WWE Banned List - Why You Can't Say These 23 Terms

12. "Acrobatics"

Ricochet Raw
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This is along the same lines as "choreograph".

If Ricochet hits one of his dazzling aerial moves, you won't hear Tom Phillips, Byron Saxton or anyone else in WWE wow at his "acrobatics". That, again, suggests that he's a circus act instead of someone desperately trying to work his way up the roster ladder and vie to win titles.

This writer is sure he's heard a few commentators slip up and use this over the years though.

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