10 Brand New WWE Feuds For Heel Bayley
Hugs are for mugs.
Grinning at Sasha Banks to reveal the content of their private discussions before taking them public with a chair-assisted assault on Becky Lynch, Bayley's deep breath following a barrage of chair shots to 'The Man' must have felt like the freshest in some time.
It's been a schizophrenic year for 'The Hugger' thus far, with this latest unexpected development perhaps the most positive from several other sideways steps of late.
Heading in to 2019, she was laser-focused on reinventing women's tag team wrestling alongside 'The Boss' ahead of the introduction of supposedly prestigious straps. Following WrestleMania, she was forced into a new frontier on SmackDown thanks to abysmal booking expedited beyond even measured expectations for the league. Within weeks of switching shows she was Champion of the brand, seemingly regaining the hearts of the audience in the process.
She willfully, gleefully broke them all this week.
Her sensationally-executed Monday Night Raw heel turn was far more than just a change for change's sake - it was a vital course change for a character than hasn't so much been trapped in the middle of the road as steamrolled over by others speeding by.
Becky Lynch most notably leapfrogged her (and perennial partner Banks) around WrestleMania season. It's perhaps why everybody should have seen this coming all along...
10. Becky Lynch
Bayley didn't "take her ball and go home" like her partner after the catastrophic WrestleMania Fatal Four Way Tag Team Championship, but it's been forgotten under the haze of her modest post-Money In The Bank success how she too was taken for granted just as the much-maligned 'Boss' at the 'Show Of Shows'.
Unlike fellow Horsewomen Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair, Bayley was nowhere near the monied main event, nor particularly in the crosshairs of the bookers following the damaging defeat to The IIconics on the 'Grandest Stage'.
As Banks rapidly disappeared from view, Bayley looked at the lights for Alexa Bliss on the post-WrestleMania Raw. Only a surprise cash-in attempt just hours removed from winning her golden ticket back in May kept 'The Hugger's year from falling off a cliff as 'Becky Two Belts' continued to headline shows even without the blue brand's title.
Far from just serving loyally as Banks' bestie, Bayley's own frustration with Becky could be just as fertile, not least if she aids her partner during her Clash Of Champions showdown with the Raw titleholder.
But that singles issue might have to wait until all lingering dispute between Lynch and Banks has occurred. In the meantime...