Wrestling Website Releases Scathing Statement Toward WWE & AEW ‘Trolls’

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A popular wrestling online database site has released a scathing statement targeted at WWE & AEW “trolls” in an attempt to counter online tribalism towards either company.

For not the first time, those running Cagematch.net have been forced to place measures on the site in order to combat WWE and AEW ‘fans’ from slandering the opposing company.

In a lengthy statement posted to the site, Cagematch’s Matt Macks laid out several new rules that look to prevent any mention of WWE in comments relating to AEW and vice-versa.

According to Macks, non-compliance with the rules will result in warnings or bans, dependent on severity and past-history.

You can find the full statement from Cagematch below:

You know who this is aimed at.

I do not believe I have to do this, but with the unnecessary amount of news and attention that we have received over the last few weeks, the amount of tribalism between WWE and AEW trolls has reintensified. I wish all of you idiots step on pointy Lego bricks for the rest of your days.

Here’s the new rule:

a) No mention of “AEW” or “Tony Khan” or similar topics in comments about WWE promotion, shows, titles, matches or contracted wrestlers, neither directly or indirectly.

b) No mention of “WWE” or “Triple H” or “Vince McMahon” or “Nick Khan” or “Shawn Michaels” in comments about AEW promotion, shows, titles, matches or contracted wrestlers, again neither directly or indirectly.

I will leave it at my discretion to extend this list of “contextually banned words” without further announcement. The vast majority of the community gets it and I will protect this community and our ideals.

Non-compliance with the new rule may lead to one-time warnings or direct bans, depending on severity and comment history.

I am sick and tired of “you people” (again, you know who this is aimed at). Stop dragging us into a painfully unnecessary and embarassing “flame war” between two f**king world-sized companies. The next step is to lock down WWE and AEW ratings to long-term registered users and I don’t f**king care if half of you leave at that point. CAGEMATCH was a lot of fun when we were small and unknown and I much prefer “fun and small” over “big and hateful” any day. No money is made with this website off of any of you clowns and more people just cost me more each month for maintenance and hosting, so I don’t give a sh*t about the “page hits”.

Personal note: I just gave out warnings for the Jinder/Rollins match where people were not commenting about the match but making it about WWE vs. AEW or themselves. I genuinely do not understand how these people can call themselves wrestling fans. I genuinely don’t.

As alluded to in the statement, this is not the first time measures have had to be taken to combat tribalism on Cagematch.

In May 2023, on the 21st anniversary of the site, a similar post was made which looked to prevent ‘fans’ from either company rating matches with artificially low scores.

In what will have likely fuelled the fire, Cagematch was also recently brought into the recent social media controversy involving Tony Khan and Jinder Mahal.

The Twitter account for WWE’s broadcast partner for Monday Night Raw, the USA Network mentioned Cagematch in an attempt to throw shade at the AEW President; who has been known to use the site as a tool to measure the success of AEW and ROH.

We will make sure to post any further updates from Cagematch if/when they become available.

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