HeelByNature.com is reader-supported. When you click on links or make purchases through our site, we or our affiliated partners may earn a commission. Additionally, our site features Sponsored Content, which helps us maintain and operate the website.
AEW is looking to reduce the amount of swearing on television.
Since its inception, AEW hasn’t shied away from going to the extremes of its TV-14 rating, with bad language, blood and violence regularly occurring on AEW’s two weekly television shows.
However last month, it was reported by Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that Warner Bros. Discovery, the company that owns TBS and TNT – had asked AEW to ‘tone down’ the use of bad language on television. Nothing was mentioned regarding AEW’s use of blood on television, however.
Per a recent report from PWInsider, AEW talents received an email in the run up to All Out discussing several points for the week as the company have various events taking place over the next few days.
One of the points raised in the email was regarding AEW’s live television, requesting talents to be careful around their usage of bad language on Dynamite and Rampage as the company gears up for a big week of wrestling.
However during one of the most important segments from Wednesday’s episode of Dynamite, AEW Producer Ace Steel dropped an uncensored f-bomb while yelling at CM Punk to sign the open contract for All Out that Jon Moxley left in the ring.
PWInsider noted that as soon as Steel returned backstage following the segment, he immediately took responsibility for the error and agreed to a fine, which will be donated to a charity. AEW talents were informed of this, with the communication praising Steel’s response to his mistake, using it as an example of how to react and take responsibility for an error when they are made.
"Life isn't about how many times you get knocked down; it's about how many times you get up!" Did Ace Steel's emotional plea get through to CM Punk?! Tune in to #AEWDynamite LIVE on TBS! pic.twitter.com/9MA4qjUyVE
— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) September 1, 2022
