10 WWE Swearing Outbursts That Got Past The Censors
5. The Rock - Monday Night Raw (13 August 2001)
The Rock and Chris Jericho were and are two of the standards of excellence in WWE stick-work, particularly considering the era in which they provided their most popular verbal onslaughts.
1998-2001 was a period unlike any other for the pro wrestling promo. Loose scripting ensured certain continuity, but characters were allowed to experiment just enough to ensure their voices were heard beyond the dialogue. Perhaps more importantly than that, the catchphrase was king. For selling matches to selling shirts, the closing moments of a promo denoted a clear 'winner' of the verbal joust and invariably put the heel or babyface over as the star of the angle.
It's why 'The Great One' and 'Y2J' were entrusted with enough rope to hang themselves with in 2001. Dishing out a ditty at Stephanie McMahon's expense, the pair riffed on the 'Billion Dollar Princess' and her family with a limerick that concluded with The Rock referring to Shane McMahon as a "Silver spoon Motherf*cker".
The bit called for Stephanie to cut The Rock off before he dropped the almighty f-bomb, but she missed her cue and select feeds went out with the curse left untouched. She had assumed a position as Head Of Creative by this point, but never confirmed if her late interjection was actually part of her script.