The Samoan Heritage
Getting Noticed By Management
To start, this isn't a "wwe is racist" discussion.
During the May young classic 2 parade of champions event, someone on youtube commented asking, "why weren't there any Africans in this tournament?" As expected, people responded saying that there were African Americans in the tournament, but the person would correct them saying that he was talking about someone "born and raised" in Africa.
He would then go on a rant about the less than handful of Africans that have ever been in wwe. How wwe has pushed Jinder/Khali to appease to the india market and Del Rio to Mexico, but never pushed Kofi to appeal to Africa's market (he also brought up Kofi's Jamaican gimmick and hating it).
He had some pretty good points...obviously enough for me to come here to try and learn more.
1. Pretty much, I was wondering if anyone knows why this may or may not be true? (maybe there aren't many wrestling promotions in Africa?)
2. Why doesn't wwe do a big signing/talent search while in South Africa? I've read reports about wwe scouting (and signing) talent while they were in Dubai, Asia, and the Uk, but never Africa.
3. Also,can you name any African talent currently in the indys that could potentially end up in wwe?
During the May young classic 2 parade of champions event, someone on youtube commented asking, "why weren't there any Africans in this tournament?" As expected, people responded saying that there were African Americans in the tournament, but the person would correct them saying that he was talking about someone "born and raised" in Africa.
He would then go on a rant about the less than handful of Africans that have ever been in wwe. How wwe has pushed Jinder/Khali to appease to the india market and Del Rio to Mexico, but never pushed Kofi to appeal to Africa's market (he also brought up Kofi's Jamaican gimmick and hating it).
He had some pretty good points...obviously enough for me to come here to try and learn more.
1. Pretty much, I was wondering if anyone knows why this may or may not be true? (maybe there aren't many wrestling promotions in Africa?)
2. Why doesn't wwe do a big signing/talent search while in South Africa? I've read reports about wwe scouting (and signing) talent while they were in Dubai, Asia, and the Uk, but never Africa.
3. Also,can you name any African talent currently in the indys that could potentially end up in wwe?