Ron Simmons
Acting • Born 1958-05-15
Biography
Ronald Simmons is a retired American professional wrestler and football player. He performed for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) under his real name, and in WWE under both his real name and the ring names Faarooq Asaad (sometimes spelled Asad) and Faarooq (sometimes spelled Farooq). He is currently signed with WWE, working in their Legends program. In WCW, he was a one time World Heavyweight Champion; as the first of two African Americans to win the title, he is recognized by WWE as the first Black heavyweight world champion in professional wrestling history. He was also a one time World Tag Team Champion with Butch Reed and a one time United States Tag Team Champion with Big Josh. In the WWF, he was a three time Tag Team Champion with Bradshaw as one half of the Acolytes Protection Agency. He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2012. Prior to becoming a professional wrestler, Simmons was an American college and professional football player who was a defensive tackle in the National Football League, Canadian Football League and United States Football League for four seasons during the 1980s. He played college football for Florida State University, and was recognized as an All-American. He played professionally for the NFL's Cleveland Browns, the CFL's Ottawa Rough Riders and the USFL's Tampa Bay Bandits.
Filmography
135 credits
WWE Royal Rumble 1998
Movie • 1998
Faarooq
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2003
Movie • 2003
Faarooq
Robot Dracula
Movie
Ron Simmons
1997: Dawn of the Attitude
Movie • 2017
Ron Simmons
WWE Hall of Fame 2023
Movie • 2023
Ron Simmons
AAW Legacy
Movie • 2022
WWE Royal Rumble 2000
Movie • 2000
Faarooq
WWE WrestleMania 13
Movie • 1997
Faarooq
WWE WrestleMania XX
Movie • 2004
Faarooq
WWE Wrestlemania X8
Movie • 2002
Faarooq
WWE Royal Rumble 1997
Movie • 1997
Faarooq
WWE Royal Rumble 2001
Movie • 2001
Faarooq
WWE Royal Rumble 2002
Movie • 2002
Faarooq
WWE Badd Blood: In Your House
Movie • 1997
Faarooq
WWE No Way Out 2004
Movie • 2004
Faarooq
WWE Unforgiven 2000
Movie • 2000
Faarooq
WWE Unforgiven 1999
Movie • 1999
Faarooq
WWE WrestleMania X-Seven
Movie • 2001
Faarooq
WWE Survivor Series 1999
Movie • 1999
Faarooq
WWE Survivor Series 2006
Movie • 2006
Ron Simmons
WWE Backlash 2000
Movie • 2000
Faarooq
WWE Over the Edge
Movie • 1999
Faarooq
WWE Backlash: In Your House
Movie • 1999
Faarooq
WWE No Mercy (UK) 1999
Movie • 1999
Faarooq
WWE Fully Loaded 1999
Movie • 1999
Faarooq
WWE SummerSlam 1999
Movie • 1999
Faarooq
WWE Rebellion 1999
Movie • 1999
Faarooq
WWE No Mercy 1999
Movie • 1999
Faarooq
WCW Halloween Havoc 1989
Movie • 1989
Himself
WWE Armageddon 1999
Movie • 1999
Faarooq
WCW Starrcade 1989
Movie • 1989
DOOM #2
WCW The Great American Bash 1990
Movie • 1990
Himself
WCW Capital Combat: Return of RoboCop
Movie • 1990
Himself
WCW Halloween Havoc 1990
Movie • 1990
Himself
WWE Survivor Series 1996
Movie • 1996
Faarooq
WWE In Your House 13: Final Four
Movie • 1997
Faarooq
WCW WrestleWar 1991
Movie • 1991
Ron Simmons
WWF Fully Loaded 2000
Movie • 2000
Faarooq
WWE King of the Ring 1997
Movie • 1997
Faarooq
WWE In Your House 15: A Cold Day in Hell
Movie • 1997
Faarooq
WWE Survivor Series 1997
Movie • 1997
Faarooq
WWE Unforgiven: In Your House
Movie • 1998
Faarooq
WWE Over the Edge: In Your House
Movie • 1998
Faarooq
WWE No Mercy 2000
Movie • 2000
Faarooq
WWE Fully Loaded: In Your House
Movie • 1998
Faarooq
WCW SuperBrawl 1
Movie • 1991
Ron Simmons
WCW Halloween Havoc 1991
Movie • 1991
Ron Simmons
WCW Beach Blast
Movie • 1992
Himself
WWE Judgment Day 2001
Movie • 2001
Faarooq
WWE No Way Out 2000
Movie • 2000
Faarooq (Ringside)
WWE InVasion
Movie • 2001
Faarooq
WWE SummerSlam 2001
Movie • 2001
Faarooq
WWE Rebellion 2001
Movie • 2001
Faarooq
WWE Backlash 2002
Movie • 2002
Faarooq (Ringside)
WWE Rebellion 2002
Movie • 2002
Ron Simmons
WWE Vengeance 2003
Movie • 2003
Faarooq
WWE No Mercy 2003
Movie • 2003
Faarooq
Best Of Raw • Volume One
Movie • 1996
Faarooq
WWE Armageddon 2000
Movie • 2000
Faarooq (Ringside)
Best Of Raw • Volume Three
Movie • 1997
Faarooq
Best Of Raw • Volume Four
Movie • 1997
Faarooq
Best Of Raw • Volume Six
Movie • 1997
ECW Fan Cam: April 15, 1995
Movie • 1995
Ron Simmons
WWE Survivor Series 2001
Movie • 2001
Faarooq
WWE Hall Of Fame 2012
Movie • 2012
WWE No Way Out 2002
Movie • 2002
Faarooq
WWE: Falls Count Anywhere: The Greatest Street Fights and Other Out of Control Matches
Movie • 2012
Big Time Wrestling - Return of The Dragon
Movie • 2022
Ron Simmons
Straight Outta Dudleyville: The Legacy of the Dudley Boyz
Movie • 2016
ECW Fan Cam: May 19, 1995
Movie • 1995
Ron Simmons
ECW Fan Cam: May 20, 1995
Movie • 1995
Ron Simmons
WWE No Mercy 2001
Movie • 2001
Faarooq (Heat)
WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House
Movie • 1998
Faarooq
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2
Movie • 2014
Farooq
ECW 3 Way Dance
Movie • 1995
Ron Simmons
ECW - Unreleased Vol. 3
Movie • 2015
Himself
The History of the World Heavyweight Championship
Movie • 2009
Himself
WWE: The Best of Sting
Movie • 2014
Himself
The Third Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
Movie • 1988
Ron Simmons
WCW Clash of The Champions XX: 20th Anniversary
Movie • 1992
Ron Simmons
NWA Clash of The Champions IV: Season's Beatings
Movie • 1988
Ron Simmons
NWA The Great American Bash 1989
Movie • 1989
Himself
NWA Clash of The Champions IX: New York Knockout
Movie • 1989
DOOM #2
NWA Clash of The Champions X: Texas Shootout
Movie • 1990
DOOM #2
NWA Clash of the Champions XI: Coastal Crush
Movie • 1990
Ron Simmons
WCW Clash of The Champions XVIII
Movie • 1992
Himself
NWA Clash of The Champions XIII: Thanksgiving Thunder
Movie • 1990
Himself
WCW Starrcade 1990
Movie • 1990
Himself
WCW Clash of The Champions XIV: Dixie Dynamite
Movie • 1991
Himself
WCW The Great American Bash 1991
Movie • 1991
Ron Simmons
WWE WrestleMania XIV
Movie • 1998
Faarooq
WCW Starrcade 1992
Movie • 1992
Himself
WCW Clash of The Champions XXI
Movie • 1992
Ron Simmons
WCW Halloween Havoc 1992
Movie • 1992
Ron Simmons
WCW Clash of The Champions XVI: Fall Brawl '91
Movie • 1991
Himself
WCW/New Japan Supershow III
Movie • 1993
Himself
WCW Starrcade 1991
Movie • 1991
Himself
WCW SuperBrawl II
Movie • 1992
Himself
WCW Beach Blast 1993
Movie • 1993
Ron Simmons
WCW Clash of The Champions XXIII
Movie • 1993
Himself
WCW BattleBowl
Movie • 1993
Himself
WCW Clash of The Champions XXVI
Movie • 1994
Himself
WCW WrestleWar 1992
Movie • 1992
Himself
WWE In Your House 14: Revenge of the Taker
Movie • 1997
Faarooq (Ringside)
WWE Ground Zero: In Your House
Movie • 1997
Faarooq
ECW November to Remember 1994
Movie • 1994
"All-American" Ron Simmons
WWE D-Generation X: In Your House
Movie • 1997
Faarooq
ECW Hostile City Showdown 1995
Movie • 1995
Ron Simmons
WWE WrestleMania XV
Movie • 1999
Faarooq (Appearance)
WWE WrestleMania 2000
Movie • 2000
Ron Simmons
WWE Sunny
Movie • 1997
Faarooq Asad
Raw
TV • 1993
Himself
The JBL and Cole Show
TV • 2012
Ron Simmons
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
TV • 1999
Faarooq
Legends with JBL
TV • 2015
Himself
WWE This Is Awesome
TV • 2022
Ron Simmons
Steve Austin's Broken Skull Sessions
TV • 2019
Self
WWE Rivalries
TV • 2014
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
TV • 1999
Ron Simmons
Raw
TV • 1993
Ron Simmons
Raw
TV • 1993
Faarooq Asad
Raw
TV • 1993
Faarooq
WWE Tough Enough
TV • 2001
Faarooq
WWE: Story Time
TV • 2016
WWF Shotgun Saturday Night
TV • 1997
Faarooq
WWF Superstars
TV • 1986
Faarooq
WWE's Greatest Moments
TV • 2025
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
TV • 1999
WWE Old School
TV • 1973
Faarooq - The Nation of Domination
NWA World Championship Wrestling
TV • 1985
Ron Simmons
WWE Hall of Fame
TV • 2005
Self
Clash of the Champions
TV • 1988
Ron Simmons
Clash of the Champions
TV • 1988
DOOM #2
Clash of the Champions
TV • 1988
Himself
Raw
TV • 1993