Yeah, it was about time for this thread to show up again.
I understand the OP's frustration, and the reasoning behind it. Watching wrestling, trying to find someone you can relate to, someone you can cheer for and feel like they are representing
you, only to see them lose again and again...I can see how that would seem after a while. To suggest that this is for no other reason than racism, however, is simply ludicrous. Let's look at recent history...
Here is the WWE title history from 2010 through today:
John Cena
Batista
John Cena
Sheamus
Randy Orton
The Miz
John Cena
CM Punk
Rey Mysterio
John Cena
Alberto Del Rio
John Cena
Alberto Del Rio
CM Punk
The Rock
John Cena
Daniel Bryan
Randy Orton
Daniel Bryan
Randy Orton
Daniel Bryan
Who would you replace? How would you replace them? One could argue that Rey, ADR, and Miz didn't deserve their reigns, but let's look at those reigns.
Rey won a tournament for the "vacant' title and then held the title for about an hour before losing it to Cena. I suppose you could have plugged Kofi or Henry into that spot, but how does giving either man a one hour title reign serve them, or show them any respect. And don't for a minute think that reign would have been any longer: the man holding that belt was set to feud with the returning CM Punk, and the only person who could do that was the man he beat for the title, John Cena.
ADR served as a transitional champion, a way to move the belt between a face Cena and a face Punk without having to turn either man. This isn't a "Cena should turn heel thread," so I'll ignore that aspect, and again ask how does making any of the guys you mention a transitional champion fix the problem you suggest exist. Answer: it doesn't.
The Miz was at his peak when he cashed in on Randy Orton and won his title. He has never been as over as he was at that time, and likely never will be again. Who should have taken his spot though? Kofi? Kofi is the eternal face, he would have been feuding with an insanely popular at the time Randy Orton followed by John Cena. Kofi is a tremendous athlete, but there is no way that he carries the heel role convincingly in either of those feuds. Mark Henry could have done it, but I am fairly sure he was in the midst of a long injury recovery at the time.
Oh, and then there's the Rock. Y'know, the black guy that held the title from Royal Rumble through Wrestlemania last year. The guy that ended CM Punks 443 day reign as champion. The guy that defended the title at Wrestlemania despite the fact that it was his fifth or sixth match in almost a decade. But yeah, he doesn't count, because...well, I guess because he kills your theory.
Mark Henry is a tremendous hand, and I wouldn't be a bit mad to see him have a short title run before he hangs up the boots, but he fits nowhere within the current storylines. He would be the easiest to fit into a title program, though, given his history with Bryan and the WHC.
Kofi is outstanding, as I mentioned before, and I would love to see him get a title someday. His best chance was probably during his feud with Orton a few years ago, but his push was killed after he botched the finish of their first major match, a Raw Main Event that ended up blowing off the feud rather than kick-starting it. When they hand you the ball, you have to score the touchdown, or they are going to hand it to someone else. He fumbled at the line of scrimmage.
R-Truth was at his best when he had the Little Jimmy gimmick going. He was entertaining as hell, and got some Main Event matches out of it. Then the gimmick started getting popular, he started milking the invisible friend part and down-playing the brutality that went with the gimmick, and pretty soon he was tagging with Kofi in a comedy team. The gimmick got him over until it put him under.
Big E needs a gimmick. He still has a lot of time, he is young and has a long career ahead of him. I am a bit confused by the post where the OP says that Big E has been with WWE longer than Swagger. Swagger joined the E in 2006, Big E came in 2009. Swagger has been on the main roster since 07 or 08, Big E since 2012. Then I thought maybe he meant Kofi instead of Big E, but Kofi and Swagger are from the same developmental class and both hit the main roster around the same time, so I don't know what he was talking about.
Here's the thing...it's all well and good to want these guys to win the big one, or to have gold all the time, but don't you think that they should do more to deserve than just belong to a specific race? The guys that get over do it because they bring something to the table other than just their script. Creative didn't write the Yes Movement, that happened because of Bryan. Creative didn't write Orton's Viper gimmick, it was just something he started doing that caught on. The guys who get over are the guys who, no matter what creative gives them, are able to infuse the story with their own presence, their own style. The guys who get the top spots are the guys who can go out there, take the worst storyline possible, and still make their character shine in the midst of it.
I don't remember who said it, or I would give proper attribution, but someone mentioned in a post on another thread that when BNB beat Big E for the title, the fans weren't cheering for the heel, they were cheering for the guy with a gimmick. You want someone to get over, to become a champion? Don't look for them to do it because of race, or to be held back because of race. The guys who go out there, create a gimmick, and live that gimmick no matter what...those are the guys who get over. When your chosen ones start to do that, and
still don't get the push, then you can cry discrimination. Until then, you're just wrong.