Heading into this week’s episode of Raw, Becky Lynch drew a lot of attention toward herself by dropping a tweet. She announced her absence through this social media post despite the fact that her current adversary Trish Stratus was confirmed to appear on the show to explain why she turned on The Man, last week.
There had to be a lot more to Becky Lynch’s situation than just missing an episode of Raw. Fans noticed that the former Wrestlemania main-eventer removed her WWE bio from her Twitter handle and her verification badge was also gone from the page. This obviously was included with her absence from Raw as her display name was also altered to her legal name, Rebecca Quin.
I won’t be coming to Raw today.
— Rebecca Quin (@BeckyLynchWWE) April 17, 2023
Several WWE contracts are indeed running up in 2024 or at the end of 2023 and top superstars like Drew McIntyre and Becky Lynch are on that list. Sean Sapp noted behind Fightful’s paywall a contract negotiation phase is inching closer for the former Raw Women’s Champion and this situation was clubbed with her absence on the latest episode of Raw.
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Becky Lynch dealing with an exacerbated foot injury
However, in a follow-up update, it was affirmed that Becky Lynch is going nowhere. The same source noted in their latest report that the top name from the Raw roster could have missed the April 17 episode due to an ongoing foot injury which has recently been exacerbated. As for Lynch’s contract status, Fightful also noted that she’s currently signed with the WWE until the summer of 2024,
“Becky Lynch, one of the top stars in pro wrestling and a WrestleMania main eventer, legitimately is not set to be at the April 17 episode of Raw. When we inquired within WWE we were told that she was originally scheduled to be at WWE Raw as of last Monday, but WWE sources had indicated that there are “no issues to their knowledge between Becky Lynch and WWE.” She’s been dealing with a minor foot injury, which has been exacerbated recently.”
We can only hope that Becky Lynch will recuperate soon from her ongoing injury to make a comeback on Raw, as soon as possible. There’s no update on how long she’d miss in-ring action. However, considering the ongoing feud with Trish Stratus a match with the WWE Hall of Famer is highly expected to go down at Summerslam in early August.