Watch The Used Tampon Spot That Broke Pro Wrestling Twitter

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Indie wrestling is at it again. Back on December 30th, at a show for Suburban Fight Pro Wrestling, an L.A.-based promotion that runs adults-only shows in bars, up-and-coming goth girl wrestler and Mae Young Classic competitor Priscilla Kelly did a spot where she pulled a supposed used tampon out of her shorts and dangled it menacingly before stuffing it in the mouth of her opponent, a woman named Tuna.

On Saturday night, a video of the incident suddenly caught fire on Twitter. You can watch it here, but if you’re just going to say it’s disgusting and you regret having seen it, remember that the option to not watch it exists.

— Adam Ramirez (@AdamRivalPro) December 31, 2018

As the video spread across Twitter, a lot of people objected, including Impact Hall-of-Famer Gail Kim:

— Gail Kim-Irvine (@gailkimITSME) January 5, 2019

And WWE Hall-of-Famer Jim Ross, who kept his reaction to one word:

— Jim Ross (@JRsBBQ) January 5, 2019

And WWE Producer Road Dogg:

— Brian G. James (@WWERoadDogg) January 6, 2019

When Kelly offered a lighthearted dismissal of the criticism…

21+ show with a bar. Can't take life so serious all the time.

Call me what you will…

— The Priscilla Kelly (@priscillakelly_) January 5, 2019

…that’s when Jim Cornette really got mad:

— Jim Cornette (@TheJimCornette) January 6, 2019

Of course there were also defenders of Priscilla Kelly and the spot, including members of the live audience:

— Justin Cotterell (@justin_cesi) January 5, 2019

And quite a few wrestlers, including (unsurprisingly) Joey Ryan:

— Joey Ryan (@JoeyRyanOnline) January 6, 2019

Wrestling is Art!@priscillakelly_ is wrestling’s GG Allin. https://t.co/EzdnJEKafc

— Colt Cabana (@ColtCabana) January 6, 2019

The @priscillakelly_ spot was bloody genius!

— Bad Boy Joey Janela (@JANELABABY) January 6, 2019

It’s 2019. Nothing is “right” and nothing is “wrong”. If the audience enjoys it and reacts favorably it worked. No need to criticize the kids for trying something different. I understand if you didn’t like it. But in my opinion, the most important thing is that nobody got hurt. https://t.co/e5Sr55DEFH

— Mikey Whipwreck (@mikeywhipwreck_) January 6, 2019

The business is about drawing, getting buzz along with a strong healthy/safe controversy …that equals getting over. You GOT OVER, keep kicking ass! https://t.co/6OKJVk3FdE

— TAZ (@OfficialTAZ) January 6, 2019

Even Road Dogg, who’d heard from plenty of fans after his initial statement that Priscilla was why people despise wrestling, decided to apologize:

— Brian G. James (@WWERoadDogg) January 6, 2019

And Reby Hardy offered a particularly cogent explanation of the reactions to the spot:

— Reby Hardy (@RebyHardy) January 6, 2019

In an industry where it’s almost standard practice for guys in hardcore matches to rub their opponents’ blood into their own faces, and where Sami Callihan hocks loogies onto his hand before chopping people, and yes, an industry where Joey Ryan does all that stuff with his penis, for Priscilla to get called out as particularly disgusting does seem to reflect a double standard when it comes to which body parts and bodily fluids are regarded as the most disgusting.