10 Disastrous WWE Booking Decisions Triple H Has Already Botched

6. Bayley Vs Becky Lynch

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A wretched promo exchange between Becky Lynch and Bayley on the January 16th edition of Monday Night Raw shone a damning light on Triple H's remarkably poor performance rehabilitating women's wrestling in WWE.

Babyface Lynch dusting off "Karen" as a nickname years after it was a popular Twitter bit was excruciating, particularly when the Damage CTRL leader's no-selling inadvertently scanned as sandbagging. And even more so if the nickname was about to be given to a returning Chelsea Green at the Royal Rumble.

When the pair's programme at long last paid off, it was at the second attempt. A planned Steel Cage Match at Raw Is XXX was cut for time, and the feud was completely out of steam when they returned to the stipulation weeks later. A main event placement for the match fooled nobody, and a Lita cameo to save Lynch from a Damage CTRL attack looked like it'd build a fun Elimination Chamber six-women match until it...didn't.

It's far from the only thing wrong here too...

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