Montez Ford comments on the rise of black champions all throughout pro wrestling.
Whether it's Swerve Strickland becoming the first black AEW World Champion, Willow Nightingale capturing the AEW TBS Title, Trick Williams winning the WWE NXT Championship, or Moose continuing his dominant run over TNA Wrestling as its World Heavyweight Champion, there are several black wrestlers in top positions all throughout the world of professional wrestling in 2024.
Doing a recent interview recorded prior to the WWE Draft on News4Jax's Going Ringside podcast, Montez Ford opened up about the importance of representation and his feelings regarding the rise of stars like Trick, Swerve, and Willow.
"I think is it's amazing," he began. "In any aspect, any type of representation matters. Anytime you see -- I'm living proof of that. I just spoke of how seeing Bobby Lashley do the things when I was growing up, and Booker T, and how it not only just made me love professional wrestling even more, but it made me even more motivated to know, like, 'Hey, somebody like me is doing this at this high level, I can do the same thing.' So I'm walking, living proof that, you know?
"It all matters and it's a good time in the industry," Ford continued. "It's a good time to show what we can do. Our backgrounds, and they're all different, they all have their own different stories. The thing that they share is the common hue, but besides that, they all have different stories, and I am very excited to see how everyone tells those different stories."
Fans can read what R-Truth has had to say about the rise of black champions in wrestling here.
Kofi Kingston has also commented on the matter. Read his comment here.
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