WWE’s 10 Worst Choke Artists

3. Becky Lynch

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Neither the first nor last victim of an Alexa Bliss push on this list, Becky Lynch's modus operandi seemed to completely disappear from the SmackDown Live! writing staff's agenda the second she lost the brand's Women's Title to her fellow NXT graduate.

Initially the measuring stick for the female division on the blue brand, 'The Irish Lass Kicker' took her first back seat long before the brands had even divided. Turned on and routinely defeated by both Paige and Charlotte within months of their 'PCB' trio forming during the criminally mishandled 'Divas Revolution', Lynch fell into WrestleMania 32's historic triple threat Women's Championship match by default, and was the beaten opponent yet again as Charlotte took off with the title in tow.

Carrying the title through 2016's autumnal months did little to propel Lynch, to the point where there were two featured plots on the show featuring women that somehow managed to circumvent her completely. Playing second fiddle to Nikki Bella on the brand's (losing) Survivor Series team, she bid farewell to her prize a month later and never remotely looked like getting it back.

Falling foul of the mysterious 'La Luchadora' in her caged rematch with Bliss, Lynch never even took great revenge on the assailant after she'd revealed herself as the returning Mickie James, and hasn't got even close to the summit during Naomi and Natalya's recent reigns.

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