How Bad Bunny Got Away With Wearing A WWF Jacket On SmackDown

WWE has undergone a lot of changes over the decades, largely ones that were self-imposed to ensure the promotion continued to grow. However, in the early 2000s, WWE was forced to change its name by the World Wildlife Fund. Previously known as WWF, Vince McMahon lost out on the name and decided to rename his

WWE has undergone a lot of changes over the decades, largely ones that were self-imposed to ensure the promotion continued to grow. However, in the early 2000s, WWE was forced to change its name by the World Wildlife Fund. Previously known as WWF, Vince McMahon lost out on the name and decided to rename his company WWE, a lawsuit that came with a number of rules dictating when McMahon's promotion can and cannot use the WWF acronym.

Bad Bunny's WWF Jacket

Suffice to say, it's best for all involved to simply assume the WWF logo is off-limits and has been for more than 20 years now. That's why it was somewhat surprising when Bad Bunny ran out on the SmackDown before Backlash wearing a jacket with the WWF scratch logo featured on it multiple times.

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While shown on the live feed, WWE quickly pixelated the logos in replays, although it left it showing in photos. Fans joked higher-ups at WWE didn't want to upset Bad Bunny so they let him do it, happy to suffer any potential consequences. Turns out that theory was correct. Dave Meltzer noted the only reason Bad Bunny wore the jacket on WWE TV is because nobody wanted to tell him to take it off.

Keep Bad Bunny Happy

I don't know the man, but Bad Bunny seems like a reasonable guy. He's also clearly an avid wrestling fan, so I'm sure if someone had pointed the logo out to him, he would have probably understood immediately why he couldn't wear the jacket on TV. Then again, the man is clearly a ratings draw for the company and has been doing great stuff in the ring, so if WWE can foot the bill should the WWF get upset, then they may as well go ahead.

WWE suffered a very rare defeat in the courtroom to WWF at the turn of the century, but an agreement has since been reached allowing the wrestling company to use unedited footage shot prior to the name change. There was a time when WWE even had to blur the old WWF logo in archive footage, but that is no longer the case.

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