Hulk Hogan, Stardust, the Divas Division and More from the Banned Mailbag

 Hulk Hogan is all the rage right now, and why not? His ugly racial comments have become the subject of worldwide outrage. Hogan will forever be associated with WWE, so is WWE justified in his current banishment?

Question of the Week: Hulk Hogan: Persona Non Grata?

@ThisIsNasty does Hulk deserve the Chris Benoit type banishment?

— Jordan Smith (@JSmith_FOX6) July 29, 2015

WWE had no choice but to wash its hands of Hogan. WWE is a publicly traded company that must placate sponsors and shareholders.

He's not necessarily getting the Benoit treatment; that would be impossible. Hogan is one and the same with WWE, and one cannot tell the story of WWE without him. For now, however, WWE cannot associate itself with Hogan after the comments he made.

WWE's most recent race relations nightmare has led to many fans and pundits reflecting on its history of onscreen racism. "Remember the Triple H-Booker T angle? Remember Vince McMahon saying the N-word?"

They're all missing the point.

WWE can easily defend questionable onscreen content by comparing it to a movie or a play and saying it's all part of an act used to develop heroes and villains. As I mentioned on the PodNasty Wrestling Podcast, what's indefensible is WWE's lack of black authority figures behind the scenes. This has led to a culture of both onscreen and real-life racial insensitivity.

That should be the point of outrage.

Here's WWE's corporate website. As you'll notice, WWE has no black board members and no black executive officers. The lack of a black, authoritative voice behind the scenes has also fostered an environment where WWE can seamlessly operate for more than 60 years (or 22,849 days) without ever having a black WWWF, WWF, WWE or WWE World Heavyweight Champion.

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Even outside of WWE, you're currently reading the only black American columnist who regularly covers professional wrestling for a major media outlet. In every aspect of mainstream professional wrestling, the black voice is disenfranchised.  

The Hulk Hogan incident wasn't the first WWE-related racial tirade, and until WWE begins putting black Americans in positions of power behind the scenes, it won't be the last.

Too Many Callups?

@ThisIsNasty Will the NXT women's division suffer from Charlotte, Sasha, and Becky being called up to the main roster all at once?

— Kyle Bubb (@kylebubb) July 30, 2015

WWE is taking on an ambitious task by putting all these Divas on television and trying to get fans to care about them. 

They're off to a good start with more exposure for the Divas on Raw, but this needs to be a long-term thing. Will we really be seeing multiple long-form Divas matches into December during Monday Night Football?

As far as NXT, WWE's developmental brand will be fine. With three of its top WWE Divas out of the way, Bayley's ready-made underdog chase for her first NXT Women's Championship can be the focus of a red-hot division.

The addition of Eva Marie, hopefully as a heel, will also bolster an NXT Divas division that is still quite loaded.

A New Direction?

@ThisIsNasty Trying to think positive but where does the New Day go from here? They should be champs!

— Matt LaFemina(@MLaFem) July 29, 2015 

I just pretend like The New Day are the tag team champions. There's no reason they shouldn't be. They're the only tag team that brings people to their feet, and they have developed a connection with the crowd like no other tag team in WWE.

The New Day should be a tag team dynasty of sorts. WWE is doing a good job creating an antagonizing trio, but this would be such a better story if it held the tag team championships for months on end.

Heel title chases never really make any sense. Hopefully the chase doesn't last much longer so they can reach their full heel potential. Given all of the tag teams currently in the mix, I'm anticipating a tag team turmoil match at SummerSlam between The New Day, Los Matadores, the Lucha Dragons and the Prime Time Players.

Green Arrow vs. Stardust?

@ThisIsNasty If the WWE is going to bring in Stephen Amell, what's the best way to use him for all involved?

— Tom Johnson (@tjohn224) July 29, 2015

Based on recent programming, the best move for Amell is to have him feud with Stardust. As committed as Cody Rhodes is to this character, however, it seems a bit forced. I'm not sure the involvement of a little-known celebrity will help Stardust's cause unless Amell shows up as The Green Arrow, which wouldn't exactly be his best career move.

Amell isn't too famous to participate in a wrestling match, but this needs to be TV program since it is not high-profile enough to pass as a SummerSlam feud.

Perhaps Amell could be in Neville's corner for a future match, thereby raising Neville's profile. This could be worthwhile for all parties involved if enough entertainment publications pick up on the story.

Alfred Konuwa is a featured columnist and on-air host for Bleacher Report. Follow him on Twitter @ThisIsNasty and subscribe to his weekly wrestling podcast.