For me it's definitely before.
Till about 96 (around WM 12 I think) I hated harlem heat mainly because I was still under the mindset of no matter what, hate the bad guys and love the good guys. Then I started actually watching the way wrestlers wrestled, and I started liking Booker. I thought WCW used him pretty well after HH split, and I especially liked his feud with benoit in the best of 7 series they had in 98. I also got into his feud for the world title with Steiner as well. The only thing I hated (thanks to, i think, Russo) was the GI Bro crap.
When he hit the E, He was decent at best, imo, but it was clear that he would go down like everyone else who came over in the buyout did, though it took longer than I thought it would, finally happening at SSlam against Triple H.
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