2075
01:23:08,358 --> 01:23:10,652
that he didn't have
a formal education.
2076
01:23:10,777 --> 01:23:11,820
That's what drove him.
2077
01:23:11,904 --> 01:23:18,160
♪ ♪
2078
01:23:18,285 --> 01:23:20,662
Booker's just a survivor,
2079
01:23:20,746 --> 01:23:23,290
and when you see Booker T,
you take people at face value,
2080
01:23:23,373 --> 01:23:25,125
and you believe
in redemption stories.
2081
01:23:25,209 --> 01:23:27,377
‐ Those kids who told me
I wasn't gonna be anything,
2082
01:23:27,503 --> 01:23:29,129
I look back on them now,
2083
01:23:29,254 --> 01:23:31,965
and I say,
"How do you like me now?"
2084
01:23:32,049 --> 01:23:33,509
Guys, all of you gonna
get a chance
2085
01:23:33,634 --> 01:23:34,885
to make it through that.
2086
01:23:34,968 --> 01:23:37,554
Don't let anyone stop you
2087
01:23:37,679 --> 01:23:38,889
from making...
2088
01:23:39,014 --> 01:23:41,350
[cheering]
2089
01:23:41,433 --> 01:23:42,935
♪ ♪
2090
01:23:43,018 --> 01:23:44,978
‐ Statistically,
he wasn't supposed to be
2091
01:23:45,062 --> 01:23:46,980
on that stage
at Madison Square Garden
2092
01:23:47,064 --> 01:23:48,690
being inducted
into the Hall of Fame.
2093
01:23:48,774 --> 01:23:52,319
That made it all the more
special, because he made it.
2094
01:23:52,444 --> 01:23:53,111
He made it.
2095
01:23:53,195 --> 01:23:56,323
[cheers and applause]
2096
01:23:56,406 --> 01:24:03,330
♪ ♪
2097
01:24:10,629 --> 01:24:13,006
‐ I always ask God, you know,
why me, you know?
2098
01:24:13,131 --> 01:24:16,468
I've always asked God,
you know, why me?
2099
01:24:16,552 --> 01:24:18,262
♪ ♪
2100
01:24:18,345 --> 01:24:21,640
30 years later, it's really,
really hard to explain.
2101
01:24:21,723 --> 01:24:25,143
♪ ♪
2102
01:24:25,269 --> 01:24:27,187
The safest place
that I could ever be
2103
01:24:27,312 --> 01:24:29,982
was in the middle of the ring
painting my Picasso.
2104
01:24:30,065 --> 01:24:32,442
♪ ♪
2105
01:24:32,526 --> 01:24:35,028
I always wanted to perform
at the highest level,
2106
01:24:35,153 --> 01:24:36,738
and I wanted to be remembered
2107
01:24:36,822 --> 01:24:39,408
making people feel a certain
way when they watch me.
2108
01:24:39,491 --> 01:24:46,415
♪ ♪
2109
01:24:50,752 --> 01:24:52,629
[inaudible]
2110
01:24:52,713 --> 01:24:54,881
♪ ♪
2111
01:24:55,007 --> 01:24:58,594
And if you guys,
the fans are enjoying it
2112
01:24:58,677 --> 01:25:02,180
and having a good time,
we're doing something right.
2113
01:25:02,306 --> 01:25:04,766
That's what it's always
been about with me.
2114
01:25:04,850 --> 01:25:06,643
♪ ♪
2115
01:25:06,768 --> 01:25:08,854
Now, can you dig that...
2116
01:25:08,979 --> 01:25:12,774
all: Sucka!
2117
01:25:12,858 --> 01:25:16,153
♪ ♪
2118
01:25:16,194 --> 01:25:18,405
‐ I just want to say
it's on
2119
01:25:18,530 --> 01:25:21,033
like a big pot of neck bone,
baby.
2120
01:25:21,158 --> 01:25:23,660
I'm gonna put you in the pot
like I do the neck bone.
2121
01:25:23,744 --> 01:25:26,413
I'm gonna stir it up,
and it's gonna be on, daddy.
2122
01:25:26,538 --> 01:25:28,999
We gonna turn the thing
up to 1,000 degrees,
2123
01:25:29,082 --> 01:25:30,459
and we gonna burn everybody!
2124
01:25:30,542 --> 01:25:33,670
Five‐time, five‐time,
five‐time, five‐time,
2125
01:25:33,795 --> 01:25:36,298
five‐time WCW champion!
2126
01:25:36,423 --> 01:25:39,009
Now, can you dig that?
2127
01:25:39,134 --> 01:25:42,179
[crowd cheering]
2128
01:25:43,513 --> 01:25:45,307
Sucka!