Who Will Be This Year’s WWE Diva in Playboy?
Guesses abound as to which WWE diva will pose for Playboy this year. Most speculation has centered on the youngest WWE diva Kelly Kelly (pictured above), although recent rumors suggest that Playboy and WWE may have severed their longstanding relationship. Since January came and went with no leaks or teases about the next diva to take it all off, those rumors are looking more and more accurate. The Sun agrees:
With the WWE aiming for a more family-friendly product this year, fans fear the annual delight of a Diva in Playboy may be coming to an end.
Vince McMahon is keen to make his company more ‘PG-rated’, in a bid to win over advertisers and parents.
That could mean an end to the WrestleMania tradition of a WWE stunner stripping naked for the adult mag.
Apparently naked WWE divas and family-friendly programming don’t mix. Who knew?
Adding to the growing evidence that WWE is focusing more on the underage crowd, Kelly Kelly shared some telling news about WrestleMania 25 during an interview with the Bubba the Love Sponge radio show last weekend. When asked if there would be a bra and panties match, Kelly responded, “We’re high-road now. We’re PG.”
Those don’t sound like the words of a woman fresh off a Playboy photo shoot.
Jim Ross also weighed in on his J.R.’s BBQ blog today:
All of the sudden there is all this talk about whether or not the WWE will have a Diva in Playboy prior to Wrestlemania. First of all, I do not know. I do seriously doubt it, however. I am more interested in the WM25 card than I am about who may be “tastefully nude” in Playboy Magazine.
Could all these rumors be a ploy to throw fans off and avoid spoiling the big reveal? Possibly, but I wouldn’t hold my breath. There seems to be a committed effort to take the company in a new kid-friendly direction. (Just look at the last few months of ECW shows.) I just question whether this will pay off financially for the WWE. The PG product certainly isn’t earning them any accolades from adult fans.
What do you guys think? Is this the end of the WWE/Playboy partnership?
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on February 7th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
NOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!:p…damn this kelly woman…it just seems her hands are magnetic to her breasts….they just dont come off do they..as soon as the top is off she has some sort of super electromagnetised thingy on her nipples and hands and they stick like glue..:P..i hope wwe playboy isnt over…cuz if it is wwe sux balls…no reason to watch wwe againn :(..evn thoguh the randy orton storline is interesting
on February 7th, 2009 at 10:44 pm
i understand making it more “family oriented” but damn. they ruined good wrestling. they ruined hardcore wrestling. wwe and most of the wrestling organizations have gone downhill.
on February 8th, 2009 at 12:30 am
The good news is, if they really lose money on this kid-friendly garbage, you’d better believe they’ll head back in a more adult-oriented direction. At the end of the day, cash rules. WWE won’t stay away from extreme matches, bunny battles, and Playboy spreads if those things bring in more viewers than clowns and petting zoos, or whatever G and PG rated stuff Vince has up his sleeve.
on November 16th, 2009 at 1:39 am
NoOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This can’t come to an end, i was waitin to see kelly nude. Damn now i gotta go back to my room.