10 Times AEW Got Into Serious Trouble

4. When Jungle Boy Said The Word "P*ssy"

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AEW is fond of an expletive.

They bloody love the word "sh*t". They are mental for that word.

You piece of sh*t. I'm going to beat the ever-living sh*t out of you. This thing about you is sh*tty.

It's not clever, but it is funny on occasion, and the word has somehow retained its venom.

They also like a "bitch". "Ass" has been commonplace in wrestling since 1997, and AEW is no different. The company is as enthusiastic about saying the word "ass" as Road Dogg was about licking Tony Khan's before he got his job back with WWE.

Unless you're Rick Ross or Jon Moxley - to whom Warner presumably (and justifiably) said "fair" - the word "f*ck" isn't allowed. "C*nt" is as off the table as it is for the worst of you lot. "Tw*t", again, no.

AEW - or more specifically Jungle Boy - learned that "p*ssy" is also verboten last year. Jack Perry called Christian Cage a "p*ssy" to build their All Out (non-)match, and it did not go down well. He revealed on TV that he got in trouble for his "Christian is a p*ssy" t-shirt and was told never to wear it again. And you know what?

Fair enough. It's an ancient, sexist insult, the optics of which were even worse when it was said on a TV show that continues to marginalise its female talent.

It wasn't the first time AEW caught sh*t for turning the airwaves blue...

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Michael Sidgwick is an editor, writer and podcaster for WhatCulture Wrestling. With over seven years of experience in wrestling analysis, Michael was published in the influential institution that was Power Slam magazine, and specialises in providing insights into All Elite Wrestling - so much so that he wrote a book about the subject. You can order Becoming All Elite: The Rise Of AEW on Amazon. Possessing a deep knowledge also of WWE, WCW, ECW and New Japan Pro Wrestling, Michael’s work has been publicly praised by former AEW World Champions Kenny Omega and MJF, and current Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes. When he isn’t putting your finger on why things are the way they are in the endlessly fascinating world of professional wrestling, Michael wraps his own around a hand grinder to explore the world of specialty coffee. Follow Michael on X (formerly known as Twitter) @MSidgwick for more!