Some of the biggest news following TNA Bound for Glory 2026 this week was the debut of Max Custer; then a quick departurethe company is due to a controversial line in his rap to the ring standing before Moose on pay-per-view. While some fans believed that TNA’s partner company, WWE, may have been involved in Custer’s ouster, a new report on Friday said otherwise.
In his rap, Custer used the line “I drop bombs, you don’t even have to fly to Riyadh” in reference to the recent missile strikes that resulted in casualties in the city, where the WWE Crown Jewel is yet to be held on November 7. According to Dave Meltzer. The Wrestling Observer NewsletterHowever, WWE was not involved in TNA cutting ties with the former AEW star.
Meltzer wrote in the newsletter that “although you never know for sure,” members of WWE said they had nothing to do with it. Meltzer cited “key people” in the company who were reportedly unaware of the situation until Custer’s fate in TNA had already been decided by TNA President Carlos Silva. Custer was reportedly in a one-date deal.
In the report, Meltzer commented on the subsequent issues, writing that “one would think” at such a big event, promoted on TNA’s biggest pay-per-view of the year, that someone like a producer would go over what the star was going to rap about, which the reporter said was clearly not the case. Custer had previous releases on AEW with his rapper contentand was reportedly sent to sensitivity training and removed from AEW programming for two months following the 2006 Duke lacrosse rape allegations scandal, as well as lines referencing Olympian Simone Biles and AEW star Julia Hart.