This week’s AEW Dark was supposed to be a celebration as All Elite Wrestling’s YouTube series hit 100 episodes. But if you were paying attention to social media on Tuesday night you probably noticed fans were suddenly furious with the promotion. During the episode, Anthony Bowens and Max Caster (The Acclaimed) made their way down to the ring for a multi-team tag match while the latter rapped about his opponents. Caster has been known for pushing the envelope with his lyrics in the past, but his latest rap mentioned Simon Biles stepping away from the Tokyo Olympics due to mental health, the infamous 2006 Duke Lacrosse rape case (the show was in North Carolina) and questioning the validity of rapid COVID tests.
Really disappointed in AEW and Max Caster for not only airing a promo that used a serious sexual assault case as a part of it, but for even allowing it to be said in the first place.
I get heels need heat, but it shouldn’t come at the expense of actual victims. Do better.
Great Heels today don’t ever need to resort to cheap heat because they are proficient in their art & natural psychologists.
Using sexual assault & emotional/mental illnesses for reactions show that you’re inept in this field. Btw, Julia Hart is 19 & Max Caster is 32
Max Caster’s rap was the f—ing s—. Ugly, witless, irresponsible. That it made air suggests total incompetence in one arm of a company that is aggressively expanding. This is bad. Left unchecked, and it just might, more disasters like this await.
“Going forward, I will be taking care of the editing of Dark and Elevation myself."@TonyKhan addresses Max Caster’s controversial promo on #AEWDark last night 🔊@davidlagreca1 @THETOMMYDREAMER @AEW #AEWDynamite #AEW pic.twitter.com/FErCnhWin7
