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Former WWE tag team reunite at independent wrestling event

Posted on by Bryan Rose

The APA have reunited.

Ron Simmons and JBL made an appearance at the Wildkat Sports Revolution Rumble event on Saturday, confronting a tag team in the ring. JBL grabbed a steel chair from one of the wrestlers and handed it to Simmons as JBL gave the other wrestler the clothesline from hell. JBL then cut a brief promo before the duo made their exit.

Together, the two are known for their run as the Acolyte Protection Agency in WWE during the late 90s and early 2000s, winning tag team titles on multiple occasions. The tag team ended in 2004 when Simmons was released. JBL branched out as a full-time singles wrestler, going on to become WWE Champion. The APA have been seen together sporadically in the years since the end of their team,  most recently at the 2024 WWE Draft.

JBL was induced into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2020. It was recently announced that Ron Simmons would be inducted into the Georgia High School Football Hall of Fame as part of the 1976 Warner Robins Screamin’ Demons team.

Ron Simmons to be inducted into the Georgia High School Football Hall of Fame

Posted on by Bryan Rose

Ron Simmons is entering another Hall of Fame.

The Georgia High School Football Hall of Fame announced that the 1976 Warner Robins Screamin’ Demons team, which Simmons was a part of, will be inducted as part of this year’s ceremonies.

“The 1976 Demons had two Hall of Famers of their own. Linebacker Ron Simmons was a force on defense, accumulating 130 tackles that season,” the press release reads.

Simmons went on to have a successful career in college football, playing for Florida State. Upon graduating he was briefly signed to the NFL and played for the USFL before entering professional wrestling in 1987. Highlights from his pro wrestling career include winning the WCW World Championship from Vader in 1992 and forming the APA tag team with Bradshaw, where the two held WWE’s Tag Team titles multiple times.

He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2012 and is also a member of the College Football Hall of Fame.

New Untold episode to premiere on WWE Network this weekend

Posted on by Joseph Currier

The WWE Network’s WWE Untold episode on The APA (Acolyte Protection Agency) is set to premiere this weekend.

WWE has announced that WWE Untold: APA will debut on the WWE Network on Sunday, February 7. It will be available on-demand starting at 10 a.m. Eastern time and will also air on the WWE Network live stream at 8 p.m. Eastern later that night.

The Acolytes (Farooq & Bradshaw) became The APA on the January 31, 2000 episode of Raw. Bradshaw (John Layfield) was set to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame over WrestleMania week last year, but that’s been delayed to this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Farooq (Ron Simmons) was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2012.

A Best of The APA collection will be uploaded to the WWE Network on-demand at noon Eastern this Tuesday as part of the Best of WWE section. The Best of The APA collection will also be available on the free version of the WWE Network.

The most recent episode of WWE Untold prior to this aired in January and was focused on AJ Styles making his WWE debut at the 2016 Royal Rumble.

Last night, the APA Untold episode was featured in an advertisement of new programming coming to the WWE Network soon. The advertisement also revealed that a WWE 24 episode on Big E, an episode of Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Sessions with SmackDown Women’s Champion Sasha Banks as the guest, a WWE Icons episode on Beth Phoenix, and a Goldberg documentary are coming to the WWE Network.