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Murphy, now known as Buddy Matthews, posted a pic of a pair of hands breaking free from chains with the caption: "It's here! #FreeAgent".<\/p>\n
The post attracted a barrage of criticism online by followers who were upset he would trivialise slavery by comparing it to working for the WWE.<\/p>\n
Fans online also highlighted how the image that Murphy uploaded is the second image listed on a Google image search for "freedom".<\/p>\n
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Murphy deleted the tweet and apologised for any offence caused.<\/p>\n
"My apologies for the tweet I posted earlier today if it offended you," he wrote.<\/p>\n
"It wasn't my intention AT ALL! And FAR from what I intended it to mean! deleted the tweet. Once again. My apologies!"<\/p>\n
Moments later he issued a new post with a new image of two birds flying out of a cage.<\/p>\n
https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE_Murphy\/status\/1432733619815174151?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/a><\/p>\n Murphy has expressed frustration with his non-compete clause in recent months, and posted a clip of himself wearing what appeared to be a white prison jumpsuit.<\/p>\n Murphy has been tipped to continue his career with Impact Wrestling, All Elite Wrestling Dynamite or Major League Wrestling.<\/p>\n He is one of several ex-WWE stars including Ruby Riott, Braun Strowman, Lana, Aleister Black who were all released from their WWE contracts back on 2 June.<\/p>\n For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0clicking here!<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"