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The WrestleMania XXIV Nipple Scandal

Posted in The Show, W.W.E., WWE Superstars on March 28th, 2008

Wrestlemania XXIV banner Photoshopped to remove the nipples

Usually around here we spend our time telling you about uncovered nipples and where you can find them. Let me clarify: uncovered female nipples and where you can find them.

I don’t want to make a habit of this, but bear with me as I discuss male nipples for a moment, or more specifically, the lack of male nipples on the WrestleMania XXIV banner you see above. I know you probably didn’t notice, but the nipples of Triple H, Randy Orton, John Cena and company have been airbrushed out of that image.

The Orlando Sentinel’s Scott Maxwell attended WrestleManiArt last night and got the full story on what he’s calling NippleGate. The large banner hangs on the side of a building in Orlando, and was rendered nippleless in an effort to please Orlando city officials who didn’t want promo materials to be “too provocative.”

Here’s part of the pre-Nipplegate photo:

Triple H, Randy Orton, and John Cena, nipples intact
(image: WWE.com)

And a slightly zoomed image of the WrestleMania XXIV banner sans nipples, courtesy of the Orlando Sentinel:

Orlando WrestleMania XXIV banner sans nipples

OK, enough about man nips. Back to our regularly scheduled programming, and my sincerest apologies if you find yourself unable to tear your eyes away from Big Show’s nipples during future WWE events.  Here’s a Monica Bellucci chaser.

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  1. gerry242 said,

    on March 29th, 2008 at 8:37 pm

    wtf? theres linx to women topless all over this place and if you cant find them u should be forced to look at john cenas aereolas (sp?) all day long, but im gonna look at maria and ashley and francine and esp ariel.

  2. Sarabeth said,

    on March 30th, 2008 at 2:02 am

    I love that they’re calling it Nipplegate. Thought I would be smart and grab the domain name nipplegate dot com, but some spammer got it when Janet Jackson had her wardrobe malfunction. Oh well.

  3. Jialat dot Com » Blog Archive » Nipplegate - The WrestleMania Version said,

    on March 30th, 2008 at 8:49 pm

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  4. Jezzelle said,

    on April 5th, 2008 at 6:27 am

    I want to suck their [edited for content that was unnecessarily violent.]

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