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I think that could have been the plan when he was put as the leader of the nation but when Rock came in, the management realizes that he can actually surpass the expectation given to him and the money is on him, so they decided to steer course and pass him the spotlight.
@@s4xtt even so, Rock didn’t come in until later on so yes they could have but.. about this time Simmons was red hot in matches with guys like Shawn Michaels, Bret Hart/The Hart Foundation, The Undertaker etc.. that’s some pretty big names right there and he could have easily had a reign while Rocky was still in midcard on his way up perhaps
He had it all. Size, ring skills and respect of the locker room. He wasn't known for being mean or an asshole to people. You push on him he pushed back, man was fair.
Not to mention that Ron irl is a scary tough man, especially during the match against Ahmed Johnson, where Ahmed was reckless in the ring, resulted injuring Ron. When Ron gets his match against Ahmed again later on, Ron legit beat Ahmed up. Ron is basically a tiger or a lion while Ahmed is a helpless animal pinned down by the tiger/lion.
The day I was “convinced” wrestling was real was when Papa shango made the ultimate warrior vomit 🤮. As a kid you couldn’t tell me that shit wasn’t real, and I was scared shit less 😂
@@shannonschneider8413 APA is for sure a top 5 tag team in WWE even tho their runs weren’t that long..JBL and Ron had the body, the ring skills, the charisma and that damn entrance music was so good
Met Ron Simmons at a convention. Hell of a nice guy. Rounded a corner and was stuned to see him there. I fan-boyed out a little. Was in my late 30s when that happened. He had me wear his WCW Heavyweight title while I got my picture with him. Ron beatin Vader for the Title was one of my favorite wrestling memories growing up.
Dude, this is a very well put together video/documentary/trip-down-memory-lane/homage to Ron Simmons. I mean I thought i liked him before, but i like him even more now! He had a wonderful career and was tremendously significant to the industry!
I saw Ron Simmons in the parking lot of the USF Sundome after a dark match way back in the early 2000s. I rolled down my window and yelled “RON! GO SEMINOLES!” He put up the fist and said “You damn right.” I live in Tampa and I’ve bumped into a few wrestlers. This was one of my favorite encounters.
DAMN!!!!! I will NEVER get tired of it! I go searching the internet for clips of just that whenever I get down or depressed, and after just a couple "DAMNS" I'm right as rain! Thanks Ron Simmons! You're frickin' awesome!
I heard the story of all the crazy ideas that Mick Foley pitched to Ron during their feud in WCW and to hear Ron Simmons say "No, we will not be doing that" you just know that Ron would be great to talk to because he would have such great stories to tell.
Absolutely one of the best talents across all the wrestling corporations. I started watching him when he was already in the Ministry of Darkness, but I now know I must have seen him earlier in the Nation of Domination. He was always great and delivered some awesome matches, backstage segments and it's good to know that he wasn't really ever plagued with drama or bad politics behind the scenes.
Man was a legit beast. No one messed with him backstage. I heard a story where he stopped in to a gym in jeans, boots, and polo shirt, and without any warmup, pumped out 20 reps of 500b lbs. on the bench press, then left. Legend, DAMN!!!
I agree with you on that, Maurice king. The APA and the NATION OF DOMINATION was his best work, but when he won the world heavyweight championship as the first African American to do so, he opened up the doors for other people of color to accomplish their dreams and put it all on the line. He never gave up. Happy belated birthday to you, Ron Simmons! Your winning the world heavyweight championship 22 years ago is an inspiration to us that whatever you want, whatever you dream, it can happen for you!
I lived so close to Tallahassee and FSU, I always loved to see him in Tally. Twice as a child I saw him at WCW t.v. tapings from the old Leon County Civic Center, and one Smackdown taping several years later when he was doing the tag team gimmick with JBL. NO ONE got louder pops and crowd reactions than he did while in Tallahassee !
I appreciate the fact that you took the time to highlight the career of one of my favourite wrestlers. Ron Simmons deserves as lot more recognition. He has remained clean and is a role model for many. He proved that talent can take you where you need to go in the wrestling world. Thank you for this video!
I think it was a clip from Cornette’s podcast where I heard that Simmons referred to himself as “unfuckwithable”. As the Steiners would occasionally prank Reed but wouldn’t dare do anything to Simmons
@@knomaddTVyea and I don’t blame him. Some of the stories you hear about the backstage pranks are way outta line. Ron Simmons had a “Im a man first” approach and usually clowns tend to stay away from those type of men 💯
Oh DAMN, I did not see this one coming. Great vid 💯. Simmons is a true icon, pure athletic talent with raw power. I enjoyed this. Can't wait for the nxt video
Ron Simmons? One of the BEST wrestlers I ever watched on Television! My 2 Favorite college football teams, FSU & U of M!!! And yes, I am old enough to remember those Tampa Bay Bandits! Loved the USFL!!! I appreciate what Ron Simmons meant to African American Athletes in the 🌎 world of wrestling. He and Butch Reed together as DOOM, made wrestling fun to watch, just like The Legion of Doom and later, Harlem Heat!!! BoBo Brazil, Ernie "The Cat" Ladd & Sailor Art Thomas were others I enjoyed watching in my youth! Thank you, Ron Simmons. Although you're only 2 years older than I, watching you perform in the ring and becoming successful meant a great deal to me growing up!!! APA?!!? DAMN!!!
I met Ron in Stockton,Ca,,in his early wrestling days,way back,he signed my tee shirt,shook my hand, and said he didn't like my brother,because he was to afraid to talk to him,The Man was Awesome,will Always Remember,Respect,and laugh.he said my brother had no balls.
I started watching wrestling around mid 95, so I got to see the Farooq character start and change over time into my favorite period, when him and Bradshaw teamed up. The APA was awesome. It wasnt until about that time that someone had stated to me that he had won the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. I had no idea that happened since it was a few years before I started watching. A couple of times a year its fun to go back and see him beat Vader for the belt on youtube. What an amazing moment. Ron's career was impressive and he was always entertaining in one form or another. He's one of my favorite wrestlers ever and he deserves all the acclaim he can get sent his way. Thank you Ron Simmons!
I can’t wait to see JBL’s documentary from Wrestle With Andy. From a lower-card wrestler, mid-card wrestler to a main-card wrestler. Probably one of WWEs best work when it comes to developing a lower tier card wrestler and transition that wrestler to a legit main-card wrestler as a top heel.
I was a Ron Simmons fan since I was a little kid. Thanks for the video dude. To me when I was young Doom was scary and always had a chance to beat The Steiner Brothers who were my favorite tag team of all time
Woah…….. I enjoyed this video and learned a lot. Ron was the first African American WCW Champion, with the highly coveted Championship Belt. Bravo. Great sports career.
Ron Simmons had one of the all time great lines in a promo. When he faced the Undertaker at the King of the ring in 1997 for the WWF title, he said about the Undertaker "Don't worry about black mail (referring to Paul Bearer), The only black male you have to worry about is right here!" Loved that line when I rewatched that ppv.
Hey Andy....I gotta tellya this. I was reluctant to watch this video for past 24 hours. But I just watched it......gotta tell ya this.......DAMN......one helluva video.
This guy is literally built different, they say man was made from dirt, But Ron Simmons must've been made of marble chiseled with a hammer made of thunder and lightning just... god
I tell you what is great about Ron. Im sure there were a few old school "good old boys" that didn't like seeing a black man rising up to NWA champ, but he doesn't shit talk like it was rampant. He speaks on every single person from an honest perspective. He doesn't play that woke shit. Cuz he's a real man. A dying breed unfortunately.
I’m starting to feel like if any wrestler who pursued football before wrestling never got injured they wouldn’t be in the wrestling business and would’ve been known as pro football players
You know what's funny, football players were not always millionaires. That's still true today as a matter of fact. A lot of them in the 60s and 70s supplemented their income on the off season (which was most of the year) with professional wrestling. Not everyone was that successful or well known, but you look at a lot of names in the business, you will find that a lot of them wore pads at one time. So there has always been a link between the two sports.
Yeah, it's something Jim Ross has pointed out over the past few years. There's fewer football players making the transition, one of the main reasons wrestlers seem to be so much smaller today compared to 20 years ago.
Well for most of the history of football there was no money in it. Ernie Ladd gave up pro football because their was more money in wrestling. Also even now most football players are not as wealthy as you’d imagine.
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Can you do current wrestlers please? instead of old wrestlers
I'd love to see Stevie Richards or PCO... Love the channel and the work you put in brah
Can you dig it?: Booker T, No chance in hell: Vince McMahon, Most dangerous man: Ken Shamrock, or Real American: Hulk Hogan
APA skits are straight up legendary. They melded the old school and the attitude era like no other.
Ron Simmons should have had a WWE title run, I always thought his Nation Of Domination run was the perfect time to put the title on him
One hundred percent facts he should have
I think that could have been the plan when he was put as the leader of the nation but when Rock came in, the management realizes that he can actually surpass the expectation given to him and the money is on him, so they decided to steer course and pass him the spotlight.
@@s4xtt even so, Rock didn’t come in until later on so yes they could have but.. about this time Simmons was red hot in matches with guys like Shawn Michaels, Bret Hart/The Hart Foundation, The Undertaker etc.. that’s some pretty big names right there and he could have easily had a reign while Rocky was still in midcard on his way up perhaps
Definitely deserved it 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
He would’ve been champion for like 12 years. He’s an amazing wrestler
One of the unsung heroes of the Attitude Era.
DAMN!
He had it all. Size, ring skills and respect of the locker room. He wasn't known for being mean or an asshole to people. You push on him he pushed back, man was fair.
Not to mention that Ron irl is a scary tough man, especially during the match against Ahmed Johnson, where Ahmed was reckless in the ring, resulted injuring Ron. When Ron gets his match against Ahmed again later on, Ron legit beat Ahmed up.
Ron is basically a tiger or a lion while Ahmed is a helpless animal pinned down by the tiger/lion.
@@pokeczarelf Isn’t wasn’t Ahmeds recklessness that injured Ron. he purposely kicked him in his liver, lacerating it😒
"DAMN" will forever be my favorite catchphrase in WWE.
yo Seth freaking Rollins
i see you on every video i watch
Not you again 😒
Right? That door frame popped me every time.
There’s one word to describe him and that word is legend
Or "Damn"
That WCW championship victory legendary
Damn
Damn
I prefer “Man” or moreover, “man’s man”. But legend works too
It’s a shame Ron has such a lack of titles in such a storied career.
Yeah its a damn shame!
It’s because he was a strong black man which is saying ALOT
Titles aren't everything tho. Ron Simmons is a bonafide legend with or without the titles.
@@TripleJJJay I know.
@@kingartison 💯
Seeing how happy everyone was for him winning the championship is beautiful
One tough dude. He was also one of the reasons I thought wrestling was real as a kid.
His spinebuster is the stuff of LEGENDS..It looked like he was going put his opponents thru the mat every time
There was a bunch of bad asses that made it feel real.
The day I was “convinced” wrestling was real was when Papa shango made the ultimate warrior vomit 🤮. As a kid you couldn’t tell me that shit wasn’t real, and I was scared shit less 😂
This dude is in like 5 different Hall of Fames. In all honesty this dude has had one of the greatest rides as a person. Straight legend! Damn!!
I loved when Ron and Bradshaw were APA. That was some funny stuff
That damn door man. Pops me every time I see it in an old video to this day.
The best tag team,and they were having a damn good time doing APA
@@shannonschneider8413 APA is for sure a top 5 tag team in WWE even tho their runs weren’t that long..JBL and Ron had the body, the ring skills, the charisma and that damn entrance music was so good
Met Ron Simmons at a convention. Hell of a nice guy. Rounded a corner and was stuned to see him there. I fan-boyed out a little. Was in my late 30s when that happened. He had me wear his WCW Heavyweight title while I got my picture with him. Ron beatin Vader for the Title was one of my favorite wrestling memories growing up.
Ron Simmons is legit in every single measurable way!
Dude, this is a very well put together video/documentary/trip-down-memory-lane/homage to Ron Simmons. I mean I thought i liked him before, but i like him even more now! He had a wonderful career and was tremendously significant to the industry!
I saw Ron Simmons in the parking lot of the USF Sundome after a dark match way back in the early 2000s. I rolled down my window and yelled “RON! GO SEMINOLES!” He put up the fist and said “You damn right.”
I live in Tampa and I’ve bumped into a few wrestlers. This was one of my favorite encounters.
Damn. Ron is one of the most underappreciated wrestlers in the business. It was nice to see a full documentary on his entire career. Great work Andy
DAMN!!!!! I will NEVER get tired of it! I go searching the internet for clips of just that whenever I get down or depressed, and after just a couple "DAMNS" I'm right as rain! Thanks Ron Simmons! You're frickin' awesome!
He had the best spine buster delivery of all time
Doom VS Harlem Heat would have been so amazing
Now that's a dream matchup.
What can you say?? Ron Simmons is one of the all time greats. DAMM!!!
I heard the story of all the crazy ideas that Mick Foley pitched to Ron during their feud in WCW and to hear Ron Simmons say "No, we will not be doing that" you just know that Ron would be great to talk to because he would have such great stories to tell.
Absolutely one of the best talents across all the wrestling corporations. I started watching him when he was already in the Ministry of Darkness, but I now know I must have seen him earlier in the Nation of Domination. He was always great and delivered some awesome matches, backstage segments and it's good to know that he wasn't really ever plagued with drama or bad politics behind the scenes.
Man was a legit beast. No one messed with him backstage. I heard a story where he stopped in to a gym in jeans, boots, and polo shirt, and without any warmup, pumped out 20 reps of 500b lbs. on the bench press, then left. Legend, DAMN!!!
APA and the nation are his best work
Definitely! Loved the APA, felt Bradshaw wasn’t as strong without big Ron
@@afd19850 yeah it’s also safe to say that Bradshaw's career skyrocketed because of the APA
I agree with you on that, Maurice king. The APA and the NATION OF DOMINATION was his best work, but when he won the world heavyweight championship as the first African American to do so, he opened up the doors for other people of color to accomplish their dreams and put it all on the line. He never gave up. Happy belated birthday to you, Ron Simmons! Your winning the world heavyweight championship 22 years ago is an inspiration to us that whatever you want, whatever you dream, it can happen for you!
I lived so close to Tallahassee and FSU, I always loved to see him in Tally. Twice as a child I saw him at WCW t.v. tapings from the old Leon County Civic Center, and one Smackdown taping several years later when he was doing the tag team gimmick with JBL. NO ONE got louder pops and crowd reactions than he did while in Tallahassee !
I appreciate the fact that you took the time to highlight the career of one of my favourite wrestlers. Ron Simmons deserves as lot more recognition. He has remained clean and is a role model for many. He proved that talent can take you where you need to go in the wrestling world. Thank you for this video!
Great video... well done. Ron Simmons, APA, JBL... never gets old. So many beautiful memories...
Steiner’s afraid of Ron Simmons?? Yeah that doesn’t surprise me. The man is a behemoth.
I think it was a clip from Cornette’s podcast where I heard that Simmons referred to himself as “unfuckwithable”. As the Steiners would occasionally prank Reed but wouldn’t dare do anything to Simmons
I’ve heard/read a FEW times from various wrestlers that Ron was NOT to be effed with in the locker room.lol
@@knomaddTVyea and I don’t blame him. Some of the stories you hear about the backstage pranks are way outta line. Ron Simmons had a “Im a man first” approach and usually clowns tend to stay away from those type of men 💯
I looooooove Ron Simmons when he won the world title in wcw he made me so proud 👏
Meeting him was one of my greatest childhood memories. Thank you for this documentary, just came across your channel and I love it!
Ron "Farooq" Simmons is a criminally underrated wrestling legend.
His influence in the industry is amazing.
*DAMN!*
Oh DAMN, I did not see this one coming. Great vid 💯. Simmons is a true icon, pure athletic talent with raw power. I enjoyed this. Can't wait for the nxt video
Regardless what anyone says Ron will always be remembered for his toughness ...........
In my opinion, the biggest underrated wrestling talent ever! The guy was a beast in the ring, and a very well respected man in the locker room.
Finally gets recognized as one of the greatest athletes and badasses in wrestling.
One of the greats, a man who shattered boundaries.
"Damn!" That line was legendary.
I loved the APA so much. The skits were perfect and the matches were brutal. No tag team has been that cool since.
Ron Simmons? One of the BEST wrestlers I ever watched on Television! My 2 Favorite college football teams, FSU & U of M!!! And yes, I am old enough to remember those Tampa Bay Bandits! Loved the USFL!!! I appreciate what Ron Simmons meant to African American Athletes in the 🌎 world of wrestling. He and Butch Reed together as DOOM, made wrestling fun to watch, just like The Legion of Doom and later, Harlem Heat!!! BoBo Brazil, Ernie "The Cat" Ladd & Sailor Art Thomas were others I enjoyed watching in my youth! Thank you, Ron Simmons. Although you're only 2 years older than I, watching you perform in the ring and becoming successful meant a great deal to me growing up!!! APA?!!? DAMN!!!
I met Ron in Stockton,Ca,,in his early wrestling days,way back,he signed my tee shirt,shook my hand, and said he didn't like my brother,because he was to afraid to talk to him,The Man was Awesome,will Always Remember,Respect,and laugh.he said my brother had no balls.
With all the bad that's going on in the world I needed to see something like this...I feel better now.. Ron was a beast
You should do one on JBL! I just watched the dark side of the ring episode on the brawl for all I would love to hear about his whole careers tho
Ron is the real deal. A legend in any book!
He's one of my favorite legends I've used in WWE video games not named stone cold and the rock and the undertaker in that order
I know this man personally. He is by far one of the NICEST people in the world. True Gentleman and very easy to talk to.
I started watching wrestling around mid 95, so I got to see the Farooq character start and change over time into my favorite period, when him and Bradshaw teamed up. The APA was awesome. It wasnt until about that time that someone had stated to me that he had won the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. I had no idea that happened since it was a few years before I started watching. A couple of times a year its fun to go back and see him beat Vader for the belt on youtube. What an amazing moment. Ron's career was impressive and he was always entertaining in one form or another. He's one of my favorite wrestlers ever and he deserves all the acclaim he can get sent his way. Thank you Ron Simmons!
Ron Simmons well indeed go down as one of the greatest to ever step foot in a ring. Awesome👍 documentary.
I’ve been down a Ron Simmons rabbit hole, you don’t appreciate them until they’re gone. A real man’s man there.
Finally a real Legend now Bradshaw 😍
DAMN, that was a great video!
Ron mentored two future WWE world champions (Rock and JBL), which shows how much Vince trusted him. He probably said "Ron's retiring? DAMN!"
I think I know for what’s it worth to see next, The original Gansta, the New Jack story.
I can’t wait to see JBL’s documentary from Wrestle With Andy. From a lower-card wrestler, mid-card wrestler to a main-card wrestler. Probably one of WWEs best work when it comes to developing a lower tier card wrestler and transition that wrestler to a legit main-card wrestler as a top heel.
12:12 Because he can't really wrestle it's his additude, mic and promo skills what made him a legend years later
Really gotta respect the effort you put in every time you say "DAMN!" 👏🏼💯
I guarantee NOBODY ever tried Ron Simmons on for a real fight! He was a beast.
Always loved Ron. DAMN!
A proper athlete, naturally strong, and a real man in terms of his character (so it’s been said by many that knew him)
The man is a superhero for a lot of us who came up playing football in the 80s-90s.
I always make him when I create a wrestler in the video games. Much respect. Legend.
He's a legend no doubt about it.
I was a Ron Simmons fan since I was a little kid. Thanks for the video dude. To me when I was young Doom was scary and always had a chance to beat The Steiner Brothers who were my favorite tag team of all time
Everyone with the last name "Simmons" is a living legend, and that's gonna be me soon.
I assume, congratulations on a blessed union.
@Levi Ackerman Yesss! I use to hate my last name(Simmons)but I've started to embrace it because of those people.
And don't forget Joseph Simmons, also known as the legendary Rev. Run! Good company!
@Levi Ackerman You forgot Earl Simmons Aka DMX!
And who could forget Richard Simmons😉🏃♂️
I was so proud to see Ron Simmons in the ring, one of the best I've seen.
When I was a kid.. I used to watch WCW on saturdays like 10 at night in NYC. I swore to God I wanted a Physique like Ron Simmons.
Woah…….. I enjoyed this video and learned a lot. Ron was the first African American WCW Champion, with the highly coveted Championship Belt. Bravo. Great sports career.
Salute King!! You need a cable special!!!With no commercials!!!
Great video. Can't wait to see more like them!
Awesome love this Ron Simmons is most definitely a Dope Wrestler
Ron was friggin huge. Damn!!!
If the APA theme isn't one of your favorites, you're wrong. Deal with it.
So so good, thanks!!!
Damn!!! Awesome Documentary👍
About DAMN time!
This was a great vid. Farooq a legend for sure
Hey Andy I reallly love this series and I love the way you explain about every wrestler’s history it makes it really interesting. Love from india 🇮🇳
Awesome that Ron made it too the College football Hall of Fame and WWE Hall of Fame..
Big Ron was a absolute Unit in his Prime, holy smokies
Ron Simmons had one of the all time great lines in a promo. When he faced the Undertaker at the King of the ring in 1997 for the WWF title, he said about the Undertaker "Don't worry about black mail (referring to Paul Bearer), The only black male you have to worry about is right here!" Loved that line when I rewatched that ppv.
The one thing I like about Ron Simmons is that he never break character
DAMN!!!Ron Simmons the man ✊🏾
imagine being paid a whole lot of money for a 1-word catchphrase, dude is a legend
I'll never forget the APA's mini feud with Crash Holly
More interesting than an episode of wwe in the last 15 years good work.
Hey Andy....I gotta tellya this. I was reluctant to watch this video for past 24 hours. But I just watched it......gotta tell ya this.......DAMN......one helluva video.
DAMN!
Good execution on that DAMN, my friend.
God bless Ron Simmons one of my childhood heroes, I still can remember when he won the WCW heavyweight championship what a powerhouse
This guy is literally built different, they say man was made from dirt, But Ron Simmons must've been made of marble chiseled with a hammer made of thunder and lightning just... god
If Arn Anderson was telling the truth, the guy supposedly only went to the gym four times a month and looked like that.
Always loved Simmons. He was so freaking cool
It's hilarious watching him go from Ron Simmons to George Jefferson 😂
Can't be unseen now 😂😭
The pop he got when he won the ace title was awesome as fuck!!!
I learned a lot here... This was awesome
Ron was a character, athlete, powerhouse, and all around good guy.
What he did with his career and black prescence in the WWE was top notch.
I tell you what is great about Ron. Im sure there were a few old school "good old boys" that didn't like seeing a black man rising up to NWA champ, but he doesn't shit talk like it was rampant.
He speaks on every single person from an honest perspective.
He doesn't play that woke shit.
Cuz he's a real man.
A dying breed unfortunately.
I’m starting to feel like if any wrestler who pursued football before wrestling never got injured they wouldn’t be in the wrestling business and would’ve been known as pro football players
You know what's funny, football players were not always millionaires. That's still true today as a matter of fact. A lot of them in the 60s and 70s supplemented their income on the off season (which was most of the year) with professional wrestling. Not everyone was that successful or well known, but you look at a lot of names in the business, you will find that a lot of them wore pads at one time. So there has always been a link between the two sports.
Yeah, it's something Jim Ross has pointed out over the past few years. There's fewer football players making the transition, one of the main reasons wrestlers seem to be so much smaller today compared to 20 years ago.
Well for most of the history of football there was no money in it. Ernie Ladd gave up pro football because their was more money in wrestling. Also even now most football players are not as wealthy as you’d imagine.
Man great video history was on point
Met Ron at a comic con recently and def one of the coolest wrestlers and nice guys.
Awesome!! Thank you!!