Darren Young has criticized the WWE for its three-day tour of the United Arab Emirates, where gay sex is illegal. WWE decided not to take the openly gay wrestler to Abu Dhabi for his own safety.

‘Why do we bring the best entertainment into a country [sic] like Abu Dhabi and they look down upon women and gays? I get it! #MillionsofDollars,’ he tweeted on Tuesday (10 February) night.

Within minutes, Young deleted the tweets, seemingly at the behest of WWE, and replaced them with the following posts: ‘My freedom of speech is gone. Gone but not forgotten.