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Jim Ross shoots on Ron Simmons' heat with Ahmed Johnson

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Grilling JR with Jim Ross

Grilling JR with Jim Ross

Күн бұрын

For over forty years Jim Ross has been the Voice of Wrestling. From starting as referee in the regional territories to becoming the Executive Vice President for WWE, nobody has a story quite like Jim Ross. From recruiting and hiring some of the biggest superstars in the industry to providing the soundtrack for the most important moments in wrestling history, “Good Ole JR” was there for it all. Join us every Thursday morning as Conrad Thompson grills JR like you’ve never heard before, uncut and uncensored!
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@thadanzwiggler
@thadanzwiggler 2 жыл бұрын
I saw Ron in the Atlanta Airport at a bar with someone I didn't recognize. Ordered him and his friend a beer; told him it was for all he's done for wrestling, both in and out of the ring. Dude sat there for a second, shook my hand, and said "No thank YOU". Very humble and well-spoken guy.
@IdealX-fr4eg
@IdealX-fr4eg 2 жыл бұрын
That Is an awesome story
@Kellziknowwhatweredoingtoday
@Kellziknowwhatweredoingtoday 2 жыл бұрын
I was hoping you would say he look at you shook your hand and said DAMN!!!!!
@jameswhitehorn6432
@jameswhitehorn6432 2 жыл бұрын
Damn!
@misunderstood781981
@misunderstood781981 2 жыл бұрын
Wow great story! Class Act Mr Ron Simmons 👍🏿👍🏿
@clodge5196
@clodge5196 2 жыл бұрын
@@Kellziknowwhatweredoingtoday 😂😂😂
@seanwilliams7655
@seanwilliams7655 2 жыл бұрын
Can we take a moment to acknowledge that the Attitude Era was so awesome that people still want to hear stories about it 25 years later?
@prezbige
@prezbige 2 жыл бұрын
Always. Glad we lived through it, best time for wrestling fans
@mrdude88
@mrdude88 2 жыл бұрын
As great as the Attitude Era was, it definitely had some of the greatest controversies in professional wrassling like not a single black wrestler becoming WWF Champion.
@Mitchell4131
@Mitchell4131 2 жыл бұрын
@@mrdude88 the rock says the n-word he is black
@zackaryperry8586
@zackaryperry8586 2 жыл бұрын
@@Mitchell4131 the rock is considered Samoan.. you never hear him as a black champion .
@bullack86
@bullack86 2 жыл бұрын
@@zackaryperry8586 actually, he's biracial - both black and Samoan. Have a seat.
@kgizzle92
@kgizzle92 3 жыл бұрын
Not putting the WWE belt on Ron was and always will be an injustice!
@StudioDragoonX
@StudioDragoonX 2 жыл бұрын
When WCW was smarter than WWF(E), and put the belt on Ron Simmons. That should tell you EVERYTHING you need to know.
@jehushdomino795
@jehushdomino795 2 жыл бұрын
Yes if only just for one night it would have been good and lost it to the undertaker like Kane did or yokozuna 🤦🏾‍♂️💔
@luttrell1973
@luttrell1973 2 жыл бұрын
100% he was a very underrated performer, he's a real man
@thechosen481
@thechosen481 2 жыл бұрын
WWF/WWE was always about money and ratings. If the opponents are not a top superstar, as Hogan, HHH, and Stone Cold, etc., well then WWE will never bounce them to the top. Great example, in 1995 when Wrestling Journal rated Rowdy Roddy Piper the #1 most popular WWF wrestler and their World Champion, Hogan was #2, suddenly the WWF claimed Piper was out with an injury.
@plcthelegacy4131
@plcthelegacy4131 2 жыл бұрын
Hey, at least he can claim that he was the first Black world champion in a major company.
@chadtalbot8917
@chadtalbot8917 2 жыл бұрын
As a teenager in the 90's I thought Ahmed was cool, I had no idea there were so many problems with him in the locker room.
@billblaski9523
@billblaski9523 2 жыл бұрын
Lol word. 10 year old me, Ahmed was basically the Black Ultimate Warrior. I loved Ahmed as a kid
@Warrior519
@Warrior519 2 жыл бұрын
Me too
@sugs1191
@sugs1191 2 жыл бұрын
Don't believe everything you hear btw.
@crankymessiah1477
@crankymessiah1477 2 жыл бұрын
Sure.... but probably do believe something that pretty much every damn person in the business says about him. These are far from the only people who have said Ahmed was a terrible locker room presence, a bully, and a dangerous/sloppy wrestler.
@rebeltvr6046
@rebeltvr6046 2 жыл бұрын
Same.
@Megatron-sl5us
@Megatron-sl5us 2 жыл бұрын
Ahmed Johnson had a million dollar body, but he had ten cents brains.
@BeastNationXIV
@BeastNationXIV 2 жыл бұрын
"God built me strong! Forget to give me brain!"
@saxmaniac7
@saxmaniac7 2 жыл бұрын
as they say: "he's as big as an ox, and almost as smart."
@bohoward8945
@bohoward8945 2 жыл бұрын
Lmao. True. And yet injury prone to
@infomatters.
@infomatters. 2 жыл бұрын
@@BeastNationXIV John Cena verbally mauled Brock Lesnar that night 😂
@crazy8c830
@crazy8c830 6 ай бұрын
​@@BeastNationXIVthe problem was he is ignorant and had a huge egos.
@michaelcoffey1991
@michaelcoffey1991 3 жыл бұрын
Ron Simmons is 10 of the "wrestler's I'd never wanna upset" list. Man was a phenomenal athlete and had a legit mean streak if you upset him. As a Road Warrior fan he was so good in Doom, and also in Nation of Domination. An when he won the title off Vader it was a huge thing and a heck of neat match.
@bluestang302
@bluestang302 3 жыл бұрын
who are the other 9?
@666heresy
@666heresy 3 жыл бұрын
@@bluestang302 Ron is 1 through 10 lol
@David-hz8kt
@David-hz8kt 2 жыл бұрын
Dan Severn, Ken Shamrock, and Minoru Suzuki are on that list.
@666heresy
@666heresy 2 жыл бұрын
@@David-hz8kt Erm....personal (hearsay) only, everyone knows Haku was legit, Andre too, not size, just meanness if tweaked. I have heard both Rick Rude and Curt Hennig could also if pushed really go. Danny Spivey, Arn Anderson, William Regal, Harley Race, Undertaker and definitely Terry Funk. And this list is by no means in order and is of men in the business who could go legitimately, but had to be pushed a little, not men looking for a reason to go, looking to go as a last resort which I have much more respect for.
@s.marshian8455
@s.marshian8455 2 жыл бұрын
Yea Ron was an absolute monster. Crazy powerful and explosive.
@JamesSmith-sw3nk
@JamesSmith-sw3nk 3 жыл бұрын
If Ahmed Johnson hadn't been such a meat head, he could have had a Goldberg type career. He was over.
@nonautomaton6230
@nonautomaton6230 3 жыл бұрын
He certainly injured enough guys to be considered in the same category as Goldberg!
@Y2JLionHeart
@Y2JLionHeart 3 жыл бұрын
@@nonautomaton6230 got em.
@chadk890
@chadk890 3 жыл бұрын
That's true
@Jayce_Alexander
@Jayce_Alexander 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah his personality and recklessness really did him no favours. Why go with someone who can't work and injures other talent, when you've got a talent pool that's filled to the brim with far more skilled workers who are able to get over just as much, or even more, without putting each other out of action nearly as much due to the types of botches only someone who is totally green should ever be able to pull off. He may have been over for a little while, but there wouldn't a whole lot of places left to go with him beyond a Goldberg-like run of squash matches, as anything else would have exposed him, and he was always a liability to the company's other talent. Goldberg and Warrior had great runs in terms of drawing power in spite of them not being very talented wrestlers, but they're also pretty good examples of how that type of wrestler has a limited shelf life. So yeah, sure they probably could have made him a bigger deal for at least a little while, but considering his record when it comes to injuries, considering he was strongly disliked in the locker room and nobody really wanted to work with him, would the benefits have outweighed the cost in the long term? There comes a certain point where someone is so prone to injuring other wrestlers you don't really want them to have extended programs with other main event talent. Sure an angle between Ahmed involving Bret, HBK, Taker, Austin etc would have drawn money. But it be worth the risk of any one of those guys suffering a serious injury that ends up putting them on the shelf for an extended period of time (which was a much bigger risk with Ahmed than any other main event level talent around that time). Looking at the WWE now, with no talent really being over on a mainstream level, if Ahmed Johnson had been around today and if he'd been as capable of getting over as he's was in the mid-90s I'd say hell yeah, pull the trigger on the guy. But when Ahmed was around the WWF's roster was so stacked with main eventers that were either already household names or on the verge of becoming them, they had the luxury of being able to dump the lousy worker to protect the more talented members of the roster who could draw just as well or even better than Ahmed, with none of the headaches that Ahmed gave them, either due to his recklessness in the ring, or his inability to get along with others. I can totally understand what the WWF saw in him initially, but I can also totally understand why they ended up abandoning the project that was Ahmed's wrestling career.
@robgbaby
@robgbaby 3 жыл бұрын
He was prob the #3 babyface at one point in 96 behind Shawn and Taker. All the years hearing about his rep, especially with Ron Simmons, makes it like he fucked himself.
@Tony-fq5bn
@Tony-fq5bn 3 жыл бұрын
I remember JR talkin about wrestlers having the "boo boo face" when they didn't like what was going to happen in a match. I don't think there is a better example of that, than Ahmed waiting to get squashed by 97 Kane.
@cantstopbeeboo2055
@cantstopbeeboo2055 3 жыл бұрын
As long as they're not me
@harveymcelroy4371
@harveymcelroy4371 3 жыл бұрын
Ha ha I remember
@dominiquejones3805
@dominiquejones3805 2 жыл бұрын
I was hurt by how Ahmed was fed 2 Kane
@thunderlightning1980
@thunderlightning1980 2 жыл бұрын
@@dominiquejones3805 I laughed when that happened.
@SigmaChicken09
@SigmaChicken09 11 күн бұрын
@@dominiquejones3805who?
@justinverser2102
@justinverser2102 2 жыл бұрын
Vince never used Ron Simmons right. He should have let the APA win the tag titles like other teams were doing at the time.
@thewonderingbuddhist6123
@thewonderingbuddhist6123 Жыл бұрын
Huh i assume they won it but if they didn't then it was like an undertaker big characters that didnt need to hold on to the titles
@younglove3362
@younglove3362 Жыл бұрын
I only saw them win one time. It was against Kane and X Pac. There were plenty of tag teams but it was mainly little guys. It was like APA had decided to wrestle after seeing 👀 Kane compete. Everyone else was little. All the heavy weights were solo.
@BigLee1901
@BigLee1901 Жыл бұрын
They won the tag belts on three occasions that I remember, first two times in the Summer of 1999 they beat X-Pac and Kane, then they lost the belts to The Hardyz only to win them back later, then the other time they beat The Dudleys in the early Summer of 2001 on the same night that the Dudleys along with 8 other former ECW wrestlers and Paul Heyman merged with the WCW Invaders to form the Alliance
@michaeltaylor8835
@michaeltaylor8835 28 күн бұрын
Vince was racist
@grandpacreampie
@grandpacreampie 2 ай бұрын
Ron Simmons was a total package in the business. He would have been a great main event champion
@TheMichaelBeck
@TheMichaelBeck Жыл бұрын
I was a ball boy for the Bandits in the USFL in '84 and Ron Simmons played LB. He was a beast.
@davidcook680
@davidcook680 Жыл бұрын
He don't remember you though.
@TheMichaelBeck
@TheMichaelBeck Жыл бұрын
@@davidcook680 Duh, Captain Obvious.
@GoGetYourShinebox
@GoGetYourShinebox Жыл бұрын
@@davidcook680 I'm sorry that someone hurt you
@jaquabrown7703
@jaquabrown7703 11 ай бұрын
​@davidcook680 your mom remembers me
@TheMichaelBeck
@TheMichaelBeck 11 ай бұрын
@@jaquabrown7703 My mother died 32 years ago. You dug her up and fukd her corpse?! You're a sick puppy.
@ItsTheMunz
@ItsTheMunz 3 жыл бұрын
Man, I remember loving Ahmed. Just seems like nobody else did.
@Nostalgicguy2242
@Nostalgicguy2242 3 жыл бұрын
People just let the internet rot their brains and just bash everyone they see everyone else bash like mindless sheep... They completely forgot, or weren't even born, in 1995-96 when Ahmed was the new 1990 Ultimate Warrior... Goldberg in 1998 wasn't the "new" Ultimate Warrior, he was the new Ahmed Johnson... That's how insanely over he was
@madddoggnogood1491
@madddoggnogood1491 3 жыл бұрын
@@Nostalgicguy2242 I did 2. But its another example of it doesn't matter what we think It's like enzo. Everyone loved enzo except the locker room
@ericanthony4630
@ericanthony4630 3 жыл бұрын
Me too, were you very young at the time?
@dontdoittoyoself6786
@dontdoittoyoself6786 3 жыл бұрын
He was over and they messed him up. You don’t take a hot baby face and make him heel. I liked him because I remember thinking damn he slammed the hell out of someone. He made wrestling look real. As far as his mic. I liked it because it was his own persona. It was good enough to know what he was saying despite the jokes. But more than anything he was believable as an intense unstoppable force. These trolls come out and then get picky to say why things didn’t work out. Things didn’t work out for Ahmed Johnson because of politics. If Ahmed did everything JR wanted he would just a mid card jobbing to everyone and would still be on his way out or just be there getting a check.
@DoubleBGreen
@DoubleBGreen 3 жыл бұрын
@@dontdoittoyoself6786 Problem is that Ahmed was very Injury prone. Dude couldn't remain healthy to warrant a main event push. I do agree his heel turn and joining the nation was one of the dumbest things.
@FallicIdol
@FallicIdol 2 жыл бұрын
I have never heard anyone say a bad word about Ron Simmons.
@mhks68
@mhks68 2 жыл бұрын
DAMN!!!!! How bout now?
@DaveMoth
@DaveMoth 3 жыл бұрын
Big Ron Simmons fan it's a shame he didn't have more success in WWE as a singles wrestler, though the APA become a legendary tag team so he did pretty well for himself. Heard lots of people say he was a legit badass outside of the ring no one messed with him.
@dominiquejones3805
@dominiquejones3805 3 жыл бұрын
Ron should of been the 1st black champion
@DarksaberForce
@DarksaberForce 3 жыл бұрын
@@dominiquejones3805 At least he was in WCW.
@Adrian21
@Adrian21 3 жыл бұрын
Dude was a legit badass. Even the Steiner brothers respected him. Doesn't surprise me that he ran over Ahmed in an actual shoot fight.
@chadk890
@chadk890 3 жыл бұрын
@@Adrian21 Ron was JACKED back in his days with Doom. Doom had great matches with the Steiners
@saladtoss1
@saladtoss1 3 жыл бұрын
@Redbo Black - this comment... is gold!
@lg3385
@lg3385 2 жыл бұрын
Ahmed was probably thinking "Damn" to himself during the Simmons beatdown 😂
@DavidMccallister65
@DavidMccallister65 Жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣 "DAYUM!"
@ravendarklawgaming197
@ravendarklawgaming197 2 жыл бұрын
Godfather backing up JR is awesome. I was always a big fan all the way back to Papa Shango.
@mrfixitman75
@mrfixitman75 Жыл бұрын
Ron Simmons is someone I not only look up to, but respect as a man. Not for all he’s faced, but for what all he didn’t do in the face of adversity.
@donnyyasu2764
@donnyyasu2764 2 жыл бұрын
I was huge Ahmed fan as a kid. He was the first autograph I ever got. I always wondered why he never went further since all the kids seemed to like him, so I know it wasn't just me. Now it makes sense.
@rex788
@rex788 Жыл бұрын
It was bad ass that The Godfather went and sat with JR when Ahmed came in. Shows how much respect JR had from the boys. Also, listening to stories about Ahmed, he really was a POS. Still listening to these stories from the Attitude Era is amazing.
@ArchThaBoss
@ArchThaBoss 7 ай бұрын
Yea that was dope man!
@CapTashman1
@CapTashman1 Жыл бұрын
Met Ron at a convention. By far the nicest guy there. Called my back over after he signed my picture and took a photo with me just to talk. We talked for probably 5 minutes. I asked him about his blue helmet with the Spartacus outfit, his APA and Nation days, just the nicest guy.
@dantheman8152
@dantheman8152 2 жыл бұрын
Man this is blunt talk from JR. I like it .
@chriscornelius2518
@chriscornelius2518 2 жыл бұрын
When Ahmed came in and slammed Yokozuna, the crowd went crazy. He was awesome, although I didn't understand some of his talking. He just looked like a bad man. I think most fans had no clue about his reputation, but we loved the character.
@jimbowlan5804
@jimbowlan5804 2 жыл бұрын
Listen to Stevie ray talk about the time he forgot his match with booker t wax funny or hearing about dlo fight with Ahmad was funny
@chriscornelius2518
@chriscornelius2518 2 жыл бұрын
@@jimbowlan5804 Stevie Ray tells some great stories.
@tafua_a
@tafua_a 27 күн бұрын
He could do the moves and he was big, but when you show no respect for anyone outside of management and the whole locker room hates you, you ain't gonna go far. Ahmed had no friends in the business, and Vince had had enough of Ultimate Warrior kind of guys, that come in and think their shit don't stink when they're still greener than RVD's pot.
@burtbun3689
@burtbun3689 2 жыл бұрын
Ahmed's Pearl River Plunge was EPIC. I even wanted to root for him in WCW as "Big T" ........but he's just a guy who went out of his way to make it hard to root for.
@Voodooray007
@Voodooray007 Жыл бұрын
Same boat.
@morrnmanderson7376
@morrnmanderson7376 Жыл бұрын
When I saw Ron Simmons win the WCW world championship, I thought it was just the greatest.
@dominiquejones3805
@dominiquejones3805 3 жыл бұрын
Ahmed couldnt deliver a promo and didnt protect 4 shit but me as a kid loved him. Warzone he was my favorite character then Shamrock
@olaakande5581
@olaakande5581 3 жыл бұрын
they are right tho. Ahmed was just as over as a burgeoning heel Steve Austin. he was OVERRRR lol than all of a sudden it was just over lol crazy story
@chickenalaking1319
@chickenalaking1319 3 жыл бұрын
Can't forget his theme music 🔥 🔥🔥🔥
@thomas3340
@thomas3340 3 жыл бұрын
Yess his move set in warzone was bomb
@dontdoittoyoself6786
@dontdoittoyoself6786 3 жыл бұрын
You go try slamming Yokozuna and protecting him. Damn near the whole WWE roster wouldn’t be able to do it.
@theprepubescentgrandpa7999
@theprepubescentgrandpa7999 3 жыл бұрын
His promos were fucking awesome. Couldn't understand a lot of them, but they were awesome and certainly got the point across
@oneanotherstudios
@oneanotherstudios 2 жыл бұрын
Was always a fan of Simmons, even more the more I hear about him.
@McMahonHater
@McMahonHater 3 жыл бұрын
The plan b thing was told to Nash by Chief Jay Strongbow. He said to him "what do you need, an apartment to live in when you're off the road, and if you have a kid a house so the kid has s room and maybe a yard to play in, that's it." Or something to that effect.
@ejmolloy2954
@ejmolloy2954 2 жыл бұрын
When I watched during the Attitude Era, even though Ron was a heel with The Nation of Domination, I always liked him. Mainly bc of his charisma and how he conducted himself.
@Dakatari
@Dakatari 3 жыл бұрын
All this experience that Ron had and Vince/ WWE still didn't know how to market him as the champion that he is.
@dontdoittoyoself6786
@dontdoittoyoself6786 3 жыл бұрын
Didn’t know or was not trying to?
@3d1k3
@3d1k3 3 жыл бұрын
Exactly. Ron never got the push he deserved but still remained relevant for years.
@3d1k3
@3d1k3 3 жыл бұрын
@@dontdoittoyoself6786 likely the latter, sadly. I really try not to pull the race card because I know it cheapens the dialogue when it's unwarranted but, I think it's obvious here. The industry didn't know how to market a black champion back then, especially a dominant one, no pun intended. Bobby Lashley is the first black wrestler to receive this kind of push as world champion in WWE. Almost three decades after Ron. Yeah we had the Rock and Booker but they aren't the Ron/Bobby type. That's ridiculous. Can you imagine a Ron/Austin feud and the promos they would cut?!?! The Nation of Domination angle was written perfectly except they should have gotten more wins and more titles. That angle got us to the Rock we know today.
@mrsmokestacks21
@mrsmokestacks21 3 жыл бұрын
@@3d1k3 You basically blame race then give examples of black champions. Should every champion be black? Modern wrestling (90s up) was actually its own sort of great equalizer rather than a form of blacksploitation. Booker and Farooq were 2 of this white boys favorite wrestlers
@3d1k3
@3d1k3 3 жыл бұрын
@@mrsmokestacks21 you don't read do you?
@downwithputinsaveukraine1313
@downwithputinsaveukraine1313 3 жыл бұрын
You don't tug on superman's cape, ya don't spit in the wind, ya don't grab the mask off the ol' Lone Ranger AND YOU DONT MESS AROUND WITH RON.
@henrylewis1957
@henrylewis1957 2 жыл бұрын
Well said but change the last word to SIMMONS!!!
@Tony-fq5bn
@Tony-fq5bn 3 жыл бұрын
.......I remember being a huge mark for Ahmed, and wondering why he went from being this beast, to Farooq basically taking his spot
@grawakendream8980
@grawakendream8980 3 жыл бұрын
other emerging names probably sabotaged him at the time. he probably didn't have a personality that helped him out either. ie not "political" enough
@Jayce_Alexander
@Jayce_Alexander 3 жыл бұрын
@Redbo Black Yes, it's because of racism that Ahmed Johnson was an untalented, mush-mouthed failure who couldn't work and didn't belong in the main event. And Ron Simmons was a total racist for beating him too. All because of racism.
@sleazyfellow
@sleazyfellow 3 жыл бұрын
Ahmed didn't play the game backstage, which is why he didn't get elevated past IC belt. He would do high flying stuff and asked by Shawn not to do that, his fault for listening. Then when his sister was dying in the hospital he outright walked out. I'd do the same. Then his crappy wcw run and he was not as big and to be honest, was fat. So what he couldn't work, ultimate warrior couldn't either and hurt a bunch of guys.
@rodinowright6591
@rodinowright6591 3 жыл бұрын
@Redbo Black nah, Vince actually pushed Ahmed because of his build and primal persona. Vince like big cut dudes like Utimate Warrior. Ahmed just didn't put in the work and sometimes hurt opponents in the ring.
@American-Zero
@American-Zero 3 жыл бұрын
@@rodinowright6591 Exactly. Bruce Prichard even said Vince had stars in his eyes when he saw Ahmed. There was even talk about him being the first ever black WWF Champion..but his unsafe ring work and inability to cut a coherent promo held him back. It feels as if after he recovered from his kidney injury..he was a shell of what he once was, especially with his feud with The Nation Of Domination that dragged on for two years. Not to mention Ahmed had a HORRIBLE backstage attitude. Road Dogg even spoke about him bullying younger guys and he even had a fight backstage with D'Lo. The guy was supposed to be the next big superstar..but in ring issues and being a headcase to deal with backstage held him back, he was his own worst enemy.
@southbeachtalent
@southbeachtalent Жыл бұрын
Props to J.R for telling it like it is. Rare quality in people these days
@jesseb7919
@jesseb7919 3 жыл бұрын
You’d think with Conrad having an ad every 2 minutes he could afford to fix then popping in the audio. Smh
@jcrobinson37
@jcrobinson37 2 жыл бұрын
His profits goes toward his eating bill.
@franklinrichards6559
@franklinrichards6559 2 жыл бұрын
Conrad is the worst part of these podcasts
@wendellmcclellon4685
@wendellmcclellon4685 3 жыл бұрын
What Ross said can be said many wrestlers.
@dontdoittoyoself6786
@dontdoittoyoself6786 3 жыл бұрын
Road Dogg contradicts himself. He said everybody was afraid of Ahmed Johnson but you got to know your role. Road Dogg refused to do a job for RVD. Was all angry at Vince but says he got Vince’s respect for that. But let that be Ahmed Johnson who was already over. JR is leaving out the fact they were sabotaging him. Pulling stunts like he suppose to job for Chyna and be tarred and feathered. Everybody else is trying to get paid or come up so they listened (The rest of NOD). Soon as The Rock got his push he was arrogant as arrogant can be. But all you’ll hear is a bunch of phonies talking good about Triple-H, Shawn Michaels and The Rock.
@nothing5283
@nothing5283 3 жыл бұрын
@@dontdoittoyoself6786 the rock is very good at keeping his image clean he is smart, His whole Instagram just makes him seem like such a douche. always banging on about being the hardest worker and yada yada, very self-congratulating. His workouts kick his ass
@marcuscarr123
@marcuscarr123 2 жыл бұрын
I like JR but in the business like any other business or job we can be biased. We will agree with our guys over someone we don't like even if it's not 100 percent right. Also say things ud they are not 100 percent true. There were many egomaniacs. Brock Lesnar JBL,HbK,Hhh The Rock once he got over.
@hakeem2369
@hakeem2369 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah JR was very hypocritical when everybody had bad things say abt Warrior. I sense more to JR's rant then meets the eye... Ahmed was legit over nobody can deny that
@thunderlightning1980
@thunderlightning1980 2 жыл бұрын
@@hakeem2369 because he is Black, right? Ron Simmons is Black, but you ignore him?
@ethanb498
@ethanb498 3 жыл бұрын
Ahmed had 10 knees with all them pads
@3d1k3
@3d1k3 3 жыл бұрын
They looked cool though lol. Those things looked like pillows🤣
@claypearson8380
@claypearson8380 3 жыл бұрын
Classic 😂🤣😂🤣
@ibexthegoat3112
@ibexthegoat3112 2 жыл бұрын
Rons finisher the dominator..... was my go to finisher in every wrestling game I ever played.... Raw power
@younglove3362
@younglove3362 Жыл бұрын
Nah, clothesline from hell
@thekenjirosangaarena
@thekenjirosangaarena Жыл бұрын
Nah hold my Red G-string, Pearl River Plunge Warzone style
@joolsmacgrools1288
@joolsmacgrools1288 Жыл бұрын
I like Ron's spinebuster myself. I call it the Sitcho ass down!
@thekenjirosangaarena
@thekenjirosangaarena Жыл бұрын
@@joolsmacgrools1288 😂🤣😂🤣
@thekenjirosangaarena
@thekenjirosangaarena Жыл бұрын
@@joolsmacgrools1288 Well I like Pearl-River G-String Plunge, Cuz inda real bad moon😡
@stevenstark6104
@stevenstark6104 3 жыл бұрын
I remember the legendary run of Ahmed in wcw as Big T.....lol. he fought booker for possession of the letter T
@Mewse1203
@Mewse1203 3 жыл бұрын
The fact that was an actual angle shoes why WCW needed to go out of business.
@Eckalicious
@Eckalicious 3 жыл бұрын
At that point his greatest battle was his fight against obesity.
@nothing5283
@nothing5283 3 жыл бұрын
and he said fight and beat dwayne because of their last name
@Mewse1203
@Mewse1203 3 жыл бұрын
@@nothing5283 would that make his name "Big Johnson"? 😁😁
@3d1k3
@3d1k3 3 жыл бұрын
@@Eckalicious technically, he was always obese because obesity is about height age and body weight. He just lost the muscle or put a ton of fat on top of it. Not good either way.
@ChrisMillerCrazyHouse
@ChrisMillerCrazyHouse 3 жыл бұрын
Lol at the Centurions in the background 😂
@charliebowen5071
@charliebowen5071 3 жыл бұрын
Centurions yeah??
@hemi5.7awdpursuit5
@hemi5.7awdpursuit5 2 жыл бұрын
Is that what they are called?
@damndave5052
@damndave5052 Жыл бұрын
Jim Ross calling himself a “fat fucker” will ALWAYS be hilarious to me 🤣🤣🤣
@keithyw
@keithyw Жыл бұрын
when ahmed first came into the WWF, he looked amazing. great physical charisma, intensity, first class finisher, a few other decent moves that were surprising (like that somersault plancha). he looked like one day he could be The Man. but his interviews were nearly indecipherable and he was more like an updated version of the Ultimate Warrior. then the injuries started happening, the rumors of him being sloppy or hurting people, etc. and that potential started spiraling downward fast. and like The Warrior, it sounded like his big problem was how he took himself too seriously and really never developed the psychology and appreciation of what the business should be. Ron Simmons by this point had earned a lot of people's respect. Loved him with Butch Reed and Teddy Long in Doom, even though initially I hated them because I liked the Steiners around that time. But loved their size, the look, their moves and Teddy Long being an arrogant smack talker. Fast forward a bit to Ron winning the WCW world title which was awesome, guy definitely deserved it and it put him on a different plateau finally. Hated the Farooq gimmick. Just a lame looking costume that killed off what he established in WCW. But his finisher was super cool. It's odd hearing their actual rivalry now though. Again it just sounded like Ahmed took himself too seriously and disrespected the business and that Ron had to humble him.
@arielgradvohl4128
@arielgradvohl4128 Жыл бұрын
I loved the Pearl River Plunge
@wmsmith7346
@wmsmith7346 Жыл бұрын
You didnt mention though he rejeuvenated that career aGAIN with the Acolytes/APA cool tag team
@wawoodsman7198
@wawoodsman7198 3 жыл бұрын
The character of Ahmed was awesome but if the locker room stories and shoots from the talent he worked with are to be believed he was too wrapped up in his own hype and had such an ego he didn't care about the well being of his coworkers.
@soultheinterrogator
@soultheinterrogator 2 жыл бұрын
Ahmed was so over with the fans but everyone in the lockeroom hated him. Mark Henry, The Rock, D Lo Brown, HHH, and Ron Simmons really hated him
@jmoas
@jmoas 2 жыл бұрын
And Steve Austin too
@Runforestrun
@Runforestrun 2 жыл бұрын
He was a dumbass from all accounts and dangerous in the ring. He was known for injuring guys all the time.
@slabbusterrtr7690
@slabbusterrtr7690 2 жыл бұрын
@@Runforestrun yep that's why ron beat the shit out of him he kicked ron in his liver messed ron up he was out 9 months when he come back he beat the shit out of him during a match one night people said they never saw ron as mad as he was that night dude was a idiot nobody liked him
@thunderlightning1980
@thunderlightning1980 2 жыл бұрын
Austin REALLY hated him to the point where he did not want to work with him.
@hakeem2369
@hakeem2369 2 жыл бұрын
It be naive to think as over as Ahmed was that there wasn't jealousy. Obviously he was a pain but come on there were clearly others in business
@KungFuKenDoll
@KungFuKenDoll 3 жыл бұрын
One thing about JR is he is gonna let you know that he was the talent relations guy at the height of the business lmao
@luna-rt4vx
@luna-rt4vx 3 жыл бұрын
Jr is annoying company man / Mark. After all the disrespect Vince has show him, he still towes the company line ..
@sithsoldier98
@sithsoldier98 3 жыл бұрын
That gladiator shit was DOA!!!🤣🤣🤣
@3d1k3
@3d1k3 3 жыл бұрын
Terrible gimmick. The WWF had just as many writing blunders as WCW, they just had a few more wins.
@skepchica
@skepchica 5 ай бұрын
I can't believe they'd even do Ron Simmons like that. Well, it's WWE so of course they did.
@80sclassic63
@80sclassic63 3 жыл бұрын
Ahmed to D'Lo:"Ima moke ya a.."😂
@luna-rt4vx
@luna-rt4vx 3 жыл бұрын
I read this in his voice and spit my drink 🤣
@instrumentalist28
@instrumentalist28 3 жыл бұрын
I love that interview 🤣😆
@DukeBlueDevilFan08
@DukeBlueDevilFan08 3 жыл бұрын
“Imma deal with you in a minute” 😂😂😂
@bullock4211
@bullock4211 3 жыл бұрын
Ahmed Johnsons cut scene promos in the Warzone video game is legendary
@ICHIBAN-cz8ih
@ICHIBAN-cz8ih 3 жыл бұрын
"Nobody's gonna 'moke nobody"
@cullencalabria5636
@cullencalabria5636 3 жыл бұрын
My fav ahmed moment was when goldust kissed him and he freaked the fk out
@tonyslicer7399
@tonyslicer7399 3 жыл бұрын
That was the best thing ever cracked me up dying fun part guess he never knew was gonna happen lol
@whogivesaphuck8193
@whogivesaphuck8193 3 жыл бұрын
i think he liked that,he let goldust do that TWICE.........
@DBBMed
@DBBMed 3 жыл бұрын
And choked up bob holly who was alot smaller without the juice
@stonecold6521
@stonecold6521 3 жыл бұрын
He couldn't have done anything about it either because Dustin Runnels would have whipped his ass too.
@cullencalabria5636
@cullencalabria5636 3 жыл бұрын
@@stonecold6521 the legendary rattlesnake my all time favorite wrassler
@bodybuilder748
@bodybuilder748 2 жыл бұрын
The interviewer wanted JR to speak about the Farooq - Ahmed fight that Mark Henry had described. The interview spends 2-3 minutes reading Mark Henry's description of the incident but JR just beats about the bush and never speaks anything about it.
@user-sp4sp2qd6p
@user-sp4sp2qd6p 2 жыл бұрын
Probably due to respect idk
@xziggy_stardustx6786
@xziggy_stardustx6786 2 жыл бұрын
You're right. I've noticed that JR rarely buries people or hypes up a scandal. For lack of a better word, his speech can be quite "lawyerly" insofar as he avoids implying that he has personal heat with anyone, or saying anything that makes it seem like he's siding with one person over another. Seems like he tries to be diplomatic and respectful, even where other people have said that a particular individual is an asshole/unsafe/etc. Not a bad way to be tbh.
@MaximumRabbit
@MaximumRabbit 2 жыл бұрын
I've searched high and low on the Internet and haven't found anything confirming Mark's story. I don't think it happened. According to the internet, Johnson was fired after disappearing from an event to visit his dying sister.
@galloe
@galloe 5 ай бұрын
@@MaximumRabbit It never happened, Mark Henry was either confused or building on the the bullshit story that Ahmed himself told about hurting Ron Simmons, breaking his ribs, and puncturing his lung. Mark Henry said that Ron was out for "9 months of more," which is absolutely false. There is no record of Ron Simmons ever being out for 9 months straight, or even sustaining a kidney injury and broken ribs during that match (the Chicago Street Fight during WrestleMania 13). As a matter of fact, during the match, after being put through the announcer's table Ron later gets up and continues to wrestle normally, there is absolutely zero signs of him being seriously injured. He gets into a few exchanges with Ahmed, he hits Hawk and Animal with a trash can then gets hit with the trash can himself, gets hit with a road sign a couple of times, gets pulled from the top rope to the outside of the ring by Animal, and gets body-slammed in the middle of the ring, then rolls out and stays outside the ring until Hawk pins Crush to win the match. According to Ahmend, Ron would've done everything I just mentioned with broken ribs and punctured lung... I don't think so.
@Juggalo94
@Juggalo94 2 жыл бұрын
I was heard Ron was a real badass glad he whooped that ass. Roddy Piper Ron Simmons Scott Hall Wade Barrett Shelton Benjamin List of wrestlers that shoulda been world Champions in WWE sins it didn't happen.
@anjetto1
@anjetto1 2 жыл бұрын
Ron Simmons is one of the 3 classic wrestlers who should've had the belt. Mr. Perfect. Earthquake. Ron Simmons
@LandSharkEatsU
@LandSharkEatsU Жыл бұрын
Earthquake would have needed a custom belt. I remember when he teamed with Tugboat.
@imogenaris1697
@imogenaris1697 3 жыл бұрын
Ron as "Farooq" would have NEVER worked as WWF world champion. His character was too polarizing. Some people say Nash was the worst drawing WWF world champ of all time. With "Farooq" as champ house shows & ppv buys would have gone way down. It's also been said Ron injured Tony out of jealousy. He was never as over as Ahmed in his WWF run
@heelturnsface
@heelturnsface 3 жыл бұрын
You’re a fucking idiot lol Ahmed was over in 96, nobody cared about him after his IC title reign, he was over for literally a few months. Marks like you act like you know about the business, it’s so annoying. Diesel was and is the worst drawing champion, it’s not just what “some people” say, it’s a fact of life. The NOD angle probably made you uncomfortable because you’re probably a racist. 😂
@imogenaris1697
@imogenaris1697 3 жыл бұрын
@@heelturnsface 😂
@sleazyfellow
@sleazyfellow 3 жыл бұрын
When Ahmed became a member of the nation it was already done for him. Yes he was over with the crowds, he body slammed yokozuna and was over over. He injured people and was himself injury prone. As for the farooq stuff, I don't see how he gets a pass purposely injurying Ahmed in a wrestling match.
@ajk
@ajk 3 жыл бұрын
@@louspock007 I think short term it coulda worked......imagine the return matches with Taker. Long term? Maybe it'd not work, but....short term it coulda. And with Taker's storyline with Kane and Paul Bearer ongoing at the time, a title change coulda made sense too. Have it passed off as Taker being distracted cause of Kane being held over him, as he was in different matches at the time anyway. Then just have Taker get it together enough to win it back, say at Canadian Stampede. Simple enough booking to me.
@vannavanity1195
@vannavanity1195 3 жыл бұрын
Joe is a little erratic. Faarooq was almost 40 by the time he came to WWF. For a roster whose main acts were so much younger, putting the belt on him would have made no sense since the view then was that you age out past 40 until your injury risks increase substantially, so it's a liability. This is further compounded by the fact that talent still takes a good 18 months, especially then to get over. So you're looking at age 40 or so. Faarooq was never going to be champion, nor should he have been. There's a reason why he was doing a lighter schedule in a B-rate tag team once he hit that age As for Johnson, regardless of how bad he was, I don't doubt at all that there was a lot of jealousy. Wrestlers who labor for years to get over do not like a noob coming in and becoming the 2nd hottest face in the company As for the rest, I doubt that fight happened. It's more likely that Henry has brain damaged, then concluded his dream for something that happened. It's wrestling revenge porn Johnson got the push he deserved, by which I mean end it once his merchandise wave ended. He didn't have the personality, intelligence, altruism, and character to lead the roster.
@mykeperkins7926
@mykeperkins7926 2 жыл бұрын
I remember this. Ahmed was fighting with The Rock about using Taka’s move, and when the rock told him that it wasn’t a good idea, he got upset and when D Lo intervened, Ahmed tried to hit him with some weapon and got stretched out hahaha
@michaelbull4344
@michaelbull4344 2 жыл бұрын
D lo told the story he did disrespect the rock. D lo tried to help and defended himself against Ahmed
@mykeperkins7926
@mykeperkins7926 2 жыл бұрын
@@michaelbull4344 yeah. D lo tried to deescalate the situation but Ahmed was on one and got snatched up hahaha he burned his bridge with Mark Henry as well when he put something in his drink.
@georgerg79
@georgerg79 2 жыл бұрын
Oh;
@mykeperkins7926
@mykeperkins7926 2 жыл бұрын
@@georgerg79 yeah man. Ahmed like spiked mark Henry’s drink or something, knowing he was straight edge.
@00ghostcobra
@00ghostcobra 2 жыл бұрын
Ron Simmons would have been such a great WWF champion back in the day..
@Richard-Espanol
@Richard-Espanol 2 жыл бұрын
Ahmed Johnson's videos on war zone are gold
@revmongoose6123
@revmongoose6123 2 жыл бұрын
Ahmed was so over. He was like the Black Hulk Hogan. I thought he was gonna be Champion. Imagine if he was a nice person and worked on his skills , imagine how that would have been. Is there a video of that match with Ron Simmons and Ahmed ?
@gregorycritch2129
@gregorycritch2129 Жыл бұрын
He was great in WCW, he could talk and was a believable badass as the leader of The Nation (yes he was outshined by The Rock who was swiftly rising but who wouldn't be?) I loved him in APA but he could have for sure had a main event run.
@dingdong7610
@dingdong7610 3 жыл бұрын
Hope that Plan B talk went over well with Ric Flair
@bohoward8945
@bohoward8945 2 жыл бұрын
Right,, he's having another retirement match.
@Adrian21
@Adrian21 3 жыл бұрын
Ahmed Johnson reminds me of a black version of the Ultimate Warrior. A terrible worker who can't do a coherent promo that was difficult to deal with backstage. Both were push to the moon due to their physiques and intensity, but were terrible in just about every other aspect and both didn't last very long.
@3d1k3
@3d1k3 3 жыл бұрын
Wouldn't say Ahmed was pushed to the moon. TUW held the world and IC titles simultaneously and beat Hogan clean. That's a push to the moon. Ahmed didn't get anything close.
@travionjohnson3975
@travionjohnson3975 3 жыл бұрын
Warrior could work just was bat shit crazy with promos 🤣 he was the original Goldberg that can work but squashed people. Think about this in they primes what skills did Stone Cold Rock show they punched and kicked a few slams and ok submissions
@Adrian21
@Adrian21 3 жыл бұрын
@@3d1k3 true, he wasn't as pushed as much as Warrior, I think very few people were pushed that much, but I will say that Ahmed did get a big push
@Adrian21
@Adrian21 3 жыл бұрын
@@travionjohnson3975 Warrior could NOT work. Honestly, Warrior was a terrible in ring worker
@LegendaryDrRackpull
@LegendaryDrRackpull 3 жыл бұрын
Two of the best ever... Ahmed & Warrior
@skippythealien9627
@skippythealien9627 3 жыл бұрын
i'll always remember, Ahmed and Faarooq were the black guys in WWF War Zone for Nintendo 64 Technically The Rock is too but I didnt' know that at the time lol
@tysontomko
@tysontomko 3 жыл бұрын
Same
@nothing5283
@nothing5283 3 жыл бұрын
@Lamont Norwood he is pure samoan nowadays even back then he was pure samoan
@CDavis-bg4vv
@CDavis-bg4vv 3 жыл бұрын
@@nothing5283 what? He’s as much black as he is Samoan. He didn’t change his dna lol
@sabot4ge
@sabot4ge 3 жыл бұрын
that game sucked. I remember it was hard to play it control-wise. Thank God for Wrestlemania, that cool WCW game..all u had to do was hold a button and toggle the joystick to do a finisher. Warzone was so difficult to play as a kid lol. And The Rock is SAMOAN, a Pacific Islander. He falls within the category of "Asian" moreso than Black. Although, all humans originate from Africa. Just like Arabs are technically "Asians" because they're in Western Asia. Although "Asian" isn't really a definitive race or ethnic group, The Rock is still ethnically a descendent of the Original Peoples of the Pacific..and they were African-Descent..It gets so complicated..forget race, We're all human lol.
@skippythealien9627
@skippythealien9627 3 жыл бұрын
@@sabot4ge The Rock is half black. His dad was black but yeah his mom's side of the family is Samoan. . Warzone definitely had a steep learning curve and was not as fun as the N64 Wcw games (you're thinking of World Tour and Revenge). But i think warzone was much easier than the sequel WWF attitude. I fucking hate that game so much. It was impossible to do any moves at all in that one
@philliptompkins4064
@philliptompkins4064 3 жыл бұрын
I always have needed a Ron Simmons autograph
@darrenjackson5221
@darrenjackson5221 2 жыл бұрын
Ron Simmons should have been the first black WWE champion and it really was an injustice that they didn't put the belt on him. Kameron Golden is truly right about that. Ron is truly a great guy and a true world champion
@PurpleBunnySlippers
@PurpleBunnySlippers 2 жыл бұрын
1996 was all about Hart vs Austin. Why destroy that momentum putting the belt on simmons. 97 had hbk and bret fueding as well as the rise of the Rock . I can go on for 98-2002 . The point is the timing was never right.
@misaelchavarin5931
@misaelchavarin5931 3 жыл бұрын
For the longest I wanted to hear this story 👏
@rcharles317
@rcharles317 3 жыл бұрын
I wanna know the official reason for his departure. I've heard and read different things. I believe JR could set it straight
@PhilS0341
@PhilS0341 Жыл бұрын
Ron Simmons is from my home town. My buddy and I ran into him at a bait and tackle shop one day. We were leaving the store and my buddy, who grew up a few houses down from where Ron grew up, took a hard left and walked up to the biggest human being I'd ever seen. We talked to him for a few minutes, he showed us the fish he'd caught with some kids that were with him (I don't know if they were his kids or like his nieces and nephews or something). One was a HUGE bluegill. He was coming back from fishing in one of those huge, expensive Mercedes Benz sedans that was close to six figures in 91. Definitely NOT what you picture when you think "fishing". Massive guy. Intimidating as hell. He didn't think nothing of wasting a few minutes talking to a couple of teenage fans that just walked up to him on the street. It was awesome.
@lockardthegoat5157
@lockardthegoat5157 3 жыл бұрын
They screwed up with Ahmed. Who cares if he caused some drama backstage, so do dozens of wrestlers who get pushed
@3d1k3
@3d1k3 3 жыл бұрын
Exactly
@attiepollard7847
@attiepollard7847 3 жыл бұрын
@@3d1k3 you don't piss off the boys backstage especially if you ain't got Vince all the way backing
@shotguncrucifix
@shotguncrucifix 2 жыл бұрын
Shawn Michaels was a dope but everyone says he was a great worker. No one says Ahmed Johnson was a good worker.
@ludotoyhunter8492
@ludotoyhunter8492 2 жыл бұрын
As the late Sylvester Ritter once said: “jr I’m the junkyard dog but you’re definitely the junk food dog!”
@ukwildcater
@ukwildcater 3 жыл бұрын
My favorite Ahmed moment was when Kane dropped him on his head... Bye bye. His career was obviously done when WWE was going to have him face Steve Austin that night then "Well we are really going to let you become a Kane jobber instead"
@joshuagumpert8910
@joshuagumpert8910 2 жыл бұрын
What’s the clip name?
@thunderlightning1980
@thunderlightning1980 2 жыл бұрын
Well, Austin did not want to work with that idiot. I do not blame him.
@Zero8880
@Zero8880 2 жыл бұрын
Damn, Ahmed Johnson was my favorite New Generation back in the day. I remember him body slamming Yokozuna clean like it was nothing. Much better than Lex Luger's half body slam imo. But now I gotta go back and watch Ahmed videos to see if he really did have tricep implants lol. I didn't even know that was a thing. I knew about calf implants, so I guess tricep implants would have been feasible, although I would think they would hinder your performance in ring, although from all the stories that have come out, Ahmed didn't seem like the brightest guy anyway. You would think Buff Bagwell would have gotten them too, given that he got calf implants. I always thought that Buff's triceps super small, it made his arms look unproportioned. He even alluded to it in a shoot about Scott Steiner, and how he would always turn sideways to show his physical superiority over Buff lol.
@oceandark3044
@oceandark3044 2 жыл бұрын
JR saying that Ahmed Johnson got hired because he was black and looked like a Greek god, and for a while was over, pissed me off. Not because he was wrong; I have no doubt that JR is entirely correct. But the WWE/F already had a black superstar who looked impressive, and his name was Ron Simmons. They could have put Farooq over instead of Johnson, and as far as I can see Simmons deserved it more. It just pisses me off that Vince and Co. thought they had to go get another Ron Simmons when they already had the original recipe Ron Simmons, and he was championship material.
@simplyhuman2213
@simplyhuman2213 Жыл бұрын
Vince likes to create his own toys
@ComeOnBunny
@ComeOnBunny Жыл бұрын
Could Ron Simmons slam Yokozuna?
@ScarFeiss
@ScarFeiss 3 жыл бұрын
In terms of a plan B I always wonder about HHH because all of Kliq and DX eventually met that end of their run, he hasn't but we know why
@dontdoittoyoself6786
@dontdoittoyoself6786 3 жыл бұрын
Ron Simmons damn near killed Ahmed and didn’t get a title to show for it. Ross be exposing himself and this dirty business without even knowing it.
@ScarFeiss
@ScarFeiss 3 жыл бұрын
91 to 99 wwe sounded like jail
@dontdoittoyoself6786
@dontdoittoyoself6786 3 жыл бұрын
@@ScarFeiss JR is a clown. When Farooq got injured that was Ahmed Johnson returning a favor for the time Farooq kicked in the kidney. When Farooq got injured that should’ve been the end of it and they shouldn’t even be in a match. But here go good ol JR talking like it’s just Ahmed Johnson at fault.
@madddoggnogood1491
@madddoggnogood1491 3 жыл бұрын
@@dontdoittoyoself6786 exactly. Ahmed wasn't the best person but he didn't deserve that
@mothegrouch909
@mothegrouch909 3 жыл бұрын
Whoever booked that knew how it would play out. They should have been fired for fucking with money.
@sese6227
@sese6227 3 жыл бұрын
@@mothegrouch909 lmao The naivety is astounding.
@alexandru5369
@alexandru5369 3 жыл бұрын
Normally I say be professional and deal with issues in the back but sounds like Ahmed had an ass whooping coming regardless
@Lord_Bibulous
@Lord_Bibulous 3 жыл бұрын
Especially when you make a big thing about possibly kicking JRs ass. Like what's that going to prove?
@vannavanity1195
@vannavanity1195 3 жыл бұрын
There's no way that actually happened. If so, the way he tells the story bears no resemblance to how it played out. The more likely scenario is that Henry has brain damage
@dontdoittoyoself6786
@dontdoittoyoself6786 3 жыл бұрын
JR gives no details. All he says is I had Ron Simmons talk to him. This interview is weak. JR ain’t truly talking and Ron Simmons injured Ahmed Johnson first so who’s really right and who’s really wrong. They took a baby face that was over like movie credits and turned him heal so fast with no good reason. WWE is trash. WCW was just more dysfunctional and that’s how they won the wars.
@darylchase7595
@darylchase7595 2 жыл бұрын
Man when i was a kid i loved that pearl river plunge... the pearl river power house was def unique for his time in the wwf...
@honestreviewer7788
@honestreviewer7788 3 жыл бұрын
Ron simmons wins that fight 10/10 times
@ssnadera6498
@ssnadera6498 3 жыл бұрын
Wwe never fired ahmed, he quit during a live taping of raw before he was scheduled for a beatdown by truth commission after getting news his sister battling cancer was at her last stage,she died a week later, he had bad luck, was scheduled to face taker and hbk for the title,they really tried to make the guy main event status and eventually champion, but his injuries prevented it, and wrestlers didnt like him probably cause he was too intense for them in the ring and would "injure them".
@lianataylorr
@lianataylorr 3 жыл бұрын
That’s sad to hear about his sister ☹️
@spaceycaveco.698
@spaceycaveco.698 3 жыл бұрын
No, other wrestlers didn’t like him because he was picking fights with nearly everyone backstage over things that weren’t true. Listen to DLo Brown, Stevie Ray, and other’s interviews about him, as they’re all consistent about his behavior.
@kingoffarts8352
@kingoffarts8352 3 жыл бұрын
No he was kinda like the ultimate warrior backstage. He didn't respect the business or anyone in it. Ask anyone.
@downwithputinsaveukraine1313
@downwithputinsaveukraine1313 3 жыл бұрын
He also overslept/noshowed. Ask Cornette.
@lexkanyima2195
@lexkanyima2195 3 жыл бұрын
@@kingoffarts8352 wrong
@whidoineedthis
@whidoineedthis 3 жыл бұрын
Manny Fernandes with the WW2 shrapnel fragments
@Godric_71
@Godric_71 2 ай бұрын
I remember when Ron Simmons first started on tv. I was probably 10 or 11. I forget the name of the promotion. It was when wrestlings main promotion was in central Florida and the big events were at "The Omni in Tampa, Florida". I was instantly a fan and he hadn't even made it to the ring yet.
@APGJuggernaut
@APGJuggernaut 2 жыл бұрын
Ron Simmons was a man's man's man's man.
@guyverjay1289
@guyverjay1289 3 жыл бұрын
This story is great and everything but Ahmeds wwe career folded because he was constantly injured not because one night Simmons kicked his ass 🙄
@christiankarlkarganilla2763
@christiankarlkarganilla2763 2 жыл бұрын
Vince loved Ahmed because he had the look but he was a nuclear heat magnet in the locker room which is why Vince was hesitant to push him to the moon and top but still gave him exposure and a decent push and he got over big time for a moment. But the moment he had gotten injured and was out of shape because of his constant injuries, he was done. It wasn't one thing that folded his career. He had terrible wrestling skills, heat with the boys, messed around a locker room leader like Ron, and was constantly injured that Vince ultimately decided, he wasn't worth keeping anymore.
@mandolinman2006
@mandolinman2006 3 жыл бұрын
I'd love to see footage of Farooq having his way with Ahmed.
@briantaylor9285
@briantaylor9285 2 жыл бұрын
Ron Simmons wasn't the one to mess with.
@ryansparrow5762
@ryansparrow5762 2 жыл бұрын
I remember a guy I went to school with saying Ahmed was his favorite wrestler. I was really shocked to be honest.
@ronmexico9956
@ronmexico9956 3 жыл бұрын
I bet Vince told both Ron and Ahmed ,upon signing, that they’d be the first black champion, and that’s where the problem came from
@rtenny7
@rtenny7 3 жыл бұрын
I believe that...I heard he told JYD and Bad News Brown,,they would be the first..
@matthewcollins8602
@matthewcollins8602 3 жыл бұрын
Well to be fair to Vince none of those four would be great for business as a world champion
@matthewcollins8602
@matthewcollins8602 3 жыл бұрын
@Jacki Conklin it's not real and they didn't draw. Those are facts and you remaining ignorant instead of being honest to yourself and admitting it won't change that. While thinking everyone pointing that out is racist you are exposing yourself as being racist and a dumbass that doesn't know anything about this topic whatsoever 🤣🤣
@PurpleBunnySlippers
@PurpleBunnySlippers 2 жыл бұрын
Except Vince wanted to put the whc on Ahmed but he refused. That's on Ahmed not Vince.
@skepchica
@skepchica 5 ай бұрын
No. Ahmed was a sloppy worker and he hurt Ron in a dark match. Ron came back it was actually his first night in that ridiculously gladiator gimmick and ended up injuring one of Ahmeds kidneys. They went back and forth for a bit but Ahmed wasn't a safe worker and his attitude didn't serve him well with the guys in the locker room. Getting nasty with Jim Ross was probably when enough was enough.
@jeffreymoscardelli8428
@jeffreymoscardelli8428 3 жыл бұрын
Ahmed was his worst enemy after getting injured he didn't get in shape he hit every buffet in the northeast and not the gym
@tonyslicer7399
@tonyslicer7399 3 жыл бұрын
You can tell he gave up when he appeared in Nitro look like gain extra 100pds of fat not gym shape
@American-Zero
@American-Zero 3 жыл бұрын
@@tonyslicer7399 That wasn't Ahmed Johnson....that was the man who ATE Ahmed Johnson. Dude was just as out of shape as ever, he stopped hitting the gym and gained so much weight he was nearly immobile. Plus he was part of the "New" Harlem Heat...where it doesn't take a genius to know any team with the word New attached to it is the kiss of death.
@RackEmRack
@RackEmRack Ай бұрын
I like how JR says school. “Skewl”. Reminds me of my papa.
@KinnereyB
@KinnereyB 5 ай бұрын
“He didn’t learn how to conduct himself in locker rooms from the Acme Wrestling School” 😂 JR is the GOAT
@mitchellandrews1015
@mitchellandrews1015 10 ай бұрын
Ron knew how to handle himself in the locking room
@thehandoftheking3314
@thehandoftheking3314 3 жыл бұрын
Hahaha god can you imagine the heat the WWF would have got for the Leader of NoD being world champ?
@ps-yk8su
@ps-yk8su 3 жыл бұрын
It will happen now
@thehandoftheking3314
@thehandoftheking3314 3 жыл бұрын
@@ps-yk8su no way.
@3d1k3
@3d1k3 3 жыл бұрын
Should've happened. For all the envelope pushing that happened in the Attitude Era, and it was pretty wild, the WWE was too afraid to put the belt on the leader of the NOD. Missed opportunity. Would've made the Attitude Era even better than what it was.
@aamazintribe
@aamazintribe 2 жыл бұрын
WWE 6x Hall Of Famer 2 Ron Simmons/Farooq of The Nation Of Domination, The Ministry Of Darkness, DOOM, Acolytes, APA, & solo run as a Wrestler should've been WWE Heavyweight Champion with a long Heavyweight Championship Title reign. 🌌💀🌌
@kylesmith9944
@kylesmith9944 2 жыл бұрын
Ron Simmions should have been WWF World Champion!!!
@pattaccone
@pattaccone 2 жыл бұрын
Ron Simmons is someone that needs be on your good side 😂😂. Like Haku , barbarian etc
@branstark3557
@branstark3557 3 жыл бұрын
Jr making all that up..
@gavburger
@gavburger Жыл бұрын
I believed the Ron Simmons/Ahmed Johnson story Mark Henry presented, but going through WWF match results there's no period between 96-99 when Ron Simmons missed more than a week, so the "out 9 months with a lacerated kidney" story doesn't add up. And Whilst Ahmed was often injured for weeks at a time none of his injuries corresponded with matches against Ron Simmons. No doubt they disliked each other but Mark Henry's tale of retribution probably belongs in the Hall of Embellished Wrestling Stories alongside most of Ric Flair and Hulk Hogan's anecdotes.
@skepchica
@skepchica 5 ай бұрын
Ron told me the story. They had a dark match before he came in with that ridiculous gladiator gimmick. Marks saying it the way it happened.
@galloe
@galloe 5 ай бұрын
@@skepchica What I don't understand about that dark match is that it's listed for the Intercontinental title. Why would Ron Simmons wrestle for the title before making his televised debut? It's also listed on July 22, 1996... which is the same day he debuted and attacked Johnson. Even if that match did happen, the whole 9 months out didn't happen at all. Six months before his WWF debut Ron had a match at MWCW, and six months before that he was still with NJPW. Mark's story still doesn't add up whatsoever.
@TheImapotato
@TheImapotato 2 жыл бұрын
I always wished they had Farooq win the Heavyweight title and then do an immediate face turn when Ron stated that he was clamoring about poor race relations but the fans cheering him as he won (and they would have cheered) has shown him that wrestling is where talent and ambition overcome the color of your skin and then have him run with a year long title reign taking down the cocky kids of WWF
@tommyhallum2054
@tommyhallum2054 3 жыл бұрын
DAMN! Love RON
@everythingsbroke
@everythingsbroke 9 ай бұрын
ahmed johnson was my favorite as a teen.
@therealaaroncollins6486
@therealaaroncollins6486 Жыл бұрын
Ron Simmons was not to be played with. I hate that Vince only relegated him to one word. DAMN.
@cjempire1188
@cjempire1188 Жыл бұрын
I love Jim Ross.. I came from the era with Bobby the brain and gorilla monsoon as commentators.. they were great.. Miss those dudes.. then in comes Vince McMahon.. I really loved him on commentating.. he always kept me at the edge of my seat fully invested and interested in what's going on no matter what match it was and Jim gave me that same feeling as Vince.. And for laughs I loved The King Jerry Lawler and JBL.. Good old days of commentary
@davon4470
@davon4470 3 жыл бұрын
I know this is hella random was it me or did Ron Simmons look with his goatee as apart of apa as opposed to when he was in nation of domination with no facial hair he looked older to me and normally with facial hair it make you look older.
@SSJ2Phenom
@SSJ2Phenom 3 жыл бұрын
Ron Simmons is definitely on the list of wrestlers that I'd never want to piss off. He's somewhere between Undertaker and the Wild Samoans.
@attiepollard7847
@attiepollard7847 3 жыл бұрын
I don't think Ron will get pissed off if you made him mad but I think he would tell you something in order to straighten you out same thing for the undertaker. They'll give you a warning but if you keep on doing it hell yeah you going to have some problems
@Scorch1028
@Scorch1028 2 жыл бұрын
Ahmed Johnson (Tony Norris) was given a push because of his size and appearance. He was "reckless" in the ring, and he hurt several of his kayfabe opponents. He badly injured Ron Simmons (Farooq) with a botched kick that sidelined Simmons for 9 months. Well, soon after returning to action, Simmons gave Johnson a "receipt", breaking 3 of his ribs, and Johnson's WWE career was effectively over. Johnson had been injury-prone long before Simmons stomped him. Johnson was "bad for business", and many of the boys in the locker room were happy to see him go.
@Wolversquall
@Wolversquall 3 жыл бұрын
If hbk did what Johnson did it got overlooked and down played
@robgbaby
@robgbaby 3 жыл бұрын
Surprise: bigger draws get away with more shit.
@thehandoftheking3314
@thehandoftheking3314 3 жыл бұрын
How many guys did HBK injure?
@ScarFeiss
@ScarFeiss 3 жыл бұрын
@@thehandoftheking3314 hbk vs vader
@thehandoftheking3314
@thehandoftheking3314 3 жыл бұрын
@@ScarFeiss that was just HBK being an unprofessional prick, not dangerous
@dontdoittoyoself6786
@dontdoittoyoself6786 3 жыл бұрын
@@thehandoftheking3314 Shawn and Triple H were putting dookie in people sandwiches. Randy Orton kept stalking a diva and Jizzed in her handbag. But that wasn’t a problem for good ol JR and Vince.
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