Wrestling Section: Was the WWE really that "kids friendly"?

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Because I thought there were some not-so kids friendly moments. There are those things called "Getting Crap Past the Radar", and "Parental Bonus". I actually remembered/noticed most them myself and did not copy/paste them from the TV Tropes page.
- Santino "faked every Organism" when she was together with Beth Phoenix (which prompted immediate laughter from the crowd), also, in that context, "together" might have a different meaning.
- Cena threatening to give The Rock a "Cleveland Steamer".
- Summer Rae was "not properly stretched" by Fandango ("Baby "stretch" me?").
- The entire reason Teddy Long was trying to teach Hornswoggle how to talk was because he is a dirty old man who wanted Hornswoggle to spy on LayCool. Also: Voyeurism.
- Speaking of LayCool, the lesbian undertone was less than subtle.
- Speaking of lesbian undertones: Paige.
- CM Punk's rather racist remark about Rey Mysterio when John Cena stole JBL's limo.
- Teddy Long nicknaming Hornswoggle "Horny".
- Aksana in pretty much all her segments with Teddy Long.
- That one Segment with Cena and Orton, which is also the pinnacle of Cena/Orton HoYay moments.
- Cena's Rap on The Rock.
- The entire "Niagara" TV-Spot segment.
- Daniel Bryan telling AJ that with Dolph Ziggler, she "should already be used to 18 seconds".
- "Big E releasing the Langston" - John Cena.
- John Cena often gets some crap past the radar in his segments.
- Seth Rollin's MITB Briefcase (and the buzzing sound coming from it).
Any more?

That Lionheart · Accepted Answer

True, but a select few things in the past couple of years on a show that occurs each week for 2 then 3 hours isn't a big deal. Kayfabe is broken rarely too, like CM Punk's pipebomb or John Cena turning the heel of his foot and saying "how about a heel turn?"

I can add some:
-Remember when the Bellas chased Daniel Bryan? That absurd storyline had one point.. both Brie and Nikki wanted to be Bryan's first lay. I didn't get it at the time because it was ridiculous. 
-Santino calling the Bellas escorts when Slammys happened. (for chasing Bryan)
-Khali "stretching" Vickie Guerrero before Vince (think it was Vince!) walked in.
-CM Punk telling Stephanie McMahon "I don't know where that hand's been!"
-Brock Lesnar saying "f*ck" although it was bleeped out in his promos. 
-Superstars saying "***" and "b*tch". It's increased recently. 
-Dolph Ziggler talking about how some sexual position he showed a girl before saying "oh wait, that's not PG".
-Mizdow spray painting Miz nude.

The question you have to ask yourself is "do kids really get these references?" No, they don't get most of them. Only the swearing and possibly the Triple H-Trish Stratus or Khali-Vickie style stretching is something that can affect them. Now to be honest, ignoring the fact that "PG" is bound to be maintained, I don't think kids will be scarred because of this. Movies show a lot more and most of us were kids when we started watching wrestling and it wasn't PG then.

Edit: Oh and the wardrobe malfunctions. But they're unintentional.

succor · Answer

It happens when you write for two audiences, the text and the subtext.

Depending on a persons age and experience, things go over their head, so they don't pick up on them.

Which means as long as you don't use explicit content, and instead use code, a younger audience will see it at a superficial level, whilst the older audience will know what the subtext is really about.

? · Answer

you use the past tense "was"... But all of your examples are from after 2010... when they'd already started easing up, and testing the limits on PG...

Jesse CJ · Answer

There is a line they have never crossed.

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