10 WWE Swearing Outbursts That Got Past The Censors

8. Vader - Over The Edge 1998

It wasn't the way Vader should have disappeared from relevance in WWE. The Rocky Mountains monster was many things, but "fat" was blatantly not one of them. Not one that mattered, anyway.

He was a giant of a man of course, but Vader's tank-like build hadn't impeded him at any point in his illustrious career before Vince McMahon tired of the persona just over two years removed from his stint as the company's most dangerous heel. Despite this, his girth was suddenly his undoing. As was his rather unsavoury language.

Following a daft 'Mask Vs Mask' match between 'The Mastadon' and Kane at Over The Edge 1998, Vader threw a self-pitying tantrum in the aftermath. "I ain't nothing but a piece of s**t. A big fat piece of s**t."

It was senseless character assassination - mirroring then-Vice President of Talent Relations Jim Ross' own sly digs towards him, Mark Henry and others in his 'Ross Report' columns in the company's in-house publications. Unlike Henry, it marked the beginning of the end for him in the company. After swallowing the traditional on-the-way-out losses, Vader returned to Japan in October that year to rebuild what was left of his aura.

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