So Whose Idea Was It To Go PG Anyways?

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Sure, it could have been a group decision, but the idea had to have originated in someone's mind.

[y4j1981]

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^WWE was PG long before Linda was running for office. The "Golden Era" of WWE was PG, and some of the Attitude Era was PG.

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I think it was one of the terms of their Mattel deal, but they were probably looking at going back to it anyway after the Benoit stuff.

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Sept 3, 2013 2:13:47 GMT -5 y4j1981 said:

Those are reasons though not the person. Let's say it was just for Linda's race. That doesn't necessarily make it Linda's idea or Vince's.

[JTG Fan]

I'd say Benoit killing himself and his family played a large part in the decision, the idea itself was probably broached at a WWE Board of Directors meeting.

[Jedi-El of Tomorrow]

It was John Cena's idea, Cena ruined wrestling by forcing WWE to go PG. He knew he couldn't be a main eventer in any other environment, just ignore how massively popular he was with the IWC in 2003 to summer of 2005.

Honestly, it probably had a whole lot to do with Mattel. Vince had been trying for years to get a deal with Mattel, and he finally did. So they're keeping it PG to keep the deal, and make more money.

[percymania]

To me it sure seemed like a reaction to the Benoit deal in an effort to lure back sponsors.

[Glitch]

A combination of all. It probably started with John Cena being made the main guy(although only a little), and everything else that came after pushed it even further.