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WWE Puts the Squeeze on Man Nipples

Posted Mar 28th 2008 5:55PM by TMZ Staff

Nipplegate 2008 has broken out in Florida! Wrestlers John Cena, Triple H, Randy Orton and Big Show are all proudly baring their nipple-free chests on a huge banner in downtown Orlando. Wait, what?

City officials met with some WWE suits to figure out how to keep the wrestling poster from looking "too provocative." The outcome - the WWE slammed, er, airbrushed the nipples into oblivion. Billboard malfunction!



According to the Orlando Sentinel, Mayor Buddy Dyer liked the nipple-free poster and added that there was some sort of city ordinance that banned public display of male nipples. For the love of Janet Jackson! But according to the city's press secretary no such ordinance exists.

Only one banner was targeted for nipple eradication. However, buses all over town are still cruising the streets baring the original posters of the wrestlers --male nipples and all. Flaunt 'em if you got 'em!

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16. they cut out the nipples, but are not afraid to have bra and panties matches on nearly every week basis???? they need to worry about more important things in the business than man boobies or "moobies" they are have a "bunnymania" match at wrestlemania and they will be wearing next to nothing. this is bizarre

Posted at 6:23PM on Mar 28th 2008 by matt

17. That billboard is as fake as the show!

Posted at 1:24PM on Apr 1st 2008 by Jordan

18. Sounds like Mayor Buddy Dyer gets nervous around man nipples.

That's not gay at all.....

Posted at 6:28PM on Mar 28th 2008 by CoolGirl2008

19. I've hear it all now!!! They're worried about nipples when they have stations like "MTV" demoralizing everthing and everyone from parents down to the stupid teenagers that watch that crap. I think the censors should take example from Europe!!! they are less stringent with sexual "issues" there and no one seems to be offended!!!

Posted at 6:33PM on Mar 28th 2008 by deezey

20. That sounds stupid. Mayor Buddy Dyer sounds like a sex-starved weirdo with too much time on his hands.

Posted at 6:32PM on Mar 28th 2008 by KL

21. So the violence is OK, but a nipple is not family friendly?

Posted at 6:31PM on Mar 28th 2008 by TypicalGirl

22. Ok welcome to Florida the Land Of Idiots. I have lived here for 11 years there is a strip club on every corner but a wrestlers nipples are offensive .. god whay do I even stay here I think the stupid is contagious

Posted at 6:33PM on Mar 28th 2008 by Duh!

23. Poor Harvey Levin! Everyone knows how much he loves those sweaty man-nipples and those 'roid ragin' men running around in their little tights punching air for a living. He must be heart broken.

Posted at 6:45PM on Mar 28th 2008 by H B Rider

24. Its like saying we should airbrush the state of Florida because it looks like a penis.

Posted at 3:57PM on Mar 29th 2008 by Josh

25. I didn't notice the no nipples on the billboards, too funny.
There must be a bunch of hillbillys coming for this thing, the citrus bowl has been getting set-up for a week.

Posted at 6:49PM on Mar 28th 2008 by FlBiker

26. America..the land of the stupied people

Posted at 6:50PM on Mar 28th 2008 by dinodavid220

27. .


ah, yes - Florida. Home of Jeb Bush... Anita Bryant... and all the southern-fried phonies that equate
male nipples with eroticism... que the elevator music, folks! The zealots are at it AGAIN!!



Posted at 6:52PM on Mar 28th 2008 by Kate

28. Florida, God's waiting room......

Posted at 6:53PM on Mar 28th 2008 by FlBiker

29. Nice Going Bible Thumpers!!!!

Posted at 9:10PM on Mar 28th 2008 by Car Guy

30. Nipples....is that an issue at the top of the mayor's list? There are people hungry, children not educated, drugs, crime, civil issues and the issue of nipples is front/center?

I am a proud American who has lived all over the country and overseas and I have to admit we are too uptight about the human body. Lets put it in perspective...boobs feed kids and are pleasent to look at, maybe not WWE boobs but come on people.

...and we ask breast feeding moms to cover up as tables of ugly people stuff thier fat faces in malls around America???

Posted at 9:19PM on Mar 28th 2008 by Sean

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