9 Ups And 6 Downs From WWE Raw (Feb 17)

2. Paying It Forward

Shayna Baszler
WWE

You can sometimes tell when a wrestler is really fired up about their promo. Becky Lynch certainly looked like she was enjoying herself Monday night.

Lynch came to the ring a week after Shayna Baszler bit her neck carrying a paper bag. She then proceeded to start tossing money around the ring, calling it a down payment on future fines she’s planning on racking up once she gets her hands on Shayna.

It was a really nice touch, with Lynch pledging to incite violence on the former NXT Women’s Champion because she wants to, not because she has to.

Baszler then set the stage for WrestleMania by noting that she was in the women’s Elimination Chamber match – a cage of sorts, which is her natural habitat – and the winner would face Becky at Mania. Lynch wished her luck, but odds are, she won’t need it.

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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.