WWE SmackDown GM Nick Aldis has officially returned to X (formerly Twitter), and no, he is not here to sell you “WWE Coin”—despite what his rogue account may have promised in a brief but chaotic crypto detour.
Aldis’ account was hacked earlier this week and quickly transformed into a glorified wrestling-themed Ponzi scheme. Whoever hijacked the handle went full digital snake oil salesman, promoting a shady crypto token called WWE Coin, which, we assure you, does not exist (and if it did, it would probably crash faster than Lacey Evans’ booking momentum).
Aldis, once back in control of his account, responded with the digital version of a facepalm and a sense of humor:
“Believe it or not, no, I wasn’t trying to sell you a sh**coin,” he posted, alongside a South Park GIF of PC Principal urging everyone to move on. “I’m back on X and will resume my usual activity of mostly reposting (which ironically was to avoid trouble).”
Corey Graves, never one to let a cyber disaster go unmocked, chimed in with a jab:
“Well great. I already gave the guy $100 in Doge to mint a John Cena coin.”
Aldis joins an increasingly weird club of wrestling figures whose social media has been hijacked for sketchy purposes. Mick Foley once had his account compromised by a scammer selling fake PlayStations, because apparently PS5s and legends’ reputations were both in short supply in 2022. And in a more bizarre turn, Kenny Omega’s account was taken over last year by pranksters who used the opportunity not for scams, but to roast AEW in the middle of Omega’s battle with diverticulitis.
While WWE has dabbled in digital assets (hello, Undertaker NFTs and the forgotten Moonsault collection), there’s been zero indication that the company plans to launch its own crypto. So if someone offers you “WWE Coin”, politely decline and maybe ask if they have any Dogecoin memes from 2021 instead.
Aldis, thankfully, is back behind the keyboard—reposting memes, reposting SmackDown clips, and probably keeping his passwords somewhere safer than “wrestling123.”