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3. Vince McMahon Was Furious At Ric Flair Over A 2004 Promo

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2004 was a different time for WWE, came hot on the heels of the Attitude Era (some still consider '04 part of that era) and the product wasn't as heavily scripted as it is today. Still, even back in 2004 you were unlikely to hear anyone boast about making virgins bleed on Raw. Leave it to Ric Flair then to provide that kind of controversy.

Ric uttered those words during the build to a match against Randy Orton at Taboo Tuesday. Recalling the incident on Edge and Christian's Pod Of Awesomeness, Flair's good pal Batista couldn't help but laugh as he remembered seeing Vince McMahon furiously tear Ric a new one behind the curtain afterwards. McMahon hated the line.

Ric was only getting carried away with an extension of his infamous 'Nature Boy' persona. It went too far in Vince's eyes, did nothing to sell the match and was just plain crude. Batista said McMahon told the legend he could never say anything like that on his programming ever again.

Spoilsport.

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