10 heartbreaking WWE moments of 2018

#7: Becky fails to win Smackdown title at Summerslam thanks to Charlotte

Charlotte swooped in and won the Smackdown Title at Summerslam.

Someone in the business once said that 'you can't have friends and be successful in the business'. Never was that truer than the friendship between Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair in 2018.

Lynch spent the better part of 2018 piling up wins upon wins in order to declare herself ready for a title shot at then-champion Carmella.

It was a feel-good story for the hard-working Lynch who clearly had the backing of the WWE Universe. When Lynch received a Smackdown Women's Title match at Summerslam, many were excited for Lynch.

The excitement didn't last for long after Flair returned from a brief hiatus and immediately 'earned' inclusion in the match at Summerslam after defeating Carmella in a non-title match. The writing was on the wall for Lynch in that all of her hard work wouldn't be paid off with a title win. Flair would go on to win the title at the expense of her friend.

Sure, Becky would have done the same, but Becky didn't conceivably rain on Flair's parade by getting added to the match. Everyone felt sorry for Becky for falling behind her friend once again, but the match actually was a blessing in disguise as WWE may not have intended.

In the celebration aftermath of the match, Lynch and Flair hugged. But before either woman left the ring, Lynch would attack and brutalize Flair. The fans cheered her for it rather than boo her as WWE had intended.

They couldn't get the response they wanted when Flair won her eighth title at the expense of her hard-working friend. It blurred the lines of how many of Flair's opportunities are attributed to her last name and how many are because of her merit.

It's not to say that she isn't talented and doesn't deserve her success, but having a famous last name is an advantage that cannot be ignored. For whatever reason WWE may or may not have intended, it set Lynch on to become one of the most popular and over stars in the WWE.

They couldn't get the fans to boo Lynch no matter what she did, so it turned out to be a blessing in disguise that might lead to the first-ever main-event slot at a Wrestlemania.