10 Wrestlers Who've Suffered Most From The WWE Brand Split
2. Becky Lynch
Separated from Charlotte and Sasha Banks, the only two WWE women who can rival her popularity, Becky Lynch looked set to become SmackDown’s female star after the Draft. Alongside Natalya, Becky would’ve helped anchor a relatively thin division populated mostly by unknown and unseasoned wrestlers, and she’d finally become the women’s wrestling megastar she seemed destined to become.
This hasn’t materialised. Becky, like Nattie, has suffered from the SmackDown women’s scene’s all-round directionless, but she deserves much more than the bit-part role she’s currently playing. The Brand Split has transformed Becky from one of WWE’s most important female wrestlers to an also-ran, and that’s an egregious use of her talents.
Becky is one of the most natural babyfaces in the company. Sasha might be WWE’s most popular woman, but she can’t match Lynch’s underdog charm and all-round likeability. Moreover, Becky is a charismatic performer with unrivalled technique in the women’s division, making her the complete package as a professional wrestler.
She’s had a couple of half-decent TV matches, but that’s the extent of it. Becky has accomplished precisely nothing since the Natalya feud ended: there’s no hype around her, and WWE are doing little to build any. Fingers crossed there’s something big in the pipelines for Becky Lynch, because she shouldn’t be taking the backseat at this point in her career.