Sports·Posted on Oct 1, 2014WWE Faces Backlash After Wrestler Pulls Down Russian Flag On Live TVLong story short: It pissed off everyone in one way or another.by Nick WrayBuzzFeed Motion Pictures StaffLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail WWE has once again caused controversy after an incident that saw the Russian flag seemingly disrespected on this week's WWE Raw. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Some fans were angered by the segment. Jason Solomon @solomonster #WWE has plenty of fans in Russia. Wonder how they feel about that. I don't know, seems kind of wrong to me. #Raw 02:05 AM - 30 Sep 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite alejandRo @TGBrownHope WWE apologizes for disrespecting Russia's flag. I for one was disgusted by their blatant disrespect. http://t.co/fKlvBDFCwo 11:34 PM - 30 Sep 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite WWE immediately issued an apology. However, the majority of fans were more angry at WWE for apologizing. Cody @CodyfromOhio WWE apologized to Russia over the flag thing? Come the fuck on. Tue Sep 30 22:38:35 UTC+0000 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite Many were angered by an apparent double standard, arguing that the United States seems to be disrespected every week as part of the storyline. Carolina rojas @Carolinaroj310 @WWE Soooo you can insult the US week after week, but insult Russia once and you have to apologize? Such Bs...get it together Tue Sep 30 21:43:09 UTC+0000 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite There were many, MANY tweets along the lines of this one. 'þ @WWE_Obsessed1 Russia can bomb planes and nothing happens. America uses their flag to be part of a story and they have to apologize. Okay. Tue Sep 30 21:43:00 UTC+0000 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite And, well, there were fans who were just sick of wrestling in general. Kerry @TheTBiggz79 @WWE apologizes to Russia bc of a flag but can't apologize for crappy storylines? @WWECreative_ish Tue Sep 30 22:48:56 UTC+0000 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite This is not the first time the pro-Russian storyline involving Rusev and his manager, Lana, has gained negative mainstream attention. View this vine on Vine vine.co Days after the MH17 disaster, the WWE used a subtle reference to the event as part of a program. It's also not the first time WWE has found itself in hot water by degrading a country's flag. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF