The current WWE World Champion Big E who is a former two times WWE Intercontinental Champion and a former eight times WWE Tag Team Champion recently said that this is a great time for black male and female wrestlers in WWE.
Big E is currently one of the biggest stars in WWE and rightfully one of the faces of the promotion right now. But the path to become the face of WWE was not easy for the thirty five year old professional wrestler. He spent over a decade in WWE to come to this position right now. He also had an excellent powerlifting career beside of professional wrestling where he has an amazing record.
WWE RAW – Big E Thinks This Is a Great Time For Black Wrestlers In WWE
Big E started his professional wrestling career back in 2009 as a trainee in WWE. He first worked in the Florida Championship Wrestling for three years which was the development territory of WWE back in the time.
After working for three years in the story The Championship Wrestling he came to NXT which was also a development Territory of the WWE. He did not have to spend much time in the NXT as he was promoted to the main roster soon after joining NXT.
After working solo for a number of years he paired with Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods. Together they were known as The New Day, A stable that is considered by many fans and critics as one of the best stables in the history of professional wrestling.
Last year he was separated from his stable for the first time in his career and he was given a solo run once again. It was earlier reported that he was scheduled to win the Royal Rumble match and go on to challenge for a world title at WrestleMania 37.
But his push was delayed and he finally won the WWE championship after cast cashing in his Money in the Bank contract on Bobby Lashley. Currently he is holding the WWE championship quite strong.
Big E who is a former two times WWE Intercontinental Champion and a former eight times WWE Tag Team Champion recently spoke on The Atlanta Journal-Constitution where he said that this a great time for black male and female wrestlers in WWE. He said;
“I think right now it’s just a great time for Black men and women in our industry. We’re in a boom period because there is so much talent who are very good and happen to be Black whether it’s Bianca Belair, Sasha Banks or Bobby Lashley, who I won the title from. A couple of years ago, it was Kofi Kingston, my partner of seven years with New Day.
“They’re all richly deserving from what I’ve seen. When you talk about inclusion or diversity, I think it’s important you’re not just putting people of color in these positions merely because they’re a person of color. When you look at Bianca, Sasha and Bobby, they’re all talented and unique and they just so happen to be Black.”
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