Backstage News: Vince McMahon Lifts Several Bans

» About a month ago, Vince McMahon lifted the ban on a few things. The announcers are now allowed to call the officials by name, the word wrestling (pro wrestling) is no longer banned and as seen on NXT they are now allowed to mention the indy wrestling scene as well as things like Twitter and Facebook. Most people credit this to Vince's good mood heading into Wrestlemania but as quickly as these things were unbanned they could all become banned again at anytime especially now that we're moving past WrestleMania.

» One thing not unbanned is the use of blood and once again a match was delayed due to blood on Superstars recently. Chavo had a minor cut on his head in his match with Kofi and the official delayed the match to take care of it. The fans were not happy and the announcers tried to make excuses as to why this was being done. Michael Cole stated that if Chavo were to get blood in his eyes he could go blind. This also happened to Edge recently during a SmackDown! taping.

LMFAO Michael Cole

Why were the announcers banned from saying the refs names? TBH, I didn't even noticed that they stopped doing it.

Banning the word "wrestling" is absolutely laughable. So is this not Sports-Entertainment anymore?

I still call refs by their name

Earl hebner
Jimmy Corderas
Brian hebner
Jack Doane
Teddy Long
Nick Patrick

i just liked knowing their names..plus it gives me someone to yell at when they miss something lol

So can we get Bra & Panties match now?? I really miss those.

But what about the kids? Do we need another Superbowl incident? God forbid there's a nip slip... as if no one's never seen a nipple before. lol

OMG... we should all be priests and nuns. Showing any bit of skin is strictly forbidden.

maybe we can get another live sex show lol

Are you serious?!?! This just goes to show how shitty wrestling is now, you know something is wrong when being able to say a ref's name is considered a great milestone, let me know when he lifts the ban on piledrivers, hardcore matches, talented wrestlers wrestling, and blood.