Pro wrestler KJ Orso gears up to showcase Native American ancestry in Produce Wrestling's Skoden event

Orso will team up with Gringo Loco to take on Rich Swann and Tiny Giant.Skoden will celebrate Native American culture coinciding with Indigenous Peoples’ Day.This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners.
If you sign up or place a wager, FOX News may be compensated.This content was created by a team that works independently from the FOX newsroom.CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK PRO WRESTLING COVERAGEKJ Orso is ready to showcase his Native American heritage at Produce Wrestling's Skoden.
(Nancy Lozano)"It’s huge.In wrestling, it's been less represented in a lot of ways.
I feel like in a lot of ways, it gets overlooked and you don't get as much care as you probably should," Orso said of celebrating Native American culture in the sport in an interview with OutKick Dropkick."I knew when I unmasked, I wanted to rep my heritage harder and so to get to do this against Tiny Giant and Rich Swann is gonna be a huge deal and I'm very much excited to show out."I'm wearing right now my Choctaw shirt.
That's my tribal shirt.I grew up dancing in powwows and traveling around.
And besides like Tatanka or even farther back in the day, Chief Jay Strongbow, who's not even really native, it's been very few and far between do you get real representation.So, I'm very proud of this."Orso said he’s not a big fan of stereotypes so he will include parts of his heritage into his gear and said he believes wrestlers of a similar background could put subtle nods to it without being a full-blown stereotype.THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE.
DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW!KJ Orso will team up with Gringo Loco at Produce Wrestling's Skoden.(Nancy Lozano)"I hate the stereotypes.
I absolutely love and respect the Tatanka and I love what he did for representing Native Americans.However, I think it’s been a played out trope in movies and in TV for so long," Orso said.
"I think we can have nods to our heritage and bring awareness to our pe...