Warner Bros. Discovery has seemingly adopted a more stringent approach towards profanity on their broadcasts.
Explicit language was prominent in prior episodes of AEW Dynamite, but recent broadcasts have indicated an increased use of censorship.
The June 26th episode of AEW Dynamite notably featured instances where certain words and phrases were censored, including during a promo by MJF.
On today’s edition of Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer remarked on the apparent shift in Warner Bros. Discovery’s stance on profanity, noting even the censorship of mild language, which was not a common practice.
He said, ”There’s definitely something that’s changed in WBD when it comes to language because they were bleeping tame stuff and they used to let almost everything go. Somebody somewhere has decided that what they were doing before is no longer kosher.”
Despite these changes, AEW continues to offer an edgier product with depictions of blood and violence. Whether Warner Bros. Discovery will extend its scrutiny to the level of violence depicted on AEW programming remains to be seen.
