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adukadu

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Datzookman

It’s amazing how slim the Rock was back then


JENOVAcide

And yet he was still larger than the average bloke


eyesofdelight

But at least back then he still looked like a person, rather than The Thing from Fantastic Four.


Bolteus

How can you be disappointed he looks like The Thing when he is literally The Rock?!


MikeAWBD

It's clobbering time?


Normal_Feedback_2918

No silly. That's CM Punk.


MaceWindusHand

![gif](giphy|tzuRbBsMWef8A|downsized)


LukkasG

[pre-Hollywood Rock](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D69VRDYU0AAvkLV?format=jpg&name=4096x4096) was pretty lean compared to now. When he got to Hollywood and became action movie star he became a literal mountain


Underscore_Guru

What's funny is the movie where The Rock became more yoked was Pain & Gain, where he played a steroid using body builder. Method acting!


Fabulous_Mode3952

That and GI Joe 2. That’s when he was first HUGE on screen. Followed up with Fast 5 and he hasn’t looked back since


degenomega44

I think DOOM might have been one of his first yoked movies. He was lean in the rundown and walking tall


Nightthrasher674

It was really Fast 5 that caused it, he and Vin Diesel had a bet about who could get bigger for the movie and Rock clearly won that bet. Rock is pretty lean in the Tooth Fairy and in Faster he gains some muscle and looks more like 2000 Rock then Fast 5 he's huge and then gets bigger for Pain and Gain


Front_Guarantee_2915

Dom winning that fight against Hobbs is the most unrealistic thing in that series


asetelis

When he comes out he doesn't really get goosebumps, it's all the steroids trying to escape his body


SteveFrench12

Was gonna say, he blew up as soon as he left wwe. Happened to also be as soon as he didnt have to worry about PED testing


BoilingPiano

The tests didn't really become a thing until Benoit and Rock was long gone by then.


eyesofdelight

And even if they do test him (lol yeah right) I imagine it's not difficult for him to get a "medical exemption" because of "low testosterone" (because of previous steroid use). That's probably also how AJ and Randy are more yoked than ever.


Fireteddy21

Pretty sure it was confirmed they don’t test wrestlers who aren’t full-time. I think this came out when Brock got dinged after his last UFC fight.


Different-Estate747

Steroids and Ads dude #️⃣BuyTeremana #️⃣DrivenForSuccess #️⃣In-n-OutBurger #️⃣BryanCallen #️⃣AllNattyNeverHadManTitsRemovedThatsNotTrue


PrimeJedi

Goddamn he was hot around this time, he was since debuting in the WWE but that more lean, slim body type fit him the most imo (and even in 1997-2000 he wasn't Brock Lesnar but he was always decently big, mainly in the chest/shoulders)


LukkasG

yeah i like him lean more too. But i do think him being so fucking big now works well as an imposing heel


TripleSkeet

Thats not pre Hollywood Rock though. Thats Disney version Hollywood Rock. He had already made multiple Hollywood movies like Scorpion King, The Rundown and Walking Tall before he started doing Disney movies. And while he wasnt as jacked as he is now, he was still bigger than this.


mashturbo

If you saw him in his match with with Brock and look at him now, it's like 2 different people.


Magneto88

That's definitely early Hollywood Rock, he's slimmed down from his full time period in the WWE in that photo. Apparently his stupid agents were telling him to slim down and go into family films and that's when he had that very rocky early period in Hollwood, after his initial action movie debuts.


iflythewafflecopter

Old Rock makes young Rock look like Ricky Starks.


PLUX4

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Gamesgtd

Look at you fucking now Cody Rhodes you piece of Jabroni shit. ![gif](giphy|11ezOCtJ7Eetri|downsized)


just-smiley

The Rock having hair while family guy was on was blowing my mind until I remembered that slow started in like 2001.


Bandito_Destiny

1999 I think so we hadn't even Gotten The F Out yet lol


just-smiley

That's right! You just unlocked a memory from high school of a group of us skipping lunch period to watch a VHS copy of the first episode that aired after the Superbowl. We also did that with raw and smackdown.


ClintD89

1999 was when the show started and this was (I think) 2009/2010 season. But yeah it's kinda cursed seeing Rock with hair


NotClayMerritt

Funny you think it's The Rock who will drop the first uncensored swear word on Netflix when we all know that it'll be Dijak. He'll fight his way to get TV time just for that.


janoDX

WWE goes and poaches Chuck Taylor from AEW and brings him back from retirement to say shit on Netflix.


Snugglebear316

There's nothing left for him to do. For some people, main eventing WrestleMania is their dream and goal. Chucky T"s was to say shit on live network television. He achieved his goal. And God bless him for it


buddymurphy2020

The Pebble


Ok_Conversation1523

That's Ava


bubbles2255

The first show on Netflix, first segment should be Shawn and Hunter, recreating the old DX “you can’t say” promo. But this time, with a letter from Netflix with all the words they CAN say.


MrKalyoncu

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sgtmajorcool

![gif](giphy|xULW8rrLUwGh1ePmGk)


notchoosingone

HULK HOGAN, WE COMIN' FOR YOU .... sucka


xadamx94

This will never not be funny


PeanutbutterandBaaam

This one never fails to make me laugh.


Thabass

Everytime I see this I have to laugh, it's like clockwork.


Skitz-Scarekrow

Another excellent find for the collection


cd0526

Shawn "Aw shit" Hunter " watching your fucking mouth"


ItsFuckinRawwwww

Oh well, fuck me…


thuggishruggishpunk

Goddammit


Obi-wan_Jabroni

God damn it, fuck


Mabvll

*HBK looking at a strange list of swear words*: "Hey Hunter, what the fuck is 'smegma'"?


rbarton812

Chase U will be right there with the sex education workshop.


NeiloMac

*Dave Lister has entered the chat*


Ncrawler65

Alphabetti spaghetti!?


dragonmp93

The [segment](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3qV4x1eiPw) in question.


No-Palpitation6707

I swear there was an uncensored version of this on one of the DX Dvds. I dont have them anymore otherwise i would check.


blissed_off

There is. I’m quite sure I saw it on YouTube somewhat recently. Though honestly it’s funnier censored.


cedrich45

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sUmzLccbRY


LederhosenSituation

It was uncensored on the VHS. Never got the DVD, though. I figured by the time it went to DVD, they bleeped stuff out.


Traiklin

It's funny how USA loved that segment too. They specifically told WWF not to use that stuff then turned around and loved that they did everything they told them not too


Puddinsnack

It's crazy how much younger Shawn looks like Adam Cole.


JS19982022

Have it be DIY doing their silly DX cosplay with Truth playing Chyna


Different-Estate747

"We can say "Butt", "Hell", "Damn", "God" (but NOT "GodDamn"!), we've never had so much freedom! uWu Netflix!" - Tri


vicdr97

Considering that some of the forbidden things were Penis jokes, we might finally have a discussion on Raw about how big Batista's Dick is


gapedoutpeehole

The real Raw Talk


perfectviking

A writer definitely read this and is already working on it.


joker2814

I don’t expect anything that harsh. They’ll still have advertising partners they’ll need to keep happy, like PLE sponsors, and their toy manufacturers.


Raoul_Duke9

I expect a bit more blood. The very rare shit. A few more bitches. The occasional asshole. And like maybe once a year a fuck.


TOletsGeaux

WWE bout to look like my love life with those once a year fucks


-NotMyMain-

Kama Sutra Jones over here…


LocusRothschild

But I digress.


Raoul_Duke9

Ayyyyyyy


Arckadius

Once a year fuck lol, the winner of the royal rumble no longer gets the main event of mania. They get to drop 1 fuck anytime of their choosing during the year.


Coattail-Rider

Austin Theory: “So great winning the Rumble last night! Now I get a free *Fuck* on tv sometime this year! What? That was it? Damn it….”


IronAlarmed5899

This but R-truth. “My bad”


Raoul_Duke9

Ooo or Money on the Bank for Fuck. "Fuck in the bank". They still have to turn a briefcase in to a ref to do it.


Synricc

Could you imagine if they hadn’t censored the “this is what happens when you fuck with the final boss” line? I hope it really is reserved for that “holy hell, that’s how personal this is” moment


joker2814

I honestly expect somewhere about halfway between where they are now, and where AEW is.


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Raoul_Duke9

Probably Otis's. That fuckers would be huge.


FrostyPhotographer

That first "Seth 'Fucking" Rollins" is going to hit like 1980's Ronald Regan CIA approved crack.


stonecutter7

I expect teabagging and titty fucking. Think of the heat, bro!!


down42roads

And that's all just Otis


Jive_Papa

Yeah, I think people are building this up to be like the second coming of ECW and it’s just not. WWE (and it’s super stars) love having the show be something kids can watch. I think we’re just going to have less “mute” when the crowd chants obscenities.


RobinHoodPrinc

I hope they kinda dance around the lack of censors for the entire 3 hours of raw until Adam Pearce opens a door to Uncle Howdy and says "ah fuck" and then gets attacked.


Kanenums88

I’m assuming it won’t be f bombs and whatever. It’ll just be if the crowd chants “Holy Shit” it won’t get censored.


aegonthewwolf

Scenes when Seth gets repackaged as Seth Fucking Rollins.


Chronis67

It'll be a one off in a blood feud promo, and it'll be majestic.


Spartan616

I just want him to say it once, it'll make me so happy. Bad swear word replacements make me want to scream, its so cringe


Coattail-Rider

Yeah, it’s a bunch of bull crap.


DudeLoveBaby

I hope that never comes, Seth Fucking Rollins is like too tryhard badass while Seth Freaking Rollins is hilariously goofy and corny


Rekt60321

Why is Seth fucking Rollins? - Michael Cole, probably


Lower_Monk6577

Honestly, probably how it should be. Just because they *can* drop F bombs all over the place, doesn’t mean they *should.* In wrestling, a little swearing goes a long way. And too much of it just comes off as edgy and tryhard.


Federal-Captain1118

Somewhere Jon Moxley bleeds


Eternal_Reward

Somewhere Jon Moxley fuckin bleeds*


fgbh

MJF is feeling insulted, yet doesn't know why.


Kanenums88

That’s just life in general tbh


PrettyPunctuality

I feel like treating it like they do with blood now - only do it (on purpose) when it'll have a big impact - would work best.


a_fish_out_of_water

I’m so sad that the Fuck You Solo chants from Friday got censored on Hulu, because they were fucking loud and glorious on the live broadcast 


AppealToReason16

People are getting way carried away like they're going to go full HBO. One of the big things that WWE has going for it is that it is an all ages show. Darryl can take both his elementary school aged daughters to a Raw and the worst you'll see is maybe a bloodpack and the word "ass". When you look at the crowd, you see women, men, teenagers, old folks, kids, etc. Tons of businesses would kill for that much diversity in your paying audience. I'm sure Netflix will allow for a little bit more freedom, but I think it's going to be more like the occasional "fuck" or leaving someone in a bloody mess, which we've kind of already gotten between the Rock, Cody, Drew and CM Punk.


502photo

Bingo, they got action figures and kids belts to sell. I feel it will remain family friendly for the most part. That's just too much money for a publicly traded company to pass up.


rimales

Kids fucking love stuff that seems to be meant for slightly older demographics and let's be real most parents don't care if their kid sees some swearing in their fake fighting show. It's not going to be kid friendly enough for child Netflix either way so as long as it isn't super obscene I dont think the occasional fuck will impact the child audience negatively


GotenRocko

Yep they still have other sponsors to consider.


Dbthesage

We will finally be able to hear the damn chants. Watching great segments go absolutely silent on your TV for 40-50 secs because of the crowds really takes you out of it.


mrgpsingh1999

And it wasn’t until recently they started censoring the crowd. I remember in the Raw after WM 33 the crowd was chanting “Fuck you Roman” at Roman and it was uncensored


Professor_Buttskin

Oh man, we going to FINALLY have episodes of Raw that live up to those old clickbait YouTube video thumbnails that had things like Brock Lesnar behead John Cena or whatever?


MarkMVP01

Rey Mysterio vs Undertaker, Big Show, Kane, Mark Henry, and The Great Khali


StrawHatRetro

![gif](giphy|Qy2VKY3xlI1QyR6Ix5)


Datzookman

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NoAd2759

Not even a good shoop.


Datzookman

https://preview.redd.it/lr5s8hdc8k8d1.jpeg?width=728&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=447eafaad44019e5b06ece35f80e6a46aefaa2cf I’ve seen worse


ALIAS_EL_CACAS

That’s the best picture of Ciampa they could find


Wes-Man152

This one is among the worst that has popped up for me lol https://preview.redd.it/kzgcbjvrml8d1.png?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e50fc8096f1a5bdf7513c23b5c6dee8b2d531f1f


Normal_Feedback_2918

So... it was all a work?


Iceman6211

finally the "KILLING MATCH! ROMAN REIGNS SHOT JOHN CENA!" will become real


CarStar12

Oh god the amount of people actually expecting Liv to rip her clothes off to entice Dom like some cheesy fan fic story are only going to increase with this news.


ToxicBanana69

I was in middle school when WWE went HD and me and my friends had no idea what that meant so we were expecting the divas to go nude and the men to start swearing constantly.


Illuminati_Shill_AMA

"HD's gotta stand for Hard Dicks, right!?"


RickyBobbyLite

![gif](giphy|wJrZCVwiPUwE0mPIjw|downsized) Me when Kelly Kelly didn’t *actually* get naked


Deathstroke317

Fucking Mike Knox, what an asshole


ALIAS_EL_CACAS

HD did not stand for hard dicks


500DaysofNight

But it could...?


KingChingLing

HD? Oh you mean HG as in Hard Gay


Snuggle__Monster

Listen here pal, I work 10 hour days. I need something to survive. Can't a mf'er have a dream?


rimales

MLK dreamed of a world where a man is not judged by the color of his skin but the thirstiness of his character.


Nateh8sYou

And Cody was there!


yantraa

This is funny until you realize some people really feel that way.


ToothPickLegs

![gif](giphy|26ghbWoXv3G6ypo8o) Very specific of you to assume that…


atmospheric90

At this rate, she's gonna reenact the Hawk Tuah meme and be the new face of it Edit: guess I'm really slow


MoeTheGoon

She did, or at leased referenced it.


theafterdeath

She already did.


frasiercranesburner

Waiting for a promo to end with someone just saying “you know what? fuck you”


SupaGasDrawls

Be more realistic for sure. Ive already said that twice today 


Thebritishdovah

Until L.A Knight gets them kicked off the air for going a bit too far with the swearing and Drew murders Punk again then pisses on his corpse.


TheGorgeousJR

‘And that’s not an insult, but this is, you absolute cunt’ Would be hilarious but there would be a lot of angry parents. WWE will always count children amongst their fans. My parents cussed like dockers but I highly doubt my wrestling fandom would’ve got off the ground had Bret Hart said to Davey Boy Smith ‘stop fucking my sister you massive prick’ in the lead up to Summerslam 92.


SombraAQT

Just not muting the audio if the crowd is chanting Holy Shit is fine. I don’t need them dropping Fuck or Bitch into every promo to try and impress teenagers with their edge.


DragonfruitATX

Bitch is already way overused in womens promos as a cheap crutch


ZerochildX23

The moment when the C-word gets dropped is gonna be somethings else..


SombraAQT

Absolutely, it’s just as cheap and lazy and insulting a local sports team. Do better, apply yourself.


CamoLantern

Kevin Owens and Elias would like to have a word.


UncleDrewfan

#FUCK YEAH MOTHERFUCKER!!! On a serious note hopefully they don't overdo it after being restricted for so long.


AmishAvenger

The core issue has never really been censorship from USA or anyone else. It’s been a matter of sponsorship. If Mattel think they can sell more WWE merchandise to kids if the wrestlers are dropping f-bombs every week, then they’ll allow it. If they think it’ll hurt sales, they’ll complain and WWE will fall in line. It’s happened before. And the prime factor now is money — the company is no longer run by a psycho who will take complaints as a personal challenge, like Vince did back in the day when the PTC was making a stink. And for a more recent example of the power sponsors have over the company, look at how fast Vince was gone when Slim Jim pulled out.


Decent-Sell-4065

Even better example: Look how all the modeling type side ventures like OF and Fansly still are banned by WWE, while twitch streaming is fully gtg under HHH. Hell they're even letting Creed and Breeze have a full channel with Claudio and Cole. That is entirely because of Mattel


whalepopcorn

Give everyone what they truly want out of this Liv/Rhea/Dom storyline. Full Dom nudity


SortaFunny599

Live Pegging Celebration 


Naive-Bend-7073

Now you're speaking my language


Jay_Diamond_WWE

That'd be one hot tamale.


THZHDY

he hangs dong


IcyPyroman1

Hopefully it’s mostly meant for the crowd muting really feels like saying fuck and bitch just makes the promo lazy


Dbthesage

I can already imagine a few people who’s not that good on the mic adding “bitch” to the end of every other sentence.


TheNightlightZone

*Nikki & Brie Bella nervously sweat... bitch*


fortyfive-degrees

Hot take but that’s Becky Lynch rn lol


Nemesysbr

Becky aint bad on the mic, but yeah she does do the whole dramatic pause to say bitch every other promo lol


TheMegaWhopper

It’s gotta be well used. Like the Christian Cage/Adam Copeland go fuck yourselfs


DudeLoveBaby

This is why I thought the discourse around swearing in promos was so silly when Rock was doing it and no one else could. Like of COURSE the Rock can tell people not to fuck with the Final Boss because he's The Rock! Why does Karrion Kross need to call someone a bitch?


PristineCucumber5376

Seth Fucking Rollins


Manpons

I have heard it as “Freaking” so much that it just sounds weird any other way. But saving that moment for him when he is proving himself to be “the guy” again will hit so sweet.


eei619

I can't wait for Seth to come out, start to say "Freakin'," before he pauses and says "No more "Freakin'," from now on I am Seth **"Muthafuckin'"** Rollins." Raw minutes metrics go way through the roof afterwards


NotClayMerritt

HHH has made it a point to say that with blood and swearing, keep for the right occasions and don't bring it out too often. Maybe Pat McAfee goes rouge and has to be reeled in but I don't think that's something you'll have to worry about with WWE.


Reishun

Probably not much will change, why fix something that aint broke, but now if The Rock says fuck they dont have to bleep it.


Navik101

doubt it since its still mostly a family product


TonyZony

FINALLY DREW AND PUNK CAN FUCK


bearwhidrive

WRESTLERS CAN POINT TO THEIR DICKS AS MUCH AS THEY WANT IN 2025, BITCHES


thekeifer

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DEMHWAHLADS

[Love the new intro](https://streamable.com/kuplmf)


ACW1129

The problem will be needing like 3 or 4 different subscriptions for WWE.


Joseph_Stalin_

We're going to get the first ever 5 star Bra and Panties match


magikarp2122

Bron vs Ilja


rhymeswithtag

Liv Morgan Uncensored Revenge Tour🫡


FPG_Matthew

Instead of beating around the bush, she just flat out asks Dom “wanna fuck?”


HuoLongHeavy

I can only hear it in the tone that she said "oh fuck" in the chamber.


TheWholeOfTheAss

That sounds like a Russo pitch. “Bro no more of this innuendo garbage. She has to tell him to stick his DICK her in VAHGYNA so they can have a BAHBAY!”


PM_ME_UR_BOOBS_PWEAS

Live sex celebration???


degjo

Why did you add an e to Liv


Terrible-Business-54

Alright, now the question becomes who gets to drop the first uncensored F-bomb on WWE TV?


Thebritishdovah

R-Truth. Just him going "OH WHAT THE FUCK?!" and the camera reveals he just seen his reflection.


Highwayman747

Depends on who can get there before The Rock does


Eternal_Reward

I feel like they accidentally missed some of the Rocks fucks during Wrestlemania 40, or am I imagining that? I remember one or two getting through.


AThrowawayAccount100

Instead of freakin, we're getting Seth "Motherfuckin'" Rollins.


The_Notorious_Donut

The Rock gonna move himself over to RAW when he comes back


Popculturemofo

I think people are going to be disappointed if they’re looking for bra and panties matches to make a return and for wrestlers to start throwing f bombs around in every promo. However this will hopefully help avoid having seconds of dead air when the crowd decides to chant “holy shit” for every standard table bump.


Gloryjoel69

Full frontal Omos, let’s goooo


spate42

https://preview.redd.it/xqtze6lctm8d1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e454a4bd5578d8075bee23772fb65694afc0d9a9


Mattyweaves19

I hope Stone Cold comes out to open the show only to say, “Fuck Vince McMahon,” and leave.


MrApocFunk

kick it off with a bang Hunter. show us you mean business. Let Seth open the show and drop a "IM SETH **FUCKIN** ROLLINS" live in the ring. GIVE ME WHAT I WANT


sev_n7

Drew McIntyre: (points to Punk, Jey, Damian) "Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you *points to Sheamus* You're cool *points to Punk again* ... and fuck you. I'm out"


MrApocFunk

Wyatts gonna get to go full Devils Rejects on mfs.


mike10dude

Wonder if the Netflix version of smackdown will be censored


Sashaflick

First episode on Netflix is the perfect time to finally be able to have Gordon Ramsey open RAW. Have him come down to the ring, stand there for about 20 seconds with a exasperated look on his face, look straight down the hard cam and say “It’s FUCKING RAAAAAAAW!”


i-am-nic

I can’t wait for barbed wire death matches followed by a threesome backstage segment.


BecomingJudasnMyMind

Rock appears the first night they're on NF. *music hits* Rock: .....fuck, shit, asshole, bitch...BALLS. *Music hits, Rock leaves*.


MinaElesia

They should kick off the first episode on there by having someone try to finish what Brian Pillman started and flash their johnson


gogoreddit80

I don’t wanna see Lexis’ junior king


Stormry

We get one "shit" per PLE now


EchoBay

Maybe we can finally get that big time heel run with Kevin Owens, cussing up a storm like he used to in ROH.


Lt_Jonson

People really need to temper their expectations. They’re still a mostly family friendly show, and there’s kids in the audience. They’re not gonna come out there and be like ![gif](giphy|QLNdAWrPIqkeNZfgcU) (It doesn’t even need captions or audio, I bet you’re hearing it in your head)


ElectronicBit9940

_chuck taylor to debut at #30 and win the 2025 rumble confirmed_


NerdLawyer55

Dennis HHH Reynolds: *”Back to the ring, full penetration. Crime. Penetration. Crime. Full penetration. Crime. Penetration. And this goes on and on and back and forth for 90 or so minutes until the show just sort of ends.”*


Jedi-El1823

Cathy Kelley: "So many ideas for when I interview Rhea." Triple H: "No!" Cathy: "Why not?" Triple H: "We don't need Raw to be NC-17."