{"id":32425,"date":"2022-07-25T13:15:05","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T17:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/\/?p=32425"},"modified":"2022-08-17T17:58:24","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T21:58:24","slug":"why-the-wwes-pending-return-to-a-tv-14-rating-could-be-its-saving-grace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/why-the-wwes-pending-return-to-a-tv-14-rating-could-be-its-saving-grace\/","title":{"rendered":"Why The WWE\u2019s Pending Return To A TV-14 Rating Could Be Its Saving Grace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many fans were skeptical when the WWE officially moved from a TV-14 rating to TV-PG in July of 2008.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The change meant going from unhinged brutality and coarse language to childish goofs and poop humor. But the company was given the benefit of the doubt after the Chris Benoit <\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chris_Benoit_double-murder_and_suicide\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tragedy<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, the ratings change was a blunder that made the WWE lose the luster it gained during its 1990s heyday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What began as \u201cwrestling for the whole family\u201d slowly became restrictive and plagued by asinine rule changes. If any other brand tried the same heavily-scripted formula, it would have led to an all-expenses paid trip to the unemployment line.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While diehard fans were unhappy with the WWE\u2019s direction, it wasn&#8217;t until the formation of a rival organization, All Elite Wrestling, that the corporation acknowledged its throne was in danger.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/wrestling\/2022\/07\/14\/wwe-raw-rated-tv-14\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">news leaked on July 14 that the WWE<\/span> <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was considering ending the PG era, tears of joy covered my phone screen as I sent an impassioned tweet. To say I was on an emotional high would be an understatement.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_32424\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32424\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-32424\" src=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/WWE-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/WWE-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/WWE-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/WWE-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/WWE-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/WWE.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32424\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">AIMEE SALVADOR \/ THE REPORTER<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The return to TV-14 won\u2019t bring back the scandalous violence and sexually suggestive content of the late 1990s. Instead, it\u2019ll bring back creative freedom.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It would allow wrestlers to have more control. The genuineness value is what attracted us to watch in the first place.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rivalries such as \u201cStone Cold\u201d Steve Austin vs The Rock, Trish Stratus vs Lita or John Cena vs Edge are prime examples. Off-screen, they were friends, but on-screen, their hatred toward each other was palpable.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While there hasn\u2019t been a lack of rivalries in the last decade, they have lacked consistency due to the limitations TV-PG places on storyline development. Vince McMahon and the creative writing team sucked the life out of any potential exciting rivalries.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The PG Era\u2019s faults can best be described by a phenomenon I have coined \u201cThe Green Day Effect.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When Green Day burst onto the scene with their debut album <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dookie <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in 1994, they captured the attention of alt-rock fans by taking a youthfully rebellious tongue-in-cheek approach to songwriting.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But flash-forward to their 2004 record <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">American Idiot<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and that self-awareness was replaced with self-seriousness. The talent was there but its intended audience shifted.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Call me juvenile but it stopped being cool. The playful angst was replaced by poorly executed pretentious angst.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This personifies what the WWE has become.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Metaphorically speaking, it went from HBO to the Disney Channel. Since day one, the change was unsuitable to market a product so in-your-face and belligerent as wrestling.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Company leaders, scared of losing sponsors and viewership because the WWE might appear too violent should look at AEW as evidence that <a href=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/\/i-love-watching-wrestling-you-should-too\/\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">wrestling<\/span><\/a>, no matter how unfiltered, sells tickets.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wrestling&#8217;s appeal is that it grabs you by the throat with moonsaults and powerbombs. A TV-14 rating would bring that excitement back.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many fans were skeptical when the WWE officially moved from a TV-14 rating to TV-PG in July of 2008. The change meant going from unhinged brutality and coarse language to childish goofs and poop humor. 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