10 New Directions For WWE After WrestleMania 41

WrestleMania 41 is in the history books.

It wasn't the greatest or worst 'Mania in WWE history, but some of the fare served up across Saturday and Sunday did reflect sparse build towards select matches. Trimming some of the fat and presenting this on one solitary card could've worked. However, there are understandable financial reasons why that just couldn't happen. WrestleMania is a double nighter these days and that's that.

Coming out of Las Vegas, Triple H has new WWE and World Champions to book. Neither of the top women's belts changed hands, but Becky Lynch's return means there's a shake up in the Women's Tag-Team Title hunt. Elsewhere, midcard straps like the men's Intercontinental and United States Titles switched onto fresh faces, and The New Day have some gold around their waists again too.

Not many will be concentrating on the midcard stuff though - not when there's so much happening on top. Heel John Cena has trumped Ric Flair's 16-time brag by becoming a 17-time champ, The Rock is still weirdly absent from school, and Paul Heyman has stabbed both Roman Reigns and CM Punk in the back to align with career-long turncoat Seth Rollins.

WWE has some explaining to do if that last swerve's going to make much sense, but it sure does have people talking. 

Here's where company creative goes next. Of course, the quick turnaround towards the traditionally wild Raw after 'Mania makes things harder to predict in the immediate aftermath of Vegas, but there's still a lot to chew over in the short term.

Everyone knew that Becky Lynch's famous entrance track was about to blast over the speakers once Bayley was ruled out of night two. 'The Man' has come back around, and now she's one half of the reigning Women's Tag-Team Champions with Lyra Valkyria. One can see Becky becoming a leader for the division again, albeit not necessarily in front of the cameras.

All sorts of good scenarios can come out of her being back around WWE's locker rooms, because it's clear that Lynch is comfortable in her own skin even if she isn't on top. In short, Becky might well become a much-needed matriarch for the female roster for the rest of 2025. Simply having her back in amongst it just feels right.

Again, there are so many branching paths the writers can go with Lynch. Liv Morgan eventually beating Lyra to become Women’s Intercontinental Champ would be a good plan at some point, then WWE can loop back around to Liv vs. Becky. Lynch said herself during the post-show that she won’t be part time, so there shouldn't be any fears that she'll pull a Rock/Roman Reigns situation by only showing up occasionally.

Having Becks back on Raw or SmackDown (and possibly NXT every so often too) is very much a good thing. She has legacy star power few in the division can claim to match, and she's shown before that she doesn't mind being a team player if the booking is strong and logical.

Get ready for 'Becky: The Matriarch Years'. All going well, it'll be a grand production.