10 Totally Stupid Things WWE Has ALREADY DONE Since WrestleMania 35

8. Cooling Off Becky Lynch, Part 2

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Three hours of RAW, so much to answer for.

The third hour of RAW is the volatile element that disrupts the universe, creating a black hole into which so much is destroyed. Because of this need for content, certain segments go longer beyond reason, deadening the viewer's interest and damaging the featured performer. Usually, this manifests as a 15-20 minute lethargic Baron Corbin match which, while not ideal, isn't necessarily disastrous.

Becky Lynch, on the April 22 RAW, had to wrestle Alicia Fox for eight wildly catastrophic minutes in a senseless exposé of the myth behind The Man. A wheels-off sh*t-shower, this plunged Lynch into the dreaded, boring chinlock depths even before the whole thing drowned in an ocean of botch GIFs. Fox narrowly avoided dropping Lynch directly on to her head by somehow contriving to reverse a headscissors with a Tombstone in an already infamous moment, but before that, Fox dominated Lynch. Alicia Fox, troubled, returning enhancement talent, put the hurt on WrestleMania 35's victorious headliner. This proved, definitively, that Lynch isn't what we used to associate with the legendary Champions of old.

Remember, following WrestleMania XIV, when Tiger Ali Singh put Stone Cold Steve Austin in the camel clutch for half the match at Unforgiven?

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