That's exactly why I hate that whole argument because basically it's damned if they do, damned if they don't.
People want a black world champion, but then the second they make a black man the world champion, them same people that was crying gone be like "oh they only gave it to him because he's black."
How do I know? Because they already do that with Scorpio and Nyla. If you mention that out of 17 championship reigns from four belts in two years, AEW has had two black champions, they marginalize them like "well, Scorpio was just a tag team champ and his partner was white, and they only gave it to Nyla because he a transformer and he's Native American, too."
Then when you mention how they don't have main event level black male talent because most of the best black wrestlers in the world are already signed somewhere, and Shawn Dean and Shotty Lee have shown no personality just like most of Cody's people, and Scorpio is boring, and Ricky has a broken neck, and Hobbs done had his head rocked in at least 2 of his last 3 TV matches, but somehow he's should be working matches with Kenny Omega and Danielson taking hella V-triggers, knee strikes, dragon-ranas and snap germans and shit. And the rest of the brothers are tag team wrestlers - they don't wanna hear none of that.
And then when we mention black wrestlers in the indy scene they could sign and immediately push to the main event scene, and could headline a marquee, put on a great match, and can cut a good promo, and is over with the fans already - then it's "well they still probably won't do it because he black..."
Like it has to start from somewhere. They either gotta sign a main eventer or develop one, either way, it's gone take some time. It'll happen at some point.
I think people are just impatient because they've been jaded by WWE.
Kofimania was supposed to be Ali-mania. MVP had to produce his ass off to get Bobby taken seriously because the best idea Vince and 'em could come up with for Bobby after two years was a PG-version of a Blacked.com storyline. And Big E is champ now because Vince is so inept at getting white boys over (especially when they're real life pieces of shit) that he had no fuckin' choice but to put it on the most over nigga on the roster who got there by being himself. One of the few people allowed to be themselves and show that he has the charisma to be a celebrity and a movie star, just like how The Rock had to.
