TMZ recently reported that All Elite Wrestling (AEW) star MJF gave a seven-year-old fan the middle finger during a fan autograph session at C2E2 in Chicago last weekend.
The boy’s father, Tom Gilmartin, took to Twitter to complain about the situation to AEW EVP Cody Rhodes. Here’s what he had to say:
@CodyRhodes @MattJackson13 my son & I are big fans of #AEW we order #AEWRevolution & my little guy was all excited to go to #C2E2 the very next day to see some of the wrestlers the first we saw was MJF, you may have seen the pic &/or video going around that is me & my son that @CodyRhodes @MattJackson13 when he flips him off, I tried to laugh it off knowing he’s just in character & @JANELABABY was great helping to calm my son down but it really upset him I know that’s his gimmick but he’s only 7 & doesn’t understand, his eyes would tear up & he didn’t. @CodyRhodes @MattJackson13 too far flipping him off now there’s a video & people making memes to make fun & I don’t like that as a parent I hope you guys can understand & tell him to calm his antics down in front of kids, I’m in the process of trying to take these videos down. @CodyRhodes @MattJackson13 since they were taken without our knowledge & I hope better judgment is made in the future.
Cody responded by offering Gilmartin and his son free tickets and a personal meet-and-greet the next time they’re in their area:
“Hey Tom. Just give me your name and city and we will have some will-call tickets for the next time we are in your neighborhood, plus I’ll personally come by and say hello during the show.”
Hey Tom. Just give me your name and city and we will have some will-call tickets for the next time we are in your neighborhood, plus I’ll personally come by and say hello during the show.
— Cody (@CodyRhodes) March 4, 2020
“Perfect! We have some return dates soon, just remind me when we get close. Sorry about the situation.”
Perfect! We have some return dates soon, just remind me when we get close. Sorry about the situation.
— Cody (@CodyRhodes) March 4, 2020
Check out the footage of the incident here:
@The_MJF is the best heel in wrestling history. Change my mind pic.twitter.com/js1sjQQ8Lg
— Antonio Milazzo (@amilazzo620) March 1, 2020
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