Overview

• During RAW in Birmingham on Aug. 25, Becky Lynch declined to wrestle there and said “the only good thing that came out of here died a month ago,” referencing Ozzy Osbourne and drawing loud boos.
• Kelly Osbourne blasted Lynch on Instagram as a “disrespectful dirtbag” and rebuked WWE for allowing remarks about her late father and his hometown, mistakenly tagging a fan account.
• Reaction split online, with many fans calling the line too soon and disrespectful while others framed it as routine heel work in a feud with Nikki Bella.
• Reports note WWE trimmed the remark from a clip posted on X, though the full exchange appears in a longer YouTube video of the segment.
• Ozzy Osbourne died on July 22 at 76 and had longstanding ties to WWE, including a 2021 Hall of Fame induction, and neither Lynch nor WWE has publicly responded to the backlash.