Ron Simmons – The Night He Became WCW Champion

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Here’s the story of how Ron Simmons became the first-ever African-American WCW World Champion on August 2nd, 1992.

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After a stellar college football career, he embraced pro wrestling in 1987, going on to form a tag team with Butch Reed: Doom.

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Trivia: Doom is actually the first team recognized as WCW Tag Team Champions, as the promotion was separating itself from the NWA at the time.

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How Ron Simmons Won the WCW World Heavyweight Championship Watts held a raffle to determine who would face Vader that evening.

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Seemingly at random, Simmons won the raffle and would defeat Vader for the championship.

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It was the first time an African-American won a widely recognized version of the world title.

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