Zeb ColterBio
A man so uncompromisingly vocal about his beliefs that he’d make Rush Limbaugh ill at ease, Zeb Colter isn’t afraid to say what’s on his mind — which is a lot easier to do when you have Jack Swagger standing behind you.
Passionate? Yes. Unhinged? Maybe just a little. But anyone who dismisses Colter as some fanatical coot who should go back to writing his manifesto in a fallout shelter is grossly underestimating this firebrand. A hardened ring veteran who fought in Vietnam alongside Swagger’s father, Colter extended his radical views on hot button issues like free speech and immigration to the former World Heavyweight Champion during Swagger’s self-imposed 2012 exile from the squared circle.
Rediscovering himself as a “Real American” under Colter’s tutelage, Swagger returned to the ring in 2013 with the extremist by his side. Newly focused, the devastating Superstar won an Elimination Chamber Match that guaranteed him a World Heavyweight Championship opportunity against Alberto Del Rio at WrestleMania 29. But Swagger was hardly the only one reaping the benefits of this victory.
With his pupil’s status in WWE having increased drastically, Colter has used Swagger’s visibility as his own personal pulpit, spreading his divisive message to the WWE Universe through controversial “State of the Union” addresses on WWE TV and YouTube.
Colter has promised a new dawn for his country and the beginning of a “Jack Swagger America” when his protégé reclaims the World Championship. Unfortunately for him, Swagger failed in his quest to dethrone Alberto Del Rio at WrestleMania 29, but isn't likely to stop there. Whether he succeeds is something that we, the people, can only wait and see.
