30 WCW Matches You Must See Before You Die

By Marcus K. Dowling /

27. Vader vs. Ron Simmons (August '92)

In August 1992, Bill Watts was back up to his old booking tricks again and in the midst of turning African American grappler Ron Simmons - at one-time a member of the successful heel "Doom" tag team with Butch Reed - into a top babyface performer. Simmons wresting the WCW Championship from Vader in Baltimore? Definitely a surprise, but Simmons was certainly athletic enough of a heavyweight wrestler to pull it off.The crowd's response to Vader's defeat is incredible here. Between eight-time NWA champion Harley Race being in Vader's corner and Baltimore being a great wrestling town, everything is here to make this a truly special moment and overall a great match.