AEW's Max Caster "On Ice" (NOT Suspended) After Controversial Rap
The latest on Max Caster, whose controversial AEW Dark rap drew immense criticism last week.
Max Caster's AEW appearances are "on ice" following his controversial rap on last week's episode of Dark.
Fightful Select reported as much yesterday, stating that sensitivity training has also been considered for Caster, who is still with the promotion.
Ringside News followed up on the breaking story by claiming that AEW had suspended Caster for two months without pay. This has since been debunked by Voices of Wrestling, whose sources called the RSN report "total fiction":-
We are told there is no truth to a report circulating from Ringside News that Max Caster has been suspended for two months without pay. This was described to us as "total fiction".
— Voices of Wrestling (@voiceswrestling) August 11, 2021
The rap that got Caster in trouble featured a r*pe joke centred around the Duke lacrosse case of 2006, a COVID-19 conspiracy theory, and a barb mocking Simone Biles' mental health. Though it was edited out of the version of Dark uploaded to YouTube, it aired during the initial live broadcast.
The 32-year-old has since removed references to AEW and his tag team, The Acclaimed, from his Twitter bio. He and partner Anthony Bowens were pulled from last night's episode of Dark, on which they were scheduled to compete.
Last week's controversy drew comments from AEW owner Tony Khan, who called the rap "terrible", vowing to take over as Dark's editor. The previous editing team caught public flak for allowing Caster's diatribe to air as the episode had been taped six days prior to Dark premiering.