In a nutshell, Swole said that AEW's lack of diversity was the reason she left the company. Tony Khan issued an extremely tone deaf tweet in response, which led to a backlash from wrestlers & fans.
Lol I mean its only been 3-4 weeks
The coloreds are going on display early tonight. I was kidding before, but we might actually get a token "minority" showcase on tonight's ep!
But in Tony's eyes, there was already enough diversity in AEW. That's what I think bothered him the most from what Swole's comments. If Swole said she wanted more and better Black representation instead of trying to sugar coat shyt with diversity then we wouldn't have gotten that tweet from him.I'm honestly wondering how this plays out. Either Tony tries to look more open to diversity and gives Jade the belt (which will lead to more of the racism from fans that Jade complained about on Twitter), or Tony will give Ruby the belt (which will continue AEW's anti-Black public image).
Honestly, Tony is in an unenviable position.
) for the new belt. He took all the attention away from the women; but all these dudes got small egos, so it is what it is
, got the wings in the air fryer and about to pop this edi, let's get it on tbs
they didn't even use the judges gimmick to build some momentum and anticipation.
