The community proprietor behind All Elite Wrestling’s standard TV reveals says it didn’t have a hand in holding wrestler Brody King out of the ring this week, regardless of what many followers on the market speculated.
King, who has been vocal about not supporting the actions of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement brokers in current months, was showered by “fuck ICE” chants from the group in attendance through the Feb. 4 episode of AEW Dynamite on TBS.
Along with wrestling, King can be the vocalist for the recently-disbanded hardcore group God’s Hate.
Warner Bros. Discovery Addresses Brody King Not Showing on ‘AEW Dynamite’
King was not prominently featured on Wednesday’s episode of Dynamite.
His absence was notable since he’s at the moment a part of a significant storyline on the present that’s constructing to a world heavyweight championship match this Saturday.
Experiences surfaced on Thursday morning that King had been saved off the present by TBS homeowners Warner Bros. Discovery as a result of anti-ICE chants the earlier week.
Hours later, the corporate assertion to wrestling information web site Fightful.com denying any half in holding King off TV.
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“Warner Bros. Discovery didn’t have any involvement in Brody King’s upcoming AEW schedule,” the assertion to Fightful.com reads. Any hypothesis on the contrary is categorically false.”
Warner Bros. Discovery went on to advertise King’s upcoming title match this Saturday.
Wrestling author Dave Meltzer, who was one of many first to allege Warner Bros. Discovery’s involvement within the determination, later famous that AEW additionally confirmed the corporate did not push to maintain King off TV on Wednesday.
“These at AEW have stated no one from WBD requested them to not use Brody King on final evening’s present and this was simply the way it was booked to solely use him in a video bundle,” Meltzer stated in a publish on X.
Brody King Promoting Anti-ICE Shirts
Along with posting his ideas about ICE exercise on social media, King has additionally partnered with an organization to promote “abolish ICE” T-shirts along with his picture on the entrance.
Proceeds from shirt gross sales shall be donated to the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Motion Committee.
brody king ICE shirt
The shirts, which begin at $30, are at the moment out there to pre-order on-line.
Headlocked Comics has additionally partnered with King for a particular version comedian e-book. The duvet reveals an illustration of King sporting an “abolish ICE” shirt.
Proceeds from comedian e-book gross sales are additionally being donated to the MIRAC. The comedian e-book is on the market by way of the Headlocked Comics web site.
King introduced earlier this month on social media that the efforts had already raised a mixed $58,000 that shall be donated to the group.
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