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In today’s WWE, women and men are strictly prohibited from wrestling one another. The current “PG” television rating does not allow for that sort of interaction and, quite frankly, neither does the society in which we live. The days of men giving women their comeuppance in a physical manner, such as those dished out by Tommy Dreamer to Dawn Marie or Justin Credible to Francine during the height of Paul Heyman’s Ecw, are a thing of the past. “Stone Cold” Steve Austin will not be delivering a crowd-pleasing Stone Cold Stunner to Stephanie McMahon anytime soon nor will Honky Tonk Man be deliberately shoving Miss Elizabeth to the ground. And that is not a bad thing.
Violence against women is an understandably touchy topic, one that WWE does not feel comfortable presenting to its family-friendly audience. It is not okay, understandable or justifiable for a man...
In today’s WWE, women and men are strictly prohibited from wrestling one another. The current “PG” television rating does not allow for that sort of interaction and, quite frankly, neither does the society in which we live. The days of men giving women their comeuppance in a physical manner, such as those dished out by Tommy Dreamer to Dawn Marie or Justin Credible to Francine during the height of Paul Heyman’s Ecw, are a thing of the past. “Stone Cold” Steve Austin will not be delivering a crowd-pleasing Stone Cold Stunner to Stephanie McMahon anytime soon nor will Honky Tonk Man be deliberately shoving Miss Elizabeth to the ground. And that is not a bad thing.
Violence against women is an understandably touchy topic, one that WWE does not feel comfortable presenting to its family-friendly audience. It is not okay, understandable or justifiable for a man...
- 7/27/2014
- by Erik Beaston
- Obsessed with Film
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