Rating The Champ: Booker T – SmarKDown's Blog

Welcome to a new series on the website, called Rating The Champ. This will follow my prior World Title Series, where I reviewed each and every WWE Heavyweight Champion in history from Hulk Hogan’s first title win in 1984 all the way to the current days. Money in the Bank cash-ins will not be included for obvious reasons, unless it was a proper match (ie: Rob Van Dam at One Night Stand 2006). Royal Rumble and battle royales won’t be included as well.

In this new series, I will rate all the PPV matches from each and every WWF/E Heavyweight Champion in history. To be fair, since this is the WWF/E title, I’ll only rate their PPV matches in the WWF/E. In this edition, we’ll be looking back at the PPV career of the one and only, former WCW & World Heavyweight Champion, Booker T.

2001

Inaugural Brawl: W/ Team WCW & ECW vs. Team WWF (InVasion) ***1/2
Vs. The Rock – WCW Championship (SummerSlam) ****
Handicap: W/ Shane McMahon vs. The Rock – WCW Championship (Unforgiven) **3/4
Vs. The Undertaker (No Mercy) ***1/4
W/ The Alliance vs. Team WWF (Survivor Series) ****1/2

2002

W/ Test vs. Tazz & Spike Dudley – WWF Tag Team Championship (No Way Out) *
Vs. Edge (WrestleMania X8) **
No DQ: Vs. Big Show (Vengeance) 1/2*
W/ Goldust vs. The Un-Americans – World Tag Team Championship (SummerSlam) ***
W/ Kane, Goldust & Bubba Ray Dudley vs. The Un-Americans (Unforgiven) ***
W/ Goldust vs. Chris Jericho & Christian – World Tag Team Championship (No Mercy) **3/4
Elimination Chamber Match – World Heavyweight Championship (Survivor Series) ****
Elimination: W/ Goldust vs. Chris Jericho & Christian vs. The Dudley Boyz vs. William Regal & Lance Storm – World Tag Team Championship (Armageddon) ***1/4

2003

Vs. Triple H – World Heavyweight Championship (WrestleMania XIX) **1/2
W/ HBK & Nash vs. HHH, Jericho & Flair (Backlash) **3/4
Vs. Christian – WWE Intercontinental Championship (Bad Blood) *1/2
W/ Team Austin vs. Team Bischoff (Survivor Series) ****1/4
Vs. Mark Henry (Armageddon) *

2004

W/ RVD vs. The Dudley Boyz vs. La Résistance vs. Jindrak & Cade – World Tag Team Championship (WrestleMania XX) *1/4
Vs. The Undertaker (Judgment Day) *3/4
Elimination: Vs. Cena vs. RVD vs. Duprée – WWE United States Championship (The Great American Bash) **
Vs. John Cena (SummerSlam) 3/4*
Vs. John Cena – WWE United States Championship (No Mercy) **
Vs. JBL – WWE Championship (Survivor Series) **
Vs. JBL vs. The Undertaker vs. Eddie Guerrero – WWE Championship (Armageddon) ***1/2

2005

Vs. Heidenreich (No Way Out) 1/4*
Vs. Kurt Angle (Judgment Day) ***1/4
Vs. Christian (The Great American Bash) **3/4
Vs. Chris Benoit vs. Christian vs. Orlando Jordan – WWE United States Championship (No Mercy) ***1/4
Vs. Chris Benoit (Survivor Series) ***
Vs. Chris Benoit (Armageddon) ****

2006

Vs. Chris Benoit – WWE United States Championship (No Way Out) ***1/2
Handicap: W/ Sharmell vs. The Boogeyman (WrestleMania 22) DUD
Vs. Bobby Lashley (Judgment Day) **1/2
Vs. Rey Mysterio – World Heavyweight Championship (The Great American Bash) ***
Vs. Batista – World Heavyweight Championship (SummerSlam) 1/2*
Vs. Batista vs. Bobby Lashley vs. Finlay – World Heavyweight Championship (No Mercy) ****
Vs. John Cena vs. Big Show – World Heavyweight Championship (Cyber Sunday) ***
Vs. Batista – World Heavyweight Championship (Survivor Series) **
W/ Finlay vs. John Cena & Batista (Armageddon) **

2007

Vs. Kane (No Way Out) **
MITB Ladder Match (WrestleMania 23) ****1/4
Vs. Cena vs. Lashley vs. Orton vs. Foley – WWE Championship (Vengeance: Night of Champions) ***1/2
Vs. Triple H (SummerSlam) **