Rapper, entrepreneur, promoter, and pro-wrestling superfan Westside Gunn announced he was done “supporting and pushing a brand I’ve loved since I could remember” after Gunn was kicked out of WWE Raw
in his hometown of Buffalo, New York.Being escorted out of KeyBank Center last year was one of several incidents that led the Griselda Records and 4th Rope Wrestling founder to split from the wrestling company he’d long-repped in his art and work. In Gunn’s case, repping WWE meant referencing their shows
and wrestlers in his lyrics, and using images featuring them on his album covers and in other projects. Those names and images are all WWE and parent company TKO’s intellectual property, and Gunn’s received copyright strikes and cease & desists from WWE’s lawyers in the past.
Gunn said he’d been respectful, and “tried having conversations” with the person he said was responsible for WWE’s moves against him before making his announcement last November. Those clearly didn’t work out, and led Gunn to believe they were racially motivated.
A lot’s happened since last year, however. It may have all happened yesterday (Nov. 10)… that’s when Gunn posted he’d had the “one of the biggest meetings of [his] life”. It was with WWE president Nick Khan, and was where the Heels Have Eyes rapper learned whatever issues existed had been cleared up. He’s now excited to be working with WWE, which we imagine will at least involve using WWE IP in his art and music again.
JUST LEFT ONE OF THE BIGGEST MEETINGS OF MY LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! S/O to NICK KHAN 4 MAKING EVERYTHING RIGHT, WHATEVER HAPPENED IN THIS PAST DOESN’T MATTER…..WERE HERE TO PUSH THE CULTURE FOWARD
IF YALL DONT LISTEN TO NOTHING I EVER TELL YOU, HEAR ME WHEN I SAY THIS…. GOD IS THE GREATEST 🤲🏽
WHATS BETTER THAN 3 ROPES????? #4THROPE#HEELSHAVEEYES#HEELMATIC#WWE#CULTURE
No word on how Khan made it right, what this means for Gunn’s 4th Rope promotion, or the likelihood we’ll see him on TBS the next time AEW Dynamite is in Buffalo.
As for why WWE’s president decided to make things right with Westside Gunn? I’m biased, but I hope NK read Marcus’ thoughts on the subject…
