10 Times WWE Had A BLACKOUT

1. A Swear For The Gold (Money In The Bank 2021)

Royal Rumble 2013
WWE

It was at the exact moment Charlotte Flair made an impulsive decision about a match that threatened to go off the rails early that WWE cut the picture completely.

'The Queen's Money In The Bank Raw Women's Championship victory over Rhea Ripley was a pulsating and dramatic war, and surprisingly so. Almost the entirety of their feud had been a total disaster to the point that it was impossible to work out who to cheer or boo. This wasn't just isolated to returning fans in attendance either - their ThunderDome clash at June's Hell In A Cell gave the backstage button pusher such bother than they seemingly had to invent indifferent.wav as a crowd noise for the introductions.

Showering Champion and Challenger with loud and noticeable "Becky Lynch" chants, the audience seemed to keen to make it clear just who'd they like to see instead. Flair, in response, made it quite clear what she thought of them. The picture cut instantly, but missed the start (and a little bit of the end) of the cheeky gesture.

 
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