{"id":148306,"date":"2026-02-08T21:06:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T21:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/148306\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T21:06:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T21:06:07","slug":"us-senator-calls-on-jacksonville-based-wrestling-organization-to-recruit-bad-bunny-following-anti-ice-chant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/148306\/","title":{"rendered":"US Senator calls on Jacksonville-based wrestling organization to recruit Bad Bunny following anti-ICE chant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 A United States Senator has called on All Elite Wrestling Owner Tony Khan to recruit Bad Bunny to AEW <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/_5m1G7v7yDU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/_5m1G7v7yDU\">following an anti-ICE chant controversy. <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Tony Khan is the son of Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">It all started last Wednesday night during the main event on AEW\u2019s flagship show when an anti-ICE chant broke out. The participants (champ MJF &amp; challenger Brody King) appeared to react as the announcers stopped talking, as the chant drowned out a section of the match. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The full clip<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/_5m1G7v7yDU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/_5m1G7v7yDU\"> can be seen here. <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/topic\/Going_Ringside\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/topic\/Going_Ringside\/\">MORE GOING RINGSIDE CONTENT HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The following day, the clip was everywhere online with massive media interest, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RubenGallego\/status\/2019756333180867067\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RubenGallego\/status\/2019756333180867067\">and there was even a reaction from the U.S. Senate.<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TonyKhan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@TonyKhan<\/a> it\u2019s time for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AEW?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@AEW<\/a> to solidify a huge fan base. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sanbenito?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@sanbenito<\/a> love wrestling, need him to make some appearances. Just no stretcher match please.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ruben Gallego (@RubenGallego) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RubenGallego\/status\/2019756333180867067?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 6, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Democratic Senator Ruben Gallego posted this on X: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TonyKhan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">@TonyKhan<\/a> It\u2019s time for <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AEW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">@AEW<\/a> to solidify a huge fan base. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sanbenito\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">@sanbenito<\/a> love wrestling, need him to make some appearances. Just no stretcher match please.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201c@sanbenito\u201d is Bad Bunny\u2019s handle on X. Bad Bunny, who\u2019s the main performer for the Super Bowl halftime show,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mensjournal.com\/news\/bad-bunny-returning-to-wwe-sooner-rather-than-later-after-super-bowl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.mensjournal.com\/news\/bad-bunny-returning-to-wwe-sooner-rather-than-later-after-super-bowl\"> has a history in pro wrestling<\/a>, having competed multiple times for AEW\u2019s main competitor, WWE.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">This whole issue will be discussed Tuesday night on the Going Ringside TV show which airs at 7:30 on CW-17 in Jacksonville. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=W4T4xpnAh8s&amp;list=PLzkM9ADHXQvZXwfmRChYY-ikFrMrcDnOp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=W4T4xpnAh8s&amp;list=PLzkM9ADHXQvZXwfmRChYY-ikFrMrcDnOp\">All episodes can also be found here on the Going Ringside YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">So far, there\u2019s been no word from AEW on whether they\u2019ll take Senator Gallego up on his idea to recruit Bad Bunny. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Their flagship TV show, \u201cAEW Dynamite,\u201d airs on Wednesday nights.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 A United States Senator has called on All Elite Wrestling Owner Tony Khan to recruit&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":148307,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[63090,16497,37309,1877,116,118,117,51224,42294,71686],"class_list":{"0":"post-148306","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-aew","9":"tag-bad-bunny","10":"tag-going-ringside","11":"tag-ice","12":"tag-jacksonville","13":"tag-jacksonville-headlines","14":"tag-jacksonville-news","15":"tag-pro-wrestling","16":"tag-ruben-gallego","17":"tag-tony-khan"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148306\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}