{"id":373743,"date":"2026-07-29T15:35:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T10:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=373743"},"modified":"2026-07-29T15:35:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T10:05:13","slug":"report-wwe-unlikely-to-care-about-ryan-garcia-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/07\/29\/report-wwe-unlikely-to-care-about-ryan-garcia-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"Report – WWE Unlikely To Care About Ryan Garcia Backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"
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WWE\u2019s decision to feature boxer Ryan Garcia on Monday Night RAW continues to attract criticism, with Dave Meltzer arguing that the corporate prioritizes mainstream exposure over a celeb\u2019s past controversies.<\/p>\n

Speaking on today\u2019s edition of Wrestling Observer Radio, Meltzer shared his opinion on Garcia\u2019s appearance in the course of the July 27 edition of RAW, where the boxer became physically involved in a serious SummerSlam 2026 storyline. Garcia attacked Joe Hendry with a guitar before aligning with Dominik Mysterio and JD McDonagh in a beatdown of Hendry, Danhausen, and the Minihausens. Meltzer said,<\/p>\n

\u201cI do know Nick Khan may be very liberal on the subject of bad people in the event that they\u2019re famous. Ryan Garcia is as bad as \u2014 I mean, for all of the people who people have gotten mad at in wrestling and desired to blacklist out of wrestling, Ryan Garcia supporting the KKK and the entire racist stuff that he has said\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIf you happen to\u2019re not in jail, you\u2019re fair game for WWE. It\u2019s a consistent policy if there\u2019s not a conviction. I believe should you\u2019re a large enough star, even when there may be a conviction, you\u2019d be okay.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re promoting his fight, and that was their idea of getting publicity, getting him on SportsCenter and getting them into the mainstream, because to them, a man like Ryan Garcia is mainstream.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s all that matters. It doesn\u2019t matter what you\u2019ve done. Are you famous? Are you an influencer? If you happen to are, cool. If you happen to\u2019re not, you may be a terrific person and it doesn\u2019t matter since you\u2019re not famous enough.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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WWE\u2019s decision to feature boxer Ryan Garcia on Monday Night RAW continues to attract criticism, with Dave Meltzer arguing that the corporate prioritizes mainstream exposure over a celeb\u2019s past controversies. Speaking on today\u2019s edition of Wrestling Observer Radio, Meltzer shared his opinion on Garcia\u2019s appearance in the course of the July 27 edition of RAW, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":373744,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[338],"tags":[3780,538,4302,2185,3007,6221],"class_list":["post-373743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-backlash","tag-care","tag-garcia","tag-report","tag-ryan","tag-wwe"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t