JTG Says that WWE Will Likely Not Crown a Black WWE Champion Anytime Soon

In a recent interview with Lee Sanders of “The RCWR Show,” former WWE superstar JTG says that WWE will likely not crown a Black WWE Champion anytime soon, in his opinion. JTG worked for WWE almost 10 years, though he was barely seen on television the last two years of his contract.

During the interview, JTG discussed his new e-book, how he got into that market, his thoughts on the product, and more. When asked about if we will see a “full-blown African-American male as the WWE Champion, JTG said,

“I don’t see that happening in the near future, no. You know to be real and to be very candid and keep it honest, African-American wrestlers, black wrestlers… They have to work twice as hard as white competitors.

If you haven’t noticed like let’s say someone like Daniel Bryan. If it was a black wrestler on that same level, same charisma, same ring style… there is no way he will be WWE champion. He’s got to work 10 times harder. We got to work ten times harder and we still don’t even get to that level. And it is not just African-Americans.

I don’t want to take anything away from the Rock, he’s African-American, he is black but he is not identified as black. There is a big difference. You have to be identified as black.

Rock is more ambiguous, he’s exotic. Mainstream Hollywood society doesn’t identify him as black. Once you played Hercules and you have long flowing brunette hair, you’re not identified as black.”

He goes on to speak on how skin color affects a superstar’s push in WWE, saying,

“I definitely think it affects it definitely. I do believe that there is a system in place in the WWE that only a black wrestler can only go so far. With the stereotype, now it is not as bad as it used to be in the early 90s or 80s with the stereotype. You know they toned it down a little bit. But still, there are still stereotypes there in place.”

You can listen to the entire interview here.

Editor’s Note:

Really good and interesting listen. Definitely give it some time.