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All Elite Wrestling fans made their feelings about U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) known during a match on “Dynamite” on Wednesday.
Maxwell Jacob Friedman (MJF) faced Brody King in an AEW World Championship elimination match. If King were victorious over the reigning champion, he would earn an AEW World Championship match at Grand Slam Australia next weekend.
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Brody King on the ramp during AEW “Collision” on October 3, 2024, at the Huntington Center in Toledo, Ohio. (Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
The two men, in their respective corners, stared at each other. The crowd at the Pearl Concert Theater in Las Vegas erupted in chants of “f— ICE.” MJF and King took advantage of the moment for an extra second or two before the match started.
King ended up defeating MJF fairly quickly after “Hangman” Adam Page took the champion’s attention away. He earned the title shot the next weekend.
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Professional wrestler Maxwell Jacob Friedman attends the UFC 282 event at T-Mobile Arena on December 10, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Cooper Neill/Zuffa LLC)
This wasn’t the first time in the last year that an AEW star was involved in an anti-ICE moment.
King was part of a 14-person tag team match at Grand Slam Mexico in June. He wore a shirt that read “Abolish ICE.” The event took place in Mexico City and occurred as ICE tensions were escalating in Los Angeles.
A protester places debris in a fire as Border Patrol personnel in riot gear and gas masks stand guard outside an industrial park in Paramount, Calif., Saturday, June 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)
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He showed support for protesters in Los Angeles, who opposed raids that took place in the city at the time. Protesters turned violent at several points this week, with police officers injured, self-driving vehicles set on fire and stores looted.
