{"id":30945,"date":"2020-06-24T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2614520"},"modified":"2020-06-24T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-24T09:00:00","slug":"aew-suspends-sammy-guevara-following-offensive-remarks-to-wwe-superstar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/24\/aew-suspends-sammy-guevara-following-offensive-remarks-to-wwe-superstar\/","title":{"rendered":"AEW Suspends Sammy Guevara Following Offensive Remarks To WWE Superstar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4223-logo-6.png\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;\" link_thumbnail=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/image-cdn.essentiallysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20200623130956\/Sammy-Guevara1-1280x720-1.jpg\" width=\"688\" height=\"387\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"thb-fixed-container\">\n<div class=\"thb-fixed-bottom\">\n<div class=\"thb-fixed\">\n<aside class=\"thb-read-next\">\n<div class=\"post read-next-post\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content-container\">\n<div class=\"post-content entry-content\">\n<p>AEW has announced on its Twitter handle that it will be taking strict action against&nbsp;Sammy Guevara. The wrestler is being suspended without pay and will undergo sensitivity training as a punishment for his statements about WWE Superstar Sasha Banks in a 2016 podcast.<\/p>\n<div id=\"essen-214713504\" class=\"essen-between-post\">&nbsp;In 2016, Guevara was working as an extra in WWE. When he appeared on a podcast, this is what he said about Banks:<\/div>\n<p><em>&ldquo;Bro, Sasha Banks&hellip; oh my God. When I was at the WWE the other week I wanted to just go f**king rape that woman.&rdquo;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The issue has just been brought to light and has been taken as a very serious offense.<\/p>\n<p>AEW released the announcement on Twitter about their decision which is as follows:<\/p>\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\" data-twitter-event-id=\"0\">\n<div id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"EmbeddedTweet EmbeddedTweet--cta js-clickToOpenTarget\" lang=\"en\" data-click-to-open-target=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AEWrestling\/status\/1275157125438849024\" data-iframe-title=\"Twitter Tweet\" data-scribe=\"page:tweet\" data-twitter-event-id=\"4\">\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweetContainer\">\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"Tweet h-entry js-tweetIdInfo subject expanded\" cite=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AEWrestling\/status\/1275157125438849024\" data-tweet-id=\"1275157125438849024\" data-scribe=\"section:subject\">\n<div class=\"Tweet-header\"><a class=\"MediaCard-mediaAsset NaturalImage\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AEWrestling\/status\/1275157125438849024\/photo\/1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"NaturalImage-image\" title=\"View image on Twitter\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/EbJEidhWkAMtgBp?format=png&amp;name=small\" alt=\"View image on Twitter\" width=\"653\" height=\"367\" data-image=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/EbJEidhWkAMtgBp\" data-image-format=\"png\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-body e-entry-content\" data-scribe=\"component:tweet\">\n<div class=\"TweetInfo\">\n<div class=\"tweet-InformationCircle\" data-scribe=\"element:notice\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"CallToAction-icon\" data-scribe=\"element:conversation_icon\">\n<div class=\"Icon Icon--replyCTA \" title=\"View conversation on Twitter\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"View conversation on Twitter\">While Guevara&rsquo;s words may have been a spur of the moment thing, he definitely should have thought about what he was saying before saying it. At any time, making a remark like that in the way that he did would be extremely offensive.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.essentiallysports.com\/aew-wwe-news-sasha-banks-aew-suspends-sammy-guevara-following-offensive-remarks-to-wwe-superstar\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=aew-wwe-news-sasha-banks-aew-suspends-sammy-guevara-following-offensive-remarks-to-wwe-superstar\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.essentiallysports.com\/aew-wwe-news-sasha-banks-aew-suspends-sammy-guevara-following-offensive-remarks-to-wwe-superstar\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=aew-wwe-news-sasha-banks-aew-suspends-sammy-guevara-following-offensive-remarks-to-wwe-superstar<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/>LUKE DIAS<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/wire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/global-regions\/united-states\/\" rel=\"category tag\">United States<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"image\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"cwdfimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p>LUKE DIAS<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4223-logo-6.png\" alt=\"\">&nbsp; &nbsp; AEW has announced on its Twitter handle that it will be taking strict action against&nbsp;Sammy Guevara. The wrestler is being suspended without pay and will undergo sensitivity training as a punishment for his statements about WWE Superstar Sasha Banks in a 2016 podcast. &nbsp;In 2016, Guevara was working as an extra in WWE. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/06\/24\/aew-suspends-sammy-guevara-following-offensive-remarks-to-wwe-superstar\/\">Continue reading <span>AEW Suspends Sammy Guevara Following Offensive Remarks To WWE Superstar<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/24\/aew-suspends-sammy-guevara-following-offensive-remarks-to-wwe-superstar\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-united-states","category-wire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>AEW Suspends Sammy Guevara Following Offensive Remarks To WWE Superstar - Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/24\/aew-suspends-sammy-guevara-following-offensive-remarks-to-wwe-superstar\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"AEW Suspends Sammy Guevara Following Offensive Remarks To WWE Superstar - Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; &nbsp; AEW has announced on its Twitter handle that it will be taking strict action against&nbsp;Sammy Guevara. 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