Ron Simmons : Ask Biography

Personal information

Name

Ron Simmons

Ring name

Ron Simmons
Faarooq Asad
Faarooq

Billed height

1.83 m (6 ft in)

Billed weight

270 lb (122.5 kg)

Birth date

May 15, 1962(age 54)

Birth place

Perry, Georgia

Resides

Marietta, Georgia

Billed from

Warner Robins, Georgia

Trained by

Hiro Matsuda

Debut

October 1986

Retired

February 6, 2010

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Ron Simmons (born May 15, 1962) is an American semi-retired professional wrestler and retired American football player. He is recognised as being the first Black world heavyweight champion in professional wrestling and the first of only two African Americans to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, along with Booker T.

Simmons was a two-time consensus All-American football player at Florida State University, and played for the Cleveland Browns in the National Football League and the Ottawa Rough Riders in the Canadian Football League. He became a professional wrestler in 1986, and went on to wrestle in World Championship Wrestling under his real name and in the World Wrestling Federation under both his real name and the ring names Faarooq Asaad (sometimes spelled Asad) and Faarooq (sometimes spelled Farooq).