WWE released a statement to The Washington Post apologizing for using Auschwitz footage to promote Rey vs. Dominik at WrestleMania.
The statement reads:
“We had no knowledge of what was depicted. As soon as we learned, it was removed immediately.”
WWE replaced the footage with generic barbed wired footage.
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