Former WWE and ECW commentator Joey Styles, who had been working with EVOLVE Wrestling since being let go by the WWE, is apparently done with the company after he made a remark to ring announcer Joanna Rose during last night’s EVOLVE 72 internet pay-per-view on FloSlam, noting that “President-Elect Donald Trump would like to grab her by the….”, before turning to Stokely Hathaway and stating that, “speaking of the word” he didn’t use, it brings Styles to him.
The line, which is expected to be edited off the iPPV replay on the FloSlam platform, immediately saw EVOLVE Wrestling’s Gabe Sapolsky take to Twitter and publicly announce that Styles was fired and essentially done with the company. Styles was said to have apologized to everyone in the back before he left the show, with the line something that was not scripted ahead of time by EVOLVE Wresting and something that Styles done off the cuff, which backfired on him.
I deeply apologize for Joey Styles' comments and am furious
— Gabe Sapolsky (@BookItGabe) November 13, 2016
We've parted ways with Joey Styles and that's my final comment on this. Thank you for your support.
— Gabe Sapolsky (@BookItGabe) November 13, 2016