Since WWE is a PG rated show, blood is not allowed to appear at any match unless by accident.
Fans during the latest Superstars episode were unhappy about a delay in the latest episode of Superstars. This was due to blood on Chavo's head as the latter suffered a minor cut on his head in his match with Kofi.
The official delayed the match to take care of it and since those present were sounding their unhappiness, the announcers tried to make excuses as to why this was being done. Michael Cole stated that if Chavo's blood entered in his eyes, he could go blind.
This also happened to Edge recently during a SmackDown! taping.
Source: ewrestlingnews.com
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Comment #1
If i am not mistaken, not even one of the old ECW hardcore superstars is blind as of yet
Posted by Mortal Van Dam on Saturday, April 10, 2010
Comment #2
I agree with MVD. This new PG thing sucks. Change it to MA again!! We want blood, we want profanity, we want sex!!
Posted by Comment # 2 on Saturday, April 10, 2010
Comment #3
LMAO! They had to stop the match because blood in Chavo's eyes might make him go blind. LOL! Geez, they are having a hard time coming to terms with the PG stuff, the announcers didn't even know what too say.
Posted by Von Ryan on Saturday, April 10, 2010
Comment #4
a guy gets a little blood on his head and it turns into tv 14
Posted by on Saturday, April 10, 2010
Comment #5
A little kid watching WWE and Michael Cole tells that if blood gets into your eyes you could be blinded? I imagine a scene right now.
A kid is doing his skateboard training, them he accidently cuts his forehead when bailing out. Them after he realizes he is cut he runs screaming "HELP PLEASE, BEFORE I GET BLIND" lol
Posted by Luis PH on Saturday, April 10, 2010
Comment #6
I agree with Comment #1 WWE sucks now that it's PG and no blood and stuff, I hope the WWE see this comment and the rest and take advice from it, WWE sucks now from the PG, congrats for making fans unhappy WWE ;P
Posted by Scrooge McDuckerine on Saturday, April 10, 2010
Comment #7
Just another excuse.. Since when did WWE care about little kids? When the kid that jumped off his roof to look like Jeff Hardy?
can blood be worse then jumping off of your roof?
Posted by Andromeda on Saturday, April 10, 2010
Comment #8
They misheard it. He said he Chavo could be blindED not blind which was correct, because with blood in your eyes you cant see. At least i cant
Posted by your mom on Saturday, April 10, 2010
Comment #9
Yahoo answers page actually said near his eye, not to his eye. Picture clearly shows it is a decent cut on his brow.
Posted by Pratfall on Saturday, April 10, 2010
Comment #10
do you know that if you masturbate to much, then you´ll go blind>:)
Posted by the dane on Saturday, April 10, 2010
Comment #11
*stroke stroke stroke* ... looks up and can't see the last comment that dane made ... text is too blurry ... roflmmfao
Posted by it's me (again) ... on Saturday, April 10, 2010
Comment #12
You know what I don't get. WWE is PG but most parents send their kids to bed at 9. So they don't really get to watch RAW anyway. Just a thought.
Posted by on Saturday, April 10, 2010
Comment #13
LOLZ MVD you Pwned them
Posted by Peter on Saturday, April 10, 2010
Comment #14
is the PG thing WWE's idea or is it a TV network thing?
Posted by Orton on Saturday, April 10, 2010
Comment #15
WWE was way better back in the days they had all kind of matchs:buried alive,first blood,inferno,hardcore,etc...but now they dont do that stuff anymore and say wrestlers can't wresle for some blood and now they are censuring evrything that looks a bit of extreme for exemple chair shots and while im at it almost all good talent left WWE:the rock,brock lesnar,stone cold steve austin,RVD,booker T,kurt angle,etc... its just like WWE just got screwed by vince mcmahon...
Posted by some dude on Saturday, April 10, 2010
Comment #16
#15 to answer your question. I believe it was stated by the news that since Linda McMahon (Mr. McMahon's wife) started running as a Republican for Senate in CT that the PG rating got really ratched-up for WWE. I don't think its a network thing but I could be wrong. TNA is on Spike TV which proclaims itself a 'guy' network so they have no problem going beyond PG every single show now, check them out if you haven't yet. I haven't watched any WWE since TNA started on Mondays.
Posted by Von Ryan on Saturday, April 10, 2010
Comment #17
what next???...serving milk and cookies at every show
Posted by theghostwhosmokes on Saturday, April 10, 2010
Comment #18
they delayed the match because chavo got a cut? he's a geuerro eddie took worse and stil wrestled
Posted by matt on Saturday, April 10, 2010
Comment #19
Yea, remember Eddie cutting him up SO bad after a char shot from JBL? That was intense...
Posted by Rod Lighting on Saturday, April 10, 2010
Comment #20
ive alway liked the wwe but only recentl been able to watch it full time i wish i could have seen the attidue era and all the hardcore moves and the blood and they shud still be able to do it pg means parental gudience and is said it may have violoence if parents arnt happy they cant complain because its a pg and then again most of the dvds are 15's so just go back to the attidue era and i saw a comment saying its not okay for them to bleed but its okay for someone to pretend to be jeff hardy :\ thts not the wwe's fault it clearly states DO no try this at home
Posted by Glenn Donnelly on Saturday, April 10, 2010
Comment #21
funny, this happened to Jack Thwagger on last night's SD! (Apr9 '10) Their excuse was that it was part of the wellness policy.Wow, PG really sucks. They're doing this just so Linda McMahon has a shot at getting at Connecticut's US Senate seat
Posted by Kuvey A on Saturday, April 10, 2010
Comment #22
and BTW # 15, there was an article about wrestling that headlined the paper. It was about Linda McMahon alerting the old WWF doctor who gave wrestlers like Hulk Hogan (no surprise) and Ultimate Warrior that the feds were going to search his office.
Posted by Kuvey A on Saturday, April 10, 2010
Comment #23
To be honest, if they are going to go the PG no blood, no gore, no fun route, I like what they did. It gives the impression of a real sporting contest. I never thought I'd say this, but bravo WWE. (PS: It still sucks lol)
Posted by Cletus on Saturday, April 10, 2010
Comment #24
the PG rating is strictly a WWE thing ... the USA channel is a cable channel and does not fall under the regulations of the FCC (they only control the "free" over the air channels) ... but, on the other hand, a lot of cable channels have "self-policed" themselves to comply with the FCC ...
Posted by it's me (again) ... on Saturday, April 10, 2010
Comment #25
If they're going to stop a fight because of blood can there at least be a fight first?
Posted by Knightmoves on Saturday, April 10, 2010
Comment #26
Although it's not as good as the proper NO PG wrestling, if you watch it late at night it doesn't censor chair shots and stuff. I watch the late night one, it's better than the day time one.
Posted by Turbosonic98 on Saturday, April 10, 2010
Comment #27
Does that me they would have to say "Oh Fiddle Sticks" instead of "Damn It"?
Posted by PG RATING GUY on Saturday, April 10, 2010
Comment #28
WWE and pillow fights lol
Posted by on Saturday, April 10, 2010
Comment #29
FORGET THE PG STUFF THAT B.S. IF I BECOME A WWE SUPERSTAR IMMA BUST OPEN PEOPLES HEADS
Posted by on Saturday, April 10, 2010
Comment #30
Fans unhappy, do you hear that WWE? the FANS are UNHAPPY, time to fix that. Getting rid of PG would be start
Posted by on Saturday, April 10, 2010
Comment #31
if wwe is pg how come blood and the frist blood match is in svr 2010
Posted by matt on Sunday, April 11, 2010
Comment #32
See MVD, not looking up the info for a source and you get people like Peter saying you did a good job. Although in between the 2 comments I said you had it wrong. People will think what you said was right. Since a couple people posted the same thing, it will be a wide spread lie and there will be people who believe it. This is the same reason people think Ultimate Warrior died.
Posted by Pratfall on Sunday, April 11, 2010
Comment #33
Kofi's becoming a little bit of a slasher to wrestlers. He made Orton bleed, Batista a few weeks back now poor chavito.
Posted by Hank Scorpio on Sunday, April 11, 2010
Comment #34
I don't see how blood is exciting, using blood for excitement is the lazy way to get it done. It's better without blood.
Posted by on Sunday, April 11, 2010
Comment #35
#36,
Blood happens in fights. If the WWE doesn't want to risk people bleeding, they shouldn't pass their stuff off as fights.
Posted by Knightmoves on Sunday, April 11, 2010
Comment #36
So whats the point of having an Extreme Rules PPV if there's no blood? whats the point of having a Hell in the Cell match with no blood? You dont have to have blood in every single match, but when blood is involved in a match it makes the match a little more realistic for the viewers
Posted by on Sunday, April 11, 2010
Comment #37
every time chavo gets a injury he keeps on fighting, why are wwe still holding him back
Posted by on Sunday, April 11, 2010
Comment #38
Comment 23, I hope she does get the senate seat. Then hopefully WWE will go MA again. And I agree with you Comment 28, why have an Extreme Rules PPV if they can't show blood? Why have Hell in a Cell PPV with no blood? Yeah, some matches don't have to have blood but we should have at least a little. It makes it more realistic for us and makes us have a great time at the show.
Posted by Comment #2 on Monday, April 12, 2010
Comment #39
this is to comment #2. if you want that go and watch TNA. like everyone else
Posted by AnthraX on Monday, April 12, 2010
Comment #40
his new PG thing sucks. Change it to MA again!! We want blood, we want profanity, we want sex!!! we want pride too dammit we want porn lol!
Posted by Frozener on Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Comment #41
lol lolest wwe jst give what fans want before u loose fans
Posted by matodzi lufuno mbedzi on Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Comment #42
LOL WE WANT THE OLD WRESTLING BACK DIS PG THING SUCKS
Posted by MULWELI THAVHANYEDZA on Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Comment #43
Almost 80% of all original fans of the WWE who supported it frm the start hate the current material WWE shows currently. We were the ones that made it a hit n now it's as if it has turned its back on us.
We'd really like a separate brand such as "Hardcore Heaven" instead of "Superstars" or sth. where real wrestlers give the fans what they paid to see!
The Cruiserweights should also be brought back and given a proper Championship to give them a reason to fight for. BTW ppl hate the current Diva matches... they're boring as hell, unless of course if it were hardcore, remove the Divas title or sth n recreate the Cruiserwts title.
TNA makes gr8 use of it cruiserweights and has presented many memorable, unique and never-b4 seen matches...moves n stunts. WWE is more suited for kids 0-13 or sth currently...
Posted by Original Philadelphian ECWer on Tuesday, April 13, 2010