PDC Ban Darts Player From Using X-Rated Nickname at World Championship

The PDC have banned one darts star's popular x-rated nickname ahead of his appearance at the 2026 World Darts Championship.

In less than two months, the biggest event of the darts calendar gets underway as the 2026 PDC World Darts Championship will be held at Alexandra Palace in London, England.

This year's competition will be the first to feature an expanded 128-player field, with an additional 32 players qualifying for the 2026 Championship.

Several of the biggest names in darts will be playing in the competition, including world no.1 Luke Humphries and reigning champion Luke Littler.

One breakout star that is set to feature in this year's World Darts Championship is Australian player Tim Pusey, but before his first match in the competition he must select a new nickname after the PDC banned his current one.

Luke Littler won the World Championship last year. (Image: BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images)

The 33-year-old has become a massively popular name in darts in recent months, and will compete at the World Championship for the first time this winter having secured qualification in September by securing top spot on the Australian Darts Association Tour rankings.

Part of the reason for his recent rise among darts fans is due to his x-rated nickname, with the darts star known as Tim ‘The Magnet’ Pusey.

Unfortunately for fans of 'The Magnet', when asked about the nickname and if he will be using it at the World Championship this year, the Australian confirmed that it had been banned by the PDC, a decision that isn't exactly surprising.

“No, so that's why I don’t have any of that on my shirt,” he told TungstenTales.

“I’ll have to find a new one and maybe we’ll have to put it to a poll and get something.

“It’s hard because anything can be turned (laughs)… at the moment I don’t have any and the chants can be colourful.”

Of course, the fact that the PDC have banned the name will likely have no impact on the Ally Pally crowd, who are known for their colourful songs and chants.

Tim Pusey will change his nickname ahead of the PDC World Championship. (Image: DartsTV/YouTube)

Pusey isn't the first man to see his nickname be banned by the PDC as ahead the 2023/24 championship, Owen Bates also had to ditch his x-rated branding ahead of the competition.

Owen ‘The Master’ Bates, saw the nickname blocked by the Professional Darts Corporation, who reserve the right to ‘prohibit offensive, vulgar or inappropriate nicknames’.

But the decision to do so didn't exactly go down well, as popular pundit Ally McCoist criticised the decision while speaking on talkSPORT.

“He’s got to keep it, come on!” the Scotsman said holding back a laugh.

“He’s keeping it. It’s the best nickname. I love it man, it’s hilarious!” Where’s your sense of humour, darts people? Come on, man!”