Right to Censor
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Debut | July 17, 2000 |
Disbanded | June 14, 2001 |
Years active | 2000–2001 |
The Right to Censor (frequently referred to as RTC) was a
which was protesting the level of violence and sexual content in WWF programming, and threatening to boycott several of their sponsors.Throughout the stable's existence, the team had held the WWF Tag Team Championship (Buchanan and Goodfather) and the WWF Women's Championship (Ivory). The group feuded with several WWF wrestlers such as The Undertaker and The Rock. Right to Censor was ultimately dismantled by The Undertaker in April 2001, two months before its final dissolution.
Characters
The Right to Censor gimmick was a parody of the
Entrances of RTC members were accompanied not by the standard musical theme but by the sound of shrill alarms and buzzers, with an underlying swing jazz beat, along with a monotone voice repeating the word "warning" over and over again.
History
Formation and feuds
The group was formed when wrestler
The Right to Censor came out victorious in at least one match of every pay-per-view they participated in from mid-2000 to early 2001. At
The group had a moderate level of success, with Buchanan and The Goodfather holding the WWF Tag Team Championship and Ivory capturing the WWF Women's Championship before entering into a high-profile feud with Chyna.
Split and future
On the April 26, 2001 episode of
Ivory and Richards returned as members of The Alliance during the Invasion angle while Venis and Goodfather returned at the 2002 Royal Rumble under their old personas. Steven Richards adopted a psychotic gimmick while Bull Buchanan was briefly rebranded as B2 (B-Squared) in 2002 and made a bodyguard for John Cena before departing the WWE in January 2003. The rest of the group reverted to their previous personas before the advent of the faction. Godfather was released in 2002 (and later inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2016), Ivory in 2005 (inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2018), Richards in 2008 and Venis in 2009.
The Right to Censor gimmick returned for one night at the 2022 Royal Rumble, when Ivory made a guest appearance in the women's Royal Rumble match. Ivory's participation primarily consisted of her cutting a promo deriding the roster's unladylike behaviour; she lasted thirty seconds in the match before being eliminated by Rhea Ripley. Buchanan's son, Benjamin, who wrestles as Brooks Jensen, is now signed with the company and, as of 2024, currently performs in its NXT developmental brand.
The righttocensor.com domain remained active for 19 years even after the group's dissolution was redirected to WWF's Superstars website. For unknown reasons, an unknown individual acquired the former website's domain in July 2020 and redirects the righttocensor.com domain to rival All Elite Wrestling (AEW)'s website.[5][6]
Members
Championships and accomplishments
- World Wrestling Federation
- WWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) – Buchanan and Godfather[4]
- WWF Women's Championship (1 time) – Ivory[4]
References
- ^ "Right To Censor". Online World of Wrestling. Archived from the original on 2018-09-13. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
- ISBN 978-1-55022-726-0.
- ISBN 978-0-8223-3438-5.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-7566-4190-0.
- ^ Coulson, Josh (5 August 2020). "The Website For A Lapsed WWE IP Takes Fans Directly To AEW.com". TheSportster. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
- ^ "Whois Lookup Captcha". whois.domaintools.com. Retrieved 27 March 2023.