Val Venis has seen wrestling fans asking sites to stop giving his comments attention, and he has no intention of quietly disappearing. Instead, the former WWE star grabbed a screenshot of the criticism and turned his attention directly toward the Internet Wrestling Community.
Venis took to Twitter with a screenshot of the comments section on Ringside News, where readers reacted to coverage of his recent remarks about Sami Zayn and the September 11 attacks. Some fans weren’t interested in hearing anything else from him.
“Can we stop platforming Val Venis? Like seriously.”
Another questioned why his comments were receiving coverage at all: “Why even giving attention Val statement. He is attention seeker.” Venis saw those responses as something much bigger than fans simply being tired of hearing from him. He accused what he called the “leftist IWC” of wanting people outside their political bubble silenced and even claimed they want those people dead.
“The leftist IWC are some of the most repressive morons on planet earth. These lost souls do not give a rats ass about freedom of speech. They want anyone outside of their leftist bubble to be silenced and/or, DEAD!”
The angry response comes after Venis got a ton of backlash with his reaction to Sami Zayn defeating CM Punk for the WWE Championship on the September 11 episode of SmackDown. Rather than focusing only on the title change, Venis zeroed in on Zayn being Muslim and winning the championship on the 25th anniversary of 9/11.
“📢🔴 WWE put the Undisputed WWE Championship on Muslim Sami Zayn on the 25th anniversary of 9/11. There is way more to unpack here. But this is the basic for now.”
Venis later responded to the initial backlash by insisting that he doesn’t personally hate Zayn. He congratulated him on his championship win but maintained that he objected to WWE putting its title on a Muslim wrestler on September 11.
“📢 Let me be clear(because media has a difficult time being honest): I harbor no personal hatred toward Sami Zayn. I congratulate him on another world-title run and wish him well. My objection is to the company that judged it appropriate to place the championship on a Muslim performer on the twenty-fifth anniversary of September 11. I do not believe Vince McMahon would have made that booking. Those now in control of WWE leave me with questions.”
Bottom line: that explanation clearly didn’t end the backlash. Now the argument has moved beyond Zayn’s title win, with Venis attacking wrestling fans who would rather stop hearing from him altogether.
What do you make of Val Venis’ response to fans asking wrestling outlets to stop giving him attention? Let us know in the comments.
