Pro Wrestling Tees/One Hour Tees Outed For Selling White Supremacist Shirts

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For those who don't know, PWT is an e-commerce outlet that operates t-shirt stores for wrestlers and wrestling podcasts where they provide order fulfillment and customer service. Recently, it was discovered that they were selling t-shirts for a white supremacist/fascist wrestling podcast. The store's header had the '14 words' written on it so PWT can't claim ignorance because they had to approve the header.

Twitter users who pointed out to their parent company, One Hour Tees, that they were selling tees for a racist podcast were blocked.

The whole article from Paste Magazine is interesting, but this excerpt in particular is relevant to the topic:

One Hour Tees, the parent company of Pro Wrestling Tees, pulled the podcast’s store, and issued a rambling justification that implied they have zero oversight of their website’s contents, despite having an application process for all of their stores. It’d be easier to believe this was a simple oversight issue if One Hour Tees didn’t have an extensive history profiting from thoughtless t-shirts. There was the “#backslidesmatter” t-shirt printed under their Barber Shop Window imprint. There was the “the charges were dropped” Adam Rose t-shirt. Most recently, they offered a “Ringrats” t-shirt in the style of the Rugrats logo. They’re a company more than comfortable with profiting from casual racism and misogyny.

Yesterday it was brought to our attention that a podcast on our website was promoting white supremacy on the bio.. pic.twitter.com/JckONA9n9I

— OneHourTees (@OneHourTees) June 3, 2017
It’d be nice to believe this was an issue One Hour Tees was seriously committed to resolving, but they offered no motion towards a solution on their end. Instead, the published apology asks fans to be their quality control, asking that viewers notify them of any offensive content. There was no acknowledgment that, as the host of the web store, they most likely profited from the sales of t-shirts for a proudly fascist podcast. Instead, One Hour Tees blocked many of the Twitter users who attempted to alert them of the store. Again, it seems like the complaints were the issue, not the racists.
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I've bought a shirt from PWT before, but it took about three goddamn weeks to arrive and when it did it was a lame heat-transfer with dull colors printed on a cheap ass Gildan...fukk PWT. And if you're thinking of getting New Japan stuff from them, just pay the little extra and get the real deal.
 
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Drones said:
For those who don't know, PWT is an e-commerce outlet that operates t-shirt stores for wrestlers and wrestling podcasts where they provide order fulfillment and customer service. Recently, it was discovered that they were selling t-shirts for a white supremacist/fascist wrestling podcast. The store's header had the '14 words' written on it so PWT can't claim ignorance because they had to approve the header.

Twitter users who pointed out to their parent company, One Hour Tees, that they were selling tees for a racist podcast were blocked.

The whole article from Paste Magazine is interesting, but this excerpt in particular is relevant to the topic:



I Hate Wrestling Nazis: White Supremacy and Indie Wrestling


I've bought a shirt from PWT before, but it took about three goddamn weeks to arrive and when it did it was a lame heat-transfer with dull colors printed on a cheap ass Gildan...fukk PWT. And if you're thinking of getting New Japan stuff from them, just pay the little extra and get the real deal.
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Where can I get the 'real deal'? is it on their site?
 
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bis0n said:
Where can I get the 'real deal'? is it on their site?
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You have a few options...

1 is eBay, check out the feedback and make sure the seller is selling the real stuff and not bootlegs.

2 is from the official online shop, Google Chrome will provide you with a basic translation that's not 100% accurate but it's good enough to navigate the site.

The thing is the official online shop only ships to Japan. To get around this, I have a friend in Japan who will mail me the stuff, but you can also go through Gaijin Collectibles or Tenso who will forward the items to you.

Sounds like a lot of hoops and it is, but you're going to wait about the same amount of time and pay a similar price given that a PWT shirt is like $25 + $6 shipping and it takes about three weeks for you to get the item.
 
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Drones said:
You have a few options...

1 is eBay, check out the feedback and make sure the seller is selling the real stuff and not bootlegs.

2 is from the official online shop, Google Chrome will provide you with a basic translation that's not 100% accurate but it's good enough to navigate the site.

The thing is the official online shop only ships to Japan. To get around this, I have a friend in Japan who will mail me the stuff, but you can also go through Gaijin Collectibles or Tenso who will forward the items to you.

Sounds like a lot of hoops and it is, but you're going to wait about the same amount of time and pay a similar price given that a PWT shirt is like $25 + $6 shipping and it takes about three weeks for you to get the item.
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I've heard that White Rabbit can be used also.
 
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