Independent wrestling company Atomic Revolutionary Wrestling (ARW) have found themselves in a sea of controversy following the airing of their latest “Extreme Takeover Thursday” episode.
During the broadcast, indie wrestlers Devlyn Macabre and Destiny were facing one another when ARW’s then color commentator Blake Moia decided to make several sexist comments at the expense of Macabre. First stating that he wanted Macabre to hit him in the bedroom, before speculating “I wonder what she’s like in the bedroom.” You can see a clip of the commentary below:
THIS IS NOT OKAY! In what world is this okay?! If you can’t respect women’s wrestling, stay the fuck off commentary. pic.twitter.com/no5ZzyaTqG
— Kelsey Raegan (@KelseyRaegan) March 18, 2022
In the time since the incident, Moia who was also an Executive Producer at ARW has been removed from his position within the company. ARW confirmed as much on their Twitter page. Also stating that they do not support the comments made by Moia, as well as claiming the episode “did not get the final approval from us.” At the time of that confirmation, Macabre had still not been sent an apology from anyone at ARW that has since been rectified.
So who’s in charge of issuing an apology to me directly? I’ve yet to hear anything from y’all except “fuck you” from the man who commented it.
— devlyn macabre (@itsdevlyn) March 18, 2022
On behalf of @WrestlingAtomic we would like to issue a public apology to Devlyn Macabre for the disgusting comments from a now former broadcaster that has been removed. We have sent a message to Devlyn personally to issue a personal apology as well. We had the episode removed!
— ARW (@WrestlingAtomic) March 18, 2022
Going forward ARW have also changed their commentary team, with the new team being a three-man booth of Alex Red, Nick Gage and Pete Lynch.
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