Nick LoPiccolo is pushing back hard after a wave of online attacks tried to discredit him—not by challenging what he’s saying about All Elite Wrestling, but by going after him personally.
After posting a series of strong opinions about AEW, LoPiccolo became a target for critics online, with some accounts accusing him of being on drugs or drunk simply based on how he tweets and speaks. Instead of ignoring it, he addressed the claims directly during an appearance on BodySlam.net’s podcast with Famous Davis. He made it clear right away that the accusations are baseless and coming from people who don’t actually know anything about his life.
“People are like, ‘Oh, he’s on coke, he’s on coke.’ I’m like, no… I don’t do coke. I don’t do drugs. I don’t drink. I don’t do any of that s**. I just have a lot of energy. I talk fast. I get fired up. I’m passionate about what I’m saying. That’s just how I am. I’ve always been like that.”*
He didn’t stop there. LoPiccolo went further, calling out the way people online create narratives about him without any real information.
“Okay, so how do people know about cocaine? Or about like… my family life? How people know about any of this? They all make it up.”
The situation escalated because critics weren’t just disagreeing with his AEW takes—they were trying to dismiss him entirely by labeling his behavior as something else. According to LoPiccolo, that says more about the people making the accusations than it does about him. He also acknowledged his past openly, explaining that he’s not pretending to have lived a perfect life, but that has nothing to do with what people are claiming now.
“Fine. But like, okay, fine. Like, I’ve done everything… I played football, I ran track in college. I did steroids… I remember, like, one time I did mushrooms and ketamine and weed and coke in the same night in college… it doesn’t matter.”
His main point is simple—people are taking how he sounds and turning it into something it’s not, instead of focusing on what he’s actually saying. LoPiccolo also took aim at how those kinds of accusations get used as a weapon online, especially when debates get heated.
“…if you weaponize it and say okay, this person’s an addict… you’re not… you’re not like in real life either.”
At the end of the day, this isn’t just about one person getting criticized—it’s about how quickly online discourse can shift from disagreement to personal attacks when people don’t like what’s being said. LoPiccolo made it clear he’s not backing down, and if anything, the noise around him is only bringing more attention to his claims.
Do you think going after someone personally instead of addressing their argument crosses a line, or is that just how things work online now? Drop your thoughts below and join the conversation.
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