Eddie Kingston Calls Out ‘Evil, Disgusting’ Body-Shaming Fans

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There has been a lot of controversy surrounding body-shaming in wrestling this week, after WWE Hall of Famer Booker T upset a lot of people by suggesting AEW star Adam Cole needed more weight on him.

During an appearance on the MackMania Podcast, AEW star Eddie Kingston revealed that he too has been the victim of body-shaming for his entire career, and took several shots at fans who take the decision to insult someone’s physical condition.

He said: 

“My whole career I’ve been hearing it and look, you have to work out to be a pro wrestler. You have to have good cardio. Cardio’s the main thing and yeah, you hear it your whole life, you gotta look the part and all that. There was a shift where, you know, you had to be a muscle guy. There was a shift in the business and you know, when you have that so much, people get sick of it, and then, you know, you have to do different things. I grew up on guys that looked tough. There was some muscle guys but there were also guys like Dick Murdoch and Dusty Rhodes and those guys, you know what I mean? That you — if you wanna body shame and knock anyone nowadays, would you knock them?… Guys like that who look like dudes that they would fight you and then came the bodybuilder era and a lot of those bodybuilders couldn’t fight their way out of a paper bag. Let’s be honest about it, you know?

“But yeah, you do have to be an athlete to be in this and you do have to cardio and workout and body shaming stuff? My man here’s my thing, if you don’t like it, don’t watch. If you wanna rip on someone or knock on somebody, okay man, I feel bad for you because that’s what gets your rocks off, you’re an evil, disgusting human being. That’s all it is and I hope you never have somebody rip on you like that, you know what I mean? Because you’re a weak person so you’ll probably break down. But anyway, that’s me taking shots.”

He told fans they don’t have to watch the product if they don’t like the physique of the wrestlers on the show.

“My man here’s my thing, if you don’t like it, don’t watch. If you wanna rip on someone or knock on somebody, okay man, I feel bad for you because that’s what gets your rocks off, you’re an evil, disgusting human being. That’s all it is and I hope you never have somebody rip on you like that, you know what I mean? Because you’re a weak person so you’ll probably break down.”

Kingston said that he, like anyone else, loves eating fast food and ice cream, but he also puts in a hell of a lot of work to make sure he can perform in the ring.

Credit to WrestlingInc for the transcription.

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