Becky Lynch On Her Heel-Turn In WWE, “I Have Just Got Smarter”

Sep 12, 2021 at 1:10 PM

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Becky Lynch On Her Heel-Turn In WWE, “I Have Just Got Smarter”

Becky Lynch has been away from WWE television since May of last year due to pregnancy reasons. She then welcomed her first baby with her husband Seth Rollin by the end of 2020 but then she made her shocking return at WWE SummerSlam 2021 and headed right back to the top. As per the earlier reports, that return was a last-minute change of plans by the WWE creative team as Sasha Banks has to be replaced at the eleventh hour.

As seen during the match at Summerslam, Becky Lynch was immediately put into the Smackdown Women’s Championship match against Bianca Belair who went on to deliver a cheap shot at the former champion. She then won the match in just 26 seconds with a Manhandle Slam which was apparently a heel-turn by her. This was further solidified via a promo on Smackdown.

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While speaking to the New York Daily News, Becky Lynch opened up about her transition of character on the main roster. She previously used to be a universal babyface and hence her heel-turn came up as a controversial choice. But as we’ve heard her on Smackdown, she only sees this turn as seizing the opportunity when the time was right.

Becky Lynch has some explanations for her heel-turn

After being absent from the WWE for a long time, she had to capitalize on a moment to show her intelligence in the ring. Becky Lynch did that with effectiveness and she doesn’t really care about what people have to pine about her on-screen character. Per her words, she’s only become smarter in order to make a statement.

“I just did what an intelligent person would do. If you haven’t been wrestling in a long time, then you’ve been strategizing. You’ve been strategizing because you haven’t been in the ring with this person, so then you are going to do something different. You are going to catch them off guard. And now suddenly I’m the bad guy because I came back even better than ever? I don’t really understand this talk about me being a heel. I haven’t changed. I just got smarter.”

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It was ultimately a call by Vince McMahon to transition Becky Lynch to a heel. According to a report from Dave Meltzer of F4WOnline, The Man herself requested to don a villainous character upon return and that request was granted by the WWE creative team.

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