TSC Evaluation #26: Ron Simmons

[mrken12]

In the last evaluation, Booker T got a score of 8.54.

TSC Evaluation #25: Booker T

Rick Rude: 9.11 TSC Evaluation #21: Rick Rude
Sting: 9.03 TSC Evaluation #20: Sting
Rey Mysterio Jr.: 8.78 TSC Evaluation #15: Rey Mysterio Jr
Scott Steiner: 8.59 TSC Evaluation #2: Scott Steiner
Terry Funk: 8.41 TSC Evaluation #11: Terry Funk
Vader: 8.23 TSC Evaluation #12: Vader
Rob Van Dam: 8.14 TSC Evaluation #9: Rob Van Dam
Andre The Giant: 8.08 TSC Evaluation #18: Andre The Giant
DDP: 7.95 TSC Evaluation #16: Diamond Dallas Page
CM Punk: 7.94 TSC Evaluation #7: CM Punk
Raven: 7.64 TSC Evaluation #19: Raven
Roddy Piper: 7.51 TSC Evaluation #6: Roddy Piper
2 Cold Scorpio: 7.33 TSC Evaluation #23: 2 Cold Scorpio
Goldberg: 7.13 TSC Evaluation #3: Goldberg
Sycho Sid: 6.97 TSC Evaluation #4: Sycho Sid / Sid Vicious
Junkyard Dog: 6.92 TSC Evaluation #24: Junkyard Dog
Ultimate Warrior: 6.72 TSC Evaluation #10: The Ultimate Warrior
D'Lo Brown: 6.47 TSC Evaluation #13: D'Lo Brown
Sabu: 6.02 TSC Evaluation #22: Sabu
Lex Luger: 5.97 TSC Evaluation #8: Lex Luger
Tazz: 5.94 TSC Evaluation #5: Tazz
Chyna: 5.63 TSC Evaluation #17: Chyna
Jeff Jarrett: 4.51 TSC Evaluation: Jeff Jarrett
Tommy Dreamer: 3.96 TSC Evaluation #14: Tommy Dreamer

If people have any requests for future wrestlers you want to see evaluated, let me know. I'll have one wrestler evaluated for each week every Monday.

For #27 it will be MVP.

Pending requests: Ricky Steamboat, Edge, Ted DiBiase, Jake The Snake Roberts, Bam Bam Bigelow, Kurt Angle, Batista, Billy Gunn, X-Pac, Kane, Undertaker, Big Show, Rikishi, Mr. Perfect, Owen Hart, Chris Kanyon, Mike Awesome, The Godfather, Val Venis, Big Boss Man, JBL, Harley Race, Stan Hansen, Eddie Guerrero, Christian Cage, Brian Pillman, Goldust, William Regal, Tully Blanchard, Arn Anderson, Eddie Gilbert, Sandman, Barry Windham

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Major accomplishments

Championship Wrestling from Florida
NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship (1x)

Memphis Championship Wrestling
MCW Southern Tag Team Championship (1x) – with Bradshaw

Ohio Valley Wrestling
OVW Southern Tag Team Championship (1x) – with Bradshaw

Pro Wrestling Illustrated
PWI Most Inspirational Wrestler of the Year (1992)
Ranked #20 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 1992
Ranked #108 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003
Ranked #91 of the top 100 tag teams of the "PWI Years" with Butch Reed in 2003

World Championship Wrestling
WCW World Heavyweight Championship (1x)
-The first black WCW World Heavyweight Champion
WCW World Tag Team Championship (1x) – with Butch Reed
WCW United States Tag Team Championship (1x) – with Big Josh

World Wrestling Federation/WWE
WWF Tag Team Championship (3x) – with Bradshaw
WWE Hall of Fame (Class of 2012)


With a scale of 1-10 how would you rate Ron Simmons in these categories:

-Mic work/promos

-Personality/gimmicks

-Ring work (along with some of your favorite matches/feuds)

-Overall rating (which doesn't have to be an average of the above scores)

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

-Mic work/promos

• 7; nothing legendary but he got the point across that he is tough, sold the fight, and that he was always a threat. His promos as farooq Assad got major heat.

-Personality/gimmicks

• 8; always a credible badass, and got over in doom, Simmons as a solo, farooq assaad, farooq in the ministry as a legit goon, and the APA was status and revived him and Bradshaws career.

-Ring work (along with some of your favorite matches/feuds)

• 7. He didn't sell much but he was in the legion of doom cloth that he's a badass, he doesn't need to sell like a hardy boy. I loved his finishers, as simple as they were. He also had good strikes.

Overall I give him a letter grade of a B, which is about a 7, near 8. I like Simmons a lot, and his contributions to the business make me give him benefit of the doubt at an 8.

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

A couple pieces of analysis so far:

• It's very interesting that Rick rude is the highest rated TSC wrestler ever. Going into it no way I would've predicted that.
• For all the people clamoring for a Chyna hall of fame, well, scoreboard
• Jeff Jarrett is grossly overrated
• Sabu and dlo over luger still blows my mind.

 

[Hoss]

Dope as hell. I'm a big fan.

Legit, convincing tough dude.

To this day I still feel like the Faarooq promos as Nation leader were legendary. Some of the realest, most convincing mic work ever. Dude got into that character and it fit him like a glove. Maybe I'm biased but that shyt really got to me. Always felt like they could have done more with it. He didn't have to be such a victim of The Rock's rise, you know?

He genuinely surprised me with his mic work in The Nation. Didn't see that coming at all based his NWA/WCW career.

It's almost a shame that he was so good at yelling "Damn!" because once Vince heard that, he was doomed to eventually be pigeonholed as a comedy figure.


Anyway:

mic work - 9
personalities/gimmicks - 9 (mostly because of his roles in The Nation and APA. Doom wasn't as good as it should have been, in my opinion.)
ring work - 7 (athletic for a big dude but obviously a little limited compared to the best workers)
Overall - solid 8. Can't quite justify a 9, but I wish I could.

Yeah I realize that I'll probably rate him higher than most will.

 

[R=G]

Ron Simmons is like a 7. Solid 7. Decent on the mic, made true history in WCW, solid strong worker, good feuds, great tag runs, and was reliable.

 

[Riley Escobar]

A couple pieces of analysis so far:

• It's very interesting that Rick rude is the highest rated TSC wrestler ever. Going into it no way I would've predicted that.
• For all the people clamoring for a Chyna hall of fame, well, scoreboard
• Jeff Jarrett is grossly overrated
• Sabu and dlo over luger still blows my mind.

It's interesting the amount of people voting on each poll too

CM Punk: 86
Jeff Jarrett: 84
Scott Steiner: 81
RVD: 70
Rey Mysterio: 68
Sting: 64
D'Lo Brown: 63
Goldberg: 63
DDP: 59
Lex Luger: 59
Rick Rude: 59
Sid Vicious: 59
Tazz: 53
Ultimate Warrior: 51
Tommy Dreamer: 50
Vader: 48
Booker T: 43
Sabu: 42
Andre The Giant: 41
Chyna: 38
Roddy Piper: 38
Raven: 37
Terry Funk: 30
2 Cold Scorpio: 28
Junkyard Dog: 11

In addition, if you take away the comedy 1 and 2 ratings given to Punk by eight people not taking this concept seriously (including aliases ) his rating would be 8.55 and he'd be 5th in the list

 

[Nintendough]

7 off of being a black world champ alone

 

[PlayerNinety_Nine]

I'll always have a soft spot for Ron - he was damn near the only Black wrestler I remember seeing on the WCW show that used to air in the UK - 2 Cold Scorpio came later. The match with Vader where he won the strap is in my top 5 purely for sentimental reasons. The brother in the front row who nearly jumped the barrier while marking out is still a GOAT fan reaction.

I enjoyed his work in the Nation but APA Farooq who was just out there stiffing the shyt out of people and hitting them with The Dominator might be my favourite.

As far as character he was a master of the

I gave him an 8.

 

[Here Comes the Pain]

Rick rude being the highest rated in this whole evaluation is legit blasphemy to those who clearly have had better careers & more impact on the game than him.

 

[Here Comes the Pain]

Ron simmons is a solid 7.

He's had a solid career in both singles & tag team competition.

 

[Champagne Kudo]

I wasn't around for most of his career but 10 just for being first black wcw champ

and the dam gimmick

I can't remember any specific matches of his but it's still a 10

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

Rick rude being the highest rated in this whole evaluation is legit blasphemy to those who clearly have had better careers & more impact on the game than him.

Like who? If you include workrate Mic work and character, there are very few who have all three at the level of rude.

 

[patscorpio]

Subs...when I get back from the gym..I'll share my thoughts on Ron Simmons

 

[Hoss]

The match with Vader where he won the strap is in my top 5 purely for sentimental reasons. The brother in the front row who nearly jumped the barrier while marking out is still a GOAT fan reaction.

Forgot about this and I agree 100%.

 

[Here Comes the Pain]

Like who? If you include workrate Mic work and character, there are very few who have all three at the level of rude.

I evaluate based on everything. Not just skill set.

If that was the case you could give someone like dean malenko a 10

Dude didn't have a GOAT career compared to the likes of someone like sting, booker t, rey mysterio ,etc.