Ah, but enough of this diatribe. I agree with you: if WWE creative does this right, The USA Guy could very well be one of the funniest gimmicks we've seen in years. It seems to me The USA Guy could be the love child of Lex Luger and Hacksaw Jim Duggan. We'll just have to wait and see if the powers that be do him right.

Still, it's not their fault. It's how they were raised. They're American, after all.

Boo Yah!

Brits, for example, tend to be binge-drinking chavvy alcoholics who passionately despise anyone who's claimed success in their life, and blinded to the fact that their once-great society is spiralling into an abyss. I'm a Brit, I don't fit the stereotype, but if someone assumed I was I'd understand, because so many British people are.
Americans are fiercely patriotic to the point of maniacal hysteria at times, completely convinced of their own superiority even when all evidence to the contrary indicates otherwise and love to impose that upon others because American cannot be wrong because it's America, and often tend to be religiously fanatical to the point of the absurd. Not all, but enough that it becomes a stereotype.

These things aren't racial. They're not inherent to a person's physical makeup, and have nothing to do with skin colour or genetic heritage, and so on.
They're societal, they arise from how people are taught and raised, and each country on Earth has its own identity in that regard.

To just classify everything as being racist really underscores your ignorance over what the term racist actually means, and to classify Americans as a race unto themselves comes very close to blind arrognce.

Quite stupid there Rob.

This could be one of the funniest gimmicks to come out of Creative in many a year. It looks like a complete p-i-s-s take of everything Americana, and so far I love it. He could be one of my favourite characters.
Over the top, blindly patriotic to the point of absurdity, 'doesn't waste time thinking things through' (I love that one, that is SO very typically American), and eagles too! Eagles are cool.

If this goes how I think it's going to go, chances are Derrek will be cheered blindly by a large portion of the fanbase who simply see the red, white, and blue pattern on his trunks and who haven't the sense to realise that they're being mocked.
If it goes how I think it's going to go, that is. That would be the smart way to go.
This 'The USA Guy' character is so heel-trying-to-be-face that his character almost writes itself.
If Bateman comes out and simply channels Hacksaw Duggan then this will be such a letdown. He needs to be Dugganesque in his demeanour but in such a sarcastic, exaggerated way that eventually even die-hard patriots realise they're being mocked.

Please, WWE Creative, please, do the right thing on this one.