Loss Posted June 18, 2011 Report Share Posted June 18, 2011 Talk about it here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted September 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 Simmons is in a sailor's hat for some reason. Could "Sailor" Ron Simmons have been a winning gimmick? A shame this run on top didn't work, but I think one of the big problems is that the push felt cynical -- even by wrestling standards -- and he wasn't built up enough first. They should have spent a year getting him ready. And Simmons can be a really good interview, but this isn't an example of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted September 7, 2011 Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 Simmons was a much better heel anyway I always thought. The Faarooq character had so much potential in WWF in 97, I would have loved to see him get a run with the belt at that time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Evans Posted October 26, 2011 Report Share Posted October 26, 2011 I thought it was a police cap? OK interview but yeah he's better as a heel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoe Posted November 16, 2011 Report Share Posted November 16, 2011 Loss pretty much hit everything right on the money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BackToBionic Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 Throwing my hat in (...heh) to say I thought it was a general's hat and he was channeling Maurice Starr. But yeah, I hate pandering babyface Ron Simmons. Always seemed wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted July 31, 2012 Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 Simmons push on top was nice for the initial pop. But reality is, it didn't work, on any level. Simmons just isn't that good of a worker, and to me his work went down during this period. I enjoyed him much more during the Doom days. And he's getting boring there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteF3 Posted October 5, 2013 Report Share Posted October 5, 2013 The build for this match has been better than I remembered. Too bad the "match" part never comes off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WingedEagle Posted December 18, 2013 Report Share Posted December 18, 2013 Simmons with a weird captain's hat on. Simmons just isn't strong on the mic here. Trying to build for a title match with Rude at Starrcade, but this isn't hiding your champ's weakness or emphasizing his strengths. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garretta Posted May 19, 2016 Report Share Posted May 19, 2016 Ron tried to be almost too articulate here, and ended up sounding like he was talking around the issues at hand. He needed to be in promo mode to be effective verbally: short answers, delivered with conviction and volume. He doesn't come off as dumb by any means, but he's not in Rude's class as a talker. If I'd been in Watts' shoes, I would have made just how Rude got the x-rays part of the hype for the match. I'm not quite sure of the details, but I would have played up the idea that Simmons had been betrayed because someone he'd trusted (in this case, his doctor) fell under Rude and Medusa's influence. Could it happen again? Even if nothing ends up happening, you have the idea of Rude not only getting a win over Simmons in the ring, but being inside his head. As it is, Ron pretty much no-sold the shoulder injury as a possible factor in the match, which made the whole x-ray angle pointless. I would have loved to have seen Simmons-Orndorff in a program instead of just one throwaway match. Paul still had plenty left in the tank as a potential challenger, although I completely understand using Rude, who was totally on fire at this point. I think the hat Simmons was wearing might have been a policeman's cap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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