5 WWE things that are now banned but were acceptable 15 years ago

#4. All promos have to be pre-approved by WWE officials

There was a time when WWE Superstars would be allowed to head out to the ring and cut a promo that was completely off the cuff. The likes of The Rock and John Cena have become famous for being able to head out to the crowd and control the direction of the audience with their words, but it appears that those days are now over.

Even the stars in WWE who are seemingly the best on the mic are no longer allowed to cut promos without them being scripted. Various reports in recent weeks have noted that Paul Heyman, The Miz, and even The Street Profits now have a majority of their work scripted since many current WWE stars prefer to be told what to say.

There was also a leaked WWE document from a few years ago which noted that tall promo segments had to be pre-approved ahead of the show and the only star who was allowed to do the usual "yeah, boo" stuff with the crowd was John Cena.