Online Abuse and Death Threats Force WWE Star Ridge Holland to Delete His Twitter Account

Professional Wrestling is a very tough and risky business. Injuries are prone in this field of work. In this week’s episode of SmackDown, Elton Prince got injured during his tag match against Brawling Brutes. Prince took a bump that was given by Ridge Holland and dislocated his shoulder in the process. Fans took to Twitter to convey their anger toward Holland. Various Online fits of abuse and death threats to Holland and his family forced Ridge Holland to delete his Twitter account.

One injury can not only cost the wrestler his career but also worst could result in death too. In the latest week’s episode of SmackDown, Elton Prince got injured while wrestling The Brawling Brutes in a tag team match. Prince dislocated his shoulder while being thrown off by Ridge Holland. Elton Prince continued the match and went on to pin Holland for the victory. The injury is expected to take some weeks to heal and as a result, Prince might also have to miss the SummerSlam PLE.

Fans were not at all happy with this and took to Twitter to show their anger towards Ridge Holland. Fans were quick to react and declare Holland the most reckless wrestler in WWE. Twitteratis noted that Big E was also injured by Holland in the year 2022 while performing belly-to-belly.

Holland took to Twitter and clarified that it was not the belly-to-belly move that caused it, but rather a wonky landing from the pounce off the mat. He expressed his well-wishes for Elton Prince’s speedy recovery. Some fans were again not happy with it and trolled Holland mercilessly. And as a result, Ridge Holland was forced to delete his Twitter account due to online abuse and death threats to him and his family.

Fan’s Reaction to Holland’s Deleted Account

People were very quick to react to Ridge Holland’s Twitter deletion. Some said that abusing a wrestler online for an accident is wrong. Some said that people need to understand that WWE is a live wrestling entertainment program. And because of that people make mistakes and accidents do happen in such formats. Here are some of the tweets by the WWE fans.

The fact that people harassed Ridge Holland off of Twitter to the point of deactivating his account is sad.

Mind you that he got actual death threats for both him and his family over Big E’s injury to the point where Xavier had to tweet out telling people to stop. pic.twitter.com/RAjHFibTNS

— kelsey (@itsmekelsey_x) July 16, 2023

To anyone out there that has harassed Ridge Holland, you need to remember something. Accidents happen in a physical line of work, like the wrestling business. Injuries can happen at any time, like they reminded us in those "Don't Try This At Home" commercials.

— Zach (@TheDoubleZTV) July 17, 2023

I feel bad for Ridge Holland, accidents in wrestling and unfortunately injuries come with the territory. However, Ridge does not deserve all the hate headed his way. Be better people, stop being petty and ignorant.

— Saint (@SainttWolf) July 17, 2023

Everyone mentioned who got injured in a ridge Holland match said it wasn’t ridge’s fault, wrestling is a brutal sport and is live, they’re human and gonna make mistakes sometimes but ultimately, the sport is brutal and injuries will happen regardless https://t.co/G16gKn0aZ6

— Little_man9889 (@LMan9889) July 17, 2023

Abuse aimed at Ridge Holland causing him to quit Twitter after being labelled an unsafe worker (when Prince was at fault for over-rotating) and now Asuka getting grief for Bayley's already suspect knee giving out on her.

Glad to see simpletons aren't limited to football. #WWE

— Stu (@CerealKillerStu) July 17, 2023

We believe that the injury of Elton Prince is very disheartening but at the same time bullying a wrestler for an accident is wrong. Injuries are also very common nature of Professional wrestling and that wrestlers already know that. So we think, people should stop judging and bullying Holland for the accident.

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