>>16427939>>16428112When WWE tried this in '05 with Muhammad Hassan, they went full retard and had him contract al-Qaeda goons to murder The Undertaker with piano wire. The station told them they'd refuse to broadcast any content with the character again.
Hogan/Slaughter in '91 went similarly poorly. It even cost WWE their NBC spot.
If you're gonn exploit a social issue for z pro-wrestling angle, it needs just enough distance to sit well with the public. Hence why the wrestling nazis were all big in the '50s and such.
