Becky Lynch being named the WWE Backstage Female Superstar of the Year comes after an impressive championship run that started by beating Ronda Rousey and Charlotte Flair at WrestleMania 35 and becoming Becky Two-Belts.
For many, there was little doubt that she’d win this given her recent track record. Like in the ring, she beat some of the best women wrestlers in the WWE for this award. She had an impressive list of opponents to overcome, and a couple of these names will provide some fodder in the days to come. Especially after this is used in an upcoming storyline. Remember, you read it here first.
The competition was fierce
Charlotte Flair is a ten-time former women’s champion and probably the best wrestler in the women’s division. As great as Lynch has been, Flair’s been one of the top performers and is the lone one on the roster capable of beating Lynch if their feud hadn’t already been beaten to death and they were now forced to team up. To be fair, Flair is probably the main reason they moved Lynch into the tag team division as there was only so long until the two would meet and they’d have to drop the belt to Flair.
Bayley is a good, fighting champion before reinventing herself. She hasn’t let up and continued to carve out a fun storyline for her character with Sasha Banks at her side. As a heel, she’s opened up a creative side of her we only glimpsed before and it makes her interactions with others even more fun.
While it’s easy to forget about her when compared to names like Rousey, Lynch, and Flair, it’s impossible to ignore her effort and skill as she’s performed well against them at some point in the past year, and being nominated for this award is just another notch in her belt.
Ronda Rousey, like Brock Lesnar, is a legend. She’s one of the best two sport athletes in the world and has proven herself time and again. Just mentioning or hearing her name brings a smile to most people’s faces as she was fun to watch. The thing here is she hasn’t been a part of the WWE since WrestleMania 35, and while most of those nominated throughout the Year-End Awards are post WrestleMania, she is an enigma. Her impact was so immense that she legitimized the women’s division and still has people clamoring for her return. She’s a superstar among superstars and could’ve walked away with this award had she remained or returned to the WWE at some point in the last few months.
It’s never an easy road
As with any award, there are plenty of reasons to argue against Lynch winning. But what we may forget at times is what separated her from the rest was her no nonsense approach. She treated being “The Man” like a fight to the death instead of a character. It gave her an edge, and something fans could point to and define in terms as simple yet effective as a Ronda Rousey submission hold. It’s a hard edge that can be difficult to maintain as various goals are met because with more success comes more urges to relax. She never seemed to fall into that trap. Whether it was support from others like Flair or Bayley or Rollins, or just her own stubbornness not to let herself burn out, she managed to push her gimmick into the realm of the stale and keep going.
There’s little doubt we’ll be hearing about this award as her opponents use it to belittle or harass her in some way, but it could be a great way or her to reinvent her gimmick.
Stale or not, she’s proven herself as a rare commodity, and her story will only grow from here.
