It’s no big secret that Vince McMahon had his list of banned words that could not be said on WWE programming that put limitations on people for years. Recently it seems that the company has been loosening up as talents are once again able to use words like “wrestler” and “wrestling.”
Vince also was not a fan of a title being referred to as a “strap” or “belt.” Freddie Prinze Jr. recently described Vince McMahon’s reaction to these words on his Wrestling With Freddie podcast and he noted that “strap” would set Vince off.
“You weren’t even allowed to say ‘belt’ when Vince McMahon was running things. You had to say ‘title’ or ‘championship.’ I think those were the only two things you could say.”
“If you said ‘strap,’ oh, Vince would just go off, man. ‘Aw, godd*****, did he just say strap? Jesus Christ, promo s***.’” He went on, “He would go off on one word, and the rest of the promo would be dope, and he wouldn’t even hear it.”
Vince McMahon retired from WWE back in July and shortly after it was announced that Triple H was put in charge of WWE creative. Triple H appears to be taking a different approach when it comes to what wrestlers can and can’t say, so it will be interesting to see if we hear the word “strap” on WWE programming in the future.
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