The SGM Super 30 Black Professional Wrestler #2

Ron Simmons

-The first modern age black heavyweight champion - one of the few, at least - and 1/2 of Doom; the leader of the Nation of Domination & 1/2 of the APA. Despite being saddled with some rank-ass gimmicks, in terrible angles, and even at one point being managed by Sunny, Ron Simmons will probably go down as one of the great big men the sport’s ever seen.

If Simmons could have had a better run of challengers back in the day, he would have had a better legacy. He got saddled with big men who couldn’t work, or they wouldn’t work to help make him look good. That cup of coffee with the NWA/WCW world title and his pretty successful tag team career notwithstanding, Ron Simmons basically falls into the small category of football players who made a good transition to the squared circle. Plus, on a few occasions, the man was golden on the mic.