10 Longest Reigning WCW World Heavyweight Champions
6. Ron Simmons - 150 Days
Big Van Vader was the WCW World Heavyweight Champion as the summer of 1992 raged on, and his top contender was Sting. The match was signed, but before it could happen Sting was injured by the dastardly Jake Roberts. A raffle (yes, a raffle) was held to choose a number number one contender, and the winner of that raffle was Ron Simmons. When Simmons defeated Big Van Vader on August 2nd 1992, he became the first African American WCW World Heavyweight Champion in history, and only the second African American winner of any wrestling world title. To call his run historic would be something of a major understatement. His run lasted a healthy 150 days to boot, and would serve as Simmons' only World Heavyweight Title reign. He dropped the title back to the man he defeated to gain it, Big Van Vader although he didn't get to hold the big gold belt either, as this was still in the hands of Ric Flair over in the WWF...
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