WWE Rumor Roundup - Sasha Banks changes name, Ban on mentioning Asuka's move on TV, Superstar's pitch for a character change rejected - 28th November 2020

#4. WWE announcers banned from using the term Codebreaker

In the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer noted that WWE had banned its announcers from mentioning 'codebreaker' on TV.

Asuka made a hot tag and hit a codebreaker, which, by the way, is a term the announcers are banned from using.

The codebreaker, a Double Knee Facebreaker, was rechristened when Chris Jericho returned to the WWE in 2007. The codebreaker is an essential weapon in Asuka's arsenal of moves, and she has been using it since her early days in NXT.

The reigning RAW Women's Champion continues to use the move, but the announcers can't mention it by its popular name due to the association with Chris Jericho.

The announcers no-sold the move as they didn't want to draw attention to the codebreaker and its history with Chris Jericho.

WWE is known to ban terms and words that could promote former WWE Superstars or performers from rival companies, and the codebreaker situation is no different.

In June earlier this year, Chris Jericho had revealed that Ricochet had asked him permission to use the codebreaker. Le Champion didn't have a problem with the request, but he did tell Ricochet that the WWE Superstar might have to change its name if he intends to use it.