Wrestling world melts down as WWE posts previously banned word in ongoing Twitter trend

WWE's Twitter account followed the sudden trend among many companies to post one or two-word tweets. Unlike others, though, it did it with a word that it had banned superstars from using — "wrestling." It naturally caused commotion on social media.

The trend apparently started when Amtrak tweeted the word "trains" on their account. Since then, multiple brands have followed the trend, with the Washington Post tweeting "news," NPR posting "radio," CNN posting "breaking news." and so on.

WWE's tweet using the word "wrestling" — a word that is literally the second one in the full form of the company's name — saw the fans lose their minds.

During Vince McMahon's time as the in-charge of the company, superstars were told not to use it live on TV, as the former chairman preferred the term "sports entertainment" to describe the product. However, when Triple H became the head of creative, he removed the ban on the word being used freely by stars.

Drew Gulak and Liv Morgan reacted to the company's official Twitter account using the word. While Morgan was happy and showed so with emojis, Gulak used a South Park reference.

Meanwhile, certain WWE fans thanked Triple H for lifting the ban and talked about how the handcuffs were off.

Others posted pictures and GIFs of what they felt would be Vince McMahon's reaction.

AEW followed the Twitter trend soon after WWE

In what others perceived to be a shot at WWE, the company also posted the second word of their name on Twitter — "elite."

The two tweets by the two companies following this trend thus led to a meltdown on social media.

What do you think of the one-word company Twitter trend? Let us know in the comments section below.

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Anirban Banerjee is a journalist from Kolkata, India and has been a part of building Sportskeeda's WWE section over the past 9 years. He's been an Assistant Content Manager for the team during the past 4 years as well. Banerjee has interviewed Jon Jones, Conor McGregor, 'Cowboy' Cerrone, Jorge Masvidal, Mandy Rose, Joe Hendry, Darren Till, and many others.

Anirban has worked in the field of wrestling and mixed martial arts journalism for several years. In addition to his work on Sportskeeda, Anirban is a fiction writer and has co-written over 20 biographies. He was also a columnist for 90 Minutes.

In his free time, Anirban is an avid reader and spends hours lost in books.

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