At a recent event in Balham there was some swearing from the wrestlers. It occurred to me that during "the Golden Era" I do not recall any bad language at all.Was this just because it was forbidden by the promoters? Or just confined to the dressing room
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Unfortunately bad language as crept into most sports these days and is now looked on as the norm, boxing is probably one of worst next to football, great shame as once over it was the norm not to swear in front of women/children or an audience. A case of society in decline i'm afraid.
I suppose in the last century it was mainstream and viewed as a national sport bur in the present day it has more of a cult(with an L) following
I do remember a loud and nasty racial slur from Dominic Pye to Johnny Kincaid in the mid 1960s. It was obviously intended to be heard as I was in the balcony, and the hall was always noisy when Dominic was wrestling.
I don't think that the bad language is just something that wrestlers have to deal with. Whether on TV. or in films years ago you never heard anybody swearing, nowadays it is all about F....this and F.....that, even on daytime broadcasts! I think it is more a genaration broblem.
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Usually in over 18 promotions but not exclusively.
It is more prevelant in certain promotions, adult orientated or not, it rarely adds anything to a promo, never heard it in the ring even at the turn of the century.
For the brief 6 years I wrestled in late 80s/ early 90s I was told not to swear. Whether this was the same for the bigger names I dont know, but I d imagine so as anyone who took the mic in those days never swore either