In 1992, Ron Simmons made history by becoming the first African-American World Heavyweight Champion in WCW history. The newly-crowned WCW Champion Big Van Vader was scheduled to defend the belt ...

Ron Simmons was the first African-American world champion of a major US wrestling promotion and nobody can deny his importance and talent. However, his finishing move during this noteworthy run in ...

Ron Simmons WWE.com. WCW Champion: Once (1992) Signed: 1996-2004. Reason: The smooth-talking Ron Simmons captured WCW's top prize from Big Van Vader in August 1992 and held the title for 150 days ...

ABC 2 News in Baltimore interviewed WWE Hall of Famer Ron Simmons, ... Vader's thoughts on Ron Simmons defeating him to become the first African American World Heavyweight Champion. WCW firing ...

In early 1991, Simmons decided to break away from the team, subsequently turning babyface in the process. This was his opportunity to once again impress the WCW crowd as a singles competitor.

Ron Simmons is a WWE Hall of Famer and former WCW World Heavyweight Champion. Ron Simmons made history in WCW when he won the WCW World Heavyweight title and became the first-ever African American ...

Ron Simmons is a man of few words, but his actions as a pioneer speak volumes. A multiple-time tag champ in both WWE and WCW and a College Football Hall of Famer, the big man’s greatest ...

In 1992, Ron Simmons became the first black WCW World Heavyweight Champion. Four years later, Johnson made history by becoming the first African American to win a WWE singles title.

Simmons' stock really took off when he was paired with Butch Reed as the tag team Doom (most famously managed by Teddy Long), which led to a reign as the WCW World Tag Team Champions in January 1991.

18. Ron Simmons WWE.com. A former college football star and NFL draftee, Ron Simmons was a born athlete who made the jump from shoulder pads and helmets to wrestling boots and tights in the mid-1980s.

Simmons made history as the first Black world champion with WCW in 1993 with his historic win over Big Van Vader. That cemented him in the industry as a major player.

This list excludes guys who won it once. So that means it excludes people like David Arquette, JBL, Ron Simmons, etc. This list is specifically for wrestlers who were champion multiple times. I ...