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Simone Garcia Johnson, the former WWE NXT wrestler known as Ava and daughter of pro wrestling legend Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, ripped the Trump administration and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in a social media post on Sunday.
Garcia Johnson announced his departure from WWE on Friday. She was used as the general manager of NXT – WWE’s developmental brand – and was part of the Schism faction earlier in her time with the brand.
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Ava opens the contract signing at the NXT Great American Bash at the Center Stage Theater on July 12, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Bradlee Rutledge/WWE)
The criticism of the White House was her first post since leaving the company.
“And now that I can say this with my full chest, (middle finger emoji) ICE and the entire administration,” she wrote on X.
WWE figures have built a close relationship with President Donald Trump before and after he was elected. Former chairman Vince McMahon notoriously wrote Trump into a storyline that played into WrestleMania 23 in 2007. WrestleMania IV and WrestleMania V also took place in Atlantic City, New Jersey, which Trump Plaza, the business mogul’s former casino, sponsored.
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Ava in ring portrait during NXT at WWE Performance Center on February 21, 2023 in Orlando, Florida. (Matt Pendleton/WWE via Getty Images)
During Trump’s second term, WWE star Roman Reigns expressed his support for the president in April 2025.
“I support our president. Trump is one of those guys where he has a tremendous history and a tremendous background,” Reigns, who said the choice for the 2024 election was “very clear,” told Vanity Fair. “He’s been in entertainment. He’s been in big business, politics. At this point, I support a bright future for our country. Positive and competent leadership. For us to be what we need to be, to be a world leader and to carry that respect and do what a world power like us should do.”
Reigns criticized Trump for picking fights with political rivals, saying Trump “needs that opponent.”
Paul “Triple H” Levesque addresses the crowd during Wrestlepalooza at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on September 20, 2025 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Michael Marques/WWE via Getty Images)
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WWE Chief Content Officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque has been linked to the administration since he was tapped to help revive the Presidential Fitness Test.
