10 HUGE WWE Elimination Chamber 2020 Predictions You Need To Know

4. 'The Man' And 'The Queen Of Spades' Go To War

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Is this good booking, or nah?

When Shayna Baszler finally arrived on Monday Night Raw proper, she did so in an angle so weird and divisive that it threatened to undermine literally years of work on NXT crafting her as the most dominant force in the division. Biting Becky Lynch's neck was the sort of ludicrous visual that the black-and-gold brand might have been able to spin without the obvious disadvantage of Jerry Lawler immediately calling her a vampire, but Raw offered no such escape.

Lynch, in response, returned from the hospital on the very same night and promised her that the 'Queen Of Spades' was due a hefty receipt. The match was made, only it wasn't, because Baszler has to win this match to get it. Nothing inherently wrong with her having to plough through the competition to get the match she craves, but Roman Reigns got his WrestleMania match graphic by just demanding it on SmackDown.

So she's won the shot and the two can scrap again, and Lynch should be itching to throw hands, shouldn't she? Let this start in a cage - Baszler's backyard - so it can end in the ring at WrestleMania.

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