Which Acolyte Had The Better Career?

[Silkk]

JBL Stats

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Catch Wrestling Association
CWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time)[102] – with Cannonball Grizzly
Global Wrestling Federation
GWF Tag Team Championship (2 times)[11] – with Bobby Duncum, Jr. (1) and Black Bart (1)
International Wrestling Institute and Museum
Lou Thesz Award (2012)[103]
Memphis Championship Wrestling
MCW Southern Tag Team Championship (1 time)[104] – with Faarooq
NWA Texas
NWA North American Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[12]
Ohio Valley Wrestling
OVW Southern Tag Team Championship (1 time)[105] – with Ron Simmons
Pro Wrestling Illustrated
PWI ranked him #5 of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2005[106]
PWI ranked him #496 of the best 500 singles wrestlers of all time in the PWI Years in 2003.
Pro Wrestling Report
Color Commentator of the Year (2006)
United States Wrestling Federation
USWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with The Equalizer[107]
World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment[9]
WWE Championship (1 time)[108]
WWE Hardcore Championship (17 times)[32]
WWE Intercontinental Championship (1 time)[109]
WWE United States Championship (1 time)[110]
WWF European Championship (1 time)[111]
WWF Tag Team Championship (3 times)[112] – with Faarooq
Twentieth Triple Crown Champion
Twelfth Grand Slam Champion
Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
Best Gimmick (2004)[113]
Worst Worked Match of the Year (2002) with Trish Stratus vs. Christopher Nowinski and Jackie Gayda on Raw, July 7[113]

Farooq Stats

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Championship Wrestling from Florida
NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[27]
Memphis Championship Wrestling
MCW Southern Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Bradshaw[28]
Ohio Valley Wrestling
OVW Southern Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Bradshaw[29]
Pro Wrestling Illustrated
PWI Most Inspirational Wrestler of the Year (1992)[30]
PWI ranked him #20 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 1992[31]
PWI ranked him #91 of the 100 best tag teams of the PWI Years with Butch Reed in 2003[32]
PWI ranked him #108 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003[33]
World Championship Wrestling
WCW United States Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Big Josh[7]
WCW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[34]
WCW World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Butch Reed[6]
World Wrestling Entertainment
WWF Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Bradshaw[35][36][37]
WWE Hall of Fame (Class of 2012)[9]

 

[Sypress]

JBL

for the fact he had a long championship reign

I like farooq though...he just didnt fit in the wwe (you could blame it on the bookers)

farooq had a very good career but what he's remembered for the most is his run in the wwe which wasnt up to par with JBL's

just my opinion

 

[23Barrettcity]

Hmm I don't remember much of Simmons , I want to say Bradshaw but I'm not sure

 

[Silkk]

JBL

for the fact he had a long championship reign

I like farooq though...he just didnt fit in the wwe (you could blame it on the bookers)

farooq had a very good career but what he's remembered for the most is his run in the wwe which wasnt up to par with JBL's

just my opinion

Hmm I don't remember much of Simmons , I want to say Bradshaw but I'm not sure

I figured this would be what happens with farooq. Most of his early work seems to get overlooked a lot. Him being the first black world champ is bigger accomplishment IMO than JBL reign just cause of the level of difficulty and Cism() in the wrestling business

 

[NYChase718]

as far as WWE goes

farooq was tossed out of his own stable and Rock went on to become a Legend and an Icon, farooq ending up teaming with steve blackman for no reason until he met Bradshaw

Acolytes broke up and JBL went on to have a dominant championship run and, Farooq was just peeping into peoples convos and uttering "damn"

JBL Wins

 

[Sypress]

I figured this would be what happens with farooq. Most of his early work seems to get overlooked a lot. Him being the first black world champ is bigger accomplishment IMO than JBL reign just cause of the level of difficulty and Cism() in the wrestling business

ill give you that....too bad his reign wasnt long

I liked farooq's NOD run....nobody would of guessed how huge the Rock would get. completely overshadowed him

 

[Silkk]

ill give you that....too bad his reign wasnt long

I liked farooq's NOD run....nobody would of guessed how huge the Rock would get. completely overshadowed him

Yea, soon as the rock stepped into the nation. The writing was on the wall.

 

[Tres Leches]

farooq was always better but we all know why he got held back

 

[Silkk]

farooq was always better but we all know why he got held back

Watching this episode of Raw in august of 97 and Farooq & SCSA have the exact same mannerisms and personality. Only one huge difference

 

[StatUS]

Watching this episode of Raw in august of 97 and Farooq & SCSA have the exact same mannerisms and personality. Only one huge difference

Farooq looked like a tough George Jefferson?

 

[Sypress]

think about it like this

farooq had a feud with ahmed johnson for the IC belt back when it meant more than the wwf championship belt....farooq career wasnt bad but he got held back because of booking

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[InstantKlassik]

I always felt that Farooq deserved a short run with the WWF title in early 97', especially considering how favorable the Nation was booked early on with him as leader.

 

[puppetmaster]

Ron Simmons IMO. Dude was a legit believable badass his whole career because. .. Well he is a badass. He's always been a good talker. He was a great tag wrestler in Doom, a great singles wrestler in wcw and a believable champion, booking failed him in the wwe because he could have drawn some serious heat with a title run before the Rock blew up.


JBL got crickets and indifference thru the beginning of his singles run and even his title run. Eddie had to bleed a lot to get folks to give a damn about him. It took a while for people to accept him as a champ.




-P-

 

[Reggie]

JBL will have the better legacy because he was Vince's boy and was pushed to the top so he has more titles and achievments. But Simmons could have been a champion when he was the leader of the Nation. Both of them had good careers but one was booked more favorably than the other.

 

[Daracell]

JBL /closes thread