False Finish on X: Sources tell False Finish that TNA will no longer be working with Max Caster. Caster’s freestyle included a line about him dropping bombs and not having to fly to Riyadh. The line raised eyebrows both within TNA and its partners globally.

[u/Tornado31619]

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[u/bayleysgal1996]

Ngl not entirely sure what they were expecting from the guy who got suspended and sent to sensitivity training multiple times in AEW.

[u/OYB2480 → u/bayleysgal1996]

Like.... did they not have him run the lines past them first?

[u/bayleysgal1996 → u/OYB2480]

See, I’d like to say “of course,” but it’s TNA. It’s equally likely they didn’t

(In fairness, it’s also possible they told him no and he did it anyway)

[u/lucasd11 → u/bayleysgal1996]

Almost equally as likely that they didn't at all as they did and thought nothing of the potential ramifications so his rap got greenlit by the producers. Then they see the fall out and of course they aren't going to take the blame so it just comes back to "well we got rid of the problem nothing to see here"

[u/theirishembassy → u/lucasd11]

yeah.. the options are:

1. someone green lit that, and he got thrown under the bus for someone saying it was ok.

2. no one green lit and he was just allowed to go out and say whatever.

3. someone said no, and they just trusted the guy who was notorious for some cutting lines without a 5 second delay.

one of these options makes max look bad (ie: they trusted him not to drop a line like that and just never though to put any guardrails in place) but all 3 make TNA look like.. well.. TNA.

[u/AmishAvenger → u/theirishembassy]

I’d bet they approved it and were fine with it, until someone at WWE called them.

[u/toiletting → u/AmishAvenger]

yeah, I think this is more on their working relationship with WWE, which really means they should’ve cut the line or at the very least not have promoted it so much on socials.

[u/HartfordWhalers123 → u/toiletting]

It’s probably also their sponsors too. iHeartMedia, Dude Wipes, and LaFrance have business in Saudi, so there could have been pressure there too.

[u/jaypenn3 → u/theirishembassy]

I also highly doubt it's 3 cause then they wouldn't have posted it all over their socials.

[u/Anesthetize666 → u/jaypenn3]

Yup, it's option 1 or 2. My bet is on 1.

[u/blaqsupaman → u/lucasd11]

At least when he started getting in trouble in AEW Tony Khan took responsibility for letting him go out without clearing his lines and started making him get approval first.

[u/Awkwardphase06 → u/blaqsupaman]

his final rap entrance was him rapping about kamala, mexican talent, sanctuary cities, and ice. They had to heavily edit it. That’s when Tony told him no more and he didn’t get to do his raps after that.

[u/blaqsupaman → u/Awkwardphase06]

I didn't know that. It sounds like he was just saying whatever he wanted even when Tony or one of the other producers said no. I kind of get why they separated him and Bowens. I really liked Bowens and he was good at pretty much every aspect of being a wrestler on paper, but he just never got over as a singles guy for some reason.

[u/poop_snausages → u/blaqsupaman]

It sucks because even if they didn't directly punish Bowens for the shit Max was doing, it still hurt him quite a bit.

I agree with you that Bowens is good at everything. Unfortunately for him, trying to get over with a gimmick that's essentially "I'm really really good at wrestling" in a company with Kenny Omega, Bryan Danielson, Kazuchika Okada, Will Ospreay, Konosuke Takeshita, Bandido, Swerve, etc. etc. is gonna be nearly impossible.

[u/co_ordinator → u/poop_snausages]

Well... Max did it.

[u/poop_snausages → u/co_ordinator]

That's very true lol. It was a great subversion of the gimmick.

[u/Awkwardphase06 → u/blaqsupaman]

i like bowens too, to me his character never really changed; He needs help with his character, he felt like the same character as he was when he was with billy and max.

[u/Sempais_nutrients → u/Awkwardphase06]

Bowens is naturally charismatic and goofy but he seems to want to play a serious threatening type.

[u/Local_Penalty2078 → u/Sempais_nutrients]

Absolutely correct. He needed to lean into that goofy, lovable guy that people chanted for (for example, "He's gay! He's gay!", and everyone chanted that in the most positive way possible).

Him trying to act like a gang assassin wasn't working.

[u/bandswithgoats → u/lucasd11]

Yeah, I'm way more likely to believe he got hung out to dry here.

Like, unwise move on Max's part, but I super super doubt this blindsided TNA.

[u/EL-YEO → u/bayleysgal1996]

50/50 that they read it and approved then panicked at the backlash

[u/MrGDPC → u/EL-YEO]

50/50 that people working the office at TNA have the mental capacity to read

[u/mikehulse29 → u/bayleysgal1996]

Also could’ve been ok by TNA but not so much with TNA’s incubator company. The words ‘and its partners globally’ tell that story. TNA doesn’t have global partners, but WWE does

[u/Purplesilk911 → u/bayleysgal1996]

It's like when the BBC asked Rage Against the Machine not to curse 🤣

[u/retromorgue → u/Purplesilk911]

Thing I love so much about that is the lyrics famously being “fuck you I won’t do what you tell me”

[u/thehatesponge → u/Purplesilk911]

Ok, just this once can you not rage against the machine and do what we tell you. Specifically for the song where you say 'fuck you I won't do what you tell me'. Can you actually do the reserve? I'll take that as a yes, cool, cool.

[u/Purplesilk911 → u/thehatesponge]

"What if you raged on behalf of the machine just for a change?"

[u/thehatesponge → u/Purplesilk911]

I remember the presenter getting riled up about it. We told them not to do it and then they did it anyways! Urrrr, did you not maybe do the research, heck even an educated guess may have suggested it was gonna happen.

[u/DanHero91 → u/Purplesilk911]

I still remember the frantic TURN THEM OFF, TURN THEM OFF! Coming over the airwaves.

[u/Purplesilk911 → u/DanHero91]

"We didn't expect that...well...we did actually" 🤣

[u/infidelkastro → u/bayleysgal1996]

TNA : "Just go out there and do your thing"

Also TNA : "OMG YOU WENT OUT THERE AND DID YOUR THING!!"

[u/FlyTheW1988 → u/bayleysgal1996]

TNA hired a guy with an edgy gimmick to do his edgy gimmick on TNA, and in his TNA debut he did his edgy gimmick but it was edgy so TNA fired

God I love pro wrestling.

[u/EnoughOfThisBull → u/bayleysgal1996]

It shouldn't be a reach to not expect him to say something about a airport bombing the same weekend.

[u/TheMerck → u/EnoughOfThisBull]

Considering a lot of his raps were also about current events, its still pretty on par with him

[u/mostdope92 → u/EnoughOfThisBull]

Have you heard his raps before? They're typically including current events and it's typically edgy. This is 100% a typical Max Caster freestyle.

[u/ReynardVulpini → u/EnoughOfThisBull]

I agree you normally shouldn’t have to explicitly tell someone that, but frankly, this is so thoroughly Caster’s MO that it really was kinda predictable.

Should have stuck with his best wrestler alive thing.

[u/ThroughTheDarkestDay]

Never seen someone bomb their debut before debuting.

[u/Tornado31619 → u/ThroughTheDarkestDay]

Phrasing

[u/Roembowski → u/Tornado31619]

Listen…. Listen….

[u/Sempais_nutrients → u/Roembowski]

Caster on the mic, his career will soar higher.

His raps weren't approved and it got his ass fired.

And everybody said the same, its all really sad cuz we loved The Acclaimed.

[u/ZAPPHAUSEN → u/Tornado31619]

Dammit, I had something for this

[u/thatguysjumpercables → u/ZAPPHAUSEN]

https://giphy.com/gifs/eSlPcitchA0Cs

[u/ZAPPHAUSEN → u/thatguysjumpercables]

https://giphy.com/gifs/22p0JIQMkAxqg

[u/No_Hotel1847 → u/Tornado31619]

https://giphy.com/gifs/5ROlkuRjBdWKRGTYTy

[u/BarnBanders → u/ThroughTheDarkestDay]

Max? Is this you?

[u/OYB2480 → u/BarnBanders]

What a bombshell story if it was.

[u/SomeGuy_GRM → u/OYB2480]

And on that bombshell...

https://giphy.com/gifs/7k2LoEykY5i1hfeWQB

[u/Purplesilk911 → u/ThroughTheDarkestDay]

Breakking News:

TNA will no longer be working with u/ThroughTheDarkestDay

[u/Fun-Asparagus4784 → u/Purplesilk911]

Wait hold on now, this comment might make TNA know of their existence, and he will be hired for the next PPV, and promptly fired. I'm only half joking.

[u/infidelkastro → u/ThroughTheDarkestDay]

AEW Brian Kendrick

[u/JBAofMB → u/infidelkastro]

That shit was so funny, wwe fans got all his dirt out there to own aew for booking him, then wwe rehired him and the dirt didnt matter to those same fans

[u/treboreiwoc → u/ThroughTheDarkestDay]

this is concerning to our partners globally

[u/the_piano_man99 → u/ThroughTheDarkestDay]

Aw dude

[u/Key_Change_6635 → u/ThroughTheDarkestDay]

But did he have to fly to Riyadh afterwards?

[u/NorthHollywoodHank]

Them deleting the media, issuing an apology, etc., that I can totally get.

Booting Max Caster entirely over a single rap line (and one that presumably TNA watched and at least implicitly OK'ed) feels like a massive overreaction.

[u/TemurTron → u/NorthHollywoodHank]

As long as we're making assumptions, I think it's a lot more likely they did not approve the line and that they gave him some type of guidelines for what he could or couldn't say and he did not listen.

[u/JalenHurtsSBLIXMVP → u/TemurTron]

“knowing tna” they did not ask him to hear his rap, they just said go do your thing out there brother 

[u/JokerDeSilva10 → u/JalenHurtsSBLIXMVP]

This is one of those fun situations where reports could come out either that TNA was neglectful in checking his material or Caster was an idiot who went rogue, and past events would justify being able to believe either, so I guess just go with what you find funnier until proven otherwise.

[u/Miklonario → u/JokerDeSilva10]

just go with what you find funnier until proven otherwise

That's my secret, Cap

[u/RegaZelx → u/JalenHurtsSBLIXMVP]

According to Trick Williams, that's how they operate. Trick essentially said he was given bullet points and trusted to be professional out there. Clearly they had too much faith in Caster.

[u/ParabolicMotion → u/RegaZelx]

I mean Caster's entire gimmick for years was to say edgy lines in his raps.

How can you let him rap and not think there's a chance he might say edgy lines?

Just pre-approve the lines or use a delay to mute anything offensive. Any other situation is unprofessional on TNA's part.

[u/DTFlash → u/ParabolicMotion]

They wanted him to be edgy but not at WWE's expense is what I'm gueesing.

[u/HeavyMetalHero → u/ParabolicMotion]

Unprofessional? On TNA's part?! Surely you jest!

[u/Equivalent-Kiwi9992 → u/JalenHurtsSBLIXMVP]

"Knowing TNA" I'd say it's equally likely that they had some idea, but threw him under the bus when they caught more heat than they expected. I will reserve judgement, this is one of those things thats likely gonna drip feed us more details over time. 

[u/Austin_Shaggin_Power → u/TemurTron]

So they just promoted it across social media for hours because they love supporting rogue employees?

And before you say, those are unpaid interns, sure, they are but no one thought to stop the also rogue unpaid interns for hours?

[u/Edgehead88 → u/Austin_Shaggin_Power]

Exactly. I don't get that either

[u/dasfee → u/Austin_Shaggin_Power]

Why are we still pretending social media people are interns

[u/c0de1143 → u/dasfee]

Memes, I guess.

[u/The_White_Rice → u/TemurTron]

I think it’s also a fair assumption that TNA said “yeah go shoot brother” thinking he’d shoot on AEW and not the current hot topic (which is something he always did and always got him in trouble).

[u/[deleted] → u/NorthHollywoodHank]

It’s probably the most TNA thing they could do. Who hires someone like “Platinum” Max Caster without knowing the issues he had (re: Pulled from TV, sent to sensitivity training, and unaired raps that he’s tried to defend) other than them?

[u/OddTeaching7830 → u/[deleted]]

MLW

[u/Strange-Grass-4548 → u/NorthHollywoodHank]

true. But we also don't know what his behavior was like backstage. Whether he rubbed people the wrong way. Whether they asked him not to say it and he said it anyway. Things like that. Perhaps it was a mix of different things.

[u/Deep-Success3905 → u/Strange-Grass-4548]

Considering he had gotten his Best Wrestler Alive gimmick over in AEW and suddenly disappeared from television until his contract expired, I've kind of been assuming that he must have done something backstage there that really rubbed people the wrong way

[u/95_T → u/Deep-Success3905]

Doesn't help that Bowens has been very clear about not wanting to work with him ever again despite them being on good terms at the beginning of their run as The Acclaimed

[u/NorthHollywoodHank → u/95_T]

TNA turning around and hiring Anthony Bowens would be a pretty funny outcome here.

[u/RelentlessJorts2 → u/Deep-Success3905]

He didn't suddenly disappear after best wrestler alive, he spent like 7 months in a will they/won't they tag program with Bowens until Bowens joined the Opps in April.

[u/NorthHollywoodHank → u/Strange-Grass-4548]

Anything's possible. But the sources here don't mention any other factors and it would be kind of surprising if he drew enough backstage heat that quickly so as to be a factor here.

[u/[deleted] → u/NorthHollywoodHank]

Honestly, I think this is an overreaction because WWE (TKO) made comments. No way that they wouldn’t given the social media climate regarding them still wanting Crown Jewel to happen.

[u/mattjh → u/NorthHollywoodHank]

Reminds me very much of Cornette getting booted from Corgan's NWA. Similar circumstances.

[u/starks4thr33 → u/mattjh]

Yeah.....fine with it until the online backlash

I don't even see what's so bad about it. It's edgy yeah....that's kinda his gimmick

[u/Mat_alThor → u/starks4thr33]

It's pretty mild for Caster, if they weren't expecting him to say things like this they didn't do their homework.

[u/lucydoosydoo → u/starks4thr33]

really wasnt that bad, but he poked at the Saudi’s and thats where all the wrestling money is now

[u/OrangeBird077 → u/NorthHollywoodHank]

If the WWE partnership is still legally ongoing despite the on air stuff being done I could see why they would react this way.

[u/shadowrangerfs → u/OrangeBird077]

The on air stuff isn't done. TNA talents were on NXT last week.

[u/arenegadeboss → u/NorthHollywoodHank]

Can we break down what the actual issue is with the line though?

I don't even think deleting it and issuing an apology is understandable, just a reaction to perceived outrage.

And I don't even know what that outrage is over 🤣

[u/NorthHollywoodHank → u/arenegadeboss]

I mean, I didn't have an issue with it personally, but even thinking that it's sort of one thing for TNA to react defensively and cautiously. Even up to and including a short suspension for Caster if that was necessary to reduce the heat they're getting from powerful people... and it's another thing to throw Caster under the bus completely and to kick him out the day after his first match with the company.

[u/Jay_Shadow → u/NorthHollywoodHank]

Might have just been a one off with the possibility of something in the future, which is a very TNA thing. They never announced a signing or anything and he lost the match.

[u/Worth-Chemistry5253]

https://giphy.com/gifs/YnmEsq9ICSYQ8

[u/Incubus226 → u/Worth-Chemistry5253]

Grand opening grand closing.

[u/pinkydaemon93 → u/Incubus226]

God damn your man hov cracked the can open again

[u/Zordon56 → u/pinkydaemon93]

So glad I wasn’t only one to think this haha

[u/mammomidway → u/Worth-Chemistry5253]

https://giphy.com/gifs/3pzhY0huXqK7S

[u/Sio_V_Reddit]

I didn’t think the rap was that good (seems like he’s stagnated on his flow genuinely) but like genuinely why did you hire the “does edgy raps” guy if you’re afraid of edgy raps.

[u/BackToTheFutureDoc → u/Sio_V_Reddit]

His raps worked better with the flow of his AEW theme. Any other raps set to different beat tempo and music, just doesn't work. It's like he's layering the lyrics over the music but it's intended for a different audio clip.

[u/FrankPapageorgio → u/BackToTheFutureDoc]

It's practically the same thing

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xbKrZ-_krus

[u/Jasperbeardly11 → u/Sio_V_Reddit]

He's always been a terrible rapper the way he talks is like he's dead inside

[u/Jreynold → u/Jasperbeardly11]

I think he deliberately does it like that to make it more like a promo and make sure the audiences can follow along easily. Especially if the music isn't in his ear and he has to catch the beat based on the arena sound

John Cena once was marveling that Max Caster could rap to a beat at all, he had to do his as a spoken word precisely because of those challenges

[u/blaqsupaman → u/Jreynold]

Yeah Cena's raps were also awful from a technique and flow perspective, but worked well enough for a wrestling promo. It's meant to get a reaction from the audience, not get listens on Spotify.

[u/superimu → u/Jasperbeardly11]

He raps like a 16 year old "battle rapper" that he knows from watch 8-Mile 225 times.

[u/Decent-Potato-8973 → u/superimu]

That's literally his whole gimmick. He's not supposed to sound good. He's a chicken shit heel for a reason

[u/Edotwo → u/Sio_V_Reddit]

WWE made the call

[u/starks4thr33 → u/Edotwo]

That would make sense....especially with them being on edge about possibly canceling their show due to this fracas

[u/blaqsupaman → u/starks4thr33]

They aren't on edge at all. Nothing will make them blink when it comes to that $50 million a show. They'd hand deliver wrestlers to be bonesawed for that Saudi money if they could get away with it.

[u/jaypenn3 → u/Sio_V_Reddit]

Everyone responding that they don't like his raps as if that answers your question.

Braindead of TNA to hire the edgy rap guy then fire him over an edgy rap line.

[u/BallinBrown23]

My god haha. That’s brutal. I really liked him, I guess that’s the gamble you take

[u/fttxdd666]

So I assume now people see why Caster wasn't used as much in AEW, the man can't help but be edgy in his raps and it would hurt the people around him when he got in trouble for them. All time hiring and firing wrestling speedrun tho lmao

[u/Odd-Promise2661 → u/fttxdd666]

I'm starting to believe that rumor that Bowens was the one who wanted to split up the Acclaimed

[u/ZAPPHAUSEN → u/Odd-Promise2661]

I know we are all speculating, but it seems perfectly reasonable that anyone would get tired of their partner causing shit and catching heat and you are also receiving blowback or negativity as a result. The acclaimed were incredibly successful, but I can see where it would be exhausting and frustrating being hitched to caster's wagon. "Oh hell, what did he say NOW."

[u/Odd-Promise2661 → u/ZAPPHAUSEN]

Exactly, like Bowens seems to really pride himself on his attitude and work ethic

[u/ZAPPHAUSEN → u/Odd-Promise2661]

And being a great ambassador. Being the pride of pro wrestling wasn't just a gimmick for him.

(Which as we've all said 100 times made the entire five tool player thing so silly)

I wasn't surprised about max going free agent. I am surprised about Bowens. However, we don't know if that was a pure tk call or if Bowens himself wanted to leave aew.

I fully expect Anthony Bowen's return to aew eventually. A break would probably do him good since he has sputtered as a singles guy.

[u/Odd-Promise2661 → u/ZAPPHAUSEN]

I assume it was mostly Bowens wanting to check what free agency looked like

[u/MidnightCircuitry → u/Odd-Promise2661]

Could also be the sides are still working out the details. AEW's had wrestlers fall out of their contracts but still be on TV while they work out the details. Bowens was there for the PAC tribute show, so seems like they're still working together and just sorting out the contract details.

[u/TrillerVerse → u/fttxdd666]

He was used in AEW, it’s a tired narrative that he wasn’t. He won the trio and tag belts, and was a really hot act for a while. Not sure what people expect ‘used’ to entail; but he was a true AEW Dark success story. Not everyone will go onto the main event scene.

[u/VoxIrati → u/TrillerVerse]

Same people that say shit like Ricky Starks never got a fair shake in AEW

[u/KingChingLing → u/fttxdd666]

Ngl, he didn’t even need to rap and was still getting pretty over with the Survive 5 gimmick. He’s someone you gotta monitor but like if you don’t, this is what happens

[u/DoctorQuarex → u/KingChingLing]

Yeah he is one of those astounding talents whose pure charisma can make things work and yet apparently he does not know in real life how to use his charisma in productive ways at all

[u/__Hello_my_name_is__ → u/fttxdd666]

Was he really that edgy, though? One Saudi reference and he's gone sounds incredibly harsh, especially for a company that only works with a company that works with the Saudis.

I feel like people are completely ignoring what an insane amount of censorship this is that you can't even offer the tiniest amount of criticism towards the Saudis nowadays or you're just gone.

[u/Impressive-Dream8929 → u/fttxdd666]

Brian Kendrick almost had a challenger there.

[u/BadNewsBrown → u/fttxdd666]

He got himself over after the rap phase and losing for months on collision though

[u/apehasreturned]

Bro lmao he didn’t even make it to the ring before killing the run

[u/Luc4_Blight → u/apehasreturned]

https://giphy.com/gifs/2YeheNa7pHNTSPH60A

[u/Butch_Meat_Hook]

They hired a guy whose gimmick is he makes edgey raps for his entrance and then fired him because of the edgey content of his rap during his first entrance?

There surely must be more to this story, right?

[u/Jasperbeardly11 → u/Butch_Meat_Hook]

I mean the company is ran terribly. It makes sense. It does make me think they try to talk to him about it and he did not handle that well and then they decided to move on. 

[u/jaypenn3 → u/Butch_Meat_Hook]

No. TNA is just a shitshow without an ounce of professionalism.

[u/BBGrunt1235 → u/Butch_Meat_Hook]

Just because your gimmick is "edgelord" doesn't mean you can say absolutely anything and avoid blowback.

[u/e-rage]

Grand opening, grand closing.

[u/Comfortable-Salad-90 → u/e-rage]

Goddamn, your man Cas fucked himself over again.

[u/JayAreEss]

The comments on this are weird. Max has a history of being problematic but, maybe we shouldn’t be mad at the dude for highlighting very real things happening in Saudi and instead be raising concerns about the companies so cozy with the Saudis?

[u/Jaxical → u/JayAreEss]

Right? So weird how many people are quick to blame someone that is bringing attention to a very real issue. Also, let’s be real, TKO/WWE definitely made the call to TNA to pull the footage and cut Max. WWE are a Saudi plaything and TNA is WWE’s bitch.

[u/leetality → u/Jaxical]

Insane how far down this is, exactly what I thought when he mentioned Riyadh because we're all reacting the same as the crowd as this was an incredibly tame rap compared to his history.

I do think it's a little on Max not to consider himself that slinging jokes at the Saudi's might not work so well under a company bending the knee to the WWE.

[u/holyjesusitsahorse → u/JayAreEss]

Honestly, every time I get told that Max Caster has gone too far this time, it's always him saying something super banal and SNL-esque about current events.

If only we could bring back 2004 John Cena to come out every week to rap about how his opponent is a big homo who loves dick. That's far more tasteful, clearly.

[u/Plenty_Structure_861 → u/JayAreEss]

Making light of a bombing that was less than a week old isn't really doing that though

[u/JayAreEss → u/Plenty_Structure_861]

I agree, but that’s not why he was released. TKO did not like this and that’s obvious.

[u/Odd-Promise2661]

Max Caster YOU are a MLW wrestler

[u/_JR28_ → u/Odd-Promise2661]

“Grandpa how good was Max Caster and Keanu Carver’s MLW rivalry?”

https://giphy.com/gifs/rvxMJNyHAgwlW4YWpJ

[u/NorthHollywoodHank → u/Odd-Promise2661]

Would be kind of darkly comic if this proved to be the line MLW chooses not to cross on its hires.

[u/Odd-Promise2661 → u/NorthHollywoodHank]

"We can hire abusers and bigots, but we cross the line at tasteless raps!"

[u/Mediocre_Push2536]

Max just basically got himself released because of his trademark gimmick 💀

[u/SunnyGamba]

incredible. max caster is spiritually a luchador

[u/CabooseTheDestroyer8]

Is this the fastest from debut to "released"

[u/SweetHatDisc → u/CabooseTheDestroyer8]

Pretty sure Brian Kendrick managed to get released from AEW without ever actually appearing.

[u/XaoticOrder → u/SweetHatDisc]

Everyone forgets the guy from The Rascals

[u/namdekan → u/SweetHatDisc]

He wasn't even signed, I think he was just having a match. Now Trey Miguel got signed then released before making his debut.

[u/ArmiinTamzarian → u/CabooseTheDestroyer8]

Well no

Released implies he was hired in the first place, which I'm not sure about

[u/Muted_Shoulder]

Do they simply not bother cross checking what he’s about to say? You don’t need a script but surely you’ll have a basic idea of what they’ll be saying out there.

[u/Odd-Promise2661 → u/Muted_Shoulder]

There's a big reason TK started checking the raps

[u/Illuminati_Shill_AMA → u/Odd-Promise2661]

And that happened after ONE rap where he: Said Julia Hart's vagina stank, (she was 19 at the time), called COVID tests fake, made fun of Simone Biles's mental health, and referenced the Duke Lacrosse allegations in essentially threatening to rape the Sydals.

I think people forget that all of those lines were on the same night and it was after that where Khan kept a shorter leash on him. Left to his own devices, Caster just loves edgelord 4chan style humor.

[u/jaypenn3 → u/Muted_Shoulder]

TNA was perfectly fine with promoting this rap before it got backlash. I doubt they did, and either way it doesn't matter because they didn't care.

[u/TraNSlays]

TNA contract speedrun any%

[u/javy_z]

TNA … this is weak sauce.

I don’t think Caster was going to change their fortune or whatever but to fire him after one appearance because you got blowback from him doing the type of rap he’s known for… just stupid

[u/Prestigious-Art1889]

LMAO, poor max. NWA maybe?

[u/Electronic_Ladder103 → u/Prestigious-Art1889]

They've been split up for years. Without Eazy-E I don't think it'd be the same either.

[u/Comfortable-Salad-90 → u/Electronic_Ladder103]

Straight Outta Impact

[u/Prestigious-Bad6539 → u/Prestigious-Art1889]

Think the land of misfit toys MLW would be better for him.

[u/Prestigious-Art1889 → u/Prestigious-Bad6539]

Maybe JCW too

[u/supergluefuming]

Insert DJ Khaled meme photo

[u/Gizmopopapalus → u/supergluefuming]

https://giphy.com/gifs/hemdPsHS7jHag

[u/Rapscallious1]

People will clown on him but this is a sad state of affairs, presumably the Saudis got wwe to fire someone in “TNA” for rapping about something in the global news everywhere.

[u/InevitableTank5108]

Probably got the call from WWE to fire him, really unfortunate.

[u/Sio_V_Reddit]

If what I’m hearing is true…poor Caster

[u/AaronSentinal]

Saudi to WWE: That didn’t work for us, brother.

WWE to TNA: That didn’t work for us, dude.

TNA to Max: That didn’t work for us, jack.

[u/CharleyIV]

Hires Max Caster.

Does what Max Caster does.

Shocked.

Do some research guys.

[u/fruitygoat3000]

[u/JRUprising]

https://giphy.com/gifs/kmJWhbq1ahS0ZOTXoz

[u/XAMdG]

Idk, this is on TNA. They got exactly what they paid for, and act surprised

[u/LiquidMetal616]

FUCK this SUCKS I was sooooo excited for his potential

[u/HolyRomanEmperor]

lets go max... youre the best wrestler a-live... lets go max... youre the best wrestler a-live...

[u/AlphaH4wk]

That sucks for Max but it's what happens when you try to work for a lame ass company like TNA

[u/Flanagan26866]

Well done. A deal explosive debut 

[u/Nazmaldun]

Remember when The Acclaimed were over af?

[u/K_Knight]

I do not understand hiring Max if this is not what you wanted. I'm pro-Max Caster and I wasn't offended in the slightest by this rap. But regardless of my taste versus others, his rap character work is known for bringing this type of response...and if you're hiring him, you SHOULD want that. This is what his craft is and what he's known for. Either they weren't actually paying attention or weren't brave enough to deal with the type of reaction that can bring out.

All I can say is Max's rap was the first thing I looked for coming out of the PPV. I couldn't give two shits about TNA past seeing more Max. So bye bye!

[u/Shadobokkusu]

...ain't no godamn way

[u/ligerarion]

Not even TNA could last five minutes in the ring with the greatest wrestler alive.

[u/Rollingpumpkin69]

Cant wait for the next story to be about how they didnt know what he would say.

The guy lost his arrival match..it wasn't gonna be a long term affair.

[u/DCAbloob → u/Rollingpumpkin69]

Josh Alexander lost his AEW arrival match to Hangman Page but is still working there. Doing a job to a top marquee talent day one isn’t necessarily a black mark in wrestling nowadays.