5 WWE Women’s Wrestling Takeaways: New Era Fizzles Fast
By JB Alexander
Credit: WWE.com
WWE Won’t Let Becky Truly Be “The Man”
If you told me I’d be writing about the ring return of John Cena as it relates to women’s wrestling this week, I’d have been … not pleased, exactly, but definitely intrigued.
Cena was interrupted not by one of the men he expected, but by “The Man.” When Becky Lynch strutted to the ring, I knew something good was coming, but I wasn’t prepared for the vicious burn she landed about Nikki Bella not being the only woman to “drop” him.
For the second time in the same night, though, WWE pulled the bait and switch on intergender wrestling action. Just as Becky Lynch and John Cena seemed poised for a throwdown – one the audience was seriously craving – Andrade “Cien” Almas and Zelina Vega joined the picture and it all became too clear; this was simply a setup for a mixed tag team match.
In typical, boring WWE fashion, Cena and Lynch teamed against Almas and Vega in a “boys face the boys, girls face the girls” match that left me, at best, bemused and, at worst, offended.
In the end, Becky tossed Cena out of the ring to take the victory and spotlight for herself, and although the closing moment that saw Becky deny John’s handshake was pretty cool, everything about this felt, to me, like a cowardly cop-out by WWE.
After the match Becky was seen backstage making her case for a SmackDown Women’s Title match, so I don’t expect the stuff with John Cena to go anywhere. It’s rather unfortunate, too, because a match between John Cena and Becky Lynch might just be the magical WrestleMania main event of a lifetime.
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This week WWE wanted us to believe it was committed to women’s wrestling by giving us several matches and a confrontation between Becky Lynch and John Cena.
In reality, we were reminded that WWE has little interest in creating thoughtful storylines for female Superstars and that occasionally, despite doing away with the “Divas” term and title years ago, the company still sees women as fragile butterflies.