Dave Meltzer: WWE Sources Deny Involvement In Max Caster's TNA Exit

Some of the biggest news following TNA Bound for Glory 2026 this week was Max Caster's debut in, then quick departure from, the company due to a controversial line in his rap to the ring ahead of facing Moose at the pay-per-view. While some fans believed that TNA's partner company, WWE, could have been involved in Caster's exit, a new report on Friday stated otherwise.

In his rap, Caster used the line, "I drop bombs, you don't even have to fly to Riyadh," referencing recent missile strikes, with fatalities, in the city, where WWE Crown Jewel is still set to be held on November 7. According to Dave Meltzer in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, however, WWE did not have a part in TNA cutting ties with the former AEW star.

Meltzer wrote in the newsletter that "while you never know for sure," those within WWE said they had nothing to do with it. Meltzer cited "key people" in the company that reportedly weren't aware of the situation until Caster's fate in TNA had already been decided by TNA President Carlos Silva. Caster was reportedly on a per-date deal.

In the report, Meltzer commented on further issues, writing that "one would think" at such a big event, touted at TNA's biggest pay-per-view of the year, that someone, like a producer, would have went over what the star was going to rap, which evidently wasn't the case, according to the journalist. Caster had previous issues in AEW with the content of his raps, and was reportedly sent to sensitivity training and kept off AEW programming for two months following lines mentioning the 2006 Duke lacrosse rape allegations scandal, as well as Olympian Simone Biles and AEW star Julia Hart.