As is always the case with racial unrest and mainstream controversies, a handful of current and former WWE stars and wrestling personalities have been exposed as tone deaf. Zeroing in on looting, supporting the passively-aggressive racist #AllLivesMatter movement and speaking out in support of divisive President Donald Trump have been go-to strategies for those either too partisan to support racial justice at this time, too ignorant to understand the central issue of the George Floyd protests or all of the above.
WWE Hall of Famer Scott Hall—
known for being a lightning rod on Twitter—quickly became one of the first pro wrestling personalities to put his foot in his mouth by tweeting
#AllLivesMatter. Much like the troubled former Intercontinental champion was compelled to
delete his Twitter account following a lewd exchange with ROH’s Moth Martina, Hall once again deleted his Twitter account after rightfully facing backlash for the somewhat bigoted tweet.