WWE Hall of Famer Rick Steiner was recently confronted at the airport for the alleged transphobic slurs.
Impact Wrestling star Gisele Shaw recently lashed out at WWE Hall of Famer Rick Steiner. She alleged that he hurled transphobic insults at her during this weekend’s Wrestlecon signing event.
Shaw transitioned from male to female at age 22 and came out as a transgender woman at the Pride Toronto event at age 33 in 2022.
Shaw took to her Twitter account and accused Steiner. According to Shaw, she was walking to her table and heard someone call her a “man,” “dude,” “a piece of trash,” and “filth” before telling her to “get the f*** away from here.”
At first, she chose to ignore the transphobic tirade and didn’t acknowledge who said it. However, she returned to the same area later on and discovered that it was Steiner, who continued with his insults. When Shaw confronted him about it, he kept yelling derogatory statements at her.
Furthermore, Shaw noted that other wrestling legends in attendance watched the incident unfold and didn’t speak up. “Judging from that experience, it was more important for them to watch something wrong go down as opposed to standing up for someone who’s being bullied and doing what’s right,” she wrote. Shaw said that these incidents keep happening because “people let it slide,” and she won’t work with anyone who does business with those kinds of people moving forward.
Shaw further went on to state that Steiner’s offensive remarks weren’t an isolated incident that day. The WWE Hall of Famer also allegedly used a homophobic slur to refer to another person earlier that day.
Rick Steiner was confronted
WreslteCon did not book Rick Steiner for the event, as he was brought in by a third-party vendor. They still apologized for the act. After he was kicked out of the convention, Scott Steiner signed autographs and took photos alone at the Steiner Brothers’ booth.
It was noted that as Lex Luger and Rick Steiner were apparently traveling back home through the airport, they were confronted by the Joy.Of.Everything YouTube channel. The channel questioned Steiner about the alleged comments he had made to Gisele Shaw. He didn’t want to talk about it.
