Is WWE’s PG era over?

[fg]

tjrwrestling.net/news/wwes-pg-era-is-officially-over/

This guy seems to think so.

[yokohamacpfc]

Yeah, not because of Rock (who can do what he wants) but KO blading on a weekly TV show to get over a recently debuted midcard guy (albeit one they have big plans for) was pretty damming proof.

[UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm]

i don't even need people to swear and bleed, just please no more G rated WWE. that has been gone for a hot minute now but it was close to unwatchable. we don't need to go back to the attitude era but there can be a nice sweet spot.

[Cyno]

If the shows are regularly rated TV-14 instead of TV-PG, then it's over. Admittedly I don't pay attention to the TV ratings in the upper left hand corner when I watch any wrestling show.

[government mule]

WANKFEST

[Hypnosis]

If "Holy shit!" stops getting censored on NXT over and over, maybe.

[4real]

Please don’t tell this to Roxanne Perez. She’s already completely out of control.

[jean0987654321]

We hope

[polarbearpete]

Meltzer seemed to think so in the Observer this week.

[David-Arquette was in WCW 2000]

I'd read something about 'no restrictions over social media or untelevised content'. That might have been from Meltzer (edit: yeah, it was).

Thing is, wrestling has proved time and time again that it doesn't need to be above a 'PG' rating to be entertaining.

I like some blood, I like some extra violence, and yeah some casual swearing, but there needs to be a reason, and it should be on occasions that fit. WWE seem to be doing that, from the looks of things, and are clearly doing it with a PG rating.

The main issue is when they went too far that way, and could have gotten away with 'U' (is that a 'G' in the US) rating most weeks. Wrestling needs to have some edge. It's a combat sport. But that can be achieved, and has been many times, with the same PG rating they've had for over 15 years

[TWERKIN' MAGGLE]

Taking the PG training wheels off is a test to see if WWE can balance themselves without crashing. So we'll see how it goes.

[clc]

PG is fine by me. PG is more than enough room to tell good stories. I'm not a big fan of swearing and blood. The occasional use of blood is fine but it should be really rare.

[Hypnosis]

Apr 27, 2024 18:33:59 GMT -5 TWERKIN' MAGGLE said:

Taking the PG training wheels off is a test to see if WWE can balance themselves without crashing. So we'll see how it goes.

LA Knight, Tiffany, Liv, Cody, and New Day do 5-Hour Energy commercials.

Lexis King shills Manscaped.

Randy Orton talks about Nugenix with Frank Thomas.

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Cody: "Hey AJ...

...

.... ASS!"

[wgdj]

Apr 27, 2024 15:49:13 GMT -5 UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm said:

i don't even need people to swear and bleed, just please no more G rated WWE. that has been gone for a hot minute now but it was close to unwatchable. we don't need to go back to the attitude era but there can be a nice sweet spot.

What you're describing is the Golden Era.

[fw91]

I don't think PG was as much of a problem as people made it out to be. Being family friendly isn't a hindrance imo. It's other booking factors.

[CMWaters]

TKO and Mr. Levesque are subtly making an appeal to Moxley now that the old geezer's gone.

[DrBackflipsHoffman]

walter promos should be all gwar lyrics in future

[Mayonnaise]

Apr 27, 2024 17:01:57 GMT -5 Hypnosis said:

If "Holy shit!" stops getting censored on NXT over and over, maybe.

That's only going to get worse with the move to CW, lol.

[schma]

We won't be past the PG era until JBL is no longer poopy but rather ... crappy.