In our age of social media, everybody, it seems, has a reaction to everything. Emma's release was no different, and NXT's Lio Rush took to Twitter to comment on the matter and well... he had jokes.
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It's an obvious joke, and the amusement value of it is definitely subjective, but the timing, well, folks didn't take to a wrestler still in WWE's employ and so low on the proverbial totem pole making a joke about a fellow talent's release.
And boy did he hear it. From former WWE Superstars...
@itsLioRush SHOW SOME RESPECT!! Have some class. You work for the same company. I’m so disgusted.
— MilenaRoucka (@LaRosaMendes) October 29, 2017
Sad to see this from you. https://t.co/7cmtITuaQa
— Sean Waltman (@TheRealXPac) October 29, 2017
...to current WWE Superstars...
You aint gonna make it here with the wolves, kid.
— Bray Wyatt (@WWEBrayWyatt) October 29, 2017
...to independent wrestlers...
Laughing at someone who just lost her job. Classy as fuck! Keep your chin up @EmmaWWE! https://t.co/YQCJZW61FU
— LuFisto (@LuFisto) October 29, 2017
Tacky. https://t.co/zPFohe2j0B
— Tessa Blanchard (@Tess_Blanchard) October 29, 2017
...to his own fellow NXT Superstars.
Wow, kid. Didn’t you just get here? Professionalism goes a long way.
— Peyton Royce (@WWEPeytonRoyce) October 29, 2017
Oh, Lio.... pic.twitter.com/le4V6q059C
— WWE Murphy (@WWE_Murphy) October 29, 2017
In the end, Lio did post a lengthy apology and, at the urging of Taz, deleted the original.
@EmmaWWE ❤️ pic.twitter.com/A0heKUK65X
— M.O.T.H (@itsLioRush) October 29, 2017
All’s well that ends well? Well... maybe not, because his apology has drawn a mixed reaction itself.
So busy trying to be a comedian, you forget you’re a dumbass https://t.co/lQbsyWzAsk
— Dash (@DashWilderWWE) October 29, 2017
Apologising because people didn't like your joke, not for joking about someone losing their job. Also, try the English classes at the PC. https://t.co/tZnaDzqB5K
— Jack A. Gallagher (@GentlemanJackG) October 29, 2017
Class act my young friend! “ROOKIE” mistakes are made to learn from!!! #goodman @itsLioRush https://t.co/hCCY98iDau
— Scott Armstrong (@WWEArmstrong) October 29, 2017
There you have it, folks
Lio is an incredible wrestler already at the age of 22 to be sure, but it seems as though he has a way to go to learn to navigate social media etiquette and WWE locker room politics.