5 banned WWE words that were brought back

#3 War

It goes to show how much WWE has changed from the fact that the word “war” was prominent on its weekly programming in the Attitude Era (“Raw is War”, “the WarZone” etc), yet it was included on the leaked list of banned words in 2008.

In 2019, it appears as though the word is no longer prohibited, with Superstars including Ember Moon, Hanson, and Rowe using it as part of their characters.

Moon is nicknamed “The War Goddess”, while Hanson and Rowe (aka Ivar and Erik) were called War Raiders (aka The Viking Raiders) during their time in NXT.

There have been suggestions that War Raiders were forced to change their name on the main roster due to the word “war”, but that seems unlikely when you consider that Moon still uses “The War Goddess” and that NXT has an entire event built around a war, NXT TakeOver: WarGames, every year.