WWE Fans Protest Against Donald Trump In Brooklyn During SummerSlam Weekend

Company's ties to POTUS called into question.

Wrestling fans concerned about WWE's association with US President Donald Trump have been protesting outside Brooklyn's Barclays Centre ahead of SummerSlam weekend, according to Gothamist.

The company will host its second-biggest show of the year from the New York borough on Sunday night, 24 hours after the annual NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn show.

And whilst it has been making local headlines for Triple H's cameo appearance on Jimmy Fallon's Late Night show, a group of NY residents have organised a rally after a controversial week for the White House.

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The President provoked strong criticism from sections of the press when he was said to have hinted at similarities between Neo-Nazis and counter-protesters following scenes of violence in Charlottesville last weekend.

Noting that WWE has effectively cut its ties with Hulk Hogan after a tape of its former poster-boy using a racial epithet emerged two years ago, the protesters have suggested that Trump should accordingly be removed from the Hall of Fame.

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John Stevens, among those leading the calls, told Gothamist: "What Trump has done is remarkably worse than what Hogan did, since he's dividing the country by siding with neo-Nazis and white nationalists."

He went on to suggest that, by having Trump remain a part of its Hall of Fame, WWE is - in effect - endorsing his brand of politics.

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Another fan, Stephen Miller, is quoted as saying: If they choose to leave him in the HOF I will question whether or not I'll continue to watch their product."

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