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Bearcat Wright was the WWA world heavyweight champion in 1963. Which, while a West coast title, was defended, and recognized, as far away as Japan.
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* RatingsStunt: [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools A positive example;]] the public murder of {{kayfabe}} lead to several questions about pro wrestling, like why WCW had so many black wrestlers who weren't champions. Yes, Simmons was respected in the locker room but it took an [[MediaWatchdog NAACP]] complaint to get Doom the tag team titles. When former UWF boss "Cowboy" Bill Watts took over as head of WCW in 1992, he was more than happy to take Simmons' career further, since as Wrestling/MickFoley wrote, "One of Bill's trademarks was creating a black babyface and building the company around him. When the Cowboy looked at Ron Simmons, I think he heard cash registers ring. Ron had all the qualities Bill loved: he was big, he was black, he could talk, he was a legitimate tough guy, and he'd been a legitimate sports athlete." Simmons would go on to become the first ever officially recognized black world heavyweight champion.
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* RatingsStunt: [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools A positive example;]] the public murder of {{kayfabe}} lead to several questions about pro wrestling, like why WCW had so many black wrestlers who weren't champions. Yes, Simmons was respected in the locker room but it took an [[MediaWatchdog NAACP]] complaint to get Doom the tag team titles. When former UWF boss "Cowboy" Bill Watts took over as head of WCW in 1992, he was more than happy to take Simmons' career further, since as Wrestling/MickFoley wrote, "One of Bill's trademarks was creating a black babyface and building the company around him. When the Cowboy looked at Ron Simmons, I think he heard cash registers ring. Ron had all the qualities Bill loved: he was big, he was black, he could talk, he was a legitimate tough guy, and he'd been a legitimate sports athlete." Simmons would go on to become the first second ever officially recognized black world heavyweight champion.champion, and the first for a National company like WCW.
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Bearcat Wright won the WWA world heavyweight title from Freddie Blassie in 1963, as seen in this newspaper reporting. https://twitter.com/Rockrims/status/1100451471860985856/photo/2
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Ronald Simmons (also otherwise known in-ring as Faarooq, born May 15, 1958) is a semi-retired American [[ProfessionalWrestling professional wrestler]] who wrestled in numerous promotions, first in Florida, then in Wrestling/{{WCW}} and Wrestling/{{ECW}}, and most notably in Wrestling/{{WWE}} from 1996 to 2010, when he retired. He continues to show up at WWE events to this day, however. He defeated [[{{Wrestling/Vader}} Big Van Vader]] for the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-h.html WCW World Heavyweight Title]], making him the first black wrestler to be a World Heavyweight Champion.
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Ronald Simmons (also otherwise known in-ring as Faarooq, born May 15, 1958) is a semi-retired American [[ProfessionalWrestling professional wrestler]] who wrestled in numerous promotions, first in Florida, then in Wrestling/{{WCW}} and Wrestling/{{ECW}}, and most notably in Wrestling/{{WWE}} from 1996 to 2010, when he retired. He continues to show up at WWE events to this day, however. He defeated [[{{Wrestling/Vader}} Big Van Vader]] for the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-h.html WCW World Heavyweight Title]], making him the first second black wrestler to be a World Heavyweight Champion.
Champion after Bearcat Wright.
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As a WWE wrestler, Simmons was the leader of Wrestling/TheNationOfDomination stable entirely composed of black men, which included Wrestling/MarkHenry and [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]]. He also formed one half of the Acolytes (repackaged as the '''A'''colytes '''P'''rotection '''A'''gency), the other being Wrestling/JohnBradshawLayfield.
In 2012 he was inducted into the WWE Hall Of Fame.
In 2012 he was inducted into the WWE Hall Of Fame.
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As a WWE wrestler, Simmons was the leader of Wrestling/TheNationOfDomination stable entirely composed of black men, which included Wrestling/MarkHenry and [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]]. He also formed one half of the Acolytes Wrestling/{{the A|PA}}colytes (repackaged as the '''A'''colytes '''P'''rotection '''A'''gency), the other being Wrestling/JohnBradshawLayfield.
In 2012 he was inducted into theWWE Hall Of Fame.
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* TheArtifact: He kept the Farooq name for many years after his split from the Nation Of Domination despite his gimmick changing. Similarly, the Acolytes were originally part of the Ministry Of Darkness, but kept the name, albeit as the APA with his and Bradshaw's gimmick being effectively bodyguards for hire as opposed to acolytes of the Ministry.
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* TheArtifact: He kept the Farooq name for many years after his split from the Nation Of Domination Wrestling/TheNationOfDomination despite his gimmick changing. Similarly, the Acolytes were originally part of the Ministry Of Darkness, Wrestling/MinistryOfDarkness, but kept the name, albeit as the APA Wrestling/TheAPA with his and Bradshaw's gimmick being effectively bodyguards for hire as opposed to acolytes of the Ministry.
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* BerserkButton: He and Butch Reed beat down Wrestling/ArnAnderson and Wrestling/RicFlair for taking liberties with their manager, Teddy Long.
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* BerserkButton: He and Butch Reed beat down Wrestling/ArnAnderson and Wrestling/RicFlair for taking liberties with their manager, Teddy Long.Wrestling/TeddyLong.
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* CoDragons: To Wrestling/TheUndertaker in the Wrestling/MinistryOfDarkness alongside Bradshaw.
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* CoDragons: To Wrestling/TheUndertaker in the Wrestling/MinistryOfDarkness alongside Bradshaw.[[Wrestling/JohnBradshawLayfield Bradshaw]].
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* DemotedToExtra: After the APA broke up.
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* DemotedToExtra: After the APA Wrestling/TheAPA broke up.
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* {{Jerkass}}: As the leader of the Nation of Domination.
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* {{Jerkass}}: As the leader of the Nation of Domination.Wrestling/TheNationOfDomination.
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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Added [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson Rocky Maivia]] to the Nation of Domination on the presumption that the timid, weak Maivia wouldn't be able to overshadow him the way Ahmed Johnson had. Instead, Maivia shed the nice-guy image, renamed himself "The Rock," drew even more intense hate heat than he had as a baby {{face}}, and went from being Faarooq's [[TheDragon Dragon]] to TheStarscream, kicking Faarooq out of the group on the ''[[Wrestling/{{WWERaw}} Raw]]'' after ''Wrestling/{{WrestleMania}} XIV'' and taking over the group himself.
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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Added [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson Rocky Maivia]] to the Nation of Domination Wrestling/TheNationOfDomination on the presumption that the timid, weak Maivia wouldn't be able to overshadow him the way Ahmed Johnson Wrestling/AhmedJohnson had. Instead, Maivia shed the nice-guy image, renamed himself "The Rock," drew even more intense hate heat than he had as a baby {{face}}, and went from being Faarooq's [[TheDragon Dragon]] to TheStarscream, kicking Faarooq out of the group on the ''[[Wrestling/{{WWERaw}} Raw]]'' after ''Wrestling/{{WrestleMania}} ''Wrestling/WrestleMania XIV'' and taking over the group himself.
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* RatingsStunt: [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools A positive example;]] the public murder of {{kayfabe}} lead to several questions about pro wrestling, like why WCW had so many black wrestlers who weren't champions. Yes, Simmons was respected in the locker room but it took an [[MediaWatchdog NAACP]] complaint to get Doom the tag team titles. When former UWF boss "Cowboy" Bill Watts took over as head of WCW in 1992, he was more than happy to take Simmons' career further, since as Mick Foley wrote, "One of Bill's trademarks was creating a black babyface and building the company around him. When the Cowboy looked at Ron Simmons, I think he heard cash registers ring. Ron had all the qualities Bill loved: he was big, he was black, he could talk, he was a legitimate tough guy, and he'd been a legitimate sports athlete." Simmons would go on to become the first ever officially recognized black world heavyweight champion.
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* RatingsStunt: [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools A positive example;]] the public murder of {{kayfabe}} lead to several questions about pro wrestling, like why WCW had so many black wrestlers who weren't champions. Yes, Simmons was respected in the locker room but it took an [[MediaWatchdog NAACP]] complaint to get Doom the tag team titles. When former UWF boss "Cowboy" Bill Watts took over as head of WCW in 1992, he was more than happy to take Simmons' career further, since as Mick Foley Wrestling/MickFoley wrote, "One of Bill's trademarks was creating a black babyface and building the company around him. When the Cowboy looked at Ron Simmons, I think he heard cash registers ring. Ron had all the qualities Bill loved: he was big, he was black, he could talk, he was a legitimate tough guy, and he'd been a legitimate sports athlete." Simmons would go on to become the first ever officially recognized black world heavyweight champion.
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* UrExample: Ron was wrestling's first black World Champion, paving the way for [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]], Wrestling/BookerT and Wrestling/KofiKingston.
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* UrExample: Ron was wrestling's first black World Champion, paving the way for [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]], Wrestling/BookerT Wrestling/BookerT, Wrestling/RonKillings, Wrestling/MarkHenry, Wrestling/KofiKingston, Wrestling/BobbyLashley, and Wrestling/KofiKingston.Wrestling/{{Big E|Langston}}.
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* SaltAndPepper: The Pepper to Bradshaw's Salt.
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* RatingsStunt: [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools A positive example;]] the public murder of {{kayfabe}} lead to several questions about pro wrestling, like why WCW had so many black wrestlers who weren't champions. Yes, Simmons was respected in the locker room but it took an [[MediaWatchdog NAACP]] complaint to get Doom the tag team titles. When former UWF boss "Cowboy" Bill Watts took over as head of WCW in 1992, he was more than happy to take Simmons' career further, since as Mick Foley wrote, "One of Bill's trademarks was creating a black babyface and building the company around him. When the Cowboy looked at Ron Simmons, I think he heard cash registers ring. Ron had all the qualities Bill loved: he was big, he was black, he could talk, he was a legitimate tough guy, and he'd been a legitimate sports athlete." Simmons would go on to become the first ever officially recognized black world heavyweight champion.
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-->*Surveys the list of tropes*…… '''''[[OverlyLongGag DAMN!!!]]'''''
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-->*Surveys the list of tropes*…… tropes*[[{{Beat}} ……]] '''''[[OverlyLongGag DAMN!!!]]'''''
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* TheArtifact: He kept the Farooq name for many years after his split from the Nation Of Domination despite his gimmick changing. Similarly, the Acolytes were originally part of the Ministry Of Darkness, but kept the name, albeit as the APA with his and Bradshaw's gimmick being effectively bodyguards for hire as opposed to acolytes of the Ministry.
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dewicked Angry Black Man
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* AngryBlackMan: Most prominently during his Nation of Domination days.
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Nice Hat is now a disambiguation page.
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* NiceHat: Subverted with his original gladiator helmet, played straight with his hat as the leader of the Nation of Domination.
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Trope names shouldn't be potholed in works' example lists. See How To Write An Example
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* ArchEnemy: Wrestling/TheRoadWarriors, the Steiner Brothers (Rick and Wrestling/{{Scott|Steiner}}, Wrestling/AhmedJohnson
* '''[[AtomicFBomb Atomic D Bomb]]''': '''DAMN!''' It's so powerful, the people he shouts it at jump ''all the time'', even though they know it's coming (indeed, they start cringing and bracing for impact the moment he lays eyes on them).
* '''[[AtomicFBomb Atomic D Bomb]]''': '''DAMN!''' It's so powerful, the people he shouts it at jump ''all the time'', even though they know it's coming (indeed, they start cringing and bracing for impact the moment he lays eyes on them).
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* ArchEnemy: Wrestling/TheRoadWarriors, the Steiner Brothers (Rick and Wrestling/{{Scott|Steiner}}, Wrestling/AhmedJohnson
Wrestling/AhmedJohnson)
*'''[[AtomicFBomb Atomic D Bomb]]''': '''AtomicFBomb''': '''DAMN!''' It's so powerful, the people he shouts it at jump ''all the time'', even though they know it's coming (indeed, they start cringing and bracing for impact the moment he lays eyes on them).
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* [[PrecisionFStrike Precision D-Strike]]: He's silent, yes. But when he sees something unexpected..."[[RuleofThree DAMN!!!]]"
* [[MartialArtsHeadband Pro Wrestling Headband]]: From his singles career in WCW.
* [[MartialArtsHeadband Pro Wrestling Headband]]: From his singles career in WCW.
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* [[PrecisionFStrike Precision D-Strike]]: PrecisionFStrike: He's silent, yes. But when he sees something unexpected..."[[RuleofThree DAMN!!!]]"
* [[MartialArtsHeadband Pro Wrestling Headband]]: From his singles career in WCW.DAMN!!!]]"
* [[MartialArtsHeadband Pro Wrestling Headband]]: From his singles career in WCW.
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You can learn more about [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Simmons his career]] at Wiki/TheOtherWiki.
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* ArchEnemy: Wrestling/TheRoadWarriors, the Steiner Brothers (Rick and [[Wrestling/ScottSteiner Scott]]), Wrestling/AhmedJohnson
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* ArchEnemy: Wrestling/TheRoadWarriors, the Steiner Brothers (Rick and [[Wrestling/ScottSteiner Scott]]), Wrestling/{{Scott|Steiner}}, Wrestling/AhmedJohnson
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* CommutingOnABus: Makes sporadic appearances, mainly to say his {{CatchPhrase}}.
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* CommutingOnABus: Makes sporadic appearances, mainly to say his {{CatchPhrase}}.CatchPhrase.
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* BreakupBreakout:
** The Michaels (breakout) over his Doom tag team partner Butch Reed.
** The Jannetty (overshadowed) to The Rock and Mark Henry in the Nation of Domination
** The Jannetty to [[Wrestling/JohnBradshawLayfield Bradshaw]], when the APA split up the second time in 2004 and Bradshaw repackaged himself as JBL. Of course he was ''retiring'', as well.
** The Michaels (breakout) over his Doom tag team partner Butch Reed.
** The Jannetty (overshadowed) to The Rock and Mark Henry in the Nation of Domination
** The Jannetty to [[Wrestling/JohnBradshawLayfield Bradshaw]], when the APA split up the second time in 2004 and Bradshaw repackaged himself as JBL. Of course he was ''retiring'', as well.
