The Right Thing: Wrestling World Reacts To Quaden Bayles Situation And Offers To Help

Acts of kindness. Wrestlers are an interesting case as while they are playing characters that are both heroes and villains (or occasionally both), they are still celebrities and people that fans watch on television every week. That moves them into a higher level in some fans’ lives and allows them to do things that a lot of people couldn’t do. Sometimes, the wrestlers get to do some rather cool things as a result.

During the previous week, news broke of a nine year old Australian boy named Quaden Bayles who had been severely bullied due to his dwarfism. In a video posted to Facebook, Bayles can be heard asking for a knife so he can kill himself. As a result, comedian Brad Williams, who also has dwarfism, has launched a Go Fund Me page to held send Bayles to Disneyland. Various celebrities have gotten involved as well, including some wrestling personalities.

Since the video launched, several wrestlers have joined the cause while also attempting to get Bayles to WrestleMania 36 on April 5. They have also offered to pay for his flights as well as various gifts for him while he would be on his trip. In addition, Hornswoggle, who also has dwarfism, posted a video offering advice to Bayles, saying that he should try not to let the bullying get to him because that is what the bullies want. The Disneyland Go Fund Me page has already exceeded its goal but is ongoing.

The Go Fund Me page can be found right here.

Here are some of the wrestlers’ responses. Check out their thoughts, plus Hornswoggle’s video:

You are loved Quaden ?? #EndBullying https://t.co/u2qqyjEeIt

— Lexi Kaufman (@AlexaBliss_WWE) February 21, 2020

Wow, @funnybrad, what an incredible response to your amazing act of kindness. Great stuff! https://t.co/NbnK3sxzrJ

— The UNKILLABLE Matt Hardy (@MATTHARDYBRAND) February 21, 2020

This is so upsetting and heartbreaking gosh we have to be better and do better #WestandwithQuaden https://t.co/FaAG1o7f2e

— Trinity Fatu (@NaomiWWE) February 20, 2020

I’m down to spoil him too! Let me know what I can do @RealPaigeWWE … I can introduce him to 2pawz in Tampa and he can ride in the Pawserati and we can put together a gift bag of fun WWE merchandise for him! I’ve got tons of cool stuff in my “wrestling room” ?? https://t.co/jLKNBIPG54

— NattieByNature (@NatbyNature) February 20, 2020

Omg dude… I’ll will pay for his families flights to go to Tampa. https://t.co/l4QKIcAkPD

— PAIGE (@RealPaigeWWE) February 20, 2020

Opinion: This is something that is rather awesome when you think about it. Bayles is someone who has had to go through some rather horrible treatment and now he’s getting rewarded for dealing with it. At the end of the day, no one should have go to through something like this but some people are going to have to. He didn’t do anything wrong and it is nice to see him getting something kind like this after what he has had to go through.

What would you say to Bayles? What is your favorite WWE charity interaction? Let us know in the comments below.

Thomas Hall has been a wrestling fan for over thirty years and has seen over 50,000 wrestling matches. He has also been a wrestling reviewer since 2009 with over 5,000 full shows covered. You can find his work at kbwrestlingreviews.com, or check out his- Amazon author page with 30 wrestling books. Get the latest and greatest in professional wrestling news by signing up for our daily email newsletter. Just look below for “GET EXCLUSIVE UPDATES” to sign up. Thank you for reading!