The WWE has racial skeletons in its past. Can Kofi Kingston change its future?

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With a starring role at WrestleMania 35, Kingston’s rise is intertwined with WWE's complicated racial history.

Wrestler Kofi Kingston, left, will meet Daniel Bryan, right, at Sunday's WrestleMania 35.

Professional wrestling is a scripted sport, meaning performers who achieve the highest billing are chosen by McMahon and his team of writers. There are no batting averages or shooting percentages, no analytic-based meritocracy. Normally, the performers who rise to the top possess some combination of stage presence, charisma and athleticism.

[From October: WWE hosts first all-female pay-per-view show amid widespread criticism of Saudi Arabia partnership] “Yes, it’s art and it’s scripted and it’s not to be taken too personally, but it’s hard not to, because like all art, it reflects society,” said Hyde, who is black. “It reinforced ideas about black people in society.”

Kofi Kingston at a 2011 gala in Washington. Kingston, 37, who was born in Ghana and whose real name is Kofi Nahaje Sarkodie-Mensah, does plenty of dancing alongside his New Day partners, Big E and Xavier Woods. But the difference, Kingston said, is that New Day’s dancing is authentic and true to the men’s characters.

 

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Skeletons? Vince McMahon drooped the n word on live tv. That’s not a skeleton; that’s a full bodied blue whale.

That's funny. Now do the rap community with homophobia.

Hulk Hogan is still the biggest star in wrestling history and he’s a certified racist

The Washington Post has racial skeletons currently. Will it ever change?

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