WWE reaches the end of the censorship chain
 

Also, during a commercial break, a man in the crowd was asked to remove his Austin 3:16 football jersey by security because it said "WWF" on it. He was given a Royal Rumble T-shirt to wear instead. That goes to show you how seriously WWE takes keeping the "WWF" letters off of their TV. ... Thanks to James Cohorn for the Smackdown report.

Source: http://www.pwinsider.com/ViewArticle.asp?id=22396&p=1

Granted, legally they can't have it on TV, but still, what the fuck? :wtf:

did he just put the t-shirt over or did they keep his jersy

WOO-HOO! FREE SHIRT!
First taped show I go to, I'm wearing my old Hurricane shirt, witht he WWF logo!

I'm going to buy a bunch of "WWF" shirts and give them out to the first five rows camera-side.

:shifty:

LOL

I think everybody going to Wrestlemania should bring out the retro tee's. That would piss them off.

You know, considering they can't be sued for Helms' Green Lantern tat, I'd suggest this may not be the primary reaon....

LMAO, great idea, wearing all retro WWF scratch-logo shirts. :y:

:D <---- Evil grin

DO IT!! DO IT!!

LOL. WWE is a total joke now.

I have my Austin tshirt with the fat WWF logo on the front, I should wear it to Mania. <3

It HAS been a total joke. This just confirms it. :nono:

Wrestling, in general, is a joke. You either like it despite that, or you don't.

You really can't call an industry founded in carnival trickery and the actual following it engenders without some heavy irony.

Actually, I'd wager some people like it because of it, not despite it.

During the Summer Slam 2003 start off I saw the scrathed wwf logo on
a boy's cap.

And that boy was never seen again....

OMG this is the last straw, WWE is = a joke.


:roll:

YOUR Hero's obvious sarcasm aside, I can't be the only one who's noticed that their reason it utter bullshit, can I?

There is no way WWF could nail WWE for that. If A mob of fans came out with WWF scratch T-Shirts and started chanting "Fuck the Pandas! *clap clap clap*" in the middle of a PPV or on cable, there would be nothing they could do.

Yeah, I realize that. And honestly, I don't think the WWF WOULD come after them for something like a shirt in the crowd (signs I can see, but not someone with a visible WWF tattoo for example or shirt).

Even signs, I doubt. And they would lose. The fans are not directly endorsed by WWE, so there's no market confusion.

Again, I cite Hurricane's Green Lantern Tat, which he showed off and pointed at on TV. I don't think he's done it as Helms, but as the Hurricane, he did it numerous times.

DC couldn't go after that, even if they wanted to, and that's an actual wrestler. T-Shirts, signs, chants...