{"id":696064,"date":"2026-05-27T01:09:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T01:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/696064\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T01:09:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T01:09:10","slug":"nwa-apologizes-for-insensitive-comments-made-by-odinson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/696064\/","title":{"rendered":"NWA apologizes for \u2018insensitive comments\u2019 made by Odinson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The NWA and its owner Billy Corgan have issued an apology following \u201cinsensitive comments\u201d made by one of the organization\u2019s wrestlers.<\/p>\n<p>On social media today, the NWA posted a statement from Corgan saying that the promotion does not condone the type of hateful\/insensitive remarks recently made by Odinson. The comments at hand are no longer available, but they were said to be homophobic in nature, with one Reddit user <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/SquaredCircle\/comments\/1tokaqr\/nwa_apologizes_for_insensitive_comments_made_by\/oo1tirj\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">saying that Odinson cut an Instagram promo<\/a> where he repeatedly used the term \u201cgay cowboys\u201d in reference to his opponents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe NWA would like to sincerely apologize for the insensitive comments made by Odinson on social media. These statements do not reflect the values, views, or beliefs of the NWA organization,\u201d Corgan\u2019s statement said. \u201cWe do not condone hateful or offensive remarks of any kind and remain committed to fostering a respectful and inclusive environment for everyone in our community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Odinson is under contract with the NWA and currently holds the NWA Tag Team titles with JR Kratos. The duo are known as The Immortals.<\/p>\n<p>As of now, Odinson has not issued his own apology or commented on the situation. He and Kratos are advertised for NWA Hard Times 6 in Atlanta on June 6 and the NWA\u2019s 78th anniversary show in Philadelphia on July 25.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The NWA would like to sincerely apologize for the insensitive comments made by Odinson on social media. These statements do not reflect the values, views, or beliefs of the NWA organization. We do not condone hateful or offensive remarks of any kind and remain committed to\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kC5VYtzeMr\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/kC5VYtzeMr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NWA (@nwa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nwa\/status\/2059378813621178646?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 26, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.f4wonline.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"preferred-source-link\"><br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Google-CTA.jpg\" alt=\"Google Icon\" class=\"google-icon\"\/><br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.f4wonline.com\/author\/josephcurrier\/\" title=\"Joseph Currier\" class=\"gms-profile-image\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779844150_557_ce93ae5ee9bc08cbe7fe7e71f9c926474fc7a0d1080edc56a17530857f23117e.png\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" alt=\"Joseph Currier\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                Joseph Currier<\/p>\n<p>Joseph Currier is the lead editor of F4WOnline.com, directing daily news coverage and writing articles on professional wrestling. He is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts, obtaining a journalism degree in 2016. Joseph joined F4W during his time at UMass and has now been writing about the industry for nearly a decade.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to his work with F4W, Joseph has previously contributed to Sports Illustrated&#8217;s wrestling coverage. He lives in Massachusetts and is a diehard fan of the Boston sports teams and Liverpool Football Club.<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.f4wonline.com\/news\/aew\/lights-out-philly-street-fight-official-for-aew-dynamite-collision\/?utm_source=navigation-previous&amp;utm_medium=internal\" class=\"gms-prev\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">previous story<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NWA and its owner Billy Corgan have issued an apology following \u201cinsensitive comments\u201d made by one of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":696065,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[49,48,75],"class_list":["post-696064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=696064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/696065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=696064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=696064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=696064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}