The WWE Makes Rasslin’ Family-Friendly
For those of us who grew up with Hacksaw Jim Duggan and the The Ultimate Warrior, wrestling was an innocent steroid spectacle—until it went apeshit in the late ’90s as a means of getting its ratings up. Well, if the “Attitude Era” wasn’t dead already, it officially went belly-up today with the announcement that the WWE is seeking to make all its television broadcasts conform to a TV-PG rating.
Until now, shows like Raw were rated TV-14, carrying warnings for dialogue, violence and language. But after the new direction takes place, you can look forward to a sanitized version of homoerotic sweat wars. After the jump, watch some memorable examples of the “wrestling” content (R.I.P. bra and panties matches) that you’ll never see on basic cable again.
