Twitchy.com is featuring a collection of tweets from wrestling fans upset with the news of Linda McMahon’s recent GOP primary win over Chris Shays fearing it will force the company to continue on a path of TV-PG programming.
“Former WWE executive Linda McMahon trounced former U.S. Rep. Chris Shays in Tuesday’s GOP Senate primary in Connecticut. Wrestling fans, however, are clamoring for more sex and violence. Starting in late 2008, the WWE began to tone down programming from TV-14 to PG levels to attract a younger audience. But in some corners of wrestling fandom, the theory is that McMahon neutered WWE programming to benefit her eeeevil Republican political career. Now that McMahon has won her primary bid, some viewers fear the PG rating could be — gasp! — permanent!”