African American Champion

**Next Big Thing** · 10-26-2010, 09:19 PM

WWE hasn't pushed a black guy to be taken seriously as a credible threat to the belt since Lashley. Zeke got hurt before we could see where he could go. R Truth has danced and rapped his way to permanent midcard/ cheap entertainment status. Henry is a fat ass. MVP has been on the skids for awhile and is apparently too old for WWE anyways.

Kofi has the talent, but hasn't put it all together yet and if he does get the belt, I think it will come later in his career like it did for Eddie and Rey.

I think they are trying though. Zeke could be good. Tarver needs a lot of work, but has the potential to be good as does Darren Young with time.

Historically though, WWE has had a shitty track record with minority wrestlers, particularly blacks. They've either had shitty, stereotypical gimmicks or weren't given the opportunity. The company has been around in its current incarnation for almost 30 years and we're only able to name two black champions... Rock and Booker.

So either those two guys were the only black wrestlers capable of being successful as heavyweight champ, or WWE has dropped the ball a few times over the years.

Plus, let's be honest, talking about how someone was the IC champ is like saying we'll just make him a middle manager instead of an executive VP. The heavyweight belt is where the main event and top of the card is at. It's where most of the guys in the locker room aspire to be. Again, if that's all every black wrestle that has entered the WWE except for Rock and Booker was capable of becoming then so be it, but I think there were more guys than that who could have done it with the right push.

10-26-2010, 09:19 PM	#29
Next Big Thing Posts: 4,839	WWE hasn't pushed a black guy to be taken seriously as a credible threat to the belt since Lashley. Zeke got hurt before we could see where he could go. R Truth has danced and rapped his way to permanent midcard/ cheap entertainment status. Henry is a fat ass. MVP has been on the skids for awhile and is apparently too old for WWE anyways. Kofi has the talent, but hasn't put it all together yet and if he does get the belt, I think it will come later in his career like it did for Eddie and Rey. I think they are trying though. Zeke could be good. Tarver needs a lot of work, but has the potential to be good as does Darren Young with time. Historically though, WWE has had a shitty track record with minority wrestlers, particularly blacks. They've either had shitty, stereotypical gimmicks or weren't given the opportunity. The company has been around in its current incarnation for almost 30 years and we're only able to name two black champions... Rock and Booker. So either those two guys were the only black wrestlers capable of being successful as heavyweight champ, or WWE has dropped the ball a few times over the years. Plus, let's be honest, talking about how someone was the IC champ is like saying we'll just make him a middle manager instead of an executive VP. The heavyweight belt is where the main event and top of the card is at. It's where most of the guys in the locker room aspire to be. Again, if that's all every black wrestle that has entered the WWE except for Rock and Booker was capable of becoming then so be it, but I think there were more guys than that who could have done it with the right push.