Wrestler Kofi Kingston, left, will meet Daniel Bryan, right, at Sunday's WrestleMania 35. Kingston, a veteran of the fan-favorite trio of black WWE performers known as the New Day, was referencing a glass ceiling crashed into by generations of performers of color who preceded him. “Kofi meant what he said about people not getting opportunities,” said Fred Rosser, who wrestled for the WWE as Darren Young from 2009 to 2017. And Kingston’s rise, in that telling, represents WWE reckoning with its past — and might even point to a more diverse future. That hadn’t happened for New Day before Kingston’s recent rise, which started only after he replaced an injured Mustafa Ali in a WWE championship match in February.

Source: Washington Post April 06, 2019 11:46 UTC