Why did they ban blood in the WWE anyways?

Xtremenator1 · 26 Feb 2013, 12:54 PM

Isn't bleeding one of the backbones of professional wrestling? I don't care if you like it or not, it just should be there.

When I look back at some of the pioneers of wrestling, one of the art forms was bleeding. Its just simple as that.

Suspended · 26 Feb 2013, 12:58 PM

Is it even real blood?

Steve N · 26 Feb 2013, 01:08 PM

Dude, the whole things fake. When there is blood it's an accident.

We The People! · 26 Feb 2013, 01:12 PM

Because Vince wanted WWE to become a family friendly programme or PG to draw more viewers so children started watching and WWE banned blood because some parents will not allow their kids to see blood.

steve · 26 Feb 2013, 01:17 PM

Fear of deceases would be my guess.

Did I Do Dat? · 26 Feb 2013, 01:23 PM

PG

Lee.RJones · 26 Feb 2013, 01:27 PM

I agree and disagree. I think blood adds an element to a mathc which makes it better. But there are some matches that can be jsut as good without blood. So if you are having a normal match, it can be great without blood. (Bret Hart/Shawn Michaels WM12 Iron Man Match). Great match no blood. Now gimmick matches like (ex. Hard-Core, Ladder, Falls Count Anywhere), those can have blood to make them look better.

__Jim Crockett Promotions Fan__ · 26 Feb 2013, 01:32 PM

Blood is not the backbone of Professional Wrestling. Creating Storylines that yield compelling and entertaining matches between 2 or more great competitors is great wrestling. Wrestlers bleeding can enhance what is already a great match, but blood will not make a lousy or mediocre match into a good one. In case you did not realize it, WWE is a Family-Oriented Entertainment Company and draws thousands of Families every week to WWE Live Events. Blood is not banned in The WWE, you just don't see it as often as maybe you would like. If a match sucks, I'm not going to care how much the competitors bleed.

TJanssen411 · 26 Feb 2013, 01:37 PM

It wasn't 'banned' its a matter of the practice becoming Over exposed during the attitude era and WWE dialling it down due to TV Censorship....

Granted WWE went overboard in CYA and cut it back to almost nothing, but as they have gotten a feel for the 'limits' of TV PG we are seeing the practice return

-- one of the few standardized limits on TV ratings is 'an appropriate result" so if you punch a guy in the face a bloody nose is to be expected, a "Cerimson mask" is Not

and those 'Pioneers' who carved road maps into their forehead Didn't do it every night for the same crowd... even if Raw is in a new city every week you can expect that a lot last week's and Next week's Arena crowds were watching on TV when a "pioneer' bled for a crowd, odds are that crowd wouldn't see live wrestling for a month or more, and any TV exposure a company had odds are It didn't show that 'art form'

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Xtremenator1 Heavyweight Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 1,175 Rep Power: 9	Why did they ban blood in the WWE anyways? Isn't bleeding one of the backbones of professional wrestling? I don't care if you like it or not, it just should be there. When I look back at some of the pioneers of wrestling, one of the art forms was bleeding. Its just simple as that.

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26 Feb 2013, 12:58 PM	#2 (permalink)
Suspended Fresh Noob Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Is it even real blood?

26 Feb 2013, 01:08 PM	#3 (permalink)
Steve N Fresh Noob Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Dude, the whole things fake. When there is blood it's an accident.

26 Feb 2013, 01:12 PM	#4 (permalink)
We The People! Fresh Noob Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 27 Rep Power: 0	Because Vince wanted WWE to become a family friendly programme or PG to draw more viewers so children started watching and WWE banned blood because some parents will not allow their kids to see blood.

26 Feb 2013, 01:17 PM	#5 (permalink)
steve Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 2,598 Rep Power: 0	Fear of deceases would be my guess.

26 Feb 2013, 01:23 PM	#6 (permalink)
Did I Do Dat? Cruiserweight Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 971 Rep Power: 8	PG

26 Feb 2013, 01:27 PM	#7 (permalink)
Lee.RJones Fresh Noob Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 23 Rep Power: 0	I agree and disagree. I think blood adds an element to a mathc which makes it better. But there are some matches that can be jsut as good without blood. So if you are having a normal match, it can be great without blood. (Bret Hart/Shawn Michaels WM12 Iron Man Match). Great match no blood. Now gimmick matches like (ex. Hard-Core, Ladder, Falls Count Anywhere), those can have blood to make them look better.

26 Feb 2013, 01:32 PM	#8 (permalink)
__Jim Crockett Promotions Fan__ Heavyweight Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 2,755 Rep Power: 9	Blood is not the backbone of Professional Wrestling. Creating Storylines that yield compelling and entertaining matches between 2 or more great competitors is great wrestling. Wrestlers bleeding can enhance what is already a great match, but blood will not make a lousy or mediocre match into a good one. In case you did not realize it, WWE is a Family-Oriented Entertainment Company and draws thousands of Families every week to WWE Live Events. Blood is not banned in The WWE, you just don't see it as often as maybe you would like. If a match sucks, I'm not going to care how much the competitors bleed.

26 Feb 2013, 01:37 PM	#9 (permalink)
TJanssen411 Cruiserweight Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 736 Rep Power: 9	It wasn't 'banned' its a matter of the practice becoming Over exposed during the attitude era and WWE dialling it down due to TV Censorship.... Granted WWE went overboard in CYA and cut it back to almost nothing, but as they have gotten a feel for the 'limits' of TV PG we are seeing the practice return -- one of the few standardized limits on TV ratings is 'an appropriate result" so if you punch a guy in the face a bloody nose is to be expected, a "Cerimson mask" is Not and those 'Pioneers' who carved road maps into their forehead Didn't do it every night for the same crowd... even if Raw is in a new city every week you can expect that a lot last week's and Next week's Arena crowds were watching on TV when a "pioneer' bled for a crowd, odds are that crowd wouldn't see live wrestling for a month or more, and any TV exposure a company had odds are It didn't show that 'art form'

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