CW upset with the Rough Ryder on their program?

[Sparkybob]

The CW Network doesn’t approve of Zack Ryder’s finisher the “Rough Ryder.” On the September 22nd edition of WWE Saturday Morning Slam, Ryder used the move to defeat William Regal. The move was edited out with a cut away to the crowd on that show. This is due to the show’s rule about no moves that focus on the head or neck area.

Ryder is popular among the kids demographic and the WWE and CW Network recognize the value of him being featured on the program. WWE is still planning to have Ryder in more matches on the program but per the CW Network not wanting to violate their policy involving moves aimed at the neck, it appears that they will have to find another way to end Ryder’s matches on the show.

Overall, the CW Network is said to be happy with the Saturday Morning Slam program and have even told WWE they would like to see more wrestling matches featured on the program.

www.pwmania.com/cw-upset-ryders-finisher#.UGozzpjA98N Maybe NEWZ but still interesting none the less.

[Ronny Rayguns Is All Elite]

I thought it was gonna say they were upset because it ws the name of a condom

[unholyminion]

Another way to end his matches, huh?

Notice they didn't say another way for him to win.

[Spankymac is sick of the swiss]

I would have figured it was because, for all intents and purposes, you could easily rename the move to the "Flying Dick To the Mouth".

[Jeremy]

I wanna see someone use the heart punch.

[Gerard Gerard]

Yes, well done CW, because we all knew that the WWE needed a reason to keep Zack Ryder off television..........

[rnrk supports BLM]

I once saw Zack's finisher referred to on here as the "flying dick to face", and ever since, I've never been able to unsee it.

No wonder they don't want it on kids' programming.

[Bub (BLM)]

Jesus christ, when I was a kid Elmer Fudd used to shoot Daffy Duck in the head and turn him to ash. I don't see how Zack Ryder's finisher is so offensive.

[DZ: WF Legacy]

I don't get the no head rule. If a parent doesn't want their kid to watching wrestling, they're not going to just decide, "Oh! Well they don't hit each other on the head for this show, so it's okay!" They won't let them watch period.

I could see them saying "no punching the head" and axing the more violent looking moves. I get that much since they want the G-rating.

[The Tee Why]

So his finisher will be a rollup then?

[Jeremy]

Oct 1, 2012 22:53:09 GMT -5 Bub (BLM) said:

Jesus christ, when I was a kid Elmer Fudd used to shoot Daffy Duck in the head and turn him to ash. I don't see how Zack Ryder's finisher is so offensive.

Because Zack Ryder wins. There is no reason for that. ;D

[zeez]

I guess you could say that Ryder's finisher was a little too...



...rough.

[CATCH_US IS the Conversation]

I'm sure that Zack doing the Rough Ryder was probably just a botch. He might have forgotten about the neck thing.

[Mayonnaise]

Oct 1, 2012 22:53:09 GMT -5 Bub (BLM) said:

Jesus christ, when I was a kid Elmer Fudd used to shoot Daffy Duck in the head and turn him to ash. I don't see how Zack Ryder's finisher is so offensive.

Because most kids are smart enough to realize the difference between cartoons and real life, let alone shooting someone in the face being bad, but not all will heed the warnings of "Do not do this" when it comes to wrestling (and I include my generation as well as I would wrestle with my friends after watching the matches). CW and WWE don't want to see a kid get injured because they watched WWE on CW, tried a move and broke someone's neck.

["Magic" Mark Hurr]

Oct 1, 2012 22:57:45 GMT -5 Mayonnaise said:

Oct 1, 2012 22:53:09 GMT -5 Bub (BLM) said:

Jesus christ, when I was a kid Elmer Fudd used to shoot Daffy Duck in the head and turn him to ash. I don't see how Zack Ryder's finisher is so offensive.

Because most kids are smart enough to realize the difference between cartoons and real life, let alone shooting someone in the face being bad, but not all will heed the warnings of "Do not do this" when it comes to wrestling (and I include my generation as well as I would wrestle with my friends after watching the matches). CW and WWE don't want to see a kid get injured because they watched WWE on CW, tried a move and broke someone's neck.

also, you wouldn't want a kid to attempt a rough ryder on a kid only for a kid to dodge it and pin him with a rollup in the middle of the cafeteria in front of everyone. think of the embarrassment.

[SEAN CARLESS]

When I was a kid, no one had any issues with Jake Roberts dropping dudes neck first into the mat on saturday mornings. Or big fat guys squashing people so they were carried out on stretchers. What's with this pussy generation? (and I don't mean the kids; I mean the spineless/clueless adults who make these micromanaged decisions?).

Here are some of the things that flew in Saturday morning wrestling (PG rated) 25 years ago:

-Ricky Steamboat swallows his tongue after Savage crushed his throat with a ringbell.
-Rick Rude gets his tights ripped off by Jake Roberts.
-Brutus Beefcake gets his head bloodied by Ron Bass's spurs. (and even when they edited it, you could see the blood).
-Sika eats a live chicken.
-Hogan gets beaten to a pulp with a police man's billy club by Big Boss Man.
-It's implied that the Islanders abused Mathilda the bulldog after stealing her.

And this is not even getting into 1991 things like people being locked in caskets, Bret Hart being electrocuted by The Mountie, and Randy Savage's arm getting gnawed on by Jake's King Cobra.

Society needs to get their heads out of their asses. These same people making these calls are the same one's who grew up with this stuff.

[Oh Cry Me a Screwball]

Hmm...maybe Zack will just use the Broski Boot. Oh wait, that won't work.

Maybe he can bring back the Zack Attack. Oh crap, that move is worse than the Rough Ryder.

What the hell is he going to do?

[Krimzon]

Oct 1, 2012 23:08:37 GMT -5 Oh Cry Me a Screwball said:

Hmm...maybe Zack will just use the Broski Boot. Oh wait, that won't work.

Maybe he can bring back the Zack Attack. Oh crap, that move is worse than the Rough Ryder.

What the hell is he going to do?

Lose.

[Oh Cry Me a Screwball]

Oct 1, 2012 23:18:50 GMT -5 Krimzon said:

Oct 1, 2012 23:08:37 GMT -5 Oh Cry Me a Screwball said:

Hmm...maybe Zack will just use the Broski Boot. Oh wait, that won't work.

Maybe he can bring back the Zack Attack. Oh crap, that move is worse than the Rough Ryder.

What the hell is he going to do?

Lose.

Not if he's facing Regal.

[Citizen Grimm]

Oct 1, 2012 23:08:37 GMT -5 Oh Cry Me a Screwball said:

Hmm...maybe Zack will just use the Broski Boot. Oh wait, that won't work.

Maybe he can bring back the Zack Attack. Oh crap, that move is worse than the Rough Ryder.

What the hell is he going to do?

Well, looks like its time to give Ryder the WWE's go to generic finisher: the Overdrive/Playmaker.

Wait...even that target's the head/neck area?

Ummmm........the Woo Woo Woo elbow drop?