The Top 5 Times The BBFC Pissed Of A British Pro Wrestling Fan.

Intro.

Who here likes the idea of censorship, well not me that's for sure. I get why these authority groups exist, I just feel that sometimes they get things wrong. So this is the top 5 times when UK Film censors The BBFC pissed of one UK Pro Wrestling fan, me.

5. Fully Loaded 2000.

The reason this was given a 15 back in the year 2000 was met with a fair bit of understanding, but future releases relating to streaming services, and the tagged classics series that Silver Vision re-released from the years 2006-2012, some titles were sent back in for reclassification, and Fully Loaded 2000 was a casulty of this development. This angered me at the time, because I didn't understand the ruling surrounding explicit sexual content on media, but as I sit here on a Monday moring researching this list. I do get it know, because this played into how Pro Wrestling was perceived at the time.

4. ECW Living Dangerously 2000.

If I recall, this was heavily edited by the BBFC due to it's high level of excessive violence, it was rumoured that this show was banned, but these claims were highly exaggerated at the time by Powerlsam Magazine here in the UK. If I recall that is. I wanted to buy this back in the day, but my mum had other ideas.

3. WrestleMania 16.

I have fond memories of watching this PPV at my friends house, and I was excited for it's up and coming VHS release in the year 2000, and then it came out. I was stunned to see an 18 certificate slapped all over the cover. I believe this was due to highly over sexualised content, which nowadays is considered to be laughable, but under the BBFC rules back then this was a huge no no. The overall violence of the show would get a 15 at best, but at the time there was substantial worry surrounding how Women were treated on TV, and all media at the time, so I feel that this played into the decision. My mum bought me the video as a treat, and even she thought that this was a 15 at best. I was lucky, because I was able to get a copy, whilst my friends, well that's a different story.

2. WCW Uncensored 1999.

My Mum and Dad back when I was growing up, at one point were quite PC when it came to what I watched on TV. A great example of this was WCW Uncensored 1999. When I was researching this video I found out that Warner Bros, who distributed WCW videos in the UK, and. America showcased this to the BBFC in late July of 1999, and they were told that if they want a 15 certificate, then 17 seconds of footage would have to be removed. I'm not sure were the cuts were made, but this angered me, even with the 17 seconds intact, it wouldn't have changed the tone of the show, so this was a bit pointless. I must point out that this allegded.

1. WWE Royal Rumble 2000.

This has now been reclassified for the Netflix release to a 15 certificate, back in the year 2000 this titled carried an 18 certificate, due to sexulaised content, which by todays standards is laughable, even though the thought of Mae Young getting out her waps for the pervs in attendence would put a lot of kids in therapy today. This caused outrage in the O'malley household. My mum banned me from buying the video release. I get this now, due to the how the BBFC handled things at the time. But even still to this day, even on Netflix, this should be an 18.

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