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    WWE and non American wrestlers

    Probably for the reasons I mentioned in my first post.
  2. Lockard 23

    WWE and non American wrestlers

    Yes, once the heat was gone. He obviously wasn't gonna stay like that forever (the Iraq War ended shortly after he turned heel anyway.)
  3. Lockard 23

    WWE and non American wrestlers

    Yeah. He was an Iraqi sympathizer when WWF tried to cash in on exploiting the Gulf War in '91. It drew nothing but "change the channel" sort of heat.
  4. Lockard 23

    WWE and non American wrestlers

    To be fair, those are probably all true. :haha: In all seriousness, as I mentioned in my first post, I guess it does mostly come down to xenophobia on the part of many Americans, though there are exceptions. But there's exceptions to every rule.
  5. Lockard 23

    WWE and non American wrestlers

    I liked the Evil/Dubbing gimmick that Taka and Funaki had in 2000. It was hilarious. I liked Hakushi, though I don't remember him ever feuding over the WWE Championship... Not that that would have said much, Mabel and Tatanka feuded over it as well. 1995 was a terrible year. I also wouldn't...
  6. Lockard 23

    WWE and non American wrestlers

    It's weird considering that other countries obviously pop big for names like Hogan, Austin, Cena and the others, most of whom are usually American. One would think if non-Americans can pop huge for Americans, the same could happen the other way around. Along with Bret Hart, British Bulldog was...
  7. Lockard 23

    WWE and non American wrestlers

    I think the perception is that Americans identify more with their own 'ilk' than anyone else and will likely find it easier to get behind them if they are either born in America or at least proud to live there now. Vince once commented in a 2004 episode of Off The Record that the reason Chris...
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