New WWE Partnership Drops Huge Hint About Becky Lynch’s Future

Becky Lynch’s future might have been resolved.

On June 27th WWE announced an all-new partnership with English Premier League Club Manchester City.

The new partnership will see the launch of a new range of merchandise featuring WWE stars such as CM Punk and Roman Reigns. Meanwhile, Manchester City will wear a special kit during their pre-season tour of America featuring the WWE logo.

You can find the press release below.

MANCHESTER CITY AND WWE ® LAUNCH EXCLUSIVE MERCHANDISE COLLABORATION

Manchester City and WWE®, part of TKO Group Holdings (NYSE: TKO), have today announced details of an exclusive merchandise collaboration, that will see the two globally recognised brands featured together across a range of new products.

The new collection will include six T-shirts featuring Manchester City and WWE detailing, such as a CM Punk best team in the land and all the world T-shirt and other tee’s featuring Becky Lynch, Roman Reigns and “Stone Cold” Steve Austin design inspiration.

As part of the collaboration, Manchester City and WWE have jointly designed a new name and number style that our players will wear in all of our games that we play during our preseason tour of America this summer. The design features the WWE logo within the number and a red outline.

Fans will be able to access the new range of t-shirts by visiting shop.mancity.com, WWEShop.com and Fanatics.com. Additionally, it will be available in the recently opened pop-up CityStore at Rockefeller Center, New York.

To celebrate the launch ahead of SmackDown at Madison Square Garden this Friday, WWE Women’s Champion Bayley and Baron Corbin will visit the CityStore on 6th Avenue in New York City Friday from 10 to 11 a.m. for an exclusive meet-and-greet. The Premier League trophy will also be in store Friday and throughout the weekend.

“We are excited to announce the launch of our exclusive retail collaboration with WWE today. As a club, we’re always exploring new ways to enhance our retail offering for our fans across the globe and collaborations like this with WWE are part of that ongoing strategy,” said Serena Gosling, Director of Integrated Fan Experience and Retail & Licensing at Manchester City.

“In addition, today’s announcement offers a further touch point for our fans within the U.S. and beyond to engage with the club, ahead of men’s first team visit this summer.”

Becky Lynch Staying With WWE?

Although unintentionally, the press release appears to confirm Becky Lynch will be staying with the company. Given the former Women’s Champion is named in the release and will be featured in the new run of merchandise, it’s unlikely she’s not returning to the sports entertainment giant. The Irish star is currently on hiatus after letting her contract expire at the end of May.

Becky Lynch is expected to stay with WWE, with reports suggesting the company will make her the highest-paid female star in history. At present there’s no word on when Lynch will be back in the ring.