10 Most Controversial Wrestling Tweets Ever

4. Jaxson Ryker Loses His Spot

This did not go down well...at all.

Deep into the resurgence of #BlackLivesMatter, Jaxson Ryker fired off a tweet praising the sitting president. Ryker was "thankful" for a president who, and this is objective and "safe" as it gets, didn't do a damn thing to expression compassion nor authority over the situation.

Of course, the counterargument is that one side "wins" if opinions are suppressed, but you can't selectively sell freedom of speech. Ryker tweeted something insensitive, was dumb enough to tether it to his fictional character, and was ruthlessly buried for what was perceived as incredibly sinister timing. He didn't, as is his right, express his political opinion at a time when the country wasn't in a state of profound division. Subtext is probably too kind, since the timing of the tweet was as unsubtle as a Mauro Ranallo pop culture reference, but the subtext...Jesus Christ.

Various members of the WWE roster scorched him, and he quickly garnered a level of heat so incandescent that he hasn't been seen on TV since.

Then again, that's WWE likely just having no plans for the act they'd only brought up to the main roster in April.

Forgotten Again. #longtermstorytelling

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