Netflix censor Brock Lesnar's t-shirt despite WWE allowing it

Netflix has censored the t-shirt worn by Brock Lesnar during Monday Night RAW earlier this week.

The 49-year-old came out wearing a black vest with the phrase “Talk sh*t, get hit” printed on the front. The wording was already censored with a star replacing the letter 'i' during the live broadcast, but the word was removed completely for the replay version.

Instead, viewers who chose to watch a replay of the event saw Lesnar wearing the same black vest, which read "Talk, get hit" with a black bar covering the second word of the phrase. The edited broadcast also used alternate angles to avoid showing Lesnar on screen, with additional shots of Oba Femi shown in place of many reaction shots from Lesnar during Femi’s promo.

Lesnar's clothing was not the only element of the broadcast that was later censored, after fans also noticed that Netflix blurred Bron Breakker’s head after he began bleeding during his steel cage match with Seth Rollins.

It was the second week in a row that Netflix edited its RAW coverage to blur blood, having censored bleeding when Gunther attacked Cody Rhodes backstage last week. Once again, the injury was visible in the live broadcast and removed for the on-demand transmission after the event had finished.

Netflix also opted to censor some audio from the WWE Night of Champions replay, with chants of "Holy sh*t*" dubbed with chants of "This is Awesome".

Many people believed the decision to show WWE RAW on Netflix would facilitate more graphic and explicit content, but instead, it has gone the other way. There has not been any official reason given for the censorship of the event, though it would appear to be an attempt to make the sport accessible to a wider audience.

Lesnar could retire next month

Lesnar was defeated by Femi at Wrestlemania 42 back in April and appeared to go off-script in a last-minute decision, which fans believed was his retirement. The 49-year-old laid down his gloves and boots in the middle of the ring, leaving both the commentary team and his long-term associate Heyman taken aback.

The veteran then made an X symbol with his hands after Heyman entered the ring. The symbol is normally used for superstar injuries to signal that something non-scripted has occurred in the ring. However, he made his return in May when the former UFC star jumped the Nigerian during his entrance before delivering four F5s, delivering an emphatic response to the retirement questions.

Fans have speculated that Lesnar's immediate return might have opened the door for his actual retirement match at WWE Summerslam, which takes place in his hometown of Minnesota next month, where Lesnar will battle Femi inside Hell in a Cell.