9 Ups And 4 Downs From WWE Raw (Feb 3)

6. A Stopgap Title Shot?

Becky Lynch Asuka
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So Becky Lynch is set to defend her Raw Women’s Championship against Asuka again next week, with the champ finding her swagger.

We’ve already dissected how bad this would be if it’s an entry point into a possible WrestleMania match between them, but there’s the very real possibility that this is just a one-off title shot, a coda on the feud between the two women before Lynch’s real WrestleMania opponent makes herself known.

In that event, this isn’t a bad idea: Let Becky knock off her biggest challenger to date and feel invincible, only for someone like Shayna Baszler to step up and cast doubt in Lynch’s mind all over again. Baszler seeking revenge for her fallen Horsewoman Ronda Rousey last year would be a compelling story.

And Lynch would have her deck cleared after beating Asuka next week. So yeah, two scenarios here, though this seems the more reasonable and logical one. Time will tell…

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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.