World Wrestling Entertainment apologized Friday for the use of a picture from the Auschwitz focus camp to advertise one in all its suits all the way through the primary evening of WrestleMania 39 final weekend.
The symbol used to be utilized in a promotional package deal for the fit between Rey Mysterio and Dominik Mysterio on a preview display on April 1.
“We had no wisdom of what used to be depicted. As quickly as we discovered, it used to be got rid of instantly. We ask for forgiveness for this mistake,” the WWE stated in a observation.
The storyline between father and son integrated Dominik Mysterio going to prison after being fascinated with an incident along with his father all the way through Christmas. The symbol of Auschwitz seemed as Dominik stated within the promo “You suppose it is a recreation to me? I served arduous time. And I survived.”
The picture from the focus camp in Oświęcim, Poland, the place 1.1 million folks had been murdered via the Nazis all the way through World War II, used to be changed via inventory pictures of barbed twine and an empty prison cellular within the promo earlier than the fit and in replays.
Some wrestling fanatics have spotted using the Auschwitz picture. It drew extra consideration after the Auschwitz Memorial museum posted on Twitter on Wednesday that the use of the picture “is hard to call an editing mistake.”
“Exploiting the site that became a symbol of enormous human tragedy is shameless and insults the memory of all victims of Auschwitz,” the memorial stated in a observation.
Rey Mysterio, who used to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame final week, defeated his son within the fit.
WrestleMania 39 at SoFi Stadium drew 161,892 and set stadium single-day information on each nights. It used to be additionally the most-streamed tournament on Peacock since final yr’s Super Bowl.
The two-night display additionally got here at the eve of the McMahon circle of relatives agreeing to a merger with the corporate that runs the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
On Monday morning, Endeavor and WWE introduced plans to create a $21.4 billion sports activities leisure corporate.