Becky Lynch just returned to WWE and had some comments to say about AEW’s women’s division,
so we’ll take a look at that.
We’ll see what’s going on with Trish Stratus, Smackdown, and much more
Let’s start things off with this conversation that fans have brought up in recent weeks
and even months, and that’s the slight dip in quality for Smackdown
Before the 2021 WWE draft at the end of the year, it was a complete mismatch, Smackdown
was just blowing Raw out of the water in every single possible department
Their world title scene was extremely more interesting, and their roster from top to
bottom just put on these must see shows compared to Raw
So during the 2021 draft, it appeared that WWE really tried their hardest to balance
everything out
They knew Smackdown was too strong and too loaded, so they drafted a lot of the previous
Smackdown talent to Raw in attempt to just balance the quality of both shows out
the Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns feud was WWE’s top storyline for a while and did
a brilliant job of distracting us from the weakened Smackdown roster
But with that story now being completed and Brock Lesnar being gone, more fans are coming
to the realization that Smackdown is in desperate need of some help from top to bottom
Sure, they have Roman Reigns.
Even though Roman is the champion of both brands, he’s definitely more of a Smackdown
superstar than a Raw superstar
But still, it takes two to tango, so if you don’t have a lot long list of great opponents
for Roman to feud with then obviously having just him isn’t enough
As far as the main high caliber superstars on Smackdown right now, it’s pretty much
Roman Reigns and Drew McIntyre… that’s really it for your main event scene on Smackdown
Some fans have brought up the idea of ending the brand split, but all of the latest reports
claim that there is no intention at all to end the brand split anytime soon
The thing that really saves Roman is that since he has the WWE title, he gets a pass
to come to Raw and potentially pick some main event superstars from Raw to face
But hypothetically speaking, if Roman was to get into a feud on Raw with a Raw superstar,
that’s gonna leave Smackdown even more depleted for as long as that feud lasts
So as you can see, it’s really tricky to manage
There’s been a lot of teases for Roman Reigns versus Drew McIntyre lately, so maybe WWE
does turn to that feud in order to buy them some more time
The only downside to doing Drew versus Roman right now is that we won’t be able to see
it at the WWE UK Show in September
That’s why some fans were hoping that they would save that feud until September for that
massive event
Fans have even pointed out that Raw has been getting all the star power lately
They have Becky Lynch, Bianca Belair, Aus-ka, eventually Alexa Bliss, Seth Rollins, Kevin
Owens, Cody Rhodes, Ali, Edge, Damian Priest, AJ Styles, RK Bro, Theory, Rhea Ripley, and
so much more great talent and storylines
Smackdown on the other hand, doesn’t really have much of any substance outside of Roman
Reigns and Drew McIntyre
Another thing fans have notice is that Raw seems to be getting a lot of the returns,
while Smackdown has been getting the fresh debuts of some NXT faces
So no one knows if that’s their strategy or just a coincidence, but that’s how it’s
been in recent weeks.
Raw gets returns, Smackdown gets debuts
And it’s not like immediate help is on the way for Smackdown, there’s still another
6 months to go until WWE’s 2022 draft, so until then, WWE will have to find a find to
keep Smackdown skating smoothly until the next draft
Maybe Roman feuds with Drew McIntyre for a few months, and then feuds with Cody Rhodes
for a few months after that and that’ll buy them time until the draft
But it’s just something that fans have brought up.
From being the must watch show in WWE to taking a bit of a slip, Smackdown has definitely
dropped in the quality department, but hopefully it’s something that gets addressed even
before the draft draft
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AEW’s M-Jay-F had a tweet that went viral which included Trish Stratus
In that tweet, he called Trish Stratus annoying and said he was glad to be home because she
wouldn’t leave him alone
Some fans were confused, but obviously, that tweet was in character.
The both of them were at a recent wrestling event together and that’s when Trish ran
into him
As far as everything else Trish Stratus related, everyone believes that Trish will have one
last run, similar to what we just saw Lita have a few months ago
Trish has said that she’ll definitely be down for another return if the opponent and
story is right
So we’ll have to wait and see if we ever get that one last run from Trish Stratus
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Becky Lynch took part in an interview with Drew Garabo to promote her Raw return and
the topic of AEW’s women’s division came up
When asked for her thoughts on AEW’s women’s division, Becky Lynch had this to say, quote:
“unfortunately, I don’t think they are represented the way we are, they don’t get
as much time as we get, and frankly, they’re not as good as we are.
We have, certainly on Raw, we have the best women’s division in the world.
I say that without any hesitation in my voice.”
End quote
So Becky’s response was met with different fan reactions, but Becky just said her true
feelings
She is a part of the WWE roster, so of course you’re gonna say that your team is better,
but Becky basically revealed there how AEW can improve the presentation of the women’s
division
It sounded like she was basically saying that if you give them more time and represent them
in a different way, then maybe that will lift the women’s division up for AEW even more
Speaking of Becky Lynch, she made her return to Raw this week
She marched out to the ring to talk about how she lost it all, how it’s been so many
years since she walked out without a title, and how she has hit rock bottom
However, she instantly snapped out of it and talked about how her rise to the top restarts
right now and how she’ll climb back up
Becky then got interrupted by the returning Aus-ka, who made her first WWE appearance
in over 281 days, who confronted Becky Lynch
This is great because it ties back to May 2020 where Becky Lynch relinquished her title
before her pregnancy and handed it to Aus-ka
Everyone thought that Becky returning to challenge Aus-ka for that title would’ve been a very
interesting return route for Becky
That didn’t end up happening, but this is the next best thing
Like we always talk about for when it comes to Becky Lynch, she’s one of the rare elite
story tellers in WWE, she took to Twitter to post that gif of Aus-ka and herself from
2020 with a caption that red:
“I literally handed this B-word my title.
Hashtag: witness the climb.”
End quote
So even with the big Wrestlemania loss, it would appear that Becky’s character does
have a new arc, and it includes starting from the bottom literally climbing back to the
top again
Becky’s attitude is that she’s done this before.
She climbed from the bottom to the top in years past, so she feels like she can definitely
do it again
that’s why she used the hashtag of “the climb”, she’s on this journey of being
at the bottom and being hungry once again, and now the climb back to the top starts now
So it’s a great direction for Becky.
She gets to have a great non-title feud with Aus-ka and begin this journey of getting all
these obstacles out of the way until she makes it back to the title again
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