10 Biggest Misplaced Complaints About WWE Today
2. PG Is The Problem
WWE’s PG rating has been a constant source of frustration since the company first made the change in 2008. Initially spurred by Linda McMahon’s two failed Senate campaigns, PG has essentially “cleaned up” WWE’s programming. The Attitude Era’s excesses and debauchery are long gone, replaced by a sterilised product that has shifted towards a younger demographic, removing the edginess that helped WWE win the Monday Night Wars in the first place.
Expecting the company to abandon PG is entirely unrealistic, however. While moving back to a more adult-oriented show might bring some old viewers back, it would definitely turn away a huge portion of WWE’s younger audience, alienate advertisers, and send the company down a path it may never recover from.
Attitude was the perfect move at the perfect time, but you can’t capture lightning in a bottle twice, and it’s best left in the past. Besides, despite PG’s many complaints, the industry is better off without female objectification, unprotected chairshots, and puerile gimmicks and storylines. Ditching the PG rating as a means of solving all of WWE’s problems is a romantic idea at best, and one that makes little sense within the company’s business plan.