Beyond The Ring: Unwritten Rules Of WWE

Unwritten Rules Of WWE: Since its inception in 1953, World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has maintained a rigid set of rules and regulations to ensure a safe and secure environment for the wrestlers. Although a majority of WWE matches are purely planned and designed around specific storylines, wrestlers are often expected to play around their characters within the framework of the rules of WWE and its code of conduct. WWE has a strict framework of rules to rule out any discrepancies.

In addition to being more proactive about wrestlers’ life-threatening injuries, WWE has also made the regulations more rigid by making drug tests mandatory for all wrestlers, to rule out any possible involvement of banned recreational drugs and other substances, including steroids. With billions of viewers around the world, WWE is undoubtedly one of the most prominent wrestling platforms in the world that is governed by non-negotiable rules and regulations that most of the viewers don’t have an idea about.

In this article, we will take a look at the top ten fascinating rules of WWE that you probably don’t know about.

Social Media Restrictions For Wrestlers

Contrary to other wrestling platforms, World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) constantly monitors the social media accounts of wrestlers, including the most prominent ones, such as Asuka, Rey Mysterio, Sheamus, Bianca Belair, and many others. WWE wrestlers are often considered as the brand representatives and whatever they post on their social media accounts is believed to impact the brand’s image at large.

Therefore, WWE constantly monitors the social media accounts of these star wrestlers to ensure that they don’t post anything that could harm the platform’s image and credibility in any possible way. Additionally, since a majority of matches are based on scripted storylines, monitoring the social media accounts of wrestlers ensures that they don’t spill any spoilers about the upcoming matches to the audience.

Weapons Used In The Matches Are Approved

You must have witnessed the gruesome scenes of wrestlers smashing each other with steel chairs and other metal weapons during the fuming matches. Well, WWE ensures that all the weapons and other props used by the wrestlers during the matches are fully inspected and approved by multiple experts. Weapons that can cause serious and life-threatening injuries are rejected right away by the experts.

 

Moreover, to make sure that all loopholes are covered, and no life-threatening injury is caused to any player, WWE also had a dedicated “prop department” that is responsible for creating weapons that can stimulate without causing much harm to the wrestlers.

Vince McMahon’s Control Over WWE Commentators

Vince McMahon, the chairman and CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), is renowned for his overwhelming dominance over the platform’s whole format. Vince McMahon has banned the commentators from using nouns and any abusive slurs while doing commentary for the matches.

Vince McMahon believes in keeping the action of WWE matches family-friendly and has strict rules of WWE on any abusive or adult content from both wrestlers and commentators. Additionally, Vince McMahon is extremely particular about the sponsors of the format and has banned the commentators from using words or phrases that can tarnish the brand image of any sponsor or offend them.

WWE’s Dress Code For Wrestlers

As mentioned earlier, the WWE wrestlers are considered to be the brand representatives of the platform. Therefore, WWE ensures that wrestlers follow a professional dress code even if they are out of the ring and making any public or media appearances. WWE spends hefty amounts of money on grooming its wrestlers. If a wrestler doesn’t follow the dress code imposed by the WWE, he/she might have to pay heavy penalties.

No Real Names For Wrestlers

A majority of WWE fans are aware of the fact that wrestlers are not allowed to use their real names inside the wrestling ring. However, not many of them know about the restrictions that WWE wrestlers face outside the wrestling ring related to their names. According to the rules of WWE, the wrestlers are not allowed to use their real names at any promotional event or media appearance outside the ring.

WWE Pays Less To Female Wrestlers

Although WWE has taken numerous initiatives over the past few decades to promote women wrestlers, as per reports, a huge income gap still exists between male and female wrestlers.

Currently, only a few prominent female wrestlers, including Ronda Rousey and Charlotte Flair, receive equal pay as their male counterparts. The remaining female wrestlers are still juggling their way through the gender inequality that plagues the WWE arena to a formidable extent.

WWE Promos Are Scripted

While most of the WWE viewers have made peace with the fact that a majority of action-packed matches that take place on the world’s greatest wrestling platform, WWE, are scripted, not many of them are aware of the fact that the promos are also scripted and well-written by professional writers to boost the viewership of the match. So the next time you watch your favorite WWE wrestler shouting their heart out in a promo, please know that it’s all scripted and nothing real.

WWE Bares All Injury & Treatment Expenses

Suffering through major blows and injuries is quite normal for WWE wrestlers as it happens now and then. However, although the wrestlers have to go through the physical pain and suffering all by themselves, they don’t need to worry about treatment-related expenses.

WWE runs a wellness program under which it provides financial assistance to wrestlers in case of injuries and other health issues caused while playing their matches inside the ring. In addition to the hospital charges, WWE also takes care of the entire rehabilitation process and therapies that take place regularly.

The storyline should be suitable for every age group

The chairperson and CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), Vince McMahon, initially wanted to target a larger audience by deliberately pushing more adult content. However, contrary to his expectations of the format, WWE soon became a family-friendly platform and started garnering attention from all age groups, especially teenagers.

Therefore, to ensure that the content being rolled out on the platform is suitable for children as well as perceived well by the sponsors, Vince McMahon changed his mind.

WWE Wrestlers Are Not Allowed To Make Other Appearances

Have you ever seen your favorite WWE wrestler playing for any other wrestling platform apart from the WWE? There’s a reason why it never happens. According to the rules of WWE as mentioned in the employment contract, if a wrestler performs for the WWE format, he/she is not allowed to professionally be associated with any other wrestling platform.

Although this has been frequently condemned by wrestlers as well as fans, Vince McMahon has remained rigid about the clause and wants the signed wrestlers to remain exclusively available only for the WWE platform.

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