WWE Superstars Call Out Wrestling Media Personality For Harsh Comments About Alexa Bliss

With tensions still running high amid the untimely death of Hana Kimura, which was the chilling end result of tragic story about cyberbullying, the conversation of social media decorum in pro wrestling has quickly become top of mind.

Fans and members of the WWE locker room remain on high alert for behavior they feel is akin to the harsh comments on social media that drove the 22-year-old Stardom athlete to her own demise, and popular wrestling personality JDFromNY206 has quickly become a target.

JDFromNY206 has a sizable, passionate following of over 30,000 followers on Twitter and over 116,000 subscribers on YouTube. The polarizing analyst has become a mainstay on social media through impassioned, no-holds-barred takes on the current product. JD also has a lengthy history of leveling intense criticism toward Bliss, who claims to have had him “blocked forever.”

In light of the recent call to action for improved behavior on social media within the wrestling community, Bliss finally responded to a specific, rather uncomfortable, rant where JDFromNY206 compared Bliss’ in-ring talent to her sexual prowess.

Said JD:

“She does nothing! She does nothing! She’s just—I guarantee you she’s one of those women that just lays there and just takes it. Nothing. She does nothing. Can you imagine being in bed with Alexa Bliss, man, and she performs the same way she does in the ring? Awful. All look, and no substance whatsoever.”

JDFromNY206 has since responded, defending his controversial take:

Bliss’ response has since led to a firestorm of criticism of the iconoclast, with WWE Superstars Sonya Deville—who suggested she’d get physical with JD—and admitted bullying victim Rhea Ripley weighing in. Alexa Bliss’ own struggles with her self-image in the past while battling an eating disorder makes comments like this—and many others—from JDFromNY206 that much more reckless.

But while calling out irresponsible behavior among wrestling media personalities with large followings is a step in the right direction, it also leads to a potentially slippery slope in the much larger conversation of cyberbullying.

Multiple WWE Superstars, with much larger platforms than JDFromNY206, publicly calling somebody out will only lead to more targeted attacks. As much as JD’s actions should come with appropriate consequences, which hopefully result in growth and evolution for the polarizing figure, what has instead happened feels more like fighting fire with fire.

JDFromNY206 has been publicly labeled a cyberbully, and as a result, many are now cyberbullying him right back.

This is not the answer.

Whether he was in the right or wrong (he was definitely in the wrong here), this post-Hana Kimura controversy only points to the sad reality that there may be no resolution for the troubling dynamic of Twitter’s constant, potentially dangerous targeted attacks, regardless of how beloved (or loathed) the target is.

This recent targeted attack on JDFromNY206, while some may try to argue is warranted, feels like a step backwards in the inconvenient discussion of cyberbullying. (Warning: Some tweets below are NSFW).