AEW: Hikaru Shida ‘proud of my race’ after Spanish language commentator fired for mocking her Japanese accent
- Former All Elite Wrestling women’s champion says ‘I don’t even feel anger so don’t worry about me’
- Spanish language broadcast team member Willie Urbina was swiftly let go after insulting impersonation during live ‘AEW Dynamite’ broadcast
Hikaru Shida has broken her silence after All Elite Wrestling fired Spanish commentator Willie Urbina for mocking her accent.
Urbina made an insulting impersonation of the 32-year-old Japanese star during the Spanish language broadcast of Friday night’s episode of AEW Dynamite.
Kanagawa-born Shida had just delivered her first in-ring promo in English thanking the crowd at Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, Florida, for their support after reaching the one-year milestone as women’s champion in the US wrestling promotion.
“I didn’t wanna talk about this before my big day, so let me tell you now,” Shida wrote in a tweet on Monday night, after surrendering her title to Britt Baker at Sunday’s Double or Nothing pay-per-view in the same arena.
“I don’t give a s*** what other people say about my race because I love it and I [am] proud of it, and because I know which is fool. I don’t even feel anger. So don’t need to worry about me.”