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There was no acknowledgment that, as the host of the web store, they most likely profited from the sales of t-shirts for a proudly fascist podcast. Instead, the published apology asks fans to be their quality control, asking that viewers notify them of any offensive content. It’d be nice to believe this was an issue One Hour Tees was seriously committed to resolving, but they offered no motion towards a solution on their end.
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Their description on their Pro Wrestling Tees store included the infamous “ 14 words.” How could a company that stringently demands a certain amount of social media followers for every store in their application process have missed such an obvious racist calling card? After some research, she found they ran a self-described “Fascist Wrestling Podcast,” and that you could buy merchandise for this podcast on Pro Wrestling Tees. After the allegations towards Shlak came to light, Colette Arrand, a fellow Paste contributor, noticed individuals pledging their support for the “nazi wrestler” in her Twitter mentions. Silence is damning, but there are always worse options. What happens the next time he gets a trusted recommendation for an unfamiliar wrestler? What happens with the next wrestler with a bit of a buzz that throws their weight behind? Was the issue that these wrestlers raised the ire of fans, not that they were racists, or abusive? Instead of proclaiming Style Battle to be a space where fans and wrestlers could feel safe, Sapolsky’s silence seems to indicate that this problem is only resolved in this particular instance. Consider the quiet way dropped Trauma II from their upcoming Breaking the Barrier event, after I asked them about the rape/kidnapping charges listed in his Wikipedia page.Īll of these companies had a chance to take a public stand against racism and abuse, and they chose to stay silent. If you need a more recent example, consider all the bookings Adam Rose was able to schedule after his arrest for domestic assault.
Pull up Cagematch, and take a look at all the companies that booked Teddy Hart while he was under investigation for multiple sexual assault charges. The lack of simple vetting by indie companies isn’t an isolated issue. Perhaps we won’t notice that WWN booked a wrestler about whom Google helpfully offers “shlak nazi” as an auto-complete. If the child never acknowledges the mistake, perhaps the adults won’t notice! Perhaps we won’t notice that WWN booked a wrestler who once sold a hoodie with the song title “It’s Not Rape, It’s Surprise Sex” printed on the back, a wrestler who was photographed Sieg Heiling the camera with a known member of the Atlantic City Skins. It’s a move straight out of the playbook of an embarrassed child caught doing the wrong thing. When Paste asked Sapolsky about the booking, he stated that Shlak was “no longer on the shows,” with no additional comment. However, when Shlak’s history was brought to the attention of Sapolsky, Shlak was quickly and quietly pulled from the show. The initial revelation in February didn’t seem to diminish Shlak’s career trajectory, as he’s been making a name for himself with consistent bookings in Game Changer Wrestling, Combat Zone Wrestling, and a number of other indie promotions. While his past has only recently come to light in wrestling circles (in February, an anonymous Twitter account with the handle tweeted extensively about Shlak’s past), Shlak is notorious to those well versed in the Philadelphia punk scene as someone with a history of troubling behavior, from his participation in viciously misogynistic bands like Call the Paramedics to his long-standing association with the Atlantic City Skinheads. The real stunner is WWN touching someone with Shlak’s history with a ten foot pole, let alone booking him on one of their shows. It’s not entirely out of character for Saplosky to book a wrestler primarily known for death match wrestling. As I scanned the list of talent, one name stood out as a surprise, but probably not the way Sapolsky intended: Shlak. The title of the e-mail read “You Won’t Believe Who’s Coming to WWN,” and boy, did WWN’s booker, Gabe Sapolsky, deliver.
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