Professional wrestler Max Caster said in a social media video Tuesday that his rap lyrics are intended to entertain, after a line referencing attacks in Riyadh drew backlash and cost him a spot with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).
Caster delivered the lyric during TNA’s Bound for Glory pay-per-view, where he answered an open challenge from Moose. The line referred to dropping bombs and not needing to fly to Riyadh. The source account says the attacks referenced in the lyric killed and injured people.
TNA announced Monday that it had ended its relationship with Caster after the appearance. The company said the comments were insensitive, that making light of violent attacks was wrong and that the segment should not have been included in the show. TNA also said it had removed the material from replays and its social media accounts and would take steps to prevent a repeat.
In his video, Caster said offending people was not his intention, while adding that he could not apologize merely because someone was offended. He said he accepted the consequences of the lyric and felt embarrassed that his TNA run ended after one match. Caster also apologized to people who had vouched for him, saying he felt he had let them down.
Caster’s TNA appearance was his first since leaving All Elite Wrestling, where he had been a tag-team champion with Anthony Bowens and a member of the AEW World Trios Championship team with Bowens and Billy Gunn. He said he was unsure what he would do next.
