10 Fascinating WWE Royal Rumble 2016 Facts

7. WWE Edited The Flair/Becky Kiss Off Of Replays

Dean Ambrose - Royal Rumble 2016
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For some people watching, it wasn't actually a shock to see Ric Flair, for whom "kiss-stealing" is an identifier, grab Becky Lynch during a Women's title match and forcibly smooch her on the lips. It's a very "Flair" thing that's well within context of his character, a designed distraction that fits within his "dirty old man" MO.

Regardless, there were a lot of fans that were creeped out by the act, even if Becky did give him a hard smack as a rebuke. There was a bit of a social media firestorm after the fact and, in an attempt to downplay the entire spot, WWE hastily scrubbed it from Network replays. Flair would continue to get physically involved in daughter Charlotte's matches, but never again to that extent.

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Justin has been a wrestling fan since 1989, and has been writing about it since 2009. Since 2014, Justin has been a features writer and interviewer for Fighting Spirit Magazine. Justin also writes for History of Wrestling, and is a contributing author to James Dixon's Titan series.