WWE pulls Trick Williams t-shirt after fans call it racist

WWE quietly removed a new Trick Williams T-shirt from its online shop following online backlash from fans who called the merchandise racist. The shirt, which debuted on WWE Shop on Monday (September 21), played on Trick’s “Lemon Pepper Steppers” catchphrase by depicting the United States Champion’s white boot encircled by fried chicken wings. The reaction to the shirt was overwhelmingly negative on social media. Some fans called it ugly, while others questioned if A.I. had created the design. But more problematic for WWE were the fans who objected to what they characterized as racism given the fact that the company approved fried chicken imagery on a T-shirt for a Black wrestler. “Seeing that racist ass Trick Williams shirt…..WWE didn’t learn s**t from the ACH incident. They are who they are,” wrote one person on X (Twitter), referencing a T-shirt made years ago for former NXT talent Jordan Myles, now known as ACH, which critics said resembled blackface. “That Trick Williams shirt