Opinion: The Rise of Becky Lynch And How To Continue Her Character Going Forward

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The rise of Becky Lynch has been something that you wouldn't have thought would happen but it did happen starting at SummerSlam last year when she turned heel on Charlotte Flair and absolutely destroyed her. To say that the WWE is on a gold mine with Becky Lynch would be a huge understatement but they need to keep capitalising with her momentum and not allow creative to have too much say over her character.

It is well known that WWE is family friendly with the PG rating however, if they are to compete with other promotions especially the new promotion AEW, which is being run by Cody Rhodes and the Young Bucks then they are going to have to do something about it, maybe changing the ratings of their programs again kind of like another Attitude Era if they want to remain the top company in the world. We could be in for another Monday Night Wars saga if AEW works out for The Elite and there is no better person to steer the WWE ship at the moment than the hottest commodity in the company Becky Lynch. She's literally on straight fire right now ( pun intended) and she has been seen of late as the female version of 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin.

A few people have been critical of Becky Lynch's new character calling her a bootleg of Conor McGregor or Stone Cold but there is a notable difference where they are wrong in saying that and Becky has every right to be angry at the people that say she's being a bootleg because she's truly standing up for what she believes in and what she feels that she deserves in the business. Sure, her attitude does kind of resemble them but she's added her own unique touch to the whole situation to make it her own personality such as absolutely roasting people and fellow Superstars on Twitter and being ever so defiant towards people even when they praise her.

Sure, she has paid homage to Stone Cold Steve Austin with the stunner that she gave to Charlotte Flair at a house show recently but I think it was just once off and tribute to somebody that she looks up to. It does not mean she is being a total bootleg of him or Conor McGregor and it's also very hard to sympathise with Corey Graves on Twitter when he basically asked for it. I think Corey Graves needs to just do his job on commentary hounding Renee Young about Dean Ambrose and doing his little bit of bickering that he so loves to do and let Becky do what she does best and that is absolutely own the women's division.

One could absolutely argue that Becky is more popular than Ronda Rousey and that's saying something considering all the mainstream attention the Rowdy one has had over her career. If WWE wants to continue having someone over as much as Becky is then they need to allow her to have that creative freedom with her character because as seen on Twitter she can become pretty vicious and I don't think any of that is scripted and if it is it would only be loosely done. Corey Graves got absolutely owned and simply went back to calling her a bootleg.

Becky has to be considered the number one priority in terms of main eventing WrestleMania with Ronda Rousey either in a Triple Threat Match with Rousey and Charlotte Flair or just the one on one match with Ronda. Either way, if it is just one-on-one between Charlotte and Ronda at Mania then they could be booed out of the building practically destroying the women's evolution and ruining hopes of them main eventing WrestleMania anytime in the future soon. In fact, I'd go as far to say that the crowd may riot if Becky isn't involved in the match as she's clearly the fan favourite despite her portraying more of a heel or antihero.

Charlotte has held 7 women's championships and she needs to be taken out of the title scene for a bit to allow the audience time to get back in favour of her as she has become the female equivalent of Roman Reigns mainly by how she's been booked and shove down people's throats. I take absolutely nothing away from them as athletes but other people do need their time at the top of the mountain as well not just having the same faces representing the company. There is plenty of underutilized hungry talent that would absolutely be thrilled for a world championship in the men's or women's division and it's time Becky Lynch had a proper run with it otherwise she could fall back into obscurity killing the momentum that she has.

If WWE was able to bring more of that edgy Style attitude back in similar to the Attitude Era then WWE's programming would be much better and would be a lot easier to sit through even for 3 hours of Raw as the characters would be allowed a bit more creative freedom and could probably Express themselves in their own words rather than heavily scripted promos and that's what somebody like a Becky Lynch or Dean Ambrose and many others need to take their characters to the next level.

Becky literally is the man in the women's division and hopefully, it stays that way for a little while because she deserves to be where she is through all her hard work and her persistence to be at the top. She has had nothing handed to her as she isn't a daughter of a 16 time world heavyweight champion like Charlotte even though Charlotte is very talented but Becky has had to scratch and claw to get even the smallest things in her run which makes her not only the anti-hero in all of this but a true Underdog similar to the Daniel Bryan storyline. They don't have to at all produce it exactly the same as Daniel Bryan but if they keep that sort of Underdog mentality with Becky Lynch combined with her being a sort of anti-hero Rebel that speaks her mind constantly an absolutely roast people either on Twitter or in person and will also deliver a vicious Beatdown to anybody when she feels like it then she will become the most feared yet well respected and beloved WWE superstar on the roster as long as they keep her in some ways like a ruthless Beast who's presented as an Underdog fighting against the system.

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Let me know your thoughts on Becky Lynch and her rise to the top as this is an article I've been waiting to write and I'd be very interested to hear your opinions