10 WrestleMania 38 Card Predictions After Royal Rumble 2022

4. Raw Women's Championship: Becky Lynch (c) vs. Bianca Belair

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Ronda Rousey and Becky Lynch teased reprising their rivalry on the post-Rumble episode of Raw, with their confrontation ending in Ronda locking the Raw Women's Champion's arm down, saying she'll announce her WrestleMania 38 opponent on SmackDown.

It's unlikely to be Becky for Ronda. Per Fightful Select, current plans have Bianca Belair challenging for the red belt in April.

So here we are.

"Card is subject to change" is an eternal disclaimer in WWE, admittedly, but this would at least make sense. Bianca is still waiting for payback after being robbed of her SmackDown Women's Title in Lynch's SummerSlam 2021 return. She has had a wretched time of it since then, bouncing from one unengaging feud to another, none of which have generated the fabled "momentum" a wrestling promotion with better booking would require for a move up the card. Nonetheless, Belair has waited long enough. It's time for her revenge.

It'd be smart of WWE to pay this storyline off here, then save Rousey vs. Lynch for WrestleMania 39. Comeuppance here could give Becky the spark to flip back to her more natural 'The Man' character for Ronda, too.

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