The WCW Career of Ron Simmons

Wrestling Bios Presents - The WCW Career of Ron Simmons Ron Simmons career in WCW was incredibly noteworthy. After a highly succesful football career, Ron Simmons got trained for professional wrestling by Hiro Matsuda and entered the wrestling world as an already established athlete. Ron was made an instant fan favourite when he made his debut in Florida and got success quite early on. In WCW, Ron Simmons would make history. After competing in singles action, he formed a tag team with Butch Reed known as Doom. Doom would become succesful in the tag team ranks of WCW, capturing the tag team championships while under the management of Teddy Long. When Butch and Ron broke up, Simmons was put on a main event path which led to a match with Lex Luger for the WCW title at Halloween Havoc 1991. While Ron didn't win the title during this showdown, it proved that he was an extremely hard worker. Ron Simmons did eventually capture the WCW World Heavyweight Championship when he defeated Big Van Vader in the summer of 1992. His win here ensured he would go down in the history books, and while things didn't turn out how he envisioned after winning the title, Ron Simmons is extremely proud of this accomplishment. Ron paved the way for others to follow, and he described his title win as a feeling he will never know again. This mini documentary from Wrestling Bios takes a look at the WCW Career of Ron Simmons. Topics covered include: 01:44 - Ron Simmons Football Career at Florida State 03:40 - Ron debuts in Florida Championship Wrestling 05:40 - Ron Simmons and Butch Reed become Doom 08:16 - Lex Luger vs Ron Simmons at Halloween Havoc 1991 10:00 - Ron Simmons makes history and becomes the World Champion 12:29 - Bobo Brazil and his NWA Championship "win" 13:59 - Ron Simmon's short run as WCW Champion Much More! If you would like to support the channel and my work, please consider becoming a channel member:    / @wrestlingbios   #wwe #wrestling #documentary