How many Serious Black wrestlers are there in the WWE in 2016?

[Alexander The Great]

I dvr'd this week's raw and smackdown to give them both a look since the brand extension happened. all of the Black wrestlers are all smiling, dancing, flipping, happy-go-lucky. none are main eventers.

I was thinking about the New Day and how when they 1st got together, everyone thought they were gonna be this "new nation" type group. except they went the total opposite direction. to their credit, they got "over" big. and have been selling merch, I think. BUT, they've been going no where for a while now. does any one care that they are the tag champions? they've been stale, to me, for a while. I've said on here before they needed to start getting serious at some point. the comedy shyt is cool and all if you only plan on being a mid-lower card guy with no aspirations of being the main guy.

I look at them and compare them with the Shield guys. the shield debuted and were together for what? 2years? they came in, not as a comedy act, but as serious ass kickers. were main eventers in big time feuds and have now not only main evented wrestlemania but ALL THREE HAVE BEEN World Champion. meanwhile, the new day 2 years later are still......dancing.

why hasn't Big E gotten a singles push yet coming off the success of the New Day's comedy run? why wasn't he, or one of them included in the 6 pack contenders match?

why is R Truth STILL doing his goofy shuckin and jivin routine? the one time he started getting over as a singles competitor was when he started acting serious. but tsc's god HHH was like, naw lets make him goofy again...becuz those people are here just to entertain in a certain way.

they literally just put him in the Booker T role as golddust's partner from 2003 except booker had more credibility.

Darren Young, Titus O'neal, Apollo Crews, all the same. smiling and dancing. mid card for life. actually, maybe it will be different for Crews. he's new, they gonna give him a slight push right? maybe win the IC belt. maybe tag with Cena a few times. but nothing like what they will do with AJ Styles or Finn Balor.

 

[Breh Obama]

I dvr'd this week's raw and smackdown to give them both a look since the brand extension happened. all of the Black wrestlers are all smiling, dancing, flipping, happy-go-lucky. none are main eventers.

I was thinking about the New Day and how when they 1st got together, everyone thought they were gonna be this "new nation" type group. except they went the total opposite direction. to their credit, they got "over" big. and have been selling merch, I think. BUT, they've been going no where for a while now. does any one care that they are the tag champions? they've been stale, to me, for a while. I've said on here before they needed to start getting serious at some point. the comedy shyt is cool and all if you only plan on being a mid-lower card guy with no aspirations of being the main guy.

I look at them and compare them with the Shield guys. the shield debuted and were together for what? 2years? they came in, not as a comedy act, but as serious ass kickers. were main eventers in big time feuds and have now not only main evented wrestlemania but ALL THREE HAVE BEEN World Champion. meanwhile, the new day 2 years later are still......dancing.

why hasn't Big E gotten a singles push yet coming off the success of the New Day's comedy run? why wasn't he, or one of them included in the 6 pack contenders match?

why is R Truth STILL doing his goofy shuckin and jivin routine? the one time he started getting over as a singles competitor was when he started acting serious. but tsc's god HHH was like, naw lets make him goofy again...becuz those people are here just to entertain in a certain way.

they literally just put him in the Booker T role as golddust's partner from 2003 except booker had more credibility.

Darren Young, Titus O'neal, Apollo Crews, all the same. smiling and dancing. mid card for life. actually, maybe it will be different for Crews. he's new, they gonna give him a slight push right? maybe win the IC belt. maybe tag with Cena a few times. but nothing like what they will do with AJ Styles or Finn Balor.

Don't be sour and clap for the longest reigning tag...........team...........champions and feel the POOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

 

[PlayerNinety_Nine]

Shelton might be the first one in a minute. He'll probably go back to being "the super athlete", with little personality. Too bad MVP said he wasn't coming back - would have hit them with the if they asked him to dance.

Big E was alledgedly Vince's pick for Roman's monster push, before Hunter convinced him otherwise.

New talent wise, I couldn't even tell you.

 

[Riley Escobar]

Shelton might be the first one in a minute. He'll probably go back to being "the super athlete", with little personality. Too bad MVP said he wasn't coming back - would have hit them with the if they asked him to dance.

Big E was alledgedly Vince's pick for Roman's monster push, before Hunter convinced him otherwise.

New talent wise, I couldn't even tell you.

Jason Jordan, even though he's the Jannetty in American Alpha

 

[PlayerNinety_Nine]

Jason Jordan, even though he's the Jannetty in American Alpha

Good call - I forgot him.

I think he has more personality out of the two of them, but he's not as polished as Gable in ring.

Pretty sure that he's the one that Vince sees money in, though.

 

[KingBeez]

There will never be a successful black main event wwe superstar for as long as Vinny Mac lives. The Rock was the first and only successful black homegrown wwe performer, and probably the main reason why he got a chance was of his family lineage. Best case scenario is that Vince dies and a big change occurs in how the E is ran

 

[Alexander The Great]

There will never be a successful black main event wwe superstar for as long as Vinny Mac lives. The Rock was the first and only successful black homegrown wwe performer, and probably the main reason why he got a chance was of his family lineage. Best case scenario is that Vince dies and the a big change occurs in how the E is ran

and when Vince dies his doofus daughter and idiot son in law will take over. and they have even less respect for Black wrestlers

 

[Tanahashi Coates]

Jason Jordan, even though he's the Jannetty in American Alpha

Remember when Miz was considered the Jannetty of Miz/Morrison?

 

[Breh Obama]

They just need to go ahead and throw money at Lethal while he's still in his prime

 

[KingBeez]

and when Vince dies his doofus daughter and idiot son in law will take over. and they have even less respect for Black wrestlers

But they're more open to change compared to Vince. Hunter and Steph would at least put the wwe belt on a black character just for the media coverage that would come with it

 

[Alexander The Great]

But they're more open to change compared to Vince. Hunter and Steph would at least put the wwe belt on a black character just for the media coverage that would come with it

no. they've been in charge of creative for over a decade. if they thought or wanted a black wrestler given a serious push, they would have fought for it. I don't know where you're getting this idea that they feel otherwise.

 

[XII]

I was just thinking the same thing. I'm sick of Apollo Crews and that dumb ass smile

 

[KingBeez]

no. they've been in charge of creative for over a decade. if they thought or wanted a black wrestler given a serious push, they would have fought for it. I don't know where you're getting this idea that they feel otherwise.

I'm not saying that they're gonna do it just to do it. If they put the belt on a black wrestler, best believe they're doing it for media coverage and headlines, but I still believe that there's a greater chance of a black champion with HHH as the boss instead of Vince.

Also, who do you think could've been WWE champ if taken seriously?

 

[Riley Escobar]

There will never be a successful black main event wwe superstar for as long as Vinny Mac lives. The Rock was the first and only successful black homegrown wwe performer, and probably the main reason why he got a chance was of his family lineage. Best case scenario is that Vince dies and the a big change occurs in how the E is ran

Lashley was 100% going to be WWE champion before he followed his girlfriend out the company

 

[KingBeez]

Lashley was 100% going to be WWE champion before he followed his girlfriend out the company

True, but I'm speaking as of today until his death