Jewish-American professional wrestler David Starr delivered a politically charged promo via Twitter on Monday, bashing wrestling promotion Ring of Honor (ROH) and their owner, Sinclair Broadcasting, a month ahead of his world title match in Israel.
Starr is set to challenge ROH World Champion Jay Lethal for the title on April 21 as part of Israeli Pro Wrestling Association's (IPWA) "Passover Bash" event – the first time that the promotion's top prize will be defended in the country. However, the challenger held back few punches as he slammed ROH and Sinclair for what he perceives as a publicity stunt of letting "the little Jew-boy get a flight to Israel to wrestle for [the ROH World] Championship."
“Sinclair Broadcasting, you think you're doing me a favor by having me wrestle for your championship in the homeland?” Starr said in the video. He continued "It's not just a homeland for me because I'm a Jewish man. It's supposed to be the homeland for everyone… It's supposed to be a place that doesn’t deprive its citizens of basic civil human rights!"
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On Tuesday, however, Starr removed the video from Twitter, however, news source Pro Wrestling Sheet was able to save the video on their website.While Starr complied, he maintained that this is not a retraction – and would not apologize for his political views, implying on Twitter that Sinclair may have threatened to pull Lethal from the event.David Starr's Sinclair bashing promo (seen below) has been pulled due to pressure from ROH.DETAILS ⏩ https://t.co/YDG2Nev9TD pic.twitter.com/3z9vNTy6c0
— Pro Wrestling Sheet (@WrestlingSheet) March 20, 2019
— (((David Starr))) (@TheProductDS) March 20, 2019