First I want to shout out one of my favorite black wrestlers, Norman Smiley! You never won but you were my dude! Big Wiggle for life!
I wanted to write this earlier, but I just got approved by the BR. So I do not want to take any fire away from the other recent articles about African-American champs.
I want to start by saying I have been a huge wrestling fan my whole life. The Macho Man was my hero, but when Shawn Michaels showed up with The Rockers...I was hooked. HBK was my hero (still is, really).
However, as a young black male, the wrestler that made me more excited about the WWE than any other, and that drew me in and made me feel like I was a part of the WWE Universe was The Rock.
He drew me in for...
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