Becky Lynch says WWE almost changed WrestleMania 38 title match
At WWE WrestleMania 38, Becky Lynch squared off against Bianca Belair in a title match, which almost suffered a last-minute change.
Speaking on Good One, Lynch reflected on the story with Belair and on WWE’s desire to change the plan.
“When I took that title from her, and I know how upset she was because she thought, ‘They don’t believe in me anymore. They think I’m doing a bad job, and I get squashed in this way,’ but she was so gracious. She could’ve been like, ‘This bitch is coming in, taking my spot. She’s been gone. I’ve been here putting in the hard work. Now I just have to roll over for her?’ I always wanted to pay it back to her in the biggest way possible,” Lynch shared.
Their feud began after Lynch returned from a lengthy hiatus at SummerSlam 2021 and won the title from Belair.
“The fact that we were able to get there, and we had to fight. At one point, they wanted to put somebody else into the match and make it a triple threat. I was like, ‘That’s not the story.’ That was going to be my hill that I died on. I was ready to really fight. Thankfully, they changed it. It needed to go back to Bianca. If it had gone to the triple threat, they would’ve kept it on me. The story needed for Bianca to win and take that victory. It felt like a happy and perfect ending.”
Their feud continued till WrestleMania 38, where Belair defeated Lynch to win back the WWE Raw Women’s Championship and conclude their feud.
Lynch is now scheduled to challenge AJ Lee for the Women’s Intercontinental Championship, while Belair has not wrestled since suffering a finger injury at WrestleMania 41.
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