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Posted on Sep 25, 2009 by — wrestling — 1 comment

Al Sharpton to host WWE Raw?

For the past few months, WWE’s Monday Night Raw has been hosted by a different celebrity every week, as a way to boost ratings. Some have been enjoyable, most have been awful. This coming Monday, Al Sharpton will be the host. Is this really a good idea? I wonder how Sharpton will feel about the blatantly stereotypical CrymeTyme tag team? If WWE brass were smart, they’d keep them off the show that night. I don’t think Sharpton would agree to do this if he even knew about Shad and JTG being portrayed as street thugs that steal. And what about “Jamaican Me Crazy” Kofi Kingston? He’s not even Jamaican. WWE often gives Black wrestlers extremely stereotypical gimmicks. It displays ignorance and these are the kinds of things Sharpton lashes out against. This could be bad.

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  • http://twitter.com/ghostfacedina brandina

    this is going to be bad. i don’t even want to see how this is going to pan out on monday. i absolutely hate the kofi gimmick. a jamaican, really? i think he’d of been better off being billed from ghana. i don’t think marks would have shied away from his character for just being himself. he’s truly talented. i love it though if he dropped that gimmick.

    & cryme tyme… don’t get me started on that. they really are the stereotypical ‘niggas’ & it irks me to no end to see them coming out every week looking, & talking, the way that they do. & they WRESTLE in timberland boots?! come on! not to mention the soulja boy style sunglasses that jtg is always rocking. those guys have the potential to become wwe greatness, just not with that gimmick.