10 Worst Ways WWE Butchers The English Language
4. "Backstage"
Another word perfectly reasonable to use given how WWE does ''business'' (which you also can't say - this is entertainment, damn it, not business!), because everyone understands what ''backstage'' means. Behind the scenes, where things come together.
The problem? ''Backstage'' originates in the theatre, and, as has been pointed out a few times, WWE says it is NOT theatre, but athletics and excitement and sports combat. ''Backstage'' carries the connotation that things have to be planned out, which WWE is not supposed to be.
Wooden, dead-eyed pre-scripted promos notwithstanding.
As a result, for years we constantly heard things like ''Let's join our broadcast colleague Kayla Braxton in the dressing room area'', despite her clearly being nowhere near any dressing rooms and standing in a large open area that was indeed backstage. The prohibition on this one seems to have eased up recently, with the term even being used in WWE Youtube descriptions.
Oddly enough, this loosening coincides with the start of 'WWE Backstage' on FS1, which delved into the goings-on of WWE and let wrestlers drop kayfabe a bit. It was apparently part of the WWE / Fox Sports deal, so Vince decided that in this specific context it was ok.
Money talks.