INTERVIEW CLASSIC (10 YRS AGO): Ron Simmons on how he found out he'd be winning WCW Title, Nation of Domination, Turner buying JCP, more

Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast

Wade Keller

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3.9 • 903 Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2024

⏱️ 118 minutes

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In this week’s Interview Classic episode from ten years ago (11-12-2014), Pat McNeil interviewed Ron Simmons who talked about the transition from Jim Crockett Promotions to Turner-owned WCW and what wrestlers were worried about, thoughts on Mick Foley early in his career, the switch to wrestling as Faarooq and who was supposed to manage him instead of Sunny, transitioning from football to pro wrestling, how he found out Bill Watts chose him to be WCW Champion, how the locker room felt about the Bret Hart departure from the WWF, the Nation of Domination, the Attitude Era, and much more with live callers and chat room questions.

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