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Leave it to the man himself to address a story about The Rock and the language in his promos that has been making the rounds for the last week.
Report
As previously reported by SEScoops and Dave Meltzer, there has been a lot of talk of some frustration among talent in and out of WWE about the double standard that comes with having The Rock back on television as he uses a lot of adult language in his promos.
There was a feeling that the double standard under Vince McMahon’s reign in charge was over once Triple H took over, but that’s not the case. Nick Khan, Triple H, and Dan Ventrelle (Executive Vice President of Talent) sent out a recent memo to talent reminding them of the company being PG with no cursing on TV or social media, and then Rock returned doing just the opposite.
It was said that talent was told due to the company being publicly traded and "the wishes of TKO management was for WWE to be TV-PG and he’s on the board, that if anything, he should be the one following the rules to set the example." WWE did let Cody Rhodes push the envelope with his promo on Monday’s episode of Raw with his segment to further their program ahead of the WrestleMania 40 tag team match.
Address
The Rock took to Twitter overnight to address a report that TKO wanted him to set an example and follow the TV-PG product guidelines.
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