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Ron Simmons

CTL-P-0847 · Person · 1980s–2000s

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Combined Graph record U-02669 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-P-0847. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.

First Black WCW World Heavyweight Champion (1992); later leader of the Nation of Domination

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First Black WCW World Heavyweight Champion (1992); later leader of the Nation of Domination

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First African-American to win a World Heavyweight Championship in a major promotion — the WCW World Heavyweight Championship (1992); WCW World Tag Team Champion with Butch Reed as the team Doom; later led the Nation of Domination in the WWF; inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2012 — per Slam Wrestling (fetched in full 2026-10-17), with the Hall of Fame year also carried on Sports Illustrated's complete inductees list and WWE's own Booker T Hall of Fame announcement identifying Simmons as the first African-American WCW Champion

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