Nick LoPiccolos war of words with AEW just took another twistand this time, it comes with a platform penalty.
Hours after LoPiccolo unleashed a brutal thread aimed at AEW and Tony Khan, alleging defamation campaigns, coordinated media manipulation, and targeted harassment over a span of months, he shared a screenshot on Instagram showing that his account on X/Twitter had been temporarily locked for allegedly violating the platforms rules. The message read:
According to the screenshot, LoPiccolo is unable to post, like, follow, or repost during the suspensiononly able to view content and send direct messages to followers. The timing raises serious questions.
LoPiccolo had just posted an extensive thread exposing what he described as a long-running effort by AEW leadership to silence or discredit him. That included claims of:
- AEW-linked bot attacks
- False rumors about his job status being seeded to reporters
- A fake arrest record being spread under his name
- His five-year-old daughter being dragged into targeted harassment
- Alleged calls from AEW leadership and their reps threatening defamation suits
And now, just hours later, his account gets locked? Theres no confirmed proof that AEW or Tony Khan had anything to do with the enforcement action. But it hasnt stopped observers from raising eyebrowsespecially given that LoPiccolo specifically referenced the role of faceless bot networks and hyper-online AEW partisans in his original tweets. Those bots, he claimed, were likely activated in part because he posted a smiling photo of his daughter at a WWE eventprompting waves of spam replies and circulating false arrest records tied to another man with a similar name.
By posting the lockout screenshot to Instagramthe very platform he previously claimed everyone in Hollywood actually pays attention tohe reinforced his original message: that Twitter/X is now little more than a battleground for tribal PR warfare.
As of this writing, AEW and Tony Khan have still not issued any public response to LoPiccolos original claims. Ringside News will continue to keep you updated, while other wrestling sites probably wont because it doesnt fit their agenda.
Will LoPiccolos Instagram become his new outlet? Or will this suspension only add fuel to the fire hes already lit? Let us know what you think. Coincidence? Retaliation? Or just a glitch in the system?
