After WCW was bought by the WWF in March 2001, Booker T made his WWF/E debut at the King of the Ring 2001 pay-per-view attacking WWF Champion Stone Cold Steve Austin during his match. He became a leading member of the The Alliance during The Invasion storyline. During July 2001, Booker defended his WCW World Heavyweight Championship against men Buff Bagwell and in the first WWF vs. WCW match, Kurt Angle. At InVasion Team WCW/ECW defeated Team WWF when Steve Austin joined the Alliance. On July 26, Booker gave up his WCW United States Title and handed it over to Chris Kanyon. He later lost the WCW World title to Kurt Angle but he went on to win the title back on the July 30 episode of Raw
Booker kept the title until SummerSlam when he lost the title to The Rock after feuding with him over the similarity in their gimmicks and their identical finishing moves, the Book End / Rock Bottom. Booker T won the WCW World Tag Team Championship for an eleventh time this time with Test and he also had a WWF World Tag Team Championship reign with Test. At the 2001 Survivor Series, Booker T was eliminated 5th by The Rock after a roll up and eventually The Alliance was defeated, causing them to disband. In its aftermath, Booker remained a heel and joined forces with Vince McMahon and The Boss Man in December to feuded with Stone Cold Steve Austin. After Booker T cost Austin a match against Chris Jericho for the WWF Undisputed Championship at Vengeance 2001, Austin gained revenge by attacking Booker T in a grocery store, humiliating him by covering him in food.
Booker T's first WrestleMania appearance was at WrestleMania X8 against Edge. Because it was taking place in Edge's hometown of Toronto, Ontario; the match was thrown on the card only a few weeks before the event. Due to this, the reason they were feuding was quickly contrived- over who would appear in a non-fictional Japanese shampoo commercial. When the brand extension was introduced in March, Booker T was drafted to the Raw brand. Booker T held the WWF Hardcore Championship twice in May 2002.
With the nWo now operating in WWE, Booker T was eventually invited into the faction. However, his time there was short-lived, when he got kicked out of the group ( literally) by Shawn Michaels, who believed Booker T was taking away from his own spotlight, and turning Booker face. Booker would find an unusual partnership with Goldust and the pair would team to battle the nWo and then later, the Un-Americans.
Booker was also involved in the first ever Elimination Chamber at Survivor Series 2002 where the World Heavyweight title was on the line, however he was eliminated by Chris Jericho.
He would spend the rest of 2002 teaming with Goldust, his unlikely yet very successful tag team partner, as they won World Tag Team Championship at Armageddon 2002 in a Tag Team Elimination match defeating the teams of Christian & Chris Jericho, Lance Storm & William Regal and the Dudley Boyz. In which they held the belts for about three weeks. The loss of the titles would lead to the breakup of the their team, as the two partners agreed to go their separate ways. The gimmick for Booker and Goldust was Goldust being a strange, yet dependable ally who Booker eventually warmed up to after initial skepticism.
Booker kept the title until SummerSlam when he lost the title to The Rock after feuding with him over the similarity in their gimmicks and their identical finishing moves, the Book End / Rock Bottom. Booker T won the WCW World Tag Team Championship for an eleventh time this time with Test and he also had a WWF World Tag Team Championship reign with Test. At the 2001 Survivor Series, Booker T was eliminated 5th by The Rock after a roll up and eventually The Alliance was defeated, causing them to disband. In its aftermath, Booker remained a heel and joined forces with Vince McMahon and The Boss Man in December to feuded with Stone Cold Steve Austin. After Booker T cost Austin a match against Chris Jericho for the WWF Undisputed Championship at Vengeance 2001, Austin gained revenge by attacking Booker T in a grocery store, humiliating him by covering him in food.
Booker T's first WrestleMania appearance was at WrestleMania X8 against Edge. Because it was taking place in Edge's hometown of Toronto, Ontario; the match was thrown on the card only a few weeks before the event. Due to this, the reason they were feuding was quickly contrived- over who would appear in a non-fictional Japanese shampoo commercial. When the brand extension was introduced in March, Booker T was drafted to the Raw brand. Booker T held the WWF Hardcore Championship twice in May 2002.
With the nWo now operating in WWE, Booker T was eventually invited into the faction. However, his time there was short-lived, when he got kicked out of the group ( literally) by Shawn Michaels, who believed Booker T was taking away from his own spotlight, and turning Booker face. Booker would find an unusual partnership with Goldust and the pair would team to battle the nWo and then later, the Un-Americans.
Booker was also involved in the first ever Elimination Chamber at Survivor Series 2002 where the World Heavyweight title was on the line, however he was eliminated by Chris Jericho.
He would spend the rest of 2002 teaming with Goldust, his unlikely yet very successful tag team partner, as they won World Tag Team Championship at Armageddon 2002 in a Tag Team Elimination match defeating the teams of Christian & Chris Jericho, Lance Storm & William Regal and the Dudley Boyz. In which they held the belts for about three weeks. The loss of the titles would lead to the breakup of the their team, as the two partners agreed to go their separate ways. The gimmick for Booker and Goldust was Goldust being a strange, yet dependable ally who Booker eventually warmed up to after initial skepticism.
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