WWE: 5 negative stereotypes in WWE

4. Rico

Vince McMahon is notorious for his various fixations. In the crazy world of WWE, there have been many characters which were positive stereotypes (like Ricky Steamboat), but Rico was not one of them. With the flashy outfits and make up, Rico was given the character of a gay personality who would touch his opponents inappropriately, and thereby win his match by scaring his opponents.

If that didn’t reek of negative stereotyping, he was involved with Billy and Chuck, who were also portrayed to be male partners, until they came out saying they were just pretending, which infuriated the LGBT group in the United States.