Why no evil Cubans?

[Sephiroth]

So now that we are apparently opening up relations with Cuba after 50 years, I find myself asking-why haven't we ever had an evil, America hating Cuban as a heel in wrestling? Where the Russkies just easier to lampoon?

[Mozenrath]

Armando Alejandro Estradaaaaaaaa

[Angus Mcloud]

The Bario Brothers: Fidel Sierra and Ricky Santana I want to say had the Cuban gimmick at first. Fidel Sierra himself had The Cuban Assassin gimmick for awhile too.

[Viking Hall]

Could Razor Ramon count since he was basically a Tony Montana rip off to begin with?

[________ has left the building]

There is the Cuban Assassin of Stampede Wrestling Fame and Fidel Sierra who was the more well known Cuban Assassin in the United States.

[The Dark Order Inferno]

Isn't hating on American promotions basically Konnan's gimmick these days?

Seriously though, I think the reason there were so few evil Cubans is that Cuba was never a real threat to America, just a minor nuisance because it had no real influence there unlike the rest of it's neighbors. A communist Cuban heel would likely work well in front of select crowds in Florida and get meh responses in the rest of the country and could potentially even get face pops on overseas tours.

[Kevin Hamilton]

All they could afford was Dominicans, and they couldn't make the crepes right.

[carp (SPC, Itoh Respect Army)]

Dec 18, 2014 9:38:58 GMT -5 The Dark Order Inferno said:

Seriously though, I think the reason there were so few evil Cubans is that Cuba was never a real threat to America, just a minor nuisance because it had no real influence there unlike the rest of it's neighbors. .

I think it might be the opposite. People who were alive during the Cuban Missile Crisis might have found the whole thing scarier and closer to home than lots of other stuff, which made them less likely to want to go back there even years later.

[Tiger Millionaire]

Dec 18, 2014 9:38:58 GMT -5 The Dark Order Inferno said:

Isn't hating on American promotions basically Konnan's gimmick these days?

Seriously though, I think the reason there were so few evil Cubans is that Cuba was never a real threat to America, just a minor nuisance because it had no real influence there unlike the rest of it's neighbors.

As opposed to those militarized Canadians?

[Giul T.]

Los Boricuas?

[Gelatinous Parasite]

Dec 18, 2014 9:18:04 GMT -5 Viking Hall said:

Could Razor Ramon count since he was basically a Tony Montana rip off to begin with?

I'm pretty sure he was billed as Cuban when he debuted. If you count Yokozuna as Japanese or Nikolai Volkoff as Russian, then you can definitely count Razor as Cuban.

[molson5]

Cubans other than Castro and his regime were never really seen as enemies of Americans. In fact, Cubans who fled to America were pretty successful in establishing their own community and version of American patriotism. They're become an influential group that politicians have tried to cater to for years.

A Fidel sympathizer would get over in Florida, but even by the 70s or so, the old guard that lived through the Revolution and had that hostility was dying out.

["I'm Batman..."]

There was an embargo.

[MolotovMocktail]

Dec 18, 2014 10:22:01 GMT -5 Giul T. said:

Los Boricuas?

They were Puerto Rican.

[lildude8218]

*a bomb goes off in a corner of the arena*


BOOM BOOM! COLT CUBANA!

[Chainsaw]

My question is...have we ever had any heel Australians?

[lildude8218]

[Joe Neglia]

Dec 18, 2014 19:51:08 GMT -5 Chainsaw said:

My question is...have we ever had any heel Australians?

Plenty, though the line between Australia and New Zealand gets blurred a little in pro wrestling. Bill Dundee has been a heel quite often.

[Joe Neglia]

Also, Konnan was born in Cuba. Also, Gustavo Mendoza was a heel in Mid-South/UWF.

[biafra]

One would think with the Australian/American War there would be more gimmicks. Every time I see a vet with boomerang shrapnel I get emotional.