Wrestling legend opens up about working with “canceled” WWE name
The WWE Universe has had its fair share of controversies, and that goes for the rest of the pro wrestling world. Wrestlers would bounce back from scandals and such in years past, but some have been outright "canceled" in recent times. A veteran of the business is now opening up on the heat he received for working with some of these stars.
Konnan has worked with numerous stars in his 37-year career, which continues today in AAA. The former nWo Wolfpac member recently brought two controversial stars to Mexico: Alberto Del Rio and Marty Scurll.
Alberto El Patrón was accused of domestic and sexual assault of his girlfriend at the time in 2020, but charges against the former WWE Champion were eventually dropped. Scurll also found himself embroiled in controversy that year after allegedly being accused of taking advantage of an intoxicated 16-year-old in 2015. The former ROH champion claimed the encounter was consensual, and that he did not learn of her age until later on as they met in a bar.
Vince McMahon's se*ual misconduct allegations are yet another of major wrestling controversies, which will be covered on Netflix's docuseries, titled "Mr. McMahon." Several persons in WWE reportedly are not happy with the series, and Conrad Thompson stated on Konnan's Keepin' It 100 podcast that this is a hit piece and an "absolute double shovel burial" of the former WWE boss.
Konnan agreed, blaming executive producer, Bill Simmons, while co-host Disco Inferno said he hated seeing people pile on stars who built the business, such as Vince and Hulk Hogan, regardless of their questionable actions.
Disco expressed frustration with people "keeping the morality scorecard" of others, while Thompson pointed to how nobody puts their "shameful dirty little secrets" out there, but everyone has something on their phone they don't want others to see. Konnan then chimed in and discussed the heat he's received for working with "canceled" talents.
"I got a lot of heat for using Alberto Del Rio and Marty Scurll. My whole thing is, if I were to ask you, your friends, family... there's something embarrassing you don’t want found out, so don’t judge others. Bro, they want you to cancel these people for life. You’re supposed to never, ever work again. At least when you go to jail you have a sentence, Twitter jail is forever. I have a problem with that. I was disappointed Hogan used [inaudible], obviously, I’m a minority, not cool with that, and disappointed but, he’s from Tampa, that’s how they talked in the 70s," Konnan said. [H/T to WrestlingNews]
Check out his comments in the video below:
Netflix has made it clear that production on their McMahon docuseries began a while back and before the recent allegations were made. However, they still decided to cover the controversy in the series.
Netflix to cover scandals of WWE's Vince McMahon
Netflix is set to premiere "Mr. McMahon" on Wednesday, September 25. The six-episode docuseries will cover the career of former WWE boss Vince McMahon.
All six episodes of the docuseries will be released via Netflix on September 25. There is a runtime of one hour attached to each episode. "Mastermind. Madman." is the tagline for the series, as seen in the trailer below.
The Ringer's Bill Simmons is the executive producer of the new docuseries on McMahon, along with Zara Duffy, and Chris Smith. The project was also directed by Smith, who previously worked on Netflix's Tiger King and Fyre.