Post by Peep's Naitch on Sept 4, 2017 9:45:06 GMT -5
Locker Room Celebrates Simmons' Historic Victory
WWE Hall of Famer and former WCW World Champion Ron Simmons was a guest on the Jobbing Out podcast recently and was asked about winning the WCW World Title from Vader on a house show that was taped for TV in Baltimore 25 years ago.
He reflected on how important it was:
"It's something that you never forget, that you always relive, and I've done that ever since that happened," he added. " … It's something that you never get over and you are not only proud of yourself, but also it gives you special meaning when people come up to you and say, 'Thank you for giving me that inspiration from when you won that title that night. Not just because of it being the title but because of it giving me inspiration to go on to do other things with my life.' Now you can't ask for a better compliment than that."
"That night there they saw a real moment in professional wrestling. Which is very rare that they see that kind of thing happen. Because there was no knowledge of that happening -- it wasn't even knowledge [for] me that that was going to take place that night. And I think that's one of the biggest reasons [for] that reaction of the fans. Not only that, but they can see from the enthusiasm from me and all of the other guys that this was something that was not scripted of any kind. That wasn't supposed to take place that night."
For context, the original title match participant was supposed to be Sting, but was injured earlier on the card by a debuting Jake "The Snake" Roberts, who DDT'd Sting twice and dropped a crucifix on his chest before attempting to put the snake on him. Ron Simmons was chosen that night to get the title match against the current WCW World Champion Big Van Vader instead, from a choice of wrestlers that were in the ring that included Dustin Rhodes, Barry Windham, Brian Pillman and others. Simmons escaped Vader's power bomb attempt and snap power slammed Vader for the 3 count to the jubilation of the crowd. Simmons was then crowned champion and the wrestlers from the back lifted him on their shoulders in celebration.
Credit:
www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2017/0902/630796/ron-simmons-on-not-knowing-he-would-win-his-first-world-title/
www.pressboxonline.com/2017/08/30/wwe-hall-of-famer-ron-simmons-recalls-historic-title-win-in-baltimore