Why does wwe always have black people dancing?

[avon barksdale]

Am i missing something..this goes back to slick and koko b ware. Even the females dance..is this all vince think black people do in there spare time

 

[LastManStanding]

 

[Lannister]

At this point I don't think this is all Vince's doing, I think it's the wrestler's themselves coming up with these gimmicks.

Nothing against Swann,who is a great wrestler, but I'm sick of seeing Black wrestlers who are either dancing buffoons or "just happy to be here". We need some legit badass and serious characters for once.

 

[Daracell]

They were doing such a great job on the Mark Henrys Hall of Pain, but then it fizzled out

 

[Mob H]

 

[GOATpernick]

Swann had to have danced for a solid 4 minutes Monday night while they went to commercial

 

[TL15]

I think it honestly depends on the person

Ron Simmons (through all of his "gimmicks") never danced. Always booked like a badass (as Farooq Asad outfit, Farooq in the nation, Farooq the Acolytes, Farooq in APA) and never danced

Ahmed Johnson...never danced
MVP wasn't a "dancing" act (he danced in the ring with some of his moves but it wasn't seen as "shucking and jiving" to me...no different than Cena's 5 knuckle shuffle or Scotty too hotty "the worm")
The Rock was corny in his young/introduction years but wasn't "a dancer"
Mark Henry wasn't/isn't a dancing act
etc.

I do agree that a lot of black wrestlers dance, but we have to remember that this is a VERY cheesy form of live entertainment. I know we all want it to be so much more (we talk about prestige and booking like it's NOT pre-determined ) but these athletes are actors and entertainers

Remember...

they booked a white dude as Lord Tensai
an Asian cowboy in Jimmy Wang Yang
a white guy as a jive talking black man imitation
they had a native American dancing and high stepping around the ring
Cryme Tyme
They've had women demean and embarrass themselves
a CEO wear a du-rag and say "nygga" on camera
etc. etc. etc.

Outside of the athleticism and the ability to suspend disbelief for a few hours a week, don't expect the WWE or any wrestling organization to have a "moral" compass

 

[TransJenner]

They were doing such a great job on the Mark Henrys Hall of Pain, but then it fizzled out

That retirement angle was

 

[Saiyajin]

bobby lashley never danced

and the new day came up with the dancing and shyt on their own

 

[stro]

bobby lashley never danced

and the new day came up with the dancing and shyt on their own

As did Swann, whose entire gimmick on the indies was dude who dances all the fukking time. It's the only thing that got him signed, since it's the only thing that made him stand out from all the other random flippy guys.

 

[Homer Simpson]

idk

 

[Alexander The Great]

Swann had to have danced for a solid 4 minutes Monday night while they went to commercial

the image of him doing that damn dance for 4 str8 minutes while the show was on commercial has me like

 

[Alexander The Great]

as to the Op's question, I made a thread kind of like this a few months ago. it is somewhat on the talent themselves. I think some of it has to do with the type of people getting into wrestling now. in the 70s, 80s, 90s it was former football players, meatheads, tough guys, etc. now its a bunch of life long wrestling fans...nerds.....

like Swan looks like what a jobber would have looked like 20 years ago

 

[BodeineBrazy]

Swann had to have danced for a solid 4 minutes Monday night while they went to commercial

Prolly had the inside the whole time.

 

[boriquaking]

Didnt we just have this thread?