Despite how far women’s wrestling has come, it’s a sad reality that there remains a subset of mouth-breathing smarks who still judge women wrestlers primarily based on their looks. Exhibit A: YouTube personality Grim of “Grim’s Toy Show.”
Full disclosure: until writing this article I’d never heard of Grim or his “toy show,” and to be quite frank I can’t deduce what the point of “Grim’s Toy Show” is. According to Grim’s Twitter profile, “Grims [sic] toy show is the first ever wrestling reality show on youtube!” But I have no idea what that means and clicking the link to his YouTube channel doesn’t offer any clarification. My best guess is that “Grim’s Toy Show” started off as a channel dedicated to unboxing/reviewing wrestling figures and toys and somehow evolved into a backyard wrestling federation.
Cool.
Anyway, Grim attended the Royal Rumble in Philadelphia this past Sunday. Like a lot of loser “smart fans” who pretend to understand wrestling, he thought it would be a neat idea to film his reactions to the match live. And when it came to Nia Jax’s entrance in the women’s Royal Rumble match, Grim reacted by repeatedly calling her a “battle cow” and making disparaging comments on her weight.
Grim toy shit can choke. Body shaming is not cool at all. pic.twitter.com/4Fonph6p5t
— ?? (@RIDEBLOODSNGUTS) February 1, 2018
In a word, this is disgusting. And it didn’t take long for Nia herself to fire back.
I’m guessing he wants attention @GrimsToyShow for his horrible behavior, making fun of my weight (which is completely unoriginal ?), but what gets me is that he’s shouting degrading things toward women in front of a young girl. Good job buddy https://t.co/7kfmJXaac0
— Nia Jax (@NiaJaxWWE) February 1, 2018
Nia hit the nail on the head here. While it’s bad enough that Grim loudly and publicly body shamed a woman in the first place, it’s a million times worse than he did it in front of a young, impressionable girl. I seriously hope that girl in the video isn’t his daughter because he’s clearly a terrible role model.
Stop being a dopey brown nosing stan. This is an adult surrounded by children making them think his shitty behavior is okay.
— Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com (@SeanRossSapp) February 1, 2018
For what it’s worth, Grim later removed the video from his personal channels and sent Nia an apology, for which she thanked him.
I messed up this time guys and I’m sorry. I’ll work very hard to be better. I sent an apology to @NiaJaxWWE and removed the video.
— Grim’s Toy Show (@GrimsToyShow) February 1, 2018
Thank you for that bud! No hard feelings at all. https://t.co/EOn7fYUTzX
— Nia Jax (@NiaJaxWWE) February 1, 2018
I sincerely hope Grim learned from his moronic mistake – and the rest of the mouth-breathers too.