The One WCW Gimmick Too Offensive For Eric Bischoff

Pictured above is Col. Robert Parker alongside one of his more famous WCW managerial clients, 'Stunning' Steve Austin.

Based on Elvis Pressley's manager Col. Tom Parker - a figure once described by biographer Alanna Nash as the most "controversial, colourful, and larger than life figure in all of entertainment" - this character wasn't explicitly a plantation owner, but he sure did dress like one.

Consider this image of Don Johnson as Spencer Bennett in Django Unchained then look again at how Robert Fuller dressed while playing Parker. Hell, just hit Google Images and throw "plantation owner" in the search box - you'll find Col. Parkers everywhere.

So WCW had this guy whose aesthetic was that of a slave owner working for them when they signed this hot, up-and-coming African-American tag team. Not a problem if they kept them apart, right? Parker wasn't an actual plantation owner - he just looked the part.

Well keep them apart WCW did not, deciding instead to take the Ebony Experience, rebrand them as "The Posse," pair them with Parker, and walk them to the ring in shackles.

Like slaves.

Let those optics marinate for a minute, then continue.

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