Creepy fan is kicked out of AEW / ROH taping for harassing Skye Blue

Last night’s (May 8) episode of AEW Dynamite was broadcast from Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

After the show went off the air, several matches were taped for Ring of Honor. One of these bouts featured Skye Blue vs. Rachael Ellering. Soon afterwards, multiple accounts began to spread online about a creepy fan in the front row (who apparently had a child with him) harassing Blue with disgusting misogynistic comments during her match, deeply upsetting her in the process.

Ellering and AEW Referee Aubrey Edwards have now commented on the incident via social media, pointing out that the creepy fan’s behavior crossed the line of what’s acceptable heckling, so they made sure to kick his ass out of the building:

Ellering: “The speed in which @RefAubrey and I got out of the ring last night post match to get this creep kicked out was remarkable. Olympic medalist speeds. I’ve NEVER in my career heard such vulgar things being said to talent during a match. Sexual harassment is not heckling.”

Edwards: “If you yell disgusting, vile, hateful things at my coworkers, I will make sure your ass gets kicked out. There is no place for that in wrestling. Heckling is fine, but when you’ve made the performers (me included) feel uncomfortable in their place of work, you’ve gone too far.”

Ellering also made it clear that they appreciate all the wrestling fans who come to the shows to support the wrestlers, but this creep is not one of them:

Finally, here is some very good fan art summarizing Edwards and Ellering’s response to the creep:

What do you make of this situation, Cagesiders?