WWE's Latest List Of Banned Words Revealed
"Wrestling", "murder", and, err, "Mofos" head WWE's list of banned words.
The latest Wrestling Observer Newsletter includes a brief feature on the list of words WWE talents are banned from saying on television.
Originally circulated in 2020, when WWE handed the list out to those assisting in the promotion of WrestleMania 36, ot features the following usual suspects:-
- Wrestling
- Wrestlers
- WWF
- Push
- Over
- Babyface
- Heel
- Jobber
- Job
- Card
- House show
- Kayfabe
- Belt
- Strap
The majority of these are understandable if preserving kayfabe is still a priority, as most are insider terms that don't belong in wrestling's televised universe. The following banned words, meanwhile, could be on the list as they don't fit with WWE's PG-rated product:-
- Blood
- Choke
- Diva
- Head Shot
- Trauma
- Spinal injuries
- Victim
- Violence
- Violent
- Wifebeater
- Curb Stomp
- Kill
- Murder
- Strangle
These ones, meanwhile, are just weird:-
- The Anti Diva (poor Paige)
- Mofos
- DQ (particularly perplexing, given how many WWE matches end in disqualifications)
Modern-day WWE is the most heavily-regimented wrestling promotion in the sport's history. The company exerts complete control over the words that come out of the majority of its performers' mouths on television, so it stands to reason that its list of banned words would be long. Nonetheless, one would imagine the promotion has bigger things to worry about than a wrestler accidentally saying "Mofos" on television.