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08-01-2003, 11:56 PM
http://www.daily-journal.com/content/?id=31561
Jerry "The King" Lawler took to the wrestling ring.
A battle royale ensued.
Midgets even squared off.
But a few Kankakeeans got excited about a lack of African American women in professional wrestling as they formed a picket line at the Kankakee County Fair Thursday night.
"I should be able to see some of my people in that," said Kathy Morrow, an African-American woman from Kankakee who organized the protest. A lifelong fan, Morrow has over 30 fond years of memories sharing a love of the sport with her father.
"My dad took me to it all those years," said Morrow. "Being a black person, I never saw a black woman wrestler."
The real culprit isn't Windy City Pro Wrestling, the company running last night's county fair grandstand event, but World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. Ever since 1999, Morrow has argued with the TV production company about letting more black women into the ring.
"They're saying I'm the only one," said Morrow, who has contacted WWE executives numerous times. "I know that is totally a lie."
Neither officials from WWE nor Windy City Wrestling returned phone calls seeking comment. WWE produces professional wrestling television shows including "Smackdown," "Raw," "Velocity" and "Heat" on The National Network cable channel and UPN.
"Bash" is the word Morrow has in mind.
She wants the Hollywood chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to "bash" the company about having only two or three black women wrestlers on the roster.
:toxic: :toxic:
Jerry "The King" Lawler took to the wrestling ring.
A battle royale ensued.
Midgets even squared off.
But a few Kankakeeans got excited about a lack of African American women in professional wrestling as they formed a picket line at the Kankakee County Fair Thursday night.
"I should be able to see some of my people in that," said Kathy Morrow, an African-American woman from Kankakee who organized the protest. A lifelong fan, Morrow has over 30 fond years of memories sharing a love of the sport with her father.
"My dad took me to it all those years," said Morrow. "Being a black person, I never saw a black woman wrestler."
The real culprit isn't Windy City Pro Wrestling, the company running last night's county fair grandstand event, but World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. Ever since 1999, Morrow has argued with the TV production company about letting more black women into the ring.
"They're saying I'm the only one," said Morrow, who has contacted WWE executives numerous times. "I know that is totally a lie."
Neither officials from WWE nor Windy City Wrestling returned phone calls seeking comment. WWE produces professional wrestling television shows including "Smackdown," "Raw," "Velocity" and "Heat" on The National Network cable channel and UPN.
"Bash" is the word Morrow has in mind.
She wants the Hollywood chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to "bash" the company about having only two or three black women wrestlers on the roster.
:toxic: :toxic: