What is it with WWE and pro-American characters being pulled over for marijuana-related DUI charges? Eight days after debuting a new "Real American" character aimed directly at getting mainstream publicity for having a "tea party"-style direction, Jack Swagger earned a different type of mainstream publicity for an arrest for a DUI and possession of marijuana. Released, fined $500 and later given six months of probation, it sidelined what appeared to be a surefire push that would lead to Swagger defeating Alberto del Rio for the World Heavyweight Championship.
Besides having been an independent professional wrestling manager for a decade, Marcus Dowling is a Washington, DC-based writer who has contributed to a plethora of online and print magazines and newspapers writing about music and popular culture over the past 15 years.