WWE Hall Of Famer Defends Eddie Kingston From Body-Shaming Trolls

Game-changing legend of the business hits out at the idiots taking shots at the Mad King.

By Andrew Pollard / July 12, 2022

AEW/WWE

Two-time WWE Hall of Famer Sean Waltman has taken to Twitter to hit out at the morons who've recently body shamed AEW's Eddie Kingston.

Seemingly moving on from taking digs at Adam Cole, these online idiots this past weekend turned their attention to the Mad King when it came to their hideous comments.

Pointing out that a wrestler doesn't need to have a ripped six-pack to be a good athlete who can kick some ass - including a GIF of famed UFC knockout artist Roy 'Big Country' Nelson - Waltman put out the following:

Most of these criticisms come from people who don't have the 1st clue what makes someone a good athlete. FYI: It has zero to do with whether or not you can see their 6 pack.
— Sean Waltman (@TheRealXPac) July 10, 2022

Backing up the views of X-Pac and the majority of wrestling fans, MMA fighter-turned-pro wrestler 'Filthy' Tom Lawlor was another to comment on how much of a badass Eddie Kingston is.

Eddie Kingston has stepped in between the ropes and actually fought and won in kickboxing fights. I’d be amazed if anyone s**t talking him has as well
— FILTHY TOM (@FilthyTomLawlor) July 10, 2022

Regardless of the, as Lawlor puts it, "sh*t talking" on Twitter from some fools, Kingston is currently one of the most popular and hottest stars in the industry right now.

Up next for Eddie, he's got a barbed wire death match against Chris Jericho on next week's Fyter Fest Night 2 episode of AEW Dynamite. The former CZW World Champion has been embroiled in a feud with the inaugural AEW Champion for the past several months, including Kingston and his team toppling the Jericho Appreciation Society at Blood & Guts at the end of last month.

Authored by Andrew Pollard

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Posted On: 12th Jul 2022

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