WWE about to make some big mistakes

So it was not long ago that the Atlantic had an article about race in the WWE.  A good article except for the incredibly stupid line about expecting racism to be worse in southern wrestling.  Talk about stereotypes.  But at least he saw that the NWA has a list of African American champs going back decades.  It pointed out the lack of African American champs, explained why Samoans don't count in that list, and looked at the 12 african american "jobbers" in the company right now.

WWE seems to be running a new business model right now.  Read the internet and follow the buzz.  Well, the Atlantic article got buzz, was talked about on Cheap Heat podcast, and is now being acted upon.  R-Truth abruptly ended Bo Dallas's streak.  And Xavier Woods, Kofi Kingston, and Big E appear to be some sort of faction now.  While responding to the buzz sometimes gives us Daniel Bryan as champ, this time it is going to go badly.

And here is why.  Does anyone think Kofi, Big E, or Xavier is going to win the WWE Title?  Make no mistake about it, that is the main complaint in the article.  Stereotypes and lack of WWE champs.  The article is mostly a complaint that Booker T did not win when he should have so many years ago.  WWE ran the same story line that the NWA ran with Vader vs. Ron Simmons, but Ron Simmons won, ending the lack of diversity.  The WWE went a different direction and now deserve this criticism.  But without that WWE Title, this criticism is not going to end.  Unless the company wants to hand that title to Kofi or Big E, then this ends with someone like Cena defeating them.  How does that fix this perceived problem?  How does it help Cena to stop a group trying to end racism in the WWE?

This is not a quick fix for WWE.  They have spent years ruining good wrestlers like R-Truth and Kofi, and never had the patience to stay with so-so wrestlers like Big E.  They ran off Bobby Lashley (current TNA world champ), and chose to put over HHH rather than Booker T, which were to the two best African American wrestlers in WWE in recent memory.  Both would have made great WWE champs.  Getting someone whose WWE Title reign is going to be profitable and something other than a simple nod to ending the blight, but not fixing the problem.

The guys on Cheap Heat are excited about it.  But there is no way this ends well.  It either ends with Xavier Woods as your champ, or the attempt to end racism fails.  Neither proposition is really good.  Why not wait until TNA goes off the air and bring back Lashley or hire Jay Lethal and take the time to build him up.  Taking guys who have been mid card or lower and just making them WWE champ is not a good idea.