Wrestlers react to Peacock editing racist footage from classic WWE matches
According to a recent report by The Hollywood Reporter, NBCUniversal is busy reviewing all 17,000 hours of WWE content to ensure it aligns with Peacock’s standards and practices.
It is also being said that WWE is also being made aware of any changes made.
The Hollywood Reporter notes in their report that one of the most recent edits was from WrestleMania 6, which had a match between Roddy Piper and Bad News Brown. Piper had painted his face half black. In the pre-match interview, Piper said “I hear Bad News Brown, how he’s talking about Harlem, and how he’s proud to be from Harlem…” “Now I can stand here, and I can be Black! I can be white! Don’t make no difference to me … it’s what’s inside.”
Peacock expects to have all WWE footage available on its streaming service by SummerSlam.
Pretty sure none of my dads WWF promos are making it to Peacock
😂😂😂😭😭😭— Brian Pillman Jr. (@FlyinBrianJr) March 25, 2021
Hey #Peacock if you wanted to edit out any of my dancing gimmick from 2003, that’d be okay.
— Lance Storm (@LanceStorm) March 26, 2021
So……@peacocktv is censoring and removing @wwenetwork content? pic.twitter.com/ZURaEMTiFZ
— Stevie Richards (@bWoStevie) March 26, 2021
Hey @peacockTV! Can you edit me into some old RAWS?
— Brian Heffron aka The Blue Meanie (@BlueMeanieBWO) March 26, 2021