10 Wrestlers Who Couldn't Stand Being Hated
3. Becky Lynch
WWE wanted Becky Lynch to riff hard on the fans during her post-SummerSlam 2018 "heel turn" explanation on SmackDown. As Becks explained to Steve Austin on 'Broken Skull Sessions', that was just never going to work. It was stupid of creative to think they could force everyone's hand that way.
Admittedly, this is a very specific/isolated incident, but Lynch ad-libbed her promo so that it wouldn't hammer the fans toomuch. She knew deep down that nobody would buy Charlotte Flair as the babyface of the piece anyway, and Becks didn't fancy being hated when she'd worked so hard to be loved.
No wonder - this is the same woman who'd been constantly overlooked. John Cena even questioned her purpose backstage, and wondered what her 'Lass Kicker' nickname even meant. By 2018, there was no way Lynch was going to let WWE's writers squash her potential by turning her into a hollow villain.
She didn't want scattered boos.