WWE star Austin Concept has heated spat with newspaper editor after he known as professional wrestling ‘pretend’

WWE star Austin Concept appeared to get right into a heated argument with an Australian newspaper editor as the professional wrestler was within the newsroom to advertise the corporate’s upcoming Elimination Chamber premium dwell occasion in Perth.

A video circulated throughout social media confirmed Concept yelling at The West Australian’s editor-in-chief Anthony De Cegile. Concept was seen in a video asking De Cegile to repeat himself.

“I imply, it’s pretend…” De Cegile says within the clip. “Like, you’re not really hitting one another.”

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The West Australian reported that Concept took challenge with professional wrestling being known as “pretend” and never as tough as Australian Guidelines soccer or Rugby League. For what it’s price, Elimination Chamber will happen Saturday at Optus Stadium – the house of the Australian Soccer League’s West Coast Eagles and Fermantle Soccer Membership.

Concept then teed off on De Cegile.

“Maintain on a second, you introduced me in right here and also you’re going to speak to me like this? No man. Simply trigger you’re in control of some s— right here, man, doesn’t imply you may speak to me like this,” Concept mentioned.

De Cegile mentioned he didn’t imply to offend Concept.

“You’re saying what I do is straightforward and also you’re in entrance of all of your folks in right here speaking about my job’s straightforward,” Concept mentioned. “You couldn’t stroll a rattling day in my sneakers.… Are you kidding me, man? I’ll smack the s— out of you proper now. I’m not enjoying round.

“You deliver me out right here for some media, man. This man’s speaking his f—ing head off, man. What’s his drawback, dude?”

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It wasn’t clear if the back-and-forth was a piece or not. Concept, a former United States Champion, works as a heel on the roster with Australian native Grayson Waller in his nook.

Waller had an analogous incident on Australia’s Seven Community when he warned an off-camera ground supervisor that he would give the off-camera a straight punch after feeling disrespected throughout a phase.

Within the Concept incident Thursday, Waller weighed in on X.

“May have to organise a Tag Match quickly,” he wrote. “A City Down Underneath vs Dumb Aussie ‘journos’”

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WWE introduced Elimination Chamber would happen in Australia late final yr. It’s the primary time the WWE will happen within the Land Down Underneath since 2018.

Waller informed Fox Information Digital in September he was amped concerning the notion of performing in his house nation on the largest stage of professional wrestling.

“I’m buzzing. The factor is, I’ve heard whispers for, like, the previous few years,” Waller mentioned. “I feel Australia is such a enjoyable marketplace for WWE. They’ve at all times had some huge exhibits there and the followers at all times flip up.

“However, you already know, there’s distance, which isn’t a terrific factor. So, there’s at all times been that little little bit of, ‘we expect, we expect, we expect,’ so to lastly see that announcement, not solely is it only a dwell occasion, it’s Elimination Chamber – which is a present that principally units up WrestleMania. It’s going to be an enormous present in Perth. Optus Stadium – that’s an enormous stadium, too.

“We’re not solely going to Australia, we’re doing it larger than ever earlier than.”

Whereas Waller isn’t slated to be in a match, he’s set to host Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins for his interview phase – “The Waller Impact.”

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Rhea Ripley, one other Australia native, will defend her RAW Girls’s World Championship towards Nia Jax.

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