The WWF Career of Ahmed Johnson
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- Опубликовано: 27 авг 2024
- Wrestling Bios Presents - The WWF Career of Ahmed Johnson
Ahmed Johnson was introduced to WWE wrestling fans in 1995 after he had a brief stint in the GWF. Vince McMahon watched a tape featuring Ahmed Johnson and immediately flew him to Stamford, Conneticut to begin contract negotiations. Ahmed was put on WWE TV Shows straight away, becoming a babyface in the company and making an impact by slamming Yokozuna early in his WWF run.
From here, Ahmed Johnson would be featured as an upper midcard wrestling superstar, going on to get featured in some big matches. He won the Intercontinental Championship at the 1996 King of The Ring, and many felt that this would be Ahmed's big push into the main event scene in the WWF. Things didn't quite work out that way.
Ahmed would go on to feud with Faarooq and the Nation of Domination and, eventually, Ahmed Johnson would join the Nation after turning on The Undertaker. It wasn't long after, however, that Ahmed Johnson walked out of the WWE and reappeared later in WCW.
In this mini documentary from Wrestling Bios, we look at the WWF Career of Ahmed Johnson. We cover the following topics:
- How Ahmed Johnson got his start in pro wrestling
- Ahmed Johnson WWF Debut
- Johnson teaming up with Shawn Michaels rather frequently in his early WWF days
- Ahmed winning the IC Championship from Goldust at King of the Ring 1996
- The debut of Faarooq and Ahmed feuding with The Nation of Domination
- Ahmed Johnson joins The Nation
- Ahmed Johnson walking out on the WWE during a Raw taping
- Ahmed Johnson in WCW as Big T
- Much More!
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Farooq debuted lookin like a WWF Warzone custom character smh
Lmfao
😂😂😂
The first thing I think of when I think of him. Warzone
Someone from the 80s Running Man movie
Farooq(Ron Simmons)💪was the 1st black WCW championship title holder beating Van Vader. I remember that match on TBS.
He wasn't the greatest pro wrestler but I did enjoy seeing Ahmed Johnson on TV. He was huge, intense and was a believable "power house" type of wrestler.
@Toussaint Louverture yeah... Ahmed sucked basically
Dan Zena, I agree. He was definitely a fresh face to see.
I loved his amazing feat of strength when he body slammed Yokozuna. I loved his first impression
He was the greatest bar none
Lies again? MLS CUP Gout Ahmed
I saw a dark match featuring Ahmed at a house show a few weeks before his debut with some of my friends. At the time he had this all denim look with sunglasses. The crowd was initially hostile to both competitors on entrance, but once they got a good look at Ahmed's stature and physique in the ring everyone started cheering for him. Cue a few weeks later and he body slams Yokuzuna on TV. Me and my buddies were going nuts remembering that that was the same guy from a house show..
When I was lil like 8 I thought his name was "all mad" bc HE LOOKD MAD
me too when I was younger
😂
Lol funny I saw him back in 97 on the Wrestlemania tour in Kansas City when he had a little Feud with gold dust lol funny funny times
ALL MAD JOHNSON hahaha, the eyes of a child
I thought it was "amen" 😂😂😂
we all know that vince loves size when it comes to his johnsons.
Typical Vince
Especially with wonton beef stew.
I always was a huge fan of Ahmed. He could've been the first black WWF champion. He was on his way to becoming one of the biggest stars.
Even before Kofi, Mark Henry, Shelton Benjamin, Booker T and Big E
I doubt him ever being World Champion because back then there was the usual WWF Locker room politics. "Supposedly" it was said to V. McMahon after Ahmed won the IC Belt "I hope your not thinking about putting the World title on him". If you do we all walk and boycott. (Taker ran thing's back then behind the scenes ) Just the thought had everyone there worried to death at just the idea. Plus they didn't feel he deserved it.
@@TPRES_74 but Back then he got over with a crowd
@@TPRES_74 I do believe if he stayed healthy he would of definitely won the title either in 96 or 97. He was so over with the crowd winning the Kuwaiti cup and he had the size, intensity and explosiveness that would of kept him over. I also believe if Warrior hadn't of had issues and stayed with the WWF in 96 he might of feuded with Ahmed as well as Shawn with Warrior possibly beating Shawn which wss featured in a Raw magazine that year for the fantasy Warfare column. If Shawn didn't want to put Ahmed over Warrior might of if Warrior faced Shawn and won the title which probably was planned.
Deebo (Zeus) said Vince wanted him to hold the belt for a year but he was busy with filming etc
For his appearance in WWF Warzone he is already a legend. I was disappointed that he never appeared in any other game again ...
Warzone was a horrible game..
Wasnt he in WWF In Your House for PS1?
He was in In Your House before Warzone.
I was thinking the same thing
Remember when Goldust gave Ahmed Johnson mouth to mouth resuscitation 😂😂😂
Yeah that Feud with Ahmed and Goldust was...... interesting in the hard way but still very entertaining
@@tonyflores240 right 🤣🤣
That king of the ring match after was one of my favorite when Ahmed burst through them doors I knew gold dust was 💀
Looooooooool
Yeah I sure do, thought I was the only one to remember that.
Ahmed Johnson was the reason I started using Breath Right strips, good man!!
Ahmed was way ahead of his time. He accused everyone with a pulse with racism.
Vince saw him as star, problem was, Ahmed kept being injured and always got into fights. It would've been awesome to see him being pushed more. But what happend to his sister is really tough.
He had a rough life for all you ignorant tools that'll leave negative comments after this brilliant and quite positive comment
Agreed.
It didn't help when Farooq kicked him for real. The other injury was unfortunate.
@@dontdoittoyoself6786 it had a effect
i dont think so but his car being keyed and the roster didn't respect him
Really appreciate the content! Great insight on the career of the wrestlers
There is no insight. Watch a real bio on this guy and you will see he was not well liked and D-Lo Brown and Ron Simmons both put a hurting on this guy on separate occasions.
I still watch his warzone promos from the game and laughing my ass off 😂
He had so much potential but it was the lack of dedication and his personal problems. I liked Ahmed a lot and thought his career was gonna be memorable, I hope he makes it to the Hall of Fame one day.
But Ahmed Johnson should have been launched
U mean injuries
it ain't happening. he made too many enemies.
I was a fan of AJ... never understood the hate. Good looking man with decent in ring ability.
@Barry Boppins - really? Who??
@Barry Boppins BS, Farooq hurt him on purpose. He was stiff that's not injuring people. They complained about bruises not injuries. Only person he injured on purpose was Farooq as a payback. I stay seeing Triple H do sloppy pedigrees but it's like you have to be out of WWE to get crapped on.
I'M CALLING DEPORTATION
@naitethagr8 Seeing AJ jumping over the top rope was incredible to watch.
Come on... Decent?!! He was just a big black ball of muscle that's it and that's what Vince saw too.. he was ugly too. Quit giving him too much credit.
Lets be honest, all wrestlers, especially champions SHOULD look like Ahmed Johnson, as far as build goes....these 150 pound 'heavyweight' champions are ridiculous
I said the same thing after Finn Balor won it. What's the point of the cruiserweight division if their going to put the strap on dudes under 200 lbs?
@Jimbo Jones well he is big guy
@@sheepdavis Because it's called the heavyWEIGHT championship. 🤷♂️
It’s not these 150 pounds champion’s fault if they’re far more talented and loved.
Julez John
Well Finn had a lot of star power and wasn’t that small.
I loved Ahmed Johnson. He came around right when I needed him in my life.
Wtf???
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@stephensullivan1879 😂😂😂
Lol
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Good Coverage on the “Pearl River Powerhouse”
A real shame that he can’t enjoy any WWE acknowledgment like a lot of their former Wrestlers.
“Don’t Cross the Boss”
Enjoyed his Tag Team with LOD❗️
It doesn't help Ahmed was cancer backstage
Ill always remember Ahmeds intensity during matches. Always yelling, loved it.
"VuGraaaaWATTTAAACHACARdoooooo CoJA DOOOO Vat Rawwyrabt! " - Ahmed
Physically Ahmed Johnson reminds me of Bobby Lashley.
Lashley is waaaaaaaaaaaay better than Ahmed Johnson, no disrespect to Ahmed.
hes more cut but i would say ahmed is more beefed up
Dj ahmed was actually stronger yhen bobby lashley and sadly he could actually been the first black champion indont thinknall the wrestlers are racist maybe some but not all but maybe vince mchamon is or some big head leads in the wwe that run the place
That bodyslam of Yokozuna was far better than the one Luger did.
And it is very believable compare to Luger
Ahmed walked in the back of a house show in Tacoma in 97 when I was 15 and his legs were so big they were as wide as barstools all the way around. This dude was HUGE.
Jesus. Ron Simmons is a big boy but next to Ahmed he looks a lot less big.
You know what a find interesting ron simmons wascthevfirst black world champion in wcw but ahmed johnson the first ic champion in the wwe and could had been the first wwe world champion but i find interesting they send ron simmons as farroq to injure ahmed johnson
@@carlosvelarde7355
Nobody sent no one to injure anyone.
@@KoolKumasi Sunny did
Didn't stop farooq beating his ass and breaking his ribs
at 5:22 you can see ahmed johnson wear 4 knee pads that coincidentally cover no knees
Like tic flair with those shin pads 😭😭😭
@@cordellmarley7558 ric*
I loved watching him as a kid - forgot what an absolute monster he was
I remember meeting him in Pensacola FL the guy was enormous and I remember being shocked how big he was this was back early 2000s I don't know how he aged but in his prime he was jacked!!!!!!
You should do a video about the career of Gene Okerlund.
Didn't he? I think he did Bud
Nope. No video for Gene. Upvote. Let's give some love to the legend Mean Gene!
Nah itnwouldnt be interesting gene okerlund that litlle ball head guy
Gene Okerlund is awesome at what he did, but I really don’t know what their would be to talk about in his career. There’s only so many times someone can say “he was great at interviewing wrestlers and was a likable guy,” which is really all you can say about him during all his years in wrestling be it AWA, WWE or WCW
Ahmed Johnson to me was the Brock Lesnar of the 90s. He was the beast of the Attitude era in my opinion, his speed and power was incredible.
Although I haven’t watched WWE since 2002 when they dropped what I believe to be the GREATEST WRESTLING ERA EVER! THE ATTITUDE ERA & went all “G rated” & 100% family friendly & stopped the head chair shots, took what used to be some of the greatest ladder matches ever & sugarcoated them as well stopping pyro on ALL program beginnings when they went live as well as no pyro on all entrances besides Kane bc at that time he hadn’t been unmasked! Even still after 17yrs of not following WWE I still have Ahmed Johnson’s finisher “The Pearl River Plunge” in my Top 10 All Time Favorite Finishers can still hear “The Fink” announcing Ahmed when his drum beat entrance theme hits! “COMING DOWN THE AISLE FROM PEARL RIVER MISSISSIPPI, WEIGHING IN AT 305LBS AHMED JOHNSON”
Man, your videos kick sooooo much ass!! I love the "Life and Career of" video series!! I learn so much about my favorite wrestlers from these vids! Love your channel and your videos! keep up the great work, my friend!
I was a huge Ahmed Johnson fan as a kid.
I had always wondered why just left the WWF as a kid I really liked him and he was just gone.
I personally was a huge fan of almond Johnson and all I can say is it would’ve been awesome if they could’ve kept him in roughing a lot longer and I believe that he would’ve made a lot a great effort and great thing for the WWE if he would’ve took longer
One of my favorite wrestlers back in the day. Of course, as time went on, I found out Ahmed really wasn't everything he was cracked up to be but dude had so much potential.
It's a shame for him
Same here.
He went on to say that he was told amd heard rumours that it might've been Steve Austin who vandalized and wrote that racial slur on his car, which doesn't seem logical and other black superstars from that time have come out and defended Austin...idk why but I personally suspect it might've been the following instead: HBK and/or his Kliq buddies (they seriously would take things too far if they hated someone or felt threatened by someone), maybe Jeff Jarrett (he was around the midcard IC title scene at that time & HBK and him worked together alot before both were in WWF, so maybe for brownie points), Curt Hennig (notorious ribber, and some of his ribs were known for stirring up drama between other superstars), JBL (notorious bully and ribber, possibly for brownie points as well), Harris twins (known racists who also have nazi/racist ties as well as tattoos, possibly for brownie points too), Michael P.S. Hayes (Fabulous Freebird, notorious racist)
What's the point ?
What was ever the point? Racism doesnt need a reason, but most likely whoever did it felt threatened.
Michael Hayes actually brought him to wwe.
@@2009Andrew1 amed needed to"stay in his place". i guess
One of the best channels on RUclips by far
I wish we could have seen an Ahmed Johnson vs Shawn Michaels at SS 1996 instead of Michaels vs Vader
Imagine that, Ahmed Johnson WWE champion at that time he could dominated the roster
So much underutilized potential.
Growing up I remember him with all the red knee pads and legs pads lol
Yea he was a real life blood!
Do Yokozuna Plz. Love The Content
S.D. Special Delivery Jones.was one i rooted 4 but seemed like he always lost his matches.but he could wrestle
as a young black male college freshman in 1995, AJ had a big effect on how I felt about Pro Wrestling. His IC run to me was better than Ron Simmons’ run as WCW WHC. To see a black man as a main eventer vs what we got from JYD and KoKo in the 80s was awesome
Ahmed should had been one of the biggest stars of WWF at the time !!!!
Some bio ideas: Nikolai Volkoff, Big John Stud, Haku, Don Muraco, Rick Martel, Nick Bockwinkle
Patiently waiting for William Regal bio...
Every time i went to see WWF at the los angeles sports arena. Aj got major pop from the crowd at live events.
We need the following videos
Harley Race
Mean Gene
Hulk Hogan
Yokozuna
Steve Austin
No more HH, there asa SSSSSSOOOOOOOOO many videos of him.
I loved watching Ahmed Johnson wrestle as a kid he was huge.
You should do a video about Mr. Bob Backlund
Ahmed should have come in as a heel, had a manager like Jim Cornette doing all the talking for him and been booked as the monster heel type to be thrown at Shawn for his first feud once he had the title instead of Diesel
Why ?
@@lexkanyima2195 he wasn’t great at promo.
I do remember in a interview he believed stone cold was the one who key his car and put a racial slur
He was a Black man getting pushed in a profession where most of the dudes were white, he had a right to be somewhat paranoid. Racism really was a thing in wrestling back then.
Muh racism
@@AntiLifeEquation1 y does the wrestling business have had problems against people of color like wtf
@@AntiLifeEquation1 still is to this day
@Alex Kanyima very much so
It's BS that they would give somebody like Mabel A PUSH but not give somebody like Ahmed a chance
Trent Shimmons II they did try but he was always hurt
Mabel was a huge character. Ahmed Johnson was a big man with terrible skills on the mic.
Companies are weird when it comes to family deaths, I got written up once for missing days of work after my mom died, but in all honesty they were looking for a reason to fire me. They never informed me of any write ups until it was time to fire me. Another write up was because I turned a light around without permission. The light in question was messed up, not the bulb, I turned it the other way so the electrician would know which light was messed up.
I really look forward to your videos. Thank you for putting in the time to do them.
Bro. Youre the best. My favorite wrestling channel. Rick Martel? Hogan vs Kevin Sullivan and the dave Sullivan angle? I feel the dungeon of doom was such a great gimmick. So crazy that they even tried that but it kind of worked. Its hilarious to watch now.
Ahmed was the man and he gave us inspiration when I was young someone who looked like me a WWF champion
Can you do one on the Steiner Brothers
I’d like to see a video on Ron Simmons and 1-2-3 Kid.
He already did a video on X-Pac (1-2-3 Kid)
X-Pac was the Lighting Kid before he was the 1-2-3 kid
Those damn thigh pads 🤦🏻♂️😂
Another great video! 👍👍👍
I usually prefer more time on these documentaries because there’s so much to go over, but 12 minutes for this one is appropriate
Ahmed would had become a main eventer likely even wwe champion if he didnt get injured during 96 and 97, he had the look and fans would pop for him huge, probably would had been given the belt if sycho sid wasnt around at the time, also got sidelined cause austin, mankind and hhh were also upcoming maineventers, people make fun of not understanding his words, but dude had intensity in promos and while wrestling which is rare in most wrestlers, infact that was another problem , the man was so intense in his moves, some of the weakling wrestlers couldnt handle it and got injured
Farooq kicked him on purpose and injured his kidneys. These puppets judge wrestlers based on if their career was successful or not.
@@dontdoittoyoself6786 😂😂😂😂😂🤦♂️
For Ahmed, the sky was the limit for him. He just got hurt and didn’t understand backstage politics. It’s not just about talent.
But Ahmed is not stupid
Please do the undertaker or stone cold. Awesome work as usual, keep it up.
I loved Ahmed Johnson as a child he was a beast in my eyes! Nostalgia 😅
Inducting Ahmed Johnson into the WWE Hall of Fame would actually bring some legitimacy and prestige back to that event...
It’s a buddy buddy popularity contest.
Umm it def would not
@@trappestarrgaming3422 This post was made before I found out about his attitude towards other wrestlers …
I only saw the character growing up not the man playing the character my mistake …
"The sheer size of Johnson was enough to impress Vince McMahon." Hehe. Hehehehe. Hehe.
Rumor has it that if you were riding with Yokozuna you were doing EVERYTHING for him
Ahmed’s entrance was intense and had Thunderous momentum then they put a microphone in his face 🤣
Great video as always, I would really like a video on Ole Anderson.
Ahmed for 2k21, hopefully.
Ahmed subtitled promos are hilarious
Should’ve been named Nostrils Johnson. GOT DAMN!!
Wasn't keen on him then, not keen on him now.... Ron Simmons was the man!
I believe Ahmed Johnson tried out for the Cowboys and Ron Simmoms was drafted by the Browns.
Ahmed really needed a talker manager and to tighten up his ring skills. He was a big boy and could really sell that "I'll break you in half, punk" kind of demeanor.
Demolition next please?
Nah Mr. Bob Backlund next please
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Great vid again! Keep it up, friend. Ahmed loved wresting which is more then is said of the Ultimate Warrior and both got Vince's attention for their look. Also he put family first and probably remembered what happened to Ricky Steamboat. Just my theory. That's why he didn't tell Vince.
First of all, great Video and Bio again !!!
I also finally know now why there are not many Figures of him. Thanks. ;-)
I actually had no problem with Ahmed Johnson promos because he still came off as an intense unstoppable force. I'm also annoyed Ahmed Johnson isn't in WWE 2k.
Right he still came off as intense indeed.
When are y’all gonna do the lex Luger wcw career??? Y’all did the wwe career
@@sheepdavis winning the world heavyweight in WCW
I was a huge Ahmed fan. I was hoping he would of been champ one day
Great video i always loved ahmed johnson not a great worker but the dude had the look to be the wwf champion. Unfortunately injuries kept derailing him and thus the wwf gave up on his push and he became pretty much a midcard jobber to the stars and was never pushed again even before he left.
Before there was a Bobby lashley
Lashley is a good wrestler Johnson not so much.
Bobby Lashely is like a nice version of Ahmed. Lol
Ahmed Johnson >Bobby Lashley ,, Johnson was a better inring performer
@@darylsampson6720 You should watch is TNA work everyone sucks in WWE because they have ridiculous schedules and have to wrestle 3 or 4 times a week which means they're all worn out and aching at virtually every taping.
Remember the fantasy warfare article that used to be in Raw magazine? I would have loved to see Ahmed hohnson and Bobby Lashley in that article
Ahmed Johnson makes Ezekiel Jackson look like a Hall of Famer
Carlos Perez lol oh yeah whatever happened to Ezekiel Jackson ?
Where is the chris jericho in wwe one I've been waiting for a min
Jericho was trash in wwe. His best matches were in wcw against Dean Malienko, Ultimo Dragon, Benoit, Rey Mysterio and Billy Kidman.
@@maninthemask2001 he has more memorable moments in wwe plus he become a top guy and more over in wwe 1st run is questionable but his later ones is pretty amazing man
Health problems? Ron simmons gave him a receipt that messed up his kidneys.
I slept with Ahmed Johnson in a parking deck near MSG years ago
Watching this again while reminiscing about what a passionate and intense lover Ahmed was
Thank you so much. I asked for this video and you delivered. This is why we sub to this channel. This is the best wrestling channel there is. You should consider doing Taka Michinoku or Yokozuna.
I feel like he was misunderstood......because nobody could understand a word he said.
Great oogly moogly
I remember him taking a guitar shot and it sounded like he said aerosol!
Ahmed gave good promos, like calling Paul Bearer "Pillsbury Dough-Boy!"
At the Montreal 1997 Survivor Series, he gave a 'Pearl River' Master Blaster!
Well that sucks. Looks like he had a lot of potential that got wasted. 🙁
I have been waiting for an ahmed video
Yes been waiting on this one
It's one thing to do a video of known popular superstars. But how about you show one of the greatest jobbers of all time some love. I would love to see a video of Dwayne Gill.
I forgot all about the great googgly mooggly guy until I saw a video of Cornette talking about him a couple weeks ago
Thanks for this video . U been waiting for someone to do a video on him between him razor and Kevin Nash I love watching wrestling in the early n late 90s
i always liked ahmed , just liked how hes all roid raged and angry
Wow I didn't know He Went to WCW
We need a R-Truth video