“Using the real death of Ozzy Osbourne for cheap heat doesn’t sit well. Just cheap. Do better”
21:49, 25 Aug 2025Updated 21:51, 25 Aug 2025
Becky Lynch at bp pulse LIVE in Birmingham
Fans were stunned at bp pulse LIVE in Birmingham this evening after a star made a ‘cheap’ Ozzy Osbourne joke just weeks after his death.
Tonight WWE Monday Night RAW is being broadcast from the Birmingham venue, formerly known as Resorts World Arena.
We’re reporting live from the arena this evening, with BirminghamLive reporter Robson McCallister in the audience.
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The crowd were left gasping after Irish wrestler Becky Lynch made a ‘cheap’ joke about the late Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne.
Robson said: “Becky Lynch has come out now and starting roasting us like a Sunday dinner. She said ‘I am not wrestling in Birmingham. The only good thing that came out of here died a month ago.
“Ozzy Osbourne has the good sense to move to LA, a proper city. If I lived in Birmingham, I’d die too.”
Robson said she then “scurried” from the ring, leaving fans “gasping”.
He added: “Her Ozzy Osbourne dig made everything else pale in comparison, that’s such a crazy line. So soon after his death too. Fans aren’t going to be happy.”
Ozzy died on July 22 2025 just weeks after his huge Black Sabbath Back to the Beginning gig at Villa Park.
Fans on X weren’t happy either with one saying: “Using the real death of Ozzy Osbourne for cheap heat doesn’t sit well with me. Just cheap and sh**ty. Do better @BeckyLynchWWE @WWE.”
WWE Monday Night RAW is being streamed live on Netflix tonight – the first time from Birmingham in 12 years.