4. Swagger and Colter Quickly Approach The Racism Line
The pairing of Jack Swagger and Zeb Colter (Dutch Mantel) has been odd from the get-go. And while it has proved to be a lightning rod for the return of Swagger, it has also come close on several occasions to being racist and offensive; and their performance on last night's RAW program even furthered these issues. By discussing illegal immigrants and deportation while in the face of Alberto del Rio, Colter and Swagger came as close as they have yet to crossing the line into out right racism. With the right debate, it could even be argued that they did cross that line last night. And while this was an obvious setup for del Rio to play the huge hero, he fell flat in his delivery to save the everyman, even his everyman, his countrymen. Alberto del Rio has been trying much too hard to be a new face on the World Heavyweight Championship scene, and this situation with Colter and Swagger is not helping. Unless something significant changes, this program cannot end quickly enough.