7 Incredibly Messed Up Allegations From WCW's Racial Discrimination Lawsuits
7. They Fired Most Of The Mexican Wrestlers For No Good Reason
If you were a WCW fan, especially of the cruiserweight division, you may have noticed that most of the Mexican luchadores that the company had hired disappeared over the course of a few months from late 1999 to early 2000. As the company was purging much of the roster to cut costs, that is indeed what happened. Even Psicosis (around as long as anyone) and the team of Silver King and El Dandy (getting a new push as a comedy tag team) weren't safe. As Konnan described in an affidavit: The three remaining hispanic wrestlers were Konnan, Rey Mysterio, and Juventud Guerrera. Obviously the idea that all of the non-English speaking (and even that's inaccurate, as Silver King, Spyder, and others I'm sure I'm forgetting were fluent even though they didn't get interview time in WCW) luchadores were cut at the same time was...suspicious, at best. An email was uncovered during the discovery process in one of the lawsuits against WCW that likely confirmed some suspicions. Diana Myers was the lawyer in charge of contracts and I don't know what Georgia Davidson's job was, but they had this exchange: Yes, A LAWYER ACTUALLY WROTE THAT. For her part, Myers claimed in her deposition that it wasn't as bad as it looked: In a vacuum, that sort of makes sense if she's telling the truth about needing to contact them all at a central location, like the office of a wrestling promotion. However, if you look at that email again, take note: While Super Calo, Damien, and Ciclope were Mexican nationals, what do a Mexican-American from Texas (Spyder) and a WCW Power Plant trainee living in Atlanta (Davis) have to do with difficulty sending mail to Mexico?
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The three remaining hispanic wrestlers were Konnan, Rey Mysterio, and Juventud Guerrera. Obviously the idea that all of the non-English speaking (and even that's inaccurate, as Silver King, Spyder, and others I'm sure I'm forgetting were fluent even though they didn't get interview time in WCW) luchadores were cut at the same time was...suspicious, at best. An email was uncovered during the discovery process in one of the lawsuits against WCW that likely confirmed some suspicions. Diana Myers was the lawyer in charge of contracts and I don't know what Georgia Davidson's job was, but they had this exchange: 
Yes, A LAWYER ACTUALLY WROTE THAT. For her part, Myers claimed in her deposition that it wasn't as bad as it looked: 
In a vacuum, that sort of makes sense if she's telling the truth about needing to contact them all at a central location, like the office of a wrestling promotion. However, if you look at that email again, take note: While Super Calo, Damien, and Ciclope were Mexican nationals, what do a Mexican-American from Texas (Spyder) and a WCW Power Plant trainee living in Atlanta (Davis) have to do with difficulty sending mail to Mexico?