The WWE will never get away with marketing to children again with 80s style success due to the nature of the product and the reputation of the company, plus the ever-present copycat cases.
They definitely need to refocus the late night shows such as Raw on the teen/adult demographic, and throw some tame kid-orientated weekend shows out there with mainly interviews and squash matches, and cartoon like skits, to satisfy that audience. They will never be accepted by critics or television standards focus groups as suitable entertainment for children, and they will always have that resistance no matter how tame or wholesome the product; at the end of the day, it's very essence is men beating each other up!
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