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1 day agoA Pro-Wrestling Show Where ICE Is the Bad Guy
Brody King has gained popularity among wrestling fans for his outspoken political views, particularly against ICE.
According to The New York Post, the company will hold Double or Nothing on May 24 at Louis Armstrong Stadium in Queens, New York. The 14,000-plus-seat venue is located inside the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, marking the first time an AEW pay-per-view will take place within New York City's five boroughs.
Yes, if your main intersection with pro wrestling was the late-'90s boom on U.S. cable TV, then you definitely saw a product rife with misogyny and homophobia. But it's a much more inclusive hobby than it used to be, and I tell people who I want to convince to go to an independent show with me that they should expect something like a comic-con atmosphere, not a frat house.
A pro wrestling crowd broke out into a F*ck ICE chant in the middle of a match during Wednesday night's AEW event in Las Vegas. AEW, the WWE's top competitor, held its weekly show AEW Dynamite at Las Vegas's T-Mobile Arena. During the show's main event between Brody King and Maxwell Jacob Friedman (also known as MJF), the crowd suddenly got a chant going.