I'm black and I can't logically imagine two blacks main eventing Wrestlemania, just because of the stigma WWE has set.
However I do think that the WWE hasn't really seen a talented and charismatic black as The Rock since...The Rock.
Kofi Kingston can hit big spots but he really isn't great on the mic. He'd be good as a Jeff Hardy replacement, that's all.
MVP was the closest thing we saw to a Rock-like charisma, but I believe he was held back by the TV-PG rating. If he was around in 2004-2006, and had different ring attire, then he would have flourished. and he was like 35 or something when he finally got a chance to shine. Giving him a run with the title wouldn't have been smart, it was too little, too late. Maybe he could have a decent little run against Mr. Kennedy but they wouldn't have really shined because Cena, Triple H, and Orton had RAW locked down, and Edge, Taker, and Batista controlled Smackdown. Shelton Benjamin had a similar situation.
Cryme Tyme were stereotypical goons. This, along with the fact that John Cena still wears denim shorts, Team Jordans, and trucker caps and R-Truth looks like he stepped out of the 90's tells me WWE writers are very out of touch with urban America.
Mark Henry is really where he's supposed to be. I mean I guess he could have been chosen over Big Show or Khali as the go-to big man when used for fodder to people like Batista and Cena, but...meh. He does deserve a run with the belt for being a consistent guy on the roster for the past 15 years.
I hate R-Truth's character. Before he was talking about his little jimmy, the rapping and dancing was just horrible. The denim with the spray paint on it, the piercings, the dreads. Dude was a walking stereotype, and the sad thing is, it didn't even represent the current black youth. It was just terrible. And I don't know if his current gimmick is a result of the WWE wanting to be a live action cartoon, or WWE writers not being subject to testing from the Wellness Program. This and Cryme Tyme eliminated any good The Rock did for blacks in wrestling.
David Otunga is really the only black dude who seems like he could be a legit contender in the future. He reminds me of The Rock, but knowing the WWE, they're gonna mess him up by keeping him with Nexus forever and not letting him touch the mic.
Booker T almost slipped my mind, he had a nice run.
I'm black and I think R-Truth and Cryme Tyme were both gimmicks of coonery. The Rock, Booker T, and Mark Henry had decent/great careers. MVP was full of untouched potential, but that was because of his age, and the fact that Edge, Cena, Orton, and Batista were on top at the time. Shelton Benjamin had potential but wasn't good compared to Cena and co. Kofi Kingston and Otunga have bright futures.
So to be honest, the blacks that have come to the WWE have either not been good compared to the Cenas and Ortons, or just were placed in dumbass gimmicks. MVP was really the only wasted talent that came to my mind.
By saying the corporation is all about the white stars is implying that they're racist. I just think you're a black man/woman who see's racist in everything a black man isn't control of.
White people are to professional wrestling
As black people are to basketball.
As a non follower of wrestling, you always hear about John Cena, Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, Triple H, Shawn Michaels, The Rock and Stone Cold.
As a non follower of basketball, you always hear about Michael Jordan, Allen Iverson, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Shaquille O'Neal and Magic Johnson.
Pro-Wrestling isn't a black mans 'sport' just like Basketball isn't a white mans sport.
Racism is an on-going battle and I'm sure if Obama wasn't elected as president we would be at war with ourselves.
So take your racism shit and shove it up a donkey's ass.
...Except in basketball it's based on nothing but skill.
I mean sure, wrestling is skill too, but the people who are usually known as the stars were chosen to be pushed and the names you listed weren't the best pure wrestlers on the roster at their respective times. I mean being a star has to do with who you know in the back, do you fill what the WWE is looking for (Sin Cara, Sheamus, Khali given big pushes because of them not being from America), what gimmick you're given, your pull with McMahon.
All that extra stuff doesn't exist with the NBA.
Not saying the WWE is racist, but it's a big difference between Michael Jordan's pure skill and Hulk Hogan being given a gimmick to cater to kids.
And guys like Larry Bird, Steve Nash, Jason Kidd, Dirk Nowitski, etc. have all had success in the NBA.
And I also believe that the non-success of blacks in wrestling have something to do with America being a little subconsciously racist. Would Hulk Hogan's All American Hero gimmick work with Junkyard Dog? Same with Cena's gimmick working with JTG or Shad? Steve Austin's gimmick with Booker T?
Blacks also haven't had success because of WWE writers trying too hard to be "hip". The Rock wasn't some rapper type dude. He was just a cool, smooth, funny dude. The same gimmick would have worked whether or not Rock was white or black. Same can't be said with R-Truth or Cryme Tyme. And Cena's gimmick worked because he was rebellious. I mean sure people thought the rapper stuff was funny, but he became a legit contender off of being funny and rebellious. I remember right before he turned into a Hogan copy, he would do interviews with Todd Grisham and would do the same routine as Rock would with Coachman. He would do the whole naming different variations of items, he would call Grisham gay, etc.
All in all, I think WWE writers need to stop trying to appeal to black audiences with stereotypes. Like I said earlier, Cryme Tyme wearing baggy clothes and Timbs, Cena wearing denim shorts and Team Jordans, R-Truth having spray-painted denims, etc.
