8 Stupidest Banned Words In The WWE

By Kevin Latimer /

2. Belt

This one is particularly stupid when you consider the way that it is mentioned within the guidelines. The guidelines state that the WWE doesn€™t have €œbelts or straps€, but instead has €œChampionships€ and €œTitles€. However, the next line then goes on to say that €œthe belt represents something€. What belt is this? I thought WWE didn€™t have belts. You just said this two sentences ago. Make your mind up, please! Okay, I€™m perhaps being a bit pedantic here, but given the level of nit-picking going on in the guidelines themselves, I think I€™m allowed to be. You can sort of see the point they€™re getting at in the guidelines, though. Using the word €œChampionship€ or €œTitle€ does possibly sound a bit more impressive than using the word €œbelt€. However given that that there many combat sports around the world in which the competitors compete for belts then surely talking about someone winning a belt is just as meaningful as talking about someone winning a championship/title? It€™s disrespectful to competitors within these other sports who hold their respective belts in such high esteem to suggest that the word €œbelt€ isn€™t a grand enough term to use. Banning the word also shows how little regard the WWE has for its own fans that they assume that we€™ll not understand the significance of the belt unless the announcers specifically refer to it as a championship/title.