UPDATED: Last Week Tonight WWE Segment Gets Mainstream Coverage, More Wrestlers Respond

UPDATE: And now CM Punk has reacted on Twitter to being mentioned during the Last Week Tonight segment that took shots at WWE for not taking care of its wrestlers. He wrote:

I shit my britches, please RT @LastWeekTonight (I love you!) @iamjohnoliver

— player/coach (@CMPunk) April 1, 2019

Quotes from Punk’s appearance on the Art of Wrestling podcast were featured on the show, particularly where he mentioned being given Z-packs by WWE medical to the point that he defecated himself on an episode of Smackdown. He later tweeted about having “shit his britches”, but WWE requested he take it down.

Original: Last night, Last Week Tonight host John Oliver took a closer look at WWE and its treatment of talent, including a lack of healthcare. The majority of the segment focused on the classification of talent as “independent contractors.” The story has been picked up by mainstream websites such as Deadline, The Huffington Post, Time, Newsweek, The Hollywood Reporter and more.

Other wrestlers have also responded, which you can see below.

I guess if they induct a Celebrity into the WWE HOF this year it won’t be @iamjohnoliver 😳 pic.twitter.com/Fmop7NXmno

— Lance Storm (@LanceStorm) April 1, 2019

https://twitter.com/theAdamPage/status/1112703819987775488

https://twitter.com/theAdamPage/status/1112715980004823043

@LastWeekTonight Thank you John Oliver!! #keepingupthefight #notindependentcontractors #union

— Chavo Guerrero jr. (@mexwarrior) April 1, 2019

https://twitter.com/alexdelbarrio/status/1112588190504927232

https://twitter.com/RebyHardy/status/1112596364909670400