9/2/2023 0 Comments Sandra wwe twitterWomen and wrestlers of color, though, especially can’t voice their hesitations because that action carries an added risk to their job security and how they’re perceived. So they just shuffle off without saying anything - trying to make the best of their gimmicks. Most wrestlers, though, don’t dare challenge an idea handed to them from on high for fear of losing a push or pissing off the people in charge. They’re given gimmicks that represent stereotypes about the overall black population. Black wrestlers aren’t given bad gimmicks that represent them as individuals. The bad gimmicks challenge their moral fiber and make them go against the people they represent on-screen. For the NXT divas, they had to grin while they were told to “wrestle like divas.” For subjugated people, bad gimmicks carry heavier burdens than just being “lame” or hard to get over. For Juventud Guerrera, he had to pretend he was enthused that he’d be part of a lawnmower-riding trio. For the wrestler, this horrible idea can be career-ruining.īut for people of color and women, it’s a whole different experience.įor Shelton Benjamin, he had to sit across from Vince McMahon while he pitched the idea of a stereotypical “Mammy” character to play his mother - a move that degraded the mother and infantilized the wrestler. Every person has sat across from a booker and had to gulp through pretending like he or she loves the idea being presented. Steve Austin got to the WWE and became the Ringmaster (after barely missing out on Otto Von Freeze). Every person who’s ever wrestled has been given a terrible gimmick.
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