The video editing department WWE made a mistake that went unnoticed by the executives of the wrestling company, but not by the users of social networks, who immediately regretted that a historical place with a sad past was used to encourage the confrontation between them Mysterious King and his son Dominik Mysterio.
In the promo that aired during the wrestlemania 39, which took place last weekend in sofi stadium, A scene was shown Auschwitz concentration campthe scene of the systematic death of more than one and a half million people, mainly of Jewish origin, by the Nazi German occupying army during the Second World War.
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Auschwitz used to promote Dominik Mysterio’s struggle
The video tells how Dominik Mysterio He takes on his rebellious character against his father after spending less than 24 hours in a prison, a situation that leads him to classify himself as a gang member, but during the scenes that illustrate the prison in which the fighter finds himself was located, the concentration camp of appears Auschwitz in an image that lasts just a split second, long enough that users regret using it for recreational purposes.
The answer from the WWE It took them almost a week to arrive and by this Friday April 7th they were talking about it, acknowledging their mistake and pointing out that they were unaware of using the image for their advertisement so decided was to completely remove the video from all their social networks.
“We had no idea what was being shown. As soon as we found out, it was removed immediately,” the wrestling company said in a message to the Washington Post.
Auschwitz Memorial Regrets WWE’s Use of Images
For its part, the Auschwitz Memorial reacted immediately and, in a statement published on social networks, regretted that the image of a place where so many people died was used to promote a WWE match and additionally considered it an insult to commemorate the victims.
“The fact that the Auschwitz image was used to promote a WWE match is hard to qualify as an ‘editing error.’ The use of the website, which has become a symbol of a great human tragedy, is shameless and insults the memory of all victims of Auschwitz,” the website’s official Twitter account said.
Finn Balor suffers a brutal injury at Wrestlemania 39
Finn balor had a violent confrontation with edge last sunday 2 april in Hell in a Cell from WrestleMania 39 where the Irishman took the brunt of the fight after sustaining a deep head injury that caused profuse bleeding that almost forced the referee to call off the fight.
The wrestler was able to finish the fight in the cage where he was eventually defeated by his opponent and later attended by medical staff to control the blood and close the wound.
Balor shared the stunning image of the wound on his social media and later on Tuesday April 4 uploaded another photo detailing that he had received 14 stitches to close his head and another snapshot with the scars left by Edge being hit with the chair and ladder he used to punish him.
Despite the spectacular injuries, the Irish fighter has not indicated if he will take a break to recover from his injuries or if he can continue working immediately.
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