10 Astonishing Times Wrestlers Swore On Live TV

10. Corey Graves

...when WWE is desperate to pop a rating next week or keen to pronounce a new era of sorts, depending on how cynical of disposition you are.

On the first Monday Night RAW of the 'Paul Heyman Era', ever the storyteller, Heyman sought to start off with a bang. The bruising Falls Count Anywhere match between Braun Strowman and Bobby Lashley, itself an excellent departure from the strongman b*llocks that had marred their programme, ended in a no-contest when Strowman sent Lashley crashing through the staging area.

It was a great angle in itself, and in its sweeping calculation. With it, Heyman both advanced the programme, which could now only end in a big daft violent fight, and set the tone for this new chapter of Monday nights by addressing several fan complaints in a festival of fan service. The show didn't start with an interminable, contrived opening talk segment. The eruption of pyro reminded fans that WWE was still capable of putting on a spectacle.

And, the disbelieving "Holy sh*t!" let out by Corey Graves promised not just edgy swearing but a sense of extemporaneous, unhinged excitement, should the angle call for it.