50 Absolute Worst Things WWE Has Done In The 21st Century
9. The Misery Of Kerwin White (2005)
Chavo Guerrero's Kerwin White gimmick could've been worse. Much, much worse.
Chavo told Chris Van Vliet in 2020 that he pitched coming out in front of fans dressed as a member of racist, white supremacist group the Ku Klux Klan whilst playing the character. Vince McMahon loved it, and both agreed that it'd be a real throwback to days when wrestlers would do anything to garner heat. Thankfully, Kerwin in the KKK didn't make it to TV, because that would've been truly appalling.
Guerrero's new guise was foul enough. He made racist remarks about other skin colours and demographics during various vignettes and promos in 2005, and was generally cast as somebody who hated anyone who wasn't white. Obviously, Chavo had hispanic heritage, so he was trying to palm the whole thing off as ridiculous and a joke for telly, but...pitching to come out dressed "in a white sheet" as a member of a racist group?! That's too far.
It took a depressing real-life incident to cancel the Kerwin White idea. Chavo's uncle Eddie sadly passed away in November 2005, and so Guerrero returned to his real self in a bid to honour fallen family. The circumstances really sucked, but nobody was sad to see Kerwin get the boot and Chavo come back.
Surely Guerrero would've regretted going too far with the whole "White Is Right" persona WWE had him playing. There are better ways to get heat than by sinking to such a low and race-baiting to the extreme. Kerwin White was a miserable idea from start to finish.