Shelton Benjamin recently revealed a shocking incident from his career | WWE News

The former WWE star spoke about a racist episode he was involved in during his time with WWE, describing his feelings as “completely disgusted.” Benjamin expressed a strong desire to put the incident behind him, emphasizing its disturbing nature and the significant impact it had on him.

Here is a comprehensive overview of Shelton Benjamin’s recent comments on racism during his WWE tenure
WWE has been criticized in the past for portraying racial stereotypes and mocking certain ethnic groups in its programming. Recently, Benjamin spoke about a period of his career with Yoshi Tatsu in which he portrayed the Japanese star. Benjamin expressed regret over his portrayal of Tatsu before their match on an episode of ECW and wished he could erase it from his career history.


Shelton Benjamin posted on the social media platform X: “If there is one thing I could take out of my career, it is this. I am disgusted by this racist incident. I am relieved that my character got kicked in the head in the end and lost. #RacismIsShit”

Before the fight, Benjamin mockingly bowed to the crowd and Yoshi Tatsu. That night, Tatsu gained the upper hand and quickly defeated Benjamin with a kick to the head.

Benjamin, who was released from WWE last year, was formerly a member of the Hurt Business faction. MVP, the group’s leader, recently said racial prejudice prevented the popular group from reuniting. Numerous other wrestlers, such as Lio Rush and Jordan Myles, have also criticized WWE for racial inequality.

Racism seems to be a recurring problem in WWE. This was highlighted by former WWE writer Britney Abrahams’ 2023 lawsuit against WWE and Vince McMahon, alleging discrimination and raising concerns about racist and sexist comments behind the scenes in WWE.


A few months after his release from WWE, Shelton Benjamin met with Simon Miller of What Culture Wrestling and shared his plans. Benjamin explained:

“My plan right now is to just drive around a bit and see what’s out there, what life has to offer. I was in WWE for seven years and ten years before that, so I’m not in a rush at the moment. I’m keeping my options open. I can’t say anyone is more of a frontrunner than anything else, but I want to come back to the UK. I’m going to come back to Australia where I’ll be doing an event there.”

Benjamin is one of the most respected veterans in the ring. He joined the main roster in the spring of 2002 and was part of the same OVW class as Brock Lesnar, Batista, John Cena and Randy Orton.