10 Most Blatant Times WWE Tried To Rewrite Its Own History
3. Jesse Ventura: Threat Detected
Jesse "The Body" Ventura has done some pretty incredible things in his life. He served in the Vietnam War, was elected the governor of Minnesota, and had roles in huge movies like Predator and The Running Man.
He also did something that few other people ever have - he took on Vince McMahon and won.
Ventura brought court action against WWE when he found out they'd lied to him about his entitlement to royalties from home video sales. The Body won the case and collected sizeable damages from Titan Sports.
To make sure they didn't have to pay Jesse anything else, WWE removed all of his commentary from future releases, effectively wiping the man from their history.
Ventura had been part of the commentary team at WrestleMania I. He'd served as the colour commentator opposite the legendary Gorilla Monsson, and most famously shared the booth with none other than Vince himself for many years.
Editing him out of past shows would be like removing all Jerry Lawler commentary from the WWE Network. It was a spiteful act of censorship that was one of the many reasons Ventura fell out with the company for so long.