By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor (@prowrestlingnet)
NXT wrestler Jordan Myles (Albert Hardie Jr.) called out WWE in a tweet over an offensive t-shirt the company designed for him (see below). “I will keep posting this till my voice is heard,” Myles wrote on Twitter. “I’m not sorry for anything I say or do. Representation is important. If this is @VinceMcMahon & @TripleH “vision” of me then this is a slap in the face to EVERY African American performer, fan, and supporter.” WWE responded by issuing a statement stating that Myles approved the t-shirt for sale.
Powell’s POV: The t-shirt design is certainly questionable. It’s insane that it made it through whatever process they have before being manufactured, though WWE indicated in their statement that none of the t-shirts were actually sold.
I will keep posting this till my voice is heard. I’m not sorry for anything I say or do.
Representation is important.
If this is @VinceMcMahon & @TripleH “vision” of me then this is a slap in the face to EVERY African American performer, fan, and supporter. pic.twitter.com/S6Gtg9e4lP
— Jordan Myles (@GoGoMyles) October 27, 2019
This ahead of having Hulk Hogan as part of a show, in Saudi at that. Wow, just… unbelievable. How stupid can one company be?
I will admit that I don’t know why this shirt is offensive. And that’s not me being racist or me being a bigot or anything, it’s just I really don’t know. What makes the shirt racist?
Smiles are now offensive because 200 years ago bad things happened.
Sambo has literally always been racist.
Apparently his teeth look like letters….? Or something?