Cesaro censored on RAW?

[Trip in the Head]

http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2015/0630/597811/john-cena-cesaro-match-censored-on-raw/

Apparently cesaro flipped Cena the ring fingers to represent for the brass ring club and WWE saw fit to censor it. Whats up wit dat?

EDIT: I realize it says middle finger in this article I linked. Just watch the gif. I'm pretty sure those are his ring fingers, not his middle ones.

 

[Farooq]

Perhaps a jump to confusion. Would have enjoyed seeing that though.

 

[Trip in the Head]

Yeah, maybe they thought it looked too much like the middle fingers

 

[Stopspot]

^ The answer right there

 

[Trip in the Head]

^ The answer right there

Well that's a dumb reason lol

 

[Leo C]

Well that's a dumb reason lol

Well, I think that's a fair reason. I mean, when was the last time someone gave someone the ring finger instead of the middle one? When they saw Cesaro doing that I could see Vince or Dunn flipping out and cutting it immediately because that motion is a middle finger being given 99.9% of the time.

 

[Prince Bálor]

"You can't even flip your ring fingers to the almighty John Cena, dammit!" - Vinnie Mac

 

[The GOAT]

The :fact:that flipping someone the bird is something that needs to be "censored" in the first place is pretty ridiculous.

 

[Trip in the Head]

The :fact:that flipping someone the bird is something that needs to be "censored" in the first place is pretty ridiculous.

Because the PG crowd never sees that anywhere else. Right?

 

[The GOAT]

Because the PG crowd never sees that anywhere else. Right?

It's not really that, but more the fact that for me while negative finger-gesturing should rightfully be considered "rude" and "offensive" (because giving someone the middle finger is such a quick and easy way of communicating to someone how you feel about them without needing to say a word), it shouldn't be considered so obscene or repugnant that people feel it necessary to censor it on television.

 

[I'll See Ya Kia]

I seem to remember Randy doing this to Seth on RAW a few months ago. His gestures were sort of above the camera's sight, but I actually have no problem with it in wrestling. It's very difficult to hear above crowd noise and showing your displeasure for another person can be easily shown using a hand gesture. I wouldn't flip the bird but there's certainly other ways to do this.

 

[Trip in the Head]

I seem to remember Randy doing this to Seth on RAW a few months ago. His gestures were sort of above the camera's sight, but I actually have no problem with it in wrestling. It's very difficult to hear above crowd noise and showing your displeasure for another person can be easily shown using a hand gesture. I wouldn't flip the bird but there's certainly other ways to do this.

Yeah I remember reading about this. Orton flipped the birds faster than the censor/camera guy could pan away or whatever. The camera guy intentionally made it so you couldn't see the gesture by not shooting it in the frame. On the live edition of RAW one could see it no problem, but on the Hulu version it's not even slightly there. Yay for YouTube

 

[Prince Bálor]

Yeah I remember reading about this. Orton flipped the birds faster than the censor/camera guy could pan away or whatever. The camera guy intentionally made it so you couldn't see the gesture by not shooting it in the frame. On the live edition of RAW one could see it no problem, but on the Hulu version it's not even slightly there. Yay for YouTube

Oh, you mean this?

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

If Cesaro wanted to make a "brass ring" gesture he should have made it more clear what he was doing and not just done it like a double bird.

 

[I'll See Ya Kia]

Oh, you mean this?