In a recent interview with The Submission Squad podcast, former WWE superstar ACH (fka Jordan Myles during his time in WWE NXT) issued a public apology for his angry tweets towards the company during the period from October to November 2019.
For those unfamiliar with the story, ACH accused the company of being racist and attacked them on Twitter regarding a t-shirt for his WWE NXT character that was said to depict blackface and Sambo imagery in October 2019. ACH announced the following month in November 2019 that he had quit the company, which was confirmed a week later when he was officially released.
Reflecting on the incidents, ACH discussed his mindset at the time, issued a public apology for his tweets and discussed why they could stain his career forever, stating, “It wasn’t even a wrestling matter, ACH is upset because he wasn’t booked right, this was some serious s***. I honestly wish I did things differently, I had people trying to tell me to use mental issues, not as an excuse, but say it was the thing, you’re depressed right, that’s why you’re out lashing out. I was angry, I’m not going to be like, sorry, mental illness, that’s a serious issue, I’m not going to say things like that to smooth things over. I had a meltdown in front of the entire world, I broke down in front of the entire world, I said so much stuff, and if I was to go back and take it all back, it really sticks to me.
I went from working my dream job, providing for myself, I was finally at a space in my life that I worked for, to where I was starting to feel comfortable. I’ve sacrificed a lot for pro wrestling and I don’t expect anything back, but I made a lot of sacrifices. I’m ashamed of myself, I’m embarrassed, this is something that I’ll never be able to shake, I know I embarrassed a lot of people, most importantly, I embarrassed myself. I’m just not used to this type of negativity and attention, waking up angry for no reason, mad at the world. Truth be told, it’s all my fault, I’ll take the blame for this, I could have put the phone down and deleted my Twitter app. It took my passion away from what I love, I don’t have passion for anything else but this. Once it got taken away, to the point where I don’t even want to watch wrestling, I wake up like, what is my life’s purpose. Without my passion, what do I do, it’s going to be a stain on my career forever.
I want to apologize, I know I could have handled myself correctly towards all of that, I could have been more intelligent and I could have stopped myself. I’m sorry, I feel like I let a lot of fans and people down that supported me, I know I let a lot of people down, that hurts the most, I’m truly sorry.”
The full interview is available at this link.