WWE PG Era ‘Officially Over’, Update On Future Plans

The official end of the PG era of WWE is said to have happened with The Rock and Paul Heyman, although there’s still work to be done.

With The Rock and Paul Heyman dropping mature language into their interviews and promos over recent months, Dave Meltzer has highlighted what this change means to the WWE product.

In the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Meltzer reports:

It was said to us that the Rock interviews and Heyman promo are considered the official end of the PG era.

This isn’t to say that the TV shows will be changing. That is something talked about but no decision has been made, but I’m guessing a decision will be made at the end of the year when Raw goes to Netflix and NXT to CW, based on what those broadcasters want and also what sponsors will be comfortable with.

So that will be determined months from now, but the attempts to keep things PG in the big picture which had been a big thing to the point of the memo being sent out about it several weeks back, such as in social media or in non-television shows, is now no longer the case.

The memo in question is likely the one previously reported that made headlines due to Rock going against what other WWE talents had been told, which was to keep everything PG.

WWE Raw moves to Netflix in 2025, with Nick Khan recently noting the streaming platform is an ideal home for the show.

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