WWE Top 5 Promos Of The Week: Becky Lynch Eviscerates Ronda Rousey Twice
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This week, the WWE Universe heard some fantastic promos, but none of them made more of an impact than Becky Lynch’s two promos directed at Ronda Rousey.
At WWE Survivor Series 2018, Becky Lynch, “The Man”, will take on Ronda Rousey in a champion vs. champion match between the SmackDown Women’s Champion (aka the better title) and the Raw Women’s Champion. While Rousey has come off like the heel in her promos, chastising Becky for working “normal” jobs in order to achieve her dream of becoming a pro wrestler, Becky has thoroughly outclassed the first-year WWE Superstar.
SmackDown Live: Becky Lynch Says Ronda Is Not A Champion
Becky will appear on this list twice, because that’s just how dang good she is on the mic right now. Both of her promos this week, of course, targeted Rousey, and the in-ring promo on SmackDown Live was the best of the bunch.
She told Rousey, “Who the hell are you to tell the champ anything?” asserting that while Rousey may hold a championship, she hasn’t proven that she is a champion in WWE yet. Lynch explains that champions “will” themselves through adversity, whereas Rousey hasn’t been tested. That, however, will change at Survivor Series when Rousey takes on Becky.
Lynch skillfully planted a seed in this promo, too, stating that Rousey’s body is made of “titanium” but contrasting that with Rousey’s “weak mind”. That is an allusion to the way Rousey finished her MMA career, and it is a sign that Rousey’s impending triumph at Survivor Series will both establish her a true champion in WWE and be a means for her to show Becky that she isn’t weak-minded. That said, perhaps it isn’t fair to assume that Rousey has a 100-percent chance of winning, because wouldn’t she be fighting through more adversity if she overcomes an early, non-title loss to “The Man”?
In any case, this was another well-delivered promo from Becky that subtly told more about the story of this match, selling the audience on what’s to come. Lynch has done a much better job of getting fans invested in this feud than Rousey, but, well, that’s the whole point. She has the experience and her job is to get the fans interested. It’s up to Rousey to make progress and shine again in the match itself.