Top 5 Times WWE Pissed Off TV Censors.

Intro.

WWE and TV Censors have had a varied mix of history. Some countries don't tend to look at Major issues, but when it comes to how things could get copied, or incidents that go against taste and decentcy, this is called censorship at it's most honest, and baffling in many cases. You could say that the WWE has always braun the line between these two metrics.

5. Mohammed Hassan.

From his debut in late 2004 this rifled up fans in my home country the UK. Whole segments would get cut from Smackdown broadcasts by Sky Sports. This is due to the fact that Ofcom, a company that govern all TV Channels over here have rules against any form of hate speech, and this is what makes these segments worrying if you were a fan at this time. And then you add in what happened on july 7th 2005, and after this the character was gone.

4. DX Segments Various.

Were do I begin with the attitude era. DX were leading the charge for anarchy, and outright over sexualised chaos. Fans loved DX, the WWE Office loved DX, TV networks, well not so much. The USA Network, and. Sky Sports weren't happy. This is mainly because the WWE were doing there own version of humour that was catered around race, and language. Here in the UK that is a big no no.

3. Channel 4 Didn't Have A Clue What They Were Buying.

In late 1999 a deal was struck between WWE and the UK Broadcaster channel 4 to take four of the PPV's, and Sunday Night Heat. This deal would last for two years, the only thing is the deal was for four years, this was cut short due to Royal Rumble 2000, and a pentioner stripping off. I wish that I made this up, but I didn't. The standards were then changed after this. PPV's were shown on a delay which give them the chance to make cuts when need be. I thought this was a bit hypocritical of Channel 4, given the fact that 6 years before this they showed the first gay kiss before the watershed on Brookside, and also commissioned Brass Eye, so this was pointless.

2. Wee Wee To the Face.

Pandemic Wrestling was certainly a place in time that I don't want to revisit. So this segment from June 2020 managed to annoy Fox, who at the time had the rights to show Smackdown in the USA. The segment that featured Sheamus who tried to make Jeff Hardy drink a beer, given his issues with alcohol, wasn't a good move by the company. Sheamus took the supposed beer to the face, I say the word supposed because it was actually hardy's piss. This angered Fox because they felt that this went way too far.

1. He Who Shall Not Be Named Makes Trish Stratus Bark Like A Dog.

I'm just going to say it. I despise anyone who acts on issues like coersive control. This segment was so bad that it was cut out completely from broadcast in the build up to Mania 17 by Sky Sports here in the UK. This is arguably the worst segment that WWE have ever produced, and just think of the milage that you can cover.