10 Totally Stupid Things WWE Has ALREADY DONE Since WrestleMania 35

9. Cooling Off Becky Lynch, Part 1

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Lacey Evans, prematurely removed from NXT's learning tree, has instead learned on the job...from Shane McMahon, if her whiffed punches are any indication.

The southern belle isn't the ideal first opponent for Becky Two Belts, for she excels in just two departments: falling on her a*se, and crushing the ribcages of her opponents with mistimed moonsaults. At time of writing, it's unclear whether Evans is gunning for the RAW or SmackDown Women's Championship, or both. She doesn't know. Vince McMahon probably doesn't know, and when he finds out, from that continuity guy the company wanted to hire lol, he will likely change his mind.

Their interactions...have not been great.

In a bid to put over her rogue character, Becky has developed a bizarre, rising inflection, which wouldn't be too distracting, or open to scrutiny, were WWE to have installed a worthy challenger The Man didn't have to scramble to make interesting. Like Ruby Riott - you know, somebody halfway competent.

Remember at Over The Edge 1998, when WWE didn't write the first, white hot, deliriously entertaining chapter of sports entertainment in-ring storytelling, but instead had Steve Austin go over Tiger Ali Singh in 12 flat minutes?

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