Backstage Confusion Over USA Censoring Brock Lesnar’s Monday Night Raw Promo

Call it mixed signals. WWE has been on television for a long time now, with Monday Night Raw approaching thirty years on the air. Most of that has been on the USA Network, which has had quite the strong relationship over the years. The two sides have worked together for quite the successes, but now some of their signals are a bit crossed in a bit of an odd way.

This week’s Monday Night Raw opened with a Brock Lesnar in-ring interview. During the segment, Lesnar used the word s***, which was censored on the live broadcast of the show. According to Wrestling Observer Radio, USA had approved the word in their script of the show and WWE did not know it would be censored. There is nothing to suggest that WWE is angry about the situation, but they were surprised by the change. This comes as USA has reportedly planned to make Monday Night Raw a TV-14 show again.

Opinion: This is one of those things that really doesn’t matter all that much, but it is the kind of thing that makes you wonder what is going on. So USA approved the word but only if it was censored? I get the idea, though it isn’t exactly the most logical way to go about things. I’m almost worried to see what might happen when the two sides have a plan for a changed rating, as it might not be the big deal that some are expecting it to be.

What did you think of the segment? Would the word being uncensored have helped? Let us know in the comments below.

Thomas Hall has been a wrestling fan for over thirty years and has seen over 60,000 wrestling matches. He has also been a wrestling reviewer since 2009 with over 6,000 full shows covered. You can find his work at kbwrestlingreviews.com, or check out his- Amazon author page with 30 wrestling books.

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