Did Cesaro Just Take The Brass F**king Ring?

In a match of the year candidate, Cesaro gives the finger salute to John Cena.

Cesaro had a fantastic match against John Cena on Raw that went nearly 20 minutes and was one of the best WWE TV matches of the year. However, backstage WWE officials may not be too pleased with how the match unfolded. During the contest, Cesaro had to be briefly censored during the USA Network broadcast where it looked like he was flashing his middle fingers at Cena. Upon closer inspection, it was actually his two ring fingers that he was showing because Cesaro tapes his two ring fingers and they are the ones that are clearly visible. It is likely a reference to the "brass ring" line that Vince McMahon said on WWE Network to Steve Austin. Due to that line, his team with Tyson Kidd was referred to briefly as the "Brass Ring Club" although that name never became official for them. You can see the black screen appear at 1:33 of this video of a fan commenting on the match and then it came back with the match continuing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgMBxUnzBWg This is one of those things that shouldn't have been blacked out because Cesaro definitely did not give Cena middle finger salute. Since WWE is a PG company, they don't want anybody doing something like that even though Steve Austin did it many times in his career in the Attitude Era. Things are much different in WWE today. Cesaro also wore a white armband that said "KIDD" on it in honor of his injured tag team partner Tyson Kidd. It was an awesome tribute to his good friend and a reminder of how serious Kidd's injury is.
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