WWE News: Fan forced to remove AEW T-Shirt, The Young Bucks respond
What's the story?
A fan at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view was forced to remove his All Elite Wrestling (AEW) apparel by WWE.
The images and video of the fan removing his AEW t-shirt went viral and led to a response from the company's Executive Vice President, Nick Jackson of The Young Bucks.
In case you didn't know...
WWE has had a history of making fans change t-shirts at events for a variety of reasons, but only recently has the trend resurfaced.
The company was rumoured to have barred people wearing AEW merchandise from entering the arena for a SmackDown Live show earlier this month before the videos and reports went viral and the fans were let back in.
The heart of the matter
The fan was seated in the front row of the right aisle, a few feet away from the ring and was forced to remove his AEW shirt by WWE personnel.
The video came from Twitter User "blackheart;kelsey" but went viral when a Twitter user "Scrump_1" posted to his account about 30 minutes into the show.
The photo of the fan being forced to remove his AEW merch came from Twitter User JSRiley87 who responded to a tweet from Adam Pacitti of Cultaholic and hit the internet about 40 minutes into the show.
Nick Jackson of The Young Bucks would respond to the video and say that AEW would never force a fan wearing a WWE shirt to remove it just because they were at an AEW event.
Twitter erupted with tweets of fans admonishing WWE for forcing fans to change their attire, while others supported it and called it "a smart business decision" by the company looking to crush any perceived competition.
The video shows that the fan had another shirt underneath his AEW merch, which could mean that he was prepared for the shirt to get removed or that he possibly changed into the shirt when he got in the arena.