5 Ups & 8 Downs From WWE Raw (June 27)

1. Can Someone Explain This?

Becky Lynch
WWE.com

What is Becky Lynch’s story arc? Can anyone follow it logically and make sense of it?

Big Time Becks has been cast as someone on a slide since losing her Raw Women’s Championship at WrestleMania 38, having victories stolen from her and falling short time and time again. She failed in a #1 contender’s match last week, then lost out on a spot in the Money in the Bank ladder match to Asuka, leaving her despaired.

This week, naturally she pinned three of the women in a six-woman elimination match en route to winning a last-chance match for a spot in Money in the Bank. Yep, all that “woe is poor distraught Becky” went by the wayside as Lynch captured the seventh and final spot.

Which is it? Becky is cursed and distraught at having opportunities snatched from her, or she’s fighting from underneath to scratch and claw her way into the MITB ladder match? Because after cheating and heeling it up, she just fought like an underdog possessed Monday night to earn her spot.

It literally makes no sense from week to week. But again, that’s WWE for you.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.