The Man Becky Lynch made a surprise return at Summer Slam 2021 after 15 months of hiatus and shockingly defeated Bianca Belair under 30 seconds to win the Smackdown Women’s Championship.
According to the previous reports, Becky Lynch will be top heel on the Smackdown brand going forward and will be feuding with Bianca Belair. It was also that WWE initial plans for Becky Lynch to return in October but Sasha Banks absence changed the plans.
“PWInsider.com has confirmed with multiple WWE sources that Becky Lynch is now a heel,” Johnson wrote. “Yes, you read that correctly. We are told that going forward, Lynch will be positioned as the top heel on Smackdown, initially feuding with Bianca Belair.”
Now, in an update from Dave Meltzer of F4WOnline, the new Smackdown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch requested herself to turn heel, which was granted by the company.
According to the Mike Johnson of PWInsider, Becky Lynch squashing Bianca Belair to win Smackdown Women’s Champion at Summer Slam was 100% a Vince McMahon call.
“We are told it was 100% a Vince McMahon call and the title switch to Lynch was specifically to make her return even more spectacular,” wrote Johnson. “It should be noted that the quick nature of the match (27 seconds) was seen by a number of fans as taking the wind out of the sails of Bianca Belair, but we are told that even though some in the company expressed that concern, the idea was that the moment was about Lynch per Vince McMahon’s vision of the PPV.
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