7 Real Reasons WWE Turned Becky Lynch Heel

Some will argue that this whole Charlotte/Becky angle is a bust simply based on crowd reactions. After all, while Becky was cutting a scathing promo this past Tuesday, the Brooklyn crowd was 100 percent behind her.

Just a reminder: look at this promotion. Despite being short for World Wrestling Entertainment, WWE is not a wrestling company. They don't go by some old practice of "listening to the crowd" and just pandering to them from there. They have God knows how many metrics and analytics that determine the fate of them and their superstars way more than how any given crowd feels on a particular night.

That guy pictured? That's George Barrios. He and Michelle Wilson are co-Presidents of WWE, and they're not really talked about as much in the discussion of company leadership nearly as much as Vince, HHH, Stephanie, or even Kevin Dunn. However, they hold a great deal of power in determining the company's future, and most importantly: they're not wrestling people. The notion of just "listening to the crowd" and booking from there is probably something they see as a carny "wrasslin'" practice. They probably say that all the time to Vince, which is like music to his ears, because God-forbid he be thought of as a carny wrasslin' promoter.

Point is: if you think listening to crowd reactions is a high priority for WWE, you're mistaken.