Pro Wrestler AC Mack Makes History as First Gay World Champion
OutSports.“With a standing-room-only crowd and other wrestlers surrounding the ring, the building erupted when Mack reversed Shelley’s Border City Stretch submission into a rollup to stun the 20-year veteran and take his place in the pro wrestling record books,” the website wrote.
Mack’s win comes after a six-month quest to get an IWTV Independent Wrestling World title match after winning the Scenic City Invitational tournament last year.After the match, the wrestler spoke about what the win means to the sport. “I started wrestling in 2016.
And plenty of people told me, ‘You ain’t gonna never make it out of this state. Not with the way you look, not with the color of your skin, not with who you like to sleep with.’ They dubbed me Georgia’s finest.
Don’t clap for that, because I am so much more,” Mack said, according to OutSports.“For those of you who still don’t understand how big of a deal this is, we did the research.
