Co-Authored by Josh Howard and gut ntributor Elizabeth Catte On Augt 14, 2013, a reporter om TMZ ught up wh World Wrtlg Entertament (WWE) superstar Darren Young at the LAX baggage claim. The reporter asked, “Do you thk that a gay wrtler uld be succsful wh the WWE?” Young rpond wh a se and a lgh before…
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WRTLG’S GAY HISTORY AND OPTIMISTIC FUTURE
Beg more faiar wh the gay history of wrtlg mak one realize what a different product would be today whout gay culture. * gay wrestler gimmick *
He Played a Gay Stereotype. It was pretty obvly a gay stereotype (a clip is shown of Adonis – who was married to a woman and had two children – admtg to a WWF dience that he was gay) and not a particularly flatterg one. Dave Meltzer says that the gimmick was signed to enurage straight people the dience to jeer a gay wrtler, and several very offensive crowd signs om the time certaly back that up.
Sexual nuendo, blackface, cursg, body-shamg, and homophobia were jt a few thgs that D-Generatn X did durg their time on televisn durg the Attu Era.
When to levelg the playg field between gay and straight wrtlers and their characters, there's a lot to grapple wh. * gay wrestler gimmick *
The two were prented as a gay wrtler tag team. It uld have been a huge step forward for the pany sce both men were not seen through the typil lens of what gay men looked like the era.