NXT star Jordan Myles has been getting a lot of attention on social media after he called out Vince McMahon and Triple H for a t-shirt design. Myles posted a photo of the design along with the following caption: “I will keep posting this till my voice is heard. I’m not sorry for anything I say or do. Representation is important. If this is @VinceMcMahon &
@TripleH “vision” of me then this is a slap in the face to EVERY African American performer, fan, and supporter.”
I will keep posting this till my voice is heard. I’m not sorry for anything I say or do.
Representation is important.
If this is @VinceMcMahon & @TripleH “vision” of me then this is a slap in the face to EVERY African American performer, fan, and supporter. pic.twitter.com/S6Gtg9e4lP
— Jordan Myles (@GoGoMyles) October 27, 2019
Myles later went on to say that the shirt “screams racism” in another Twitter post.
Because THEY are blind and stuck in their ways. THEY don’t see the disrespect in producing a design that screams racism against African Americans. THEY have been blinded for years and THEY NEED A REPROGRAMMING BECAUSE THEY ARE IGNORANT!
— Jordan Myles (@GoGoMyles) October 27, 2019
In response to the controversy, WWE issued the following statement to PWInsider:
“Albert Hardie Jr. (aka Jordan Myles) approved this t-shirt for sale. As always, we work collaboratively with all of our performers to develop logos and merchandise designs and get their input and approval before proceeding. This was the same process with Albert, and we responded swiftly once he later requested that the logo/t-shirt be redesigned. No t-shirts were sold.”
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