WWE has launched two wrestlers after current accusations of sexual misconduct, sources with data of the scenario confirmed to ESPN on Friday.Travis Banks and El Ligero have been faraway from WWE’s NXT United Kingdom model, sources stated. Each had been lately accused of inappropriate sexual conduct as folks in skilled wrestling used social media and the hashtag #SpeakingOut to make their allegations.A number of professional wrestlers from a number of promotions have been disciplined or lower over the previous 10 days. WWE launched wrestler Jack Gallagher, who carried out on the 205 Stay and NXT manufacturers, final week following allegations of sexual assault.Banks, whose actual identify is Travis Bligh, has been accused of emotional abuse throughout a relationship with a 17-year-old trainee. El Ligero, whose actual identify is Simon Musk, has been accused of sexual assault.Each wrestlers are primarily based in England. Banks, whose launch was first reported by Publish Wrestling, is a New Zealand native. El Ligero’s launch was first reported by PW Insider.Banks apologized in an announcement he tweeted Saturday. El Ligero has denied the allegations of sexual assault however admitted to and apologized for inappropriate and undesirable messages despatched to girls. Gallagher, whose actual identify is Oliver Claffey, has but to make a public assertion.Since June 17, men and women in professional wrestling have been sharing tales of alleged inappropriate habits within the enterprise.On June 19, All Elite Wrestling, the second-biggest wrestling promotion in North America behind WWE, introduced that wrestler Jimmy Havoc could be receiving “therapy and counseling in an effort to beat psychological well being and substance abuse challenges in his life.” Havoc was accused by a number of girls of bodily and emotional abuse.AEW additionally suspended Sammy Guevara on Monday after a video clip surfaced of him making a sexual assault “joke” about feminine WWE star Sasha Banks on a podcast 4 years in the past.Influence Wrestling has reportedly launched Joey Ryan, Dave Crist and Michael Elgin following a number of sexual misconduct allegations shared on social media.
