WWE Celebrates Black History Month With a Wonderful Roundtable With Three Former Champions

Over the years, several Superstars have held the WWE Championship. However, some of them didn’t do it only for themselves, but for their community, their ethnicity, and to move the industry forward.

Recently, Byron Saxton sat down with three former WWE Champions, Big E and Kofi Kingston, and Bobby Lashley.

They sat down to celebrate the three out of six Black WWE Champions in WWE’s history. This was a part of WWE celebrating Black History Month, and this interview focused on The Modern Era Champions.

Three of them spoke about their journey towards the championship and how it felt to be a champion.

Former WWE Big E revealed his childhood idol

Saxton asked Big E if there was any superstar he looked up to who belonged to the same community and helped him realize that he too could find success in WWE.

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“Ron Simmons was my guy as a kid, and for many reasons so. I grew up in Florida, huge college football and Florida State fan. For anyone who doesn’t know, Ron Simmons was a nose tackle for Florida State. And, I believe he actually was a heisman finalist which as a defence tackle is extremely rare. From so many different aspects he was the kind of athlete that I wanted to be.”

Even Bobby Lashley agreed with Big E revealing that Ron Simmons was his idol too. Additionally, it was Booker T who had a huge influence on him.

However, Kofi Kingston revealed for him it was R-Truth.

Kofi Kingston, Big E, and Bobby Lashley further discussed the time when they became champions for the first time. In fact, three of them revealed having similar feelings, and they realized they had reached the top of the roster.

Moreover, the moment they became champions and heard the crowd erupt, they knew it was a memory that would never fade.

Currently, neither of them are WWE Champions. But their championship runs aren’t over. Undoubtedly, there is going to come a time in the future when all of them will hold the WWE Championship again.

For now, the belt rests on Brock Lesnar’s shoulders. He’s going to put it on the line against Universal Champion Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 38.

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