Swole talks about representation issues with AEW

[Hitman's Shades]

He was basically implied to be racist. He shouldn't have bashed her ability... but if somebody does something that you consider a violation, no one gets to regulate how you respond to said violation.

Show me where Swole implied TK was racist.

 

[g-ice]

What’s crazy that in the midst of all of this AEW released a t shirt with the phrase that Brandi used last Wednesday. How tone deaf are they?

 

[mcellas]

All Elite White Boys Wrestling.

ANY black person defending this company after that is a big time tap dancing c00n.

 

[Rollie Forbes]

 

[HoldThisL]

Man I saw this thread earlier before and I actually had a few points defending AEW(not in terms of diversity but the writing part)

Also this kind of ties in with the whole diversity thing though. Having a diverse pool of writers is good for Black wrestlers. Black wrestlers really can't get away with being a mediocre/bland white man or white woman. They will get shytted on in the business. They really can't be themselves and have to find solutions to be over with the 70% cac demographic in order to stay relevant. This is not just a pro wrestling thing though, Black people always gotta work x100 extra to be in a white owned space.

 

[Ricky Dunigan]

He was basically implied to be racist. He shouldn't have bashed her ability... but if somebody does something that you consider a violation, no one gets to regulate how you respond to said violation.

He just literally replied the wrong way 100%

 

[MenacingMonk]

Ricky Starks or Powerhouse Hobbs should be holding the TNT title right now.

Hobbs should have been the person to beat Miro in September instead of Sammy.

Yeah, Hobbs is the only black talent that should be in a better position than he is. Him and Miro woulda had a good match.

Jade still needs seasoning. PP are solid, but there’a like 3-4 tag teams with more momentum than them (I might even put the Acclaimed before them). Jay Lethal is already lost in the shuffle and he’s the best black talent besides Hobbs.

Fact is there’s just too many roster spots and it’s really making it harder for wrasslers, no matter the color, to get shine.

 

[RammerJammer]

What’s crazy that in the midst of all of this AEW released a t shirt with the phrase that Brandi used last Wednesday. How tone deaf are they?

Nah that was fake.

But still, TK saying this after that promo is indefensible

 

[avon barksdale]

If you’re dropping AEW because of Tony’s tweet, then you gotta drop WWE too . Especially if you kept watching after this clip happened.

But but but that's 20 years old Vince loves us now

 

[Hater]

Yall shytted on Swole when she was wrestling though
TK dumbass shouldn't have said that shyt but TSC acting holier than thou got me

 

[Bonefan32]

Damn looks like I missed a lot in a few hours

I don't know everything that was said but the Tony Kahn tweet is so stupid,why even respond and the way he did it he's gotta be a fukkin idiot

His interviews and tweets are gonna be the downfall of AEW

@Max. gonna have fun in this thread

 

[Max.]

Might be time to get some PR people along with Standards and Practices

u fukkn cacs are disgusting

 

[Rell84shots]

Of course a latina would take the opposite side, black people no matter what field have no allies.

 

[BrehWyatt]

Show me where Swole implied TK was racist.

Swole noted that a lack of diversity and representation -- specifically for the black community -- in terms of who AEW prominently featured played a part in her decision to want to leave. She said didn't even realize she felt the way she did until her daughter basically noted that she had started to prefer WWE because Bianca and Lashley were champions.

In today's culture and social media-drive world, what she said can be considered implied racism by the court of public opinion. To me, I think it was a misinformed opinion. At the very least, Tony took it as being implied racist, and as a minority himself, he clearly felt attacked.

Below is an excerpt of what she said:

"With promises you made to be diverse, I want to see that. Not just with black people. I would love to see a Latino or Hispanic or more Asians. I feel like Asians and Indians do not get the love."

Considering that Britt Baker is their first non-Asian/non-Brown women's champion, a black man was one half of their first tag team champions, a Latino was recently TNT champion, Latinos are the current tag team champions, and a black woman appears poised to become an inaugural champion, Tony probably had the face on about it when this came out.

I'm not saying Tony is doing the best job, but to say AEW wasn't trying is off-base.

 

[Rollie Forbes]

What’s crazy that in the midst of all of this AEW released a t shirt with the phrase that Brandi used last Wednesday. How tone deaf are they?

Are you serious?