WWE RAW & SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch recently spoke with MassLive.com to talk about a wide range of pro wrestling related topics.
During the interview, she was asked about her rise to the top of WWE. This is where she made it known that she thinks last year’s Money In the Bank pay-per-view started the journey that she’s on and featured as a top act in the company.
According to Lynch, she thinks the fans were sick of her being overlooked by the company, which started the movement.
“Every time I stepped foot on the ladder, to win that contract [to receive a championship opportunity], the crowd went mad. It showed everyone that I have a bond with the audience. That maybe they were sick of me being overlooked. And I really attribute that to everything else that happened.”
Lynch will pull double duty against Charlotte Flair and Lacey Evans at the Money In The Bank pay-per-view event on Sunday, May 19, 2019 in Hartford, CT at the XL Center that will air on the WWE Network.
She’ll defend the RAW Title against Evans while Flair will challenge her for the SmackDown Title.
WWE Champions Becky Lynch and Seth Rollins have gone public about their rumored romantic relationship. The revelation comes after the RAW and SmackDown Women’s champion had a Twitter exchange with Beth Phoenix, who is married to WWE Hall of Famer Adam “Edge” Copeland.
“I’ll Ask Him…”
Uploading a photo of herself holding her championships aloft, Lynch’s initial tweet issued a warning to Phoenix, who is standing next to her in the image. She advised the Glamazon to not “get too close to that title.”
Phoenix would respond by writing, “No worries Becky Lynch… I’m just glad that we are friends and not steaming over a silly little detail like being tied for number of title reigns. Cheers!”
No worries @BeckyLynchWWE …I’m just glad that we are friends and not steaming over a silly little detail like being tied for number of title reigns. Cheers! https://t.co/ypXjz2ZQkT
But it was Lynch’s next response that would bring Beth Phoenix’s husband, Edge, into the conversation.
“Yeah, we’re neck and neck alright” she said, including an image of her and Edge, who was forced into an unfortunate retirement due to a neck injury.
Edge would then insert himself into the proceedings:
“Listen The Man, you’re doing good for yourself now kid. But we can all find the footage of your steampunk phase, with a familiar entrance where you attempt Edge lite. And fail. Sooooo begone with you.”
Listen The Man, you’re doing good for yourself now kid. But we can all find the footage of your steampunk phase, with a familiar entrance where you attempt Edge lite. And fail. Sooooo begone with you. https://t.co/O6BaWb99Ac
At this point, Lynch mentioned that WWE wanted her to be “nicer” on social media. She conceded Edge’s point with a tongue-in-cheek reference to his old theme music.
Beth Phoenix would then ask her friend if they were “involving our men now” to which Becky 2 Belts replied, “I’ll ask him…@WWERollins?” providing public confirmation that the two are officially dating.
A new episode of WWE 24 will document Becky Lynch’s momentous journey to the main event of WrestleMania 35, where she would emerge victorious as both RAW and SmackDown’s Women’s Champion. That win would earn her the new moniker, Becky 2 Belts.
The documentary itself will be an hour long and will chart her career from wrestling on the Irish independent circuit, to her undeniable explosion in popularity amongst the WWE Universe, to eventually besting both Charlotte Flair and Ronda Rousey at WrestleMania.
WWE’s short synopsis reads:
“Witness the rise of ‘The Man’ Becky Lynch from her Irish wrestling days to competing in WrestleMania’s first all-women’s main event!”
Becky Lynch is scheduled to defend both her championships in separate matches at Money In The Bank. She will defend her RAW championship against Lacey Evans, and her SmackDown championship against Charlotte Flair.
The WWE 24 special will air via the WWE Network on May 19th, once WWE’s next PPV, Money In The Bank, has concluded.
Money In The Bank 2019
RAW Women’s Championship Match
Becky Lynch (c) vs Lacey Evans
WWE Universal Championship Match
Seth Rollins (c) vs AJ Styles
Men’s MITB Ladder Match:
Braun Strowman vs Ricochet vs Drew McIntyre vs Baron Corbin vs Ali vs Finn Balor vs Andrade vs Randy Orton
Women’s MITB Ladder Match:
Natalya vs Dana Brooke vs Naomi vs Alexa Bliss vs Bayley vs Mandy Rose vs Ember Moon vs Carmella
Big E has been quite active on social media since having to take time off due to injury. The appearance of Becky Lynch’s mother, Mama Lynch, on Twitter recently had quite the impact on the multi-time WWE tag team champion.
Lynch then noted to Big E that Mama Lynch is married. There were some added comments in parenthesis which seemed to indicate this was not a deal-breaker, however.
I would learn to become a cycling class instructor & offer Mama Lynch free classes just in hopes of seeing her post-workout glisten. https://t.co/5PCLszdHbh
WWE champ-champ Becky Lynch and Daniel Bryan decided to stop
by the home of former UFC champ-champ Conor McGregor while touring Ireland this
week.
On Thursday, WWE posted photos of Lynch and Bryan working
out at Straight Blast Gym (SBG) Ireland, the gym that McGregor calls home, as they
worked with the Irishman’s head coach John Kavanagh.
Lynch has actually worked out with Kavanagh previously when
she was back at home in Ireland.
Both McGregor and Kavanagh have often shown support of Lynch
during her professional wrestling career. In fact, McGregor sent out a special
congratulations to Lynch after she reached ‘champ-champ’ status following her
win in the WrestleMania 35 main event.
“The Man’ Becky-Two Belts, the champ-champ is here at SBG,
the place that breeds the champ-champs in Ireland,” Lynch said. “Now I’m not
saying this is the sole reason but I started training with John Kavanagh about this
time last April and since then it’s been nowhere but up.”
Meanwhile, Bryan is an avid mixed martial arts and Brazilian
jiu-jitsu enthusiast who has trained alongside former UFC champion Benson
Henderson at the MMA Lab in Arizona in the past as well.
WWE is currently on tour in Europe with a stop in Ireland this
week where Lynch and Bryan took the time to get some extra training in with one
of the top teams on the Emerald Isle.
Bryan has brushed up against more than a few fighters in his
career as well.
Bryan famously engaged in a short war of words with welterweight
competitor Mike Jackson after he dismantled former WWE superstar CM Punk in his
second UFC fight.
He also fired off a few social media messages at reigning
UFC flyweight champion Henry Cejudo after he went on a viral campaign hoping to
catch the attention of Bryan’s sister-in-law, Nikki Bella.
Now it appears Lynch and Bryan are getting in a little extra
training and sparring under Kavanagh and his team at SBG before stepping back
into the ring during the WWE European tour.
Former WWE Tag Team Champion Sasha Banks has been called out by a top star.
It’s been an interesting time for her over the last month. Banks hasn’t wrestled or even been seen on WWE television since WrestleMania 35 when she and Bayley lost the Women’s Tag Team Titles. The reason for that is due to Banks reportedly wanted to leave the company over WrestleMania weekend.
Earlier this week, Pwinsider.com reported that there were rumblings in WWE that she might be returning from her hiatus. The belief about this situation is that she has been frustrated with her role in the company.
WWE RAW and SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch recently did an interview with Sports Illustrated where she spoke about a wide range of topics. During the interview, she had interesting comments for her good friend.
“Come fight me, Sasha. At one time, Sasha Banks was the top dog, she was ‘The Boss,’ but Sasha’s fallen from grace. It seems like she can’t hack it. Let’s prove something.”
Lynch would continue by bringing up having some great matches in NXT and it has been quite some time since they wrestled each other. She noted that she would love to do it again but this is a different time for her.
“This ain’t ‘The Lasskicker’ anymore, this is ‘The Man.’ I would love to go toe-to-toe, ‘The Man’ vs. ‘The Boss,’ to prove who is the top dog now.”
WWE RAW and SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch recently spoke with Chuck Carroll of CBS Sports to talk about a wide range of topics.
During the interview, she was asked about former champion Ronda Rousey and the impact that she had not just on the women’s division but on WWE as a whole.
This is where Lynch praised her for being a tremendous, natural, athlete but wasn’t born tough and thinks that we saw the best of Rousey before she was defeated and haven’t seen her since.
Lynch was then asked if she would like to have a rematch at next year’s WrestleMania. This event will take place Sunday, April 5th, 2020 from Tampa, FL at the Raymond James Stadium.
“If Ronda Rousey is ready to come back to try and prove herself, I would absolutely take her on. If not, then there’s plenty of other women here who are ready, willing, going day in, day out, that I would love to fight.”
WWE presents the Money In The Bank pay-per-view event on Sunday, May 19, 2019 in Hartford, CT at the XL Center. At this show, Lynch will defend the Raw Women’s Title against Lacey Evans and the SmackDown Women’s Title against Charlotte Flair.
Becky Lynch currently holds both the RAW and Smackdown Women’s Championships. She will attempt to defend both at Money in the Bank when she puts up the RAW title against Lacey Evans and the Smackdown version against Charlotte Flair. Lynch spoke to SI.com recently regarding Ronda Rousey, headlining WrestleMania, and more.
“My goal wasn’t just to knock Ronda Rousey out, it was to chase her out of the company,” Lynch said. “And we haven’t seen her since.”
“The way to beat Ronda isn’t through her body, it’s through her mind,” Lynch continued. “Once she feels like she is untouchable, that’s when she is most vulnerable. Ronda enjoyed WWE, as she did in MMA, when she was on top, but she got her jacket and left once she found out she wasn’t infallible.”
Becky Lynch Interview Highlights
Lynch also spoke about how she was motivated to headline WrestleMania 35 following a text she received at WrestleMania 34.
“I remember getting a text at WrestleMania 34 from a friend, and the text read, ‘I heard it’s going to be Charlotte Flair vs. Ronda Rousey in the main event of WrestleMania next year,’” said Lynch. “I thought to myself, ‘How dare you not even put me in consideration?’ Even though I was looked at as a mid-card player, I always viewed myself as a top star. I knew it was just a matter of breaking through, but I just had to figure out a way to do it.”
Lynch first started training when she was 15. Finn Balor was one of her instructors early in her career. Balor was also successful at WrestleMania, defeating Bobby Lashley for the Intercontinental title. Lynch also spoke about what it was like with both her and Devitt wrestling at WrestleMania 35.
“You couldn’t write that,” said Lynch. “We started out together as little teenagers, living the dream, I was 15 and he was 20, and we end up in the semi-main event and main event of WrestleMania? And both walk out with championships? Finn found me after the show to tell me he was proud of me, and I am sure as hell proud of him.”
WWE RAW and SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch recently made an appearance told 106.7 The Fan’s Chad Dukes to talk about a wide range of topics.
During the interview, Lynch wanted to send a message to former WWE RAW Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey as well as UFC stars Conor McGregor and Cris Cyborg.
Lynch beat Ronda Rousey and Charlotte Flair to win the titles at WrestleMania 35 in a Winner Take All Match in East Rutherford, NJ at MetLife Stadium on the WWE Network. Regarding Rousey, Lynch praised her for coming into WWE with a lot of equity and she’s an incredibly natural athlete. However, that’s where it stops.
“But this isn’t her domain, this isn’t what she’s obsessed about for years and years and years. It’s what I have. So, for me, it was a matter of saying, ‘Okay, yeah, you’re naturally gifted. Yeah, you’re born tough. But that’s not nearly as impressive or long-lasting as being made tough.'” Lynch would then add, “So my goal was to take that championship she was holding hostage, and free it and defend it, and give it to somebody – me – who loves this business more than anything.”
Lynch switched her focus to Cyborg, who is a former UFC Women’s Featherweight Champion, due to her expressing her interest in a possible transition to WWE. Lynch would praise her for being another very talented professional in her field and welcomes anyone into wrestling who is going to put in the work but don’t expect to be handed everything.
Lynch added that wrestling and MMA are completely different and not everyone is able to do that.
Finally, McGregor, who is a former UFC Lightweight and Featherweight Champion, teasing to the possibility of him coming to WWE was brought up. Lynch stated that, “if he wants to work for it, by all means. Come on, Conor. I’ll give ya a little bit of training. I’ll show you the ropes.”
It had originally been thought that Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch would face each other in a single’s match at WrestleMania 36. That is evidently no longer the plan, however.
According to a recent report from the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, the reason WWE is putting Lynch vs Flair at Money in the Bank later this month is that they are no longer planning on going with that match at Mania next year.
“The reason they are putting Lynch vs. Flair at Money in the Bank is that they have a different match planned for next year’s Mania for Lynch,” wrote Dave Meltzer, though he noted plans could change frequently throughout the year.
The report continues to say WWE definitely has a specific opponent for Lynch in mind at WrestleMania next year but that person is neither Charlotte Flair nor Ronda Rousey.
“The only thing we know is that she’s slotted to be the top woman on that show, and her opponent is not scheduled to be either Flair or Rousey at this point,” Meltzer continued.
Lynch will face two opponents on May 19th at Money in the Bank. The RAW and Smackdown Women’s Champion (champ champ) will defend her titles in separate matches on the show. Lynch will defend the RAW title against Lacey Evans and the Smackdown title against Charlotte Flair.
Bayley and Becky Lynch will go one-on-one this week on Smackdown. It will be the first time the two have faced each other in single’s competition on the main roster.
The match comes as Becky Lynch prepares to do double-duty on the upcoming Money in the Bank PPV on May 19th. Lynch will defend the RAW title against Lacey Evans and the Smackdown title against Charlotte Flair on the show.
Becky Lynch vs Bayley
This match will be the first time the two have faced each other on the main roster. They met each other in single’s competition on NXT programming 5 times. Lynch won the first four but Bayley won the final match between the two.
This Tuesday’s Smackdown will emanate from the Schottenstein Center in Columbus, OH.
Would love to. And I wouldn’t worry about “hurting my feelings”….especially over Twitter ?????. Let’s just hope I don’t hurt your chances of retaining at MITB. https://t.co/A1SjO8eQdb
“Will Lynch be able to focus her attention on The Hugger with such a daunting task approaching at WWE Money in the Bank?” a WWE press release for the match reads. “Or will Bayley be able to get the most monumental victory of her SmackDown LIVE tenure thus far by knocking the champ-champ down a peg? Find out this Tuesday night.”
Bayley was recently moved from RAW to Smackdown in the Superstar Shakeup. As the holder of both RAW and Smackdown Women’s Championships (champ champ), Lynch appears on both brands.
Earlier this week, Bayley took to her official Twitter account where she made it known that she thinks being moved from WWE’s flagship show, Monday Night RAW, to SmackDown Live in the Superstar Shake-Up would be good for her.
Moving to this past Tuesday’s episode of SmackDown Live in Lincoln, NE at the Pinnacle Bank Arena, she lost a #1 contender’s match to Charlotte Flair. WWE RAW and SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch wrote back to Bayley by issuing the following statement:
As a result of this win, Flair has secured the right to challenge Lynch for both titles at the upcoming Money In The Bank pay-per-view event on Sunday, May 19, 2019, in Hartford, CT at the XL Center.
Kofi Kingston Gets Called Out
WWE Champion Kofi Kingston has been called out Shinsuke Nakamura on social media. This comes after Kingston and Nakamura took on each other on this week’s Smackdown Live.
Nakamura has made it known that he would like to get a rematch with the top champ on the blue brand. He wrote the following:
.@TrueKofi ,Sorry about your friendO… by the way, you owe me a rematch. That was just round 1… #true?
Raw and SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch recently had an interview with US Magzine and when asked about her arch-rival Ronda Rousey, she had the response you’d expect from the man.
Becky was asked about her WrestleMania opponent and replying to the question she said that the former UFC Star only knows how to win and she can’t handle her losses.
Continuing on the topic, Lynch brought up Ronda’s absence
from WWE Programming since WrestleMania, saying that she has incredible
athletic abilities but her heart isn’t in the business.
Finally, The Man said that she is very happy to get rid of
the former Women’s Champion claiming that Ronda Rousey disrespects her
business:
“I’m happy I beat her. I want to get rid of her… She doesn’t deserve to be here. She’s disrespected my business and I am delighted that she’s gone. If she wants to go and have a family, that’s great for her. Sail off into the sunset. But I’ll be here running the show.”
As we noted before, Ronda Rousey recently underwent hand surgery and she has no immediate plan of returning to the company anytime soon. She goes as far as admitting that she might never return to the ring again.
On the other hand, Becky Lynch appears to be at the start of
an epic title reign and she is expected to defend both her titles in different
matches at the upcoming Money In The Bank event.
WWE RAW and SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch will be making two title defenses at the upcoming WWE Money In The Bank event.
On Tuesday during SmackDown Live, Charlotte Flair beat Bayley to become the new #1 contender for the SmackDown Women’s Title. As a result, Flair will challenge Lynch for the title at this show.
As noted, WWE has already confirmed that Lynch will also be defending the RAW Women’s Title against Lacey Evans at this show as well.
WWE presents the Money In The Bank pay-per-view event on Sunday, May 19, 2019 in Hartford, CT at the XL Center that will air on the WWE Network. WWE will be announcing more matches for this show in the coming weeks. Here is the updated card:
Updated WWE Money In The Bank Card
WWE Universal Champion Seth Rollins vs. AJ Styles
WWE RAW Women’s Champion Becky Lynch vs. Lacey Evans
WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte Flair
Men’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match: TBA vs. TBA vs. TBA vs. TBA vs. TBA
Women’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match: TBA vs. TBA vs. TBA vs. TBA vs. TBA
Roman Reigns vs. Elias
What are your thoughts on this match being added to the card? Sound off in the comment section.
Becky Lynch might take the ring twice at next month’s (Sunday, May 19, 2019) Money In The Bank (MITB) pay-per-view (PPV). The show goes down from the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut. Currently, Lynch is to defend her RAW Women’s Championship against Lacey Evans on the card.
However, she also has obligations as SmackDown Live Women’s Champion. Last week on RAW, Evans said she’s looking forward to winning the RAW Women’s strap. But on last night’s episode, Evans said she’s coming after both of “The Man’s” titles. Dave Meltzer addressed this on yesterday’s Wrestling Observer Radio.
Meltzer revealed that Lynch and Evans’ match won’t be for both the RAW and SmackDown Live Women’s Titles. Instead, Lynch will be defending both titles on the MITB card, but in two separate matches. It remains to be seen who will be Lynch’s challenger for the SmackDown Live Women’s Title, but that could very well be addressed on tonight’s episode.
Becky Lynch Wants To Make The Women’s Titles The Most Prestigious Titles In WWE
It was speculated that Charlotte Flair might be the woman to challenge Lynch at MITB. As for Evans’ comments about both belts, Meltzer hypothesized that “The Lady Of WWE” could earn a title opportunity in both matches. Regardless of how things work out, it looks like Lynch will be having two matches on the card.
Who do you think will be Lynch’s challenger for the SDL Women’s Title at MITB?
The first match has been signed for next month’s WWE Money In The Bank pay-per-view.
During Monday’s episode of RAW in Des Moines, IA at the Wells Fargo Arena on the USA Network, WWE confirmed that Lacey Evans would challenge WWE RAW and SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch at this event. Lynch will defend just the RAW Women’s Title.
As of this writing, WWE has yet to name a #1 contender for Lynch’s SmackDown Women’s Title.
During the 2019 WWE Superstar Shake-up edition of the red brand, which was last week, Evans defeated Natalya to earn this opportunity at the RAW Women’s Title.
Lynch snapped Ronda Rousey’s winning streak as she beat the former champion and Charlotte Flair in a triple threat match at WWE WrestleMania 35, which ended up serving as the main event in East Rutherford, NJ at MetLife Stadium, to win the titles.
WWE presents the Money In The Bank pay-per-view event on Sunday, May 19, 2019 in Hartford, CT at the XL Center that will air on the WWE Network. WWE will be announcing more matches for this show in the coming weeks.
What are your thoughts on this match being added to the card? Sound off in the comment section.
Becky Lynch not only revived herself in the past year but
you can argue that her character work was one of the biggest reason why women
got to main event WrestleMania.
Now that The Raw and SmackDown Women’s Champion has achieved
this glory which seemed impossible to many even a couple of years ago, she has
a new goal in her mind.
Becky talked to People recently and revealing her new goal after her victory at WrestleMania, the double champ said that she wants to make her titles the most talked about ones in all of WWE:
“The goal now is to make these titles the most talked about ones in all of WWE. It’s to make these the most relevant titles in all of WWE. So that’s double duty, and its one thing to get to the mountain top, but it’s a whole another thing to stay there. And now I’m going to have a lot of people trying to knock me off.”
With her incredible win at the Show Of Shows, Becky Lynch is already living this goal as the Women’s titles are one of the most relevant titles in the company right now.
The interesting thing to see now is for how long the SmackDown Star holds both the belts and if she drops any of the titles anytime soon.
Becky Lynch will have to defend the RAW women’s championship against Lacey Evans. On RAW this week, Evans defeated Natalya in a #1 contenders match. Lynch took to Twitter recently to compare Evans to another of her rivals, Charlotte Flair.
Evans has wrestled in 3 matches on WWE programming since being called up to the main roster. She participated in the women’s Royal Rumble in January, lost to Natalya on Main Event in February, and then defeated Natalya on RAW this past Monday.
Lynch and Evans have not wrestled against each other previously aside from both being in the Royal Rumble this year.
A fan account for Toni Storm posted a series of Lacey Evans wearing outfits which bare a resemblance to different trash cans. The post can be viewed below:
With her double-championship win at WrestleMania, Lynch is now a 3x Smackdown Women’s Champion (and inaugural title-holder) and a 1x RAW Women’s Champion. She’s defended the Smackdown Women’s Championship on WWE programming 4x during her previous 2 reigns as champion, once in her first reign and 3 in her second.
Becky Lynch was the hottest talent at the time of Survivor
Series last year and the path from there to the first ever Women’s WrestleMania
main event looked clear.
However, there were road bumps waiting for the Man in this journey and their story cooled down a lot as WWE tried to figure out a way to add Charlotte Flair to this bout in the months leading to the show.
On the same time, Kofi Kingston somehow found himself in the
middle of one the most appealing storylines leading to the Show Of Shows we have
seen in years.
And as it turns out, Lynch who had worked very hard to create this opportunity for her, feared that the spot might be taken away from the women by the New Day Member. As she told The National:
“I was worried about it slipping away. Just because the
build to the match had been so long that I was worried with Kofi heating up as
much as he did, and them referring to several of the matches as the main event.
Then I was like, ‘Oh, but are we the main event? But maybe they … I mean,
they really should, but maybe they won’t.’ Because you never know in this
place, which is a great thing but also a bad thing and a terrifying thing,
especially when you’re trying to achieve all of your dreams.”
Thankfully this was one match which wasn’t affected with the last minute changes to the match order of the show and Becky Lynch, alongside Ronda Rousey and Charlotte Flair successfully became part of the first ever Women’s Main Event of the PPV.
Becky Lynch recently told Bayley she’d love to “slap her head off” on Twitter. She made the comments after having challenged Sasha Banks to a fight earlier.
The original post in the thread was Becky Lynch issuing a challenge to Sasha Banks. Lynch posted the comments not long after news and rumors regarding Banks and Bayley’s WWE status began to circulate this week.
The Boss N Hug Connection lost the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships at WrestleMania 35 to the Iiconics. On Raw the following night, Bayley lost a single’s match to the returning Alexa Bliss. Banks was not on the show.
Banks’ situation was addressed in a recent edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter:
“According to one person high up, Banks tried to quit over the weekend, as she felt blindsided when finding out at the last minute that they were taking the tag team titles from her and Bayley.”
On WWE programming this week, Becky Lynch took part in two different segments with Lacey Evans, one on RAW and another on Smackdown. While Lacey Evans has yet to actually wrestle on RAW or Smackdown, she has been wrestling on WWE live events.
In recent weeks, Evans has been teaming with Alexa Bliss in matches against Natalya and Nikki Cross on live events.
Former Women’s Champion Sasha Banks has been in the news in the past few days after she missed a couple of scheduled appearances and it was reported that she has tried to quit the company over creative frustration.
The Women’s Champion Becky Lynch seemingly reacted to these reports recently when she made the following tweet and called out the Boss for a fight:
The latest update on Sasha Banks’ situation reveals that WWE Officials have given her time to think her decision over and we’re waiting for Banks to comment on the matter.
Roman Reigns Confirmed For Next Raw
While he was victories in his first singles match since his
return against Drew McIntyre at WrestleMania, Roman Reigns was kept off TV for
this week’s episode of Raw.
Though now the company has confirmed via a press release that the Big Dog will return to WWE programming next week, for the Raw episode which will also be the first part of the Superstar Shakeup.
While WWE is teasing a number of possible rivalries for the former Universal Champion, reports suggest that Reigns will be competing against Baron Corbin in his first singles feud since his comeback.
Becky Lynch is riding high after capturing the Raw and SmackDown Women’s Championships at WrestleMania. The Irish grappler has reached the top of the mountain, but is a marked woman with foes from both brands looking to dethrone her.
Lynch recently spoke with Middle East publication The National about her big night at WrestleMania and what she sees awaiting her in the months ahead.
“Now’s going to be the hardest part because not only do I have one target on my back, I have two targets on my back,” she said. “So everybody wants a piece of me, everybody’s going to want to be knocking me down. Plus, on Sunday I just showed what was possible.”
She continued, “I showed the entire women’s division that anything’s possible. That you can go from the bottom of the card to the top of the card in a year. So everybody’s going to be champing at the bit, but they’ll find out it’s not as easy as it looks.”
Based on what we saw on WWE television post-WrestleMania, it appears Lynch’s first feud will be against main roster newcomer Lacey Evans.
Lynch gloated about toppling Ronda Rousey at WrestleMania, joking that she ran Rousey straight out of WWE. She also took a dig at Rousey suffering a badly broken hand at WrestleMania. When asked how she feels about “Ronnie” the “little weirdo,” Lynch didn’t hold back.
“Oh yeah, slap the head off her and chase her out of the company,” she said of Rousey. “It was great. It was great. She talked about how my face was so easily breakable and then broke her hand on my face.”
Becky Lynch has dubbed herself “The Man,” a moniker that has been embraced by men, women and children alike. Although “The Man” is inherently a masculine descriptor, Lynch explains that it is not about gender, but instead about being the best you can be.
“It’s amazing,” said Lynch. “It’s amazing because the message of that is that it doesn’t matter who you are or what you are. It’s about being the top dog of whatever it is that you want to do.”
WWE’s current champ-champ, Becky Lynch, recently spoke with Sports Illustrated. She discussed her ambitions going forward now that she is both the RAW and SmackDown Women’s Champion and what her thoughts are regarding her rival, Ronda Rousey.
Her momentous victory on Sunday wasn’t without some controversy. Lynch managed to secure a pinfall onto Rousey for the win. The only problem? Ronda’s shoulders were not securely against the mat for the entire three count. Regardless, only one woman was standing tall at the end of the night with both championships in her possession.
It’s a position that Becky has been eager to attain. One she feels she was made for, unlike, in her mind, Ronda Rousey.
“Only four months after having a part-time schedule, after making her debut at WrestleMania [34]—having been on the cover of everything, just handed everything, she was crying in her kitchen about how she couldn’t make her husband breakfast,” said Lynch. “She couldn’t hack our schedule. Yet we do this every single night, 52 weeks a year, yet she couldn’t handle it for four months.”
Aware of her popularity amongst the WWE Universe, Lynch shares her approach towards her job—in particular, her promo opportunities.
“I approach this as a political campaign,” explained Lynch. “Any time I’ve the opportunity to get my voice out there, get myself heard and my message across, I use it. I want to make sure I do the people proud.”
With her next challenger appearing to be former NXT Superstar Lacey Evans, who has interrupted and attacked the champion multiple times since her win on Sunday, Becky admits that “This is when the hard work starts,” said Lynch. “I’ve got two championships to make.”
In the build-up to the main event of WrestleMania 35, Becky Lynch, Ronda Rousey, and Charlotte Flair talked a ton of trash talk that led to them being the first women to headline the biggest event of the year for WWE.
Lynch beat Rousey and Flair to win the WWE RAW and SmackDown Women’s Titles at WrestleMania 35 in a Winner Take All Match. Just hours after the biggest win thus far in her WWE career, she appeared on WFAN Sports Radio’s “Boomer and Gio” show, alongside WWE Champion Kofi Kingston to talk about the big win.
During the discussion, Lynch would reveal what she told Rousey’s mother who was in attendance after the contest.
“She was a little upset about all the things I said about her. And I was like, ‘Your daughter had it coming. Now get her out of here!”
Lynch would continue by stating that the former UFC star’s tourist visa in WWE has expired as she sees it as her sport.
“This is my sport,” Lynch said. “This is my turf. This is my territory. Ronnie’s a tourist in my industry. She’s a tourist in my industry. And now her tourist visa has expired. She can get out of here.”
Becky Lynch is the new WWE RAW and Smackdown women’s champion. The Champ Champ will bring both titles to RAW tonight inside Barclay’s Center. The “RAW after Mania” tonight promises to create new storylines where old ones have been concluded.
WWE RAW 4/8 Preview
In addition to Becky Lynch, several other newly crowned champions will be on tonight’s show. Seth Rollins, Finn Balor, Zach Ryder, & Curt Hawkins all have new championships as a result of their matches at WrestleMania and all will be on RAW tonight.
Becky Lynch Brings Both Belts To WWE RAW
Becky Lynch will bring both belts to RAW tonight. While WWE is giving little away as to what Becky will be doing on the show tonight, there will likely be some type of ceremony to honor her accomplishment.
Becky’s segment tonight raises other questions, however. For instance, will either Charlotte Flair or Ronda Rousey be on-hand? Or will Flair stick to Smackdown and Rousey ride off to the sunset? There are still a lot of unanswered questions at the top of WWE’s women’s divisions and we might get some answers tonight.
Seth Rollins Returns To RAW
Seth Rollins is the new Universal champion. He slew the beast at WrestleMania and now that beast has flown home and reportedly has more interest in Daniel Cormier’s title belt than the one Rollins now holds.
Rollins has promised to be the opposite kind of champion Brock was. The Architect plans to be a fighting champion which could mean he puts the title on the line tonight.
Drew McIntyre Not Expected To Go Away Quietly
Despite losing to Roman Reigns at WrestleMania on Sunday, Drew McIntyre is not expected to drop his rivalry with the Big Dog. McIntyre controlled much of his match against Reigns and sources are saying he plans on pursuing another match with the former Universal champion. We’ll likely find out more about this tonight.
Finn Balor’s 2nd Intercontinental Championship Reign Begins Tonight
Much like with Rollins, Balor says he plans to be a fighting champion. To that end, we could even see Balor put the title on the line tonight.
Balor won the Intercontinental championship by defeating Bobby Lashley at WrestleMania. He did so, however, as his demon gimmick. Balor could likely have to prove he can defend the title without the demon sooner rather than later, however.
The Streak Is Broken
For the first time in 5 years, the RAW after Mania will also feature the fall-out from a long streak ending. Instead of the Undertaker’s WrestleMania streak coming to an end at WM30, however, it’s Curt Hawkins long losing streak coming to an end at WM35.
Hawkins and Ryder pulled off the upset over the Revival last night. Scott Dawson & Dash Wilder will likely be looking for a rematch soon, however, so time will tell how long the new champs can keep their current winning streak alive.