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As Fastlane is in the books, we can finally go full throttle on the road to WrestleMania. We are four weeks away from the grand spectacle and now we know what the main event will be. Ronda Rousey will defend her Raw Women's Championship in a triple threat match against Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch, after the Man defeated the Queen by disqualification at the freshly concluded pay-per-view to earn her way back into the match.
It has been an extremely rocky road to get to this point with lots of twists and turns on a weekly basis, culminating in a rowdy heel turn for Ronda Rousey. This has certainly made things interesting as we head into WrestleMania. However, there have been lots of complaints because this match is a triple threat instead of the one-on-one match between Ronda and Becky that we fans have been craving for so long.
The match was initially scheduled for Survivor Series, but a concussion to Becky Lynch forced WWE to change the match to Ronda vs Charlotte and possibly switching the matches for Survivor Series and WrestleMania. Becky's ascent to the main event has been nothing short of remarkable and she has undoubtedly earned her place in this match, but there are reasons for Charlotte's inclusion in this match. Here are five reasons why the Raw Women's Championship match at WrestleMania 35 is a triple threat match.
#5 A better match
Ronda Rousey vs Becky Lynch in itself is an unbelievably exciting WrestleMania main event and it will be an excellent match as well. But how do we make this match better? Simple. Just add the most talented woman in the entire company. Charlotte Flair is one of the best wrestlers in the world and is actually a great addition to this match.
Sure, her star power would have helped Asuka and the Smackdown Women's Championship, but WWE is putting all their chips in for the first-ever women's main event in WrestleMania history.
Charlotte has absolutely earned her moniker as the Queen of the WWE's women's division and has superior athletic skills to go with her excellent in-ring work. Her current run as a heel is by far the best use of her character and leaves us questioning why was she a babyface for so long.
Charlotte will slot in perfectly with the two biggest female names in the company, as she is a big match performer. Her matches against Asuka, Becky and Rousey were three of the best all-female matches in the entirety of 2018, leaving no doubt that Charlotte would bump up the quality of the WrestleMania match as well.
#4 Ronda Rousey gets protected
Ronda Rousey might be leaving WWE right after WrestleMania, so this idea might not be the best one. Every major star must end up putting somebody over on their way out, that's just how it works. But what if the Rowdy One ends up staying a little while longer? In that case, it would make absolute sense for her to be protected at the Show of Shows.
Rousey has almost been untouchable since she signed for the WWE, putting on excellent matches in her debut and against the likes of Sasha Banks, Charlotte Flair and even Nia Jax.
This could be the best match of her short career so far and being in there with two absolute pros would only signify that. Rousey should remain as unstoppable as WWE can possibly make her, up until when she finally leaves.
The triple threat could be a way for her to lose her title without being the one to take the fall, circa Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 31, making her regret her decision to gift Becky Lynch the win at Fastlane. This would eventually lead to Becky defending her newly won title against Ronda Rousey, in what would be a phenomenal post-'Mania pay-per-view main event.
#3 Becky Lynch has a bigger mountain to climb
Statistically speaking, 'The Man's' chances of winning are now lower than what a one-on-one match would present. After winning the Royal Rumble as a last-second replacement, she got a (kayfabe) knee injury. One that has still not healed at this point. Becky Lynch has been using crutches to move around for all of her invasions of Raw and continues to sell her knee. On the last episode of Raw, she got pummeled by the dangerous Rousey, who turned heel, leaving her even more damaged.
This is purely being done to stack the deck against Becky after she and her talents had been overlooked for a very, very long time. Now, she is the top star and is the company's favourite as well. But we are not supposed to know that.
In storyline, she is still the underdog who is being held back by the McMahon family. After all, the most satisfying world title victories at WrestleMania have come in triple threats, as Chris Benoit and Daniel Bryan perfectly presented, in 2004 and 2014 respectively.
#2 The story comes full circle
Becky Lynch began her epic rise at SummerSlam when she turned heel on Charlotte Flair, after the Queen overshadowed her one too many times. Since then, no performer in the entire WWE has been as over as her. Her in-ring work and microphone skills have both vastly improved and are part of why she is so irresistible at the moment. Becky's feud with Charlotte defined her change of character and turned her into the Man. Even after their feud seemingly ended, they couldn't get their hands off each other.
Charlotte replaced Becky in the big match at Survivor Series against Ronda Rousey and since then, they have come to blows at every pay-per-view. The former best friends-turned rivals were the final two in the 2019 women's Royal Rumble match, with the Man winning the entire match.
Now, she got back into the main event after another match with Charlotte. Becky Lynch will end up beating Charlotte again at 'Mania with the story coming full circle. She was once in the shadow of her superior best friend but now, the Man has risen above the Queen.
#1 Provision for any injuries
This may be a damning reality, but injuries can happen at any time. As creatively logical as the other reasons are for making the WrestleMania main event a triple threat, this is just WWE's way of providing for disaster. Any one-on-one match between these three superstars is worthy of main eventing on the Grandest Stage Of Them All, which is always a good thing. The initially scheduled Survivor Series match between Becky Lynch and Ronda Rousey was cancelled after the then SmackDown Women's Champion suffered a concussion just six days before the show.
If any of these three do suffer a similar fate to Becky and are forced to miss WrestleMania, we would still have a main event match between the remaining two women. In other words, WWE is dead set on having the women main event the show under any circumstances. The best case scenario is that Becky, Rousey and Charlotte are all good to go and we have an absolute blockbuster main event between the three of them. If any of them is forced to miss 'Mania, the main event turns into a one-on-one match for the Raw Women's Championship.
Here's hoping that nobody gets injured and the women put on a killer main event come WrestleMania Sunday!
