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Quote from Meltzer:

"The deal is that they didn't want the fans in the arena to be chanting that. If Brody came out, there was that risk…when he comes back, it will happen again. I don't know how they're going to handle it. This is again not a Tony call. This is from above. You know what it is, nobody wants to get on Trump's bad side. If it wasn't for that, nobody would care, it's just a chant, but unfortunately they've [WBD] got a company they're trying to sell and get regulatory approval from a guy who is gonna take that stuff personal. That's just how it is. No Brody King on the show when he absolutely, of course - of course Brody King and MJF should have had a segment on the show,"

There's also a fan that said they weren't allowed into the show last night because they were wearing an Abolish ICE shirt although other people were allowed in wearing the same shirt. That probably has less to do with WBD and more to do with either an extra douchey security guard, and the fan was extra douchey to the security guard.

Edit: As pointed out by ImADifferentBird, Sean Ross Sapp is disputing Meltzer's claim about Brody being kept off TV by WBD. I'll make another edit when more details come out.

Edit 2: WBD released a statement saying they had nothing to do with Brody not being on TV.

Edit 3: SRS is saying AEW are also denying the rumors. It's been awhile since Meltzer shit the bed this bad.

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[–] Neon_Carnivore@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

For those that haven't noticed, this story has been proven to be untrue.

Due to the way various fediverse frontends/apps display titles, I'm locking this thread and reposting the story with a corrected title. I'm not deleting this thread, but I am locking it to prevent uninformed discussion.

[–] PDFuego@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago

Censorship to avoid retaliation from the president? This must be that "free speech" thing you lot are always banging on about.

[–] KnitWit@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Time to just chant it for all segments, it can be the new β€˜what?’

[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago

I cannot wait for it to spread to all wrestling crowds

[–] dumbass@piefed.social 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

WBD about to get a lesson in the Streisand Effect.

[–] siv9939@lemmy.zip 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Unfortunately, WBD has the power to make sure 'Fuck ICE' chants aren't heard on their stations if they really want to. It would be kind of funny if there ends up being an episode of AEW where the audio is just crowdnoise.mp3 on loop.

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

Then this is the reminder to post any phone videos to social media. Let the people be heard.

[–] ImADifferentBird@piefed.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

SRS is saying this report is false.

Whether it was never true or WBD is backpedaling, this has to be seen as an unmitigated positive. Everybody sees what ICE is about, and everybody sees we can fight back.

Hopefully AEW puts the strap on Brody this Saturday. You could not ask for a better standard-bearer in this moment.

[–] siv9939@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 days ago

That's good to hear. I'll update the post.

[–] Neon_Carnivore@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Meltzer shit the bed big time on this one.

Kenny dropping his name on last night's show may have even been an attempt to bait another chant. Because that chant got AEW a lot of media attention.

feel like this was a case of he wasn't on this week so he's obviously benched (ignoring the fact that he has to travel to australia and rest for a match)

or it's wbd backpeddling and saving face.

[–] sdcSpade@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 days ago

Oh hey, another reason for me to want the AEW title on his shoulders.

Meltzer used to be the gold standard, now it seems every disputed/disproven rumor has his name on it.

[–] rozodru@piefed.world 6 points 2 days ago

so basically King is losing this weekend and we're not going to see him for a very long time OR he's going to be regulated to RoH. great. thanks WBD.

Honestly the best thing that could happen to AEW at this point is getting off of TNT/TBS. I mean we had the whole Jay Brisco, The Rascalz, and Now this.