ACH recently did a Q&A on Twitter and talked about what is going on with his status with WWE as of right now. ACH made a video on Twitter last week and stated that he is quitting WWE because of their racism towards him.
ACH was asked if he would rather compete for New Japan or AEW:
“New Japan, not that I got anything against AEW, but New Japan, I love New Japan. I feel like I got a lot more left to accomplish there.”
ACH also commented on if he will be able to move on from WWE:
“Legally, no. Mentally, yes.”
ACH also discussed how he felt WWE was racist:
“The WWE was racist to me because of the T-shirt that they produced for me. I was lied to, which really hurt my feelings the most. On top of that, if that was their image of me, what does that say about, you know, the kids, the African-American kids that watch it. Or just people in general that watch it, that felt some kind of way about that shirt, not just me. I think that that shirt was disrespectful, it was disgraceful. And on top of that, it was a slap in the face. Not only to myself, but all the viewers that look just like me. I think that that shirt was completely racist, and if you go back and you do the history, I mean yeah they’ve given titles and championships to African-Americans. But that doesn’t take away the fact that they have done things that were very insensitive to the African-American community. And I think a lot of people need to really look at that.”
ACH also spoke on WWE making Kofi Kingston WWE Champion:
“A lot of people have been telling me, ‘Well, what about Kofi?’ Kofi, man, you can’t touch Kofi. Kofi’s one of the greatest of all-time, especially now that he became the World champion. Like, you cna’t put nothing on that. But that doesn’t take away from the fact that when you look at the history of WWE, all the stereotypes that they have created in the past. That is what makes them racist.”
ACH commented on if he believes Triple H buried Booker T at WrestleMania 19:
“There were definitely some things said in promos that kind of made me feel a little bit uncomfortable, that kind of made me feel a little bit uneasy. And what it comes down to is, if Booker T was uncomfortable with that. Everybody’s different. Some people like to use that as fuel, some people like to use that stuff as motivation. Everybody’s different, I can’t speak on something like that. Do I feel it was racist? Uh, a little bit. But for the most part, I mean that’s something you’d have to ask Booker.”
ACH also explained why he took his issues to social media:
“I know a lot of people aren’t happy with the decisions that I’ve made as far as the way that I voice my opinion on social media. And I will admit, a lot of it was definitely fueled off of emotion. But it was correct emotion. And I won’t take anything back, and I refuse to apologize because I meant it. And if I meant it, that’s why I said it. And that’s what’s most important.”
Lastly, ACH spoke on the rumors of him having mental health issues:
“The thing about the mental health is, I do suffer with anxiety. And I do suffer with depression, and I can have bad mood swings sometimes. But that doesn’t mean when I speak out, that I’m just speaking out and it doesn’t have any meaning behind it. The t-shirt triggered things from my past, and it all came up at once and a lot of anger from my past came up with it, as well. And that caused me to come at people the way that I did. Again, I’m not gonna apologize for what I said. What I said, I meant it. And that’s just how it goes.”
Credit ACH and H/T to 411Mania for the transcription of the Q&A
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