During a recent interview with “DC 101”, Sami Zayn discussed stereotypes in wrestling. Here’s what he had to say:
For me personally, it’s one of the things I love about this generation. Shinsuke’s [Nakamura] gimmick doesn’t revolve around him being Japanese.
Like me, being Arab, I’m not coming out with a turban or acting the way the Iron Sheik acted. I’m a performer who happens to be Arabian.
Finn Balor, he’s an Irishman and it’s not like he comes out with a box of lucky charms or waving an Irish flag talking with a funny accent to be Irish. It’s just a lot more rooted in reality of who we actually are and not playing this caricature or this stereotype of our background.
So, I applaud Mustafa Ali for that for trying to break that. It’s something I have been interested in as well.
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Credit: DC 101 Podcast. H/T WrestlingInc.
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