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Will Becky Lynch lose at TLC?
While that might have sounded like a ridiculous question a month or so ago, all that changed when Nia Jax injured her during an episode of Monday Night Raw. Lynch hasn't competed since the incident and had even been off television for a few weeks, which severely hurt her otherwise spectacular title reign.
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With that being said and the company seemingly eager to build Asuka back up, it seems like Becky Lynch is set to drop the title at the upcoming pay per view. Either that, or Asuka's newfound momentum will be for nothing and WWE will find another superstar to go up against The man.
In all honesty, neither one of the ideas are perfect and present vastly different problems for the company going forward into WrestleMania season. In the end however, Becky Lynch losing the title at TLC seems like the more of the two evils and will negatively affect quite a few people before all is said and done.
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#5 The WWE Universe
Let's be honest here
This isn't the scenario The WWE Universe wanted at all and while there is some promise that it will eventually lead to a match between Ronda Rousey and Becky Lynch at WrestleMania 35 , it doesn't really even seem worth it. In fact, Lynch's title run has been so underwhelming thus far that taking the title off of her seems like such a bad idea.
Again, this is something that goes against what The WWE Universe seems to want and there really doesn't seem like a legitimate reason for it to happen. In fact, it just feels like WWE is doing it just to do, which is only going to hurt Lynch's stock with the company in the long run and probably cause another sizable exodus of fans as well.
#4 Charlotte Flair
Where does Charlotte Flair stand if she doesn't come away with the title at TLC?
While some might think it won't have much of an effect on things, especially since Flair is usually booked so well, but that hasn't been the case lately. Furthermore, Charlotte is fresh off a newly minted heel turn, which is only going to look bad if she comes up short against Lynch and Asuika at TLC
Beyond that, Charlotte Flair will likely lose in her rematches against Asuka and Lynch as well, thus making things worse and hurting her momentum before The Road To WrestleMania 35 begins. Then again, maybe WWE will eventually come through with Rousey versus Lynch versus Charlotte, at WM 35 but she will most likely lose there too.
In the end, things are not looking good for The Queen of Smackdown Live and WWE is going to have to be very careful in how they book her in the future. Who knows though! Maybe WWE will surprise us all and have something different for Flair to do, but the company is going to need to build up momentum to get there.
#3 The entire Smackdown Live Women's division
Its no secret that Smackdown Live doesn't exactly have the most stacked women's division in WWE and that means a majority of their storylines have to center around Asuka, Charlotte Flair, Becky Lynch and sometimes Naomi. Unfortunately for The Women's division, they are going to be in big trouble if Asuka comes away with the title.
Think about it! Not only does that create a situation where Asuka will most likely come into WrestleMania 35 as the champion, something she ins't prepared for, it also forces one of the lower level stars to compete against her. In fact, with Lynch, Flair and Rousey supposedly meeting in a triple threat match, Smackdown Live isn't going to have many options for Asuka's opponent
In the end, the Smackdown Live Women's roster has been getting better and better as time goes on, but they are nowhere near ready for a championship program against Asuka. Of course that's not exactly their fault, which will be explained in the next slide, but it still probably won't lead to a very WrestleMania worthy match .
#2 Asuka
Admit it!
You think its crazy that Asuka could be negatively impacted by winning The Smackdown Live Women's title at TLC. In fact, you probably think that Asuka is more than capable of having a successful title run and anyone that thinks otherwise is just a hater of the more undefeated Empress of tomorrow.
With that being said however, what fans fail to realize is that Asuka is not capable of having a decent run with The Smackdown Live Women's title at all. Not only is that extremely evident by her sub-par speaking and promo skills, but also by just how hard it is for WWE to showcase her effectively since her undefeated streak came to an end last year.
In all honesty, there's just nothing special about Asuka's current rise to the top and while fans seem to be happy about it, they are constantly overlooking the fact that Asuka isn't capable of carrying a storyline right now. Maybe that will change one day or WWE can give her a manager to do the talking for her, but Asuka just isn't championship calibre in this form.
#1 Becky Lynch
Becky Lynch has been on top of the WWE mountain since turning heel and winning The Smackdown Live Women's championship, but all that is now in jeopardy at TLC. In fact, Lynch will walk into the pay per view with no champions advantage and two other top level superstars that she will have to beat in order to retain her gold.
The problem with this however is that rumors have been circulating that Lynch will lose her title at TLC, which has to make one wonder what that will do to her momentum going forward. Beyond that, it also has to make you wonder how much confidence WWE has in her anymore after her injury at the hands of Nia Jax.
With that being said and WWE seemingly willing to end Lynch's reign prematurely, it is going to have a profound negative effect on Lynch going forward. Furthermore it could render her time as champion and even her bad ass heel turn completely meaningless if WWE doesn't follow up on things the right way.
In the end, the ball is in WWE hands and what they do will depend on what their plans are going forward. Hopefully those plans involve The dream match between her, Charlotte Flair and Ronda Rousey, but if not, its going to be extremely hard for Lynch to regain her momentum.
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