Michael Cravens career may have taken the first hitbut it wasnt the only thing that suffered after the Wrestling Observers report linked him to internal issues in NJPW.
According to Craven, the damage spilled into his home life in a terrifying way.
On Podcast Heat Wrestling, Just days after the article came out, one of my children received a death threat via social media, he revealed. My kids, who are half-Japanese, started getting bullied at school.
Already under career pressure and an internal investigation, Craven faced another personal crisishis wife was battling terminal cancer during the chaos. The mental stress was enormous, but I kept smiling and doing my job, Craven said. Meanwhile, my wife was suffering from added stress because of this situation.
To this day, Craven says the article still haunts him online. If you Google my name, that article is the first thing you see. Its cost me job opportunities. That article has never been corrected.
He says wrestling media needs to be held accountable for publishing unchecked claims. What happened led to cyberbullying toward me and my kids, online harassment It made me afraid to even be on social media.
Michael Craven is now speaking out not just for himself, but as a warning: careless reporting can cause real, long-lasting harm.
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