7 Real Reasons WWE Turned Becky Lynch Heel

6. Charlotte Is Going To BEAT Ronda At WrestleMania

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When Charlotte Flair defeated the then-undefeated Asuka to retain the SmackDown Women's Championship, one thing became abundantly clear: just as Roman Reigns is "the guy," Charlotte Flair is "the gal." Just as she won the newly rechristened WWE Women's Championship at WrestleMania 32, and just as she got the win over Asuka, Charlotte is going to continue stacking up important, "historical victories," and that's going to include getting the first win over Rowdy Ronda.

Because of this, it's clear that WWE are going to try to keep Charlotte a babyface going into the matchup. They want to hold her up as the standard-bearer of women in the company, and get all the mainstream attention for beating Ronda Rousey. In the process of building her up for that match, she's going to need to come across as a conquering babyface, overcoming circumstances such as her best friend's betrayal.

But why, one may ask, did Becky need to be turned heel? Can't Charlotte just overcome all the other heels on SmackDown and keep Becky the plucky underdog babyface? Well, let's take a look of the landscape of SmackDown to answer those questions...

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