World Wrestling Entertainment is apologizing for using an image of the Auschwitz concentration camp in a WrestleMania 39 promo for wrestler Dominik Mysterio.
WWE was hyping up the father-son match between Dominik Mysterio and his dad, Rey Mysterio, ahead of the biggest wrestling event of the year, the 39th annual WrestleMania. “WrestleMania Goes Hollywood” was held last Saturday and Sunday at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.
In the original promotional video, Dominik’s backstory plays out through a series of clips, illustrating the longstanding animosity between the young wrestler and his dad. Part of the rift involves Dominik’s imprisonment. At one point he says, “You think this is a game to me. I served hard time, and I survived. Prison changes a man,” while images of prisons and barbed-wire fencing flash across the screen.
