10 WWE Careers That Were Transformed In One Year
4. Becky Lynch - 2018
The first quarter of Becky Lynch's 2018 was defined by two very different battle royals. She entered in a terrific performance in the outstanding inaugural Women's Royal Rumble, going over half an hour from the #2 position. Her Road To WrestleMania was non-existent after the fact though, and she was marginalised in the WrestleMania 34 pre-show multi-woman match eventually won by Naomi.
Another lost year looked in the offing until she finally worked her way into a SummerSlam Championship scrap with Carmella. The company heeled itself in some rather elegant booking by inserting as a third entrant to up the anxiety around sentimental favourite Lynch finally picking up the win, but didn't think through the next step beyond Lynch's post-match heel turn.
Luckily, they didn't need to.
The build to the triple threat match had re-cemented the audience's relationship with Lynch's relationship and they weren't prepared to let it go this time. The switch to the dark side was aborted in the face of overwhelming and amazing support, with Lynch simply embodying a more serious side without being a boring heat-seeking cowardly loser. She was 'The Man', and her ascendancy was unstoppable.