{"id":11758,"date":"2019-03-24T14:53:11","date_gmt":"2019-03-24T18:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/?p=11758"},"modified":"2019-03-31T20:32:10","modified_gmt":"2019-04-01T00:32:10","slug":"over-the-meadow-and-through-the-woods-becky-lynchs-road-to-wrestlemania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/24\/over-the-meadow-and-through-the-woods-becky-lynchs-road-to-wrestlemania\/","title":{"rendered":"Over the Meadow and Through the Woods: Becky Lynch\u2019s Road to WrestleMania"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Over\nthe Meadow and Through the Woods: Becky Lynch\u2019s Road to WrestleMania<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Generally speaking, the road to\nWrestleMania starts at the Royal Rumble. The winner of the Royal Rumble goes to\nusually main event the show of shows with a title shot. In recent years, while\nthe winner has not automatically main evented WrestleMania, they have still\ngotten their title shot. Challenging the champion of your choosing is the prize\nfor winning the Rumble. It\u2019s automatic\u2026right? Let\u2019s discuss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Rumble winners for this year were Seth\nRollins and Becky Lynch. Rollins entered the Rumble at #10 and won by last\neliminating Braun Strowman with a curb stomp. Lynch was not originally in the\nRumble as she had a title match against Smackdown Women\u2019s Champion Asuka. She\nactually took Lana\u2019s spot as the Ravishing Russian had been injured during the\nUnited States Championship match on the pre-show. Finlay made the call to allow\nher to compete and she won the Rumble by last eliminating Charlotte. In the\nfollowing weeks, Rollins challenged Brock Lesnar for the Universal Championship\nand Lynch challenged Ronda Rousey for the Raw Women\u2019s Championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And this is where their paths diverged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the Royal Rumble match, Lynch had\nseemingly injured her knee. We didn\u2019t think much of it; minor injuries happen\nall the time in wrestling and at most, she might\u2019ve had to wear a knee brace.\nBut then the injury angle started getting played up and she was suspended for\nnot going to see the doctor. And this is about where Lynch\u2019s road to\nWrestleMania started getting wild. After being suspended for not going to see\nthe doctor, she was replaced in the match by Charlotte Flair. This led to a lot\nof back and forth between Flair and Lynch. Lych had her suspension lifted but\nwas then suspended again for attacking Stephanie McMahon. Ronda Rousey got\ninvolved, lobbying for Lynch to be allowed to compete in the match. This all\nculminated in a match at Fast Lane, in which Lynch had to win back her spot in\nthe title match\u2026the title match she had already earned by winning the Royal\nRumble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Becky Lynch\u2019s road to WrestleMania\ninvolved selling a knee injury with ill-fitting crutches for several weeks, a\nsocial media war with Ronda Rousey, being suspended twice, being replaced, and\nhaving her title match turn into a triple threat. By comparison, Seth Rollins\u2019\nroad to WrestleMania has been much easier. He was allowed to rest from his back\ninjury and was later involved in Roman Reigns\u2019 return and the Shield\u2019s last\nmatch together at Fast Lane. Even with Reigns\u2019 return and the Shield finale,\nhis title match against Brock Lesnar was never in jeopardy. He earned the match\nby winning the Royal Rumble and thus far, it really hasn\u2019t been questioned. Why\nthen, did Becky Lynch have to go around her butt to get to her elbow?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Different fans have different opinions as\nto why Lynch\u2019s road to WrestleMania has been as tumultuous as it has.\nPersonally, I think the suspensions and injury angle were done as somewhat of a\nswerve. After news broke of Ronda Rousey\u2019s potential departure from WWE after\nWrestleMania, many of us in the wrestling community simply assumed Lynch would\nbeat her, especially with how over The Man currently is. Making it seem that\nLynch would not be able to compete, either due to her injury or her\nsuspensions, was a way to generate a little more heat for the title match she\nwas owed as the winner of the women\u2019s Rumble. This oddly convoluted angle also\nopened up the opportunity to add Charlotte Flair into the match, which may or\nmay not have always been the plan. I think Flair has been a great addition to\nthe feud, mostly due to way she is a catalyst for the original feud between\nLynch and Rousey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While his has definitely been one of the\nmore long-winded ways of getting to a WreslteMania match, I think the amount of\nsetbacks and obstacles has ultimately generated a lot more buzz for the triple\nthreat as well as bolstered Lynch\u2019s babyface standing amongst the WWE Universe.\nFlair is fantastic at garnering heel heat and Rousey\u2019s recent turn and current\n\u201cidgaf\u201d attitude make a whole lot more sense than her babyface character. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WrestleMania is a little over two weeks so\nthere\u2019s still time to throw more fire into this feud. This triple threat match\nhas not only the potential to be one of the greatest women\u2019s matches of all\ntime, but the potential to be the first-ever women\u2019s match to main event\nWrestleMania. Getting here may have been exhausting, and even confusing at\ntimes, but hopefully the payoff is well worth it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">-Wynter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the Meadow and Through the Woods: Becky Lynch\u2019s Road to WrestleMania Generally speaking, the road to WrestleMania starts at the Royal Rumble. 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