Who Was Really Behind Becky Lynch’s Shock WWE Return & Heel Turn
Becky Lynch’s world turned upside down in 24 hours as she returned to WWE at WrestleMania, but whose idea was her shock heel turn?
At WrestleMania 41, Bayley was set to team with Lyra Valkyria to challenge for the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship, but Bayley was taken out on night one of the event in a backstage attack. Raw General Manager Adam Pearce gave Valkyria 24 hours to find a new partner, and she did just that.
Becky Lynch made her surprise return to a huge ovation as she and Valkyria defeated Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez to capture the gold.
Becky Lynch and Lyra Valkyria teamed again on Raw in Las Vegas as they put their newly won title on the line against Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez. The challengers did well to isolate Valkyria and ended up scoring the win to regain the gold.
After the match, Becky Lynch hugged Valkyria before launching into a vicious attack on her partner. Lynch dropped Valkyria with several Man-Handle Slams.
And it seems all of this was down to Lynch herself.
Becky Lynch Pitched WWE Return
Bryan Alvarez noted on Wrestling Observer Live that Becky Lynch had pitched the whole idea, including the return, the title win, and turning on her partner:
This whole thing was Becky’s idea. It was all Becky’s idea. I heard about it in advance. ‘Becky wants to come back, she wants to win the title, then turn on Lyra the next night.’
When I heard it, I was like, ‘What? This is an absolutely horrible idea.’ But as it turns out, her coming back and winning the title, if you went on Twitter after that show – they all cheered Becky and everything – but very shortly thereafter, there were all the ‘Becky Hogan’ posts.
I didn’t know that her plan involved losing the title. I thought she was gonna turn on Lyra as champions and they’d vacate the title or whatever. But losing the title AND turning on her – this all worked out perfect for a heel turn. It didn’t for the Raw after WrestleMania, but she’ll be a heel next week.
The reason for Lynch’s actions remain unknown but the timing might not be coincidental after her husband Seth Rollins aligned with Paul Heyman to screw Roman Reigns and CM Punk at WrestleMania. Lynch’s actions might also shine a light on who was really behind the attack on Bayley.