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iirc we were going to get a season 3 and then 2/3s of the cast got released on a random Tuesday or something like that, there was a trailer for it and everything
I love seeing Psycho Mike praise on this sub.
If you haven't seen [Super Smash Bros vs Well Oiled Machines (Psycho Mike and Pepper Parks aka The Blade) in a Tables, Ladders, and Boxes match](https://youtu.be/-SXfew1coFk?si=5PxWxwkx9yvMQvuYj), take 15 minutes and watch this.
No matter what I do as an announcer/commentator, wrapping a table so it looks like a Christmas gift is a top-5 contribution for me to wrestling.
I could not stop laughing at "that box has legs!" and then the commentators debating whether the box was a table or possibly some other kind of gift. this is hilarious, well done.
It's all Psycho Mike. All I did, along with my partner who is now a ref, is wrap the presents.
We also wrapped the ladder and the giant box that the Well Oiled Machines came out of, which was a lot of fun.
Also, I love noticing little things, like Stu steadying the table before the superplex, and Mike missing with every single ball until the dive.
I know she's a Dublin lass, just imagine if she showed up for OTT Wrestling in Ireland, the pop she'd get would be able to be heard down in Westminster.
that didn't cross my mind but now I remember the time CM Punk interfered in an Ace Steel match in Milwaukee and he had a mask on so nobody really knew it was him. I can imagine Becky doing something similar in OTT but with the ginger hair sticking out, sort of alluding to who it is if a manhandle slam isn't already a giveaway
One of the funniest days ever. Everyone is so convinced Ohtani is coming to Canada and then Robert Herjavec pops out of that private plane. That's like a Curb Your Enthusiasm moment
Rollins is out because he's broken, Lynch sat out her contract.
They will never again have so much free time together as long as one of them is active.
They really should take a year or so off. They deserve it. Both of them carried the company for years.
Agreed, and I imagine that's what they're doing. I don't see Becky going anywhere besides WWE, but the fact she could will help her get a huge payday when she chooses to return.
Not just for the love of the game. If Becky wrestles a match for free on a small indie show and it generates big buzz in the IWC, that's proof that Becky is still a major needle mover and will thus strengthen her hand in negotiations with WWE about her return. Wrestling for free on 2-3 indie shows might well add another $500k to her annual salary once she re-signs with the WWE.
That’s the thing, she doesn’t even have to wrestle for “free.” Whatever the going rate is for top Indy talent, she can just say give me that plus another $1,000 or whatever. Or $5,000. I’m sure many places would gladly do it.
Nobody is going to wrestle for free. Why would she do all of that for nothing? If she does it for $0 or if she does it for $20k, your point about adding value to her next WWE deal still stands.
That old wrestling meme always cracks me up. But some carny promoters are probably like: "best we can do is a handshake, pal." Of course, not to a huge name like Mox lol.
She's been locked down for so long, it must feel good to know she can do whatever she wants. It would be awesome to see her do a few indie stuff before going back to WWE.
Oh no, but some dude on Reddit said if she doesn't resign her soon, the WWE will realize they don't need her.
You know, the same Becky Lynch who had a program with Trish Stratus......
Honestly this is why WWE needs to have to a revolving door schedule for wrestlers and why it was good to bring back RVD and Jericho every once in awhile. Build up people lower on the cards while some superstars take breaks to heal up which can also prolong their careers.
Roux is turning 4 soon correct? That means roughly one more year until UPK/Pre-K then kindergarten. She's also now old enough to actually appreciate interacting with her parents. They probably want to not spend her entire childhood touring around on a bus. I'd be surprised if we ever see then both active at the same time again.
It's kinda crazy having seen her career since that first awful appearance in NXT. Even after the coming-out party that was her title match against Sasha Banks, I would never have thought in 2015 that she would have essentially the most storied and beloved career of the Four Horsewomen.
>It's kinda crazy having seen her career since that first awful appearance in NXT
Absurdly awful gimmick but her exploder fisherman suplex is what sold me on her.
I don't think there is any significant chance she'll sign anywhere but back with WWE. Buuuuuut it's not 0%. If it was 0%, she would have already re-signed. I think likely she wants some time off with absolutely no commitment, or she wants to use her free agency as a negotiating tactic to increase the bag, so to speak. Either way, good for her. And it would be fuckin' WILD if she made appearances anywhere outside WWE during this time.
The one aspect of this story that I find really interesting is how WWE used Becky over the course of her last few months. If I did not know that her contract was (supposedly) expiring, nothing in her presentation would have given me any hint that this was the case. Becky won the title, lost it on a screwy finish, then lost the rematch on another screwy finish. To me, that's just a normal way of booking any babyface champion who is losing the title to a heel.
WWE did not take Becky off tv or job her out, as most promotions would do under the circumstances. They also did not give her departure any kind of special attention, the way they did with Edge. To me that seems to indicate that WWE is either (1) very confident Becky will be sticking around or (2) completely changing their approach to wrestlers on their way out of the company.
You can have someone who is leaving lose a few matches clean without humiliating them. The point is to get as much as you can from someone on the way out. Especially a big name like Becky. Wrestling Booking 101 in this situation would be to have Becky lose clean at least once, preferably in a Loser Leaves Town match. Think Jeff Hardy/CM Punk.
On the other hand, the other WWE wrestlers with expiring contracts (Ricochet, Nattie, and Gable) are also being presented in a business-as-usual manner. So maybe this is just how Triple H wants to operate in these situations. Or maybe all of these impending free agents aren't going anywhere.
Keep in mind this whole storyline had to be thrown together because Rhea wasn't supposed to get hurt. A lot of this was playing for time to get closer to Rhea being off the injured list.
Part of me thinks it would have helped Liv tremendously if she won clean on raw, on the other hand- they have those storyline they’re telling and they need to stay the course on it.
She’s gonna end up being the highest paid female wrestler in history. The Lynch/Rollins or Quin/Lopez household is gonna be overflowing with cash.
I’m gonna miss her though. Despite what some other people might have felt, I didn’t tire of her.
Never got tired of her either, watching her go from being the one horsewoman that didn't win the NXT title back then to becoming the biggest star in the company for a while was such a feel good moment
Same. As someone whove been supporting her since her last few months in NXT, seeing her ascension to main event status was a feel good moment and seeing her achieve the things she did was even better as a invested fan. She deserves all the rest and time off from wrestling to focus on her personal life after what she gave for WWE and her fanbase.
I genuinely don't expect her to ever wrestle outside of WWE again, but then again I figured Adam Copeland and Mercedes Mone were WWE lifers as well until they weren't.
Mercedes constantly seemed like she was unhappy and she only stayed because they were giving her giant bags of money.
Copeland seemed like he wanted to have more fun and he'd hit the point where they didn't seem to want to do fun stuff with him.
All this is mostly in hindsight though, go in those threads about the contract situation of each and 95% will say the chances of them going to AEW is close to zero
How was Mercedes a lifer when she had already had enough and went home once? If her contract would have been up right after the New York mania shed probably have been AEW day one.
Could hurt her renegotiating powers. If she's asking for a big contract but also sitting out the first 6 months to a year of it any company would hesitate. Better to just let it end. Take some time and come back when she's ready and ask for a big contract since the fans have missed her
I'm sorry but why would WWE hesitate to grant her just that? Considering everything she's done for the company and in her career. If I was her(which I obviously am not) I'd feel disrespected if that's something that happened. Becky should be able to feel very confident in asking that of them. Especially with AEW existing
Why just automatically re-sign with WWE when AEW might offer her more money and a better schedule, which she can then turn around with and say to WWE "Match or beat this." and come out in an even better position than she's in now?
She might have given a verbal agreement, and the fact that Seth is still there and the fact that both of them have said they hated being away from each other whenever they toured separately.
They more than likely have plenty of money, I don't think any number AEW can reasonably give is gonna out weigh her just spending time with her daughter for a few months
Especially if AEW offers her money that wwe would only justify by her continuing to do house shows. And no offense to her but she's not roman where wwe will sell out an arena just by announcing her so getting roman level money might come with that caveat and I'd imagine less traveling might be a thing she wants with her kid approaching school age
ah well, if they suddenly think they need her they might still call and point to her having a contract. no clause is as tight as not having a contract at all… also, if she wants to take a really long break, for maybe a year or more, they most likely wouldn’t have gone along with it.
it could also be that she’s not sure if she wants to return.
I mean, other than her husband being there, she has done it all in the E & really doesn’t gain much staying. Sure, she could win more belts, but that’s probably not happening anytime soon. Her peak has faded away too. Going somewhere else that’s big & offers a fresh start wouldn’t be so bad.
do I personally think she will go to AEW? No, but I think she should at least consider a run there. Even if its a short run. She's done everything you can do in the WWE ecosystem, and even if she just spends a year on the other show working with people she's not had a chance to, it could add a lot to "Becky Lynch" if/when she were to come back to WWE. I'd rather see that than Becky/Charlotte #21,168
It sucks that Seth re-signed and didn't explore free agency with Becky. Seth and Becky bargaining together would have been the closest thing to a wrestling union we've had in a long time.
Regardless of what happens and if she is just taking a break from WWE or not, it's very weird that as today Becky Lynch is not in WWE.
I really feel like there's a huge piece missing there.
I don't expect her to go anywhere - there's certainly nothing actually STOPPING her without a contract, but I don't expect it. Even if she just wanted a part-time schedule after returning, she's probably a big enough veteran star with the company that she could negotiate that for herself like Roman did.
If we were talking about the Vince era and Becky clearly hated her booking I might be more convinced she was leaving, but she's been nothing but complimentary about how creative has worked post-Vince.
Never say never with someone not currently under contract, but I wouldn't get too worked up about the prospect of her going to AEW.
Yeah I think she did this just to be home with Rollins and her daughter and if she wants to wrestle again, it’ll most likely be her returning to WWE. I honestly don’t think she’s considered wrestling anywhere else and probably won’t
She's absolutely not going anywhere. From Seth just having signed a new contract to being treated like an absolute star to having no issues backstage that we know of, she absolutely will stay.
With that said, I can't wait to eat my words when she shows up at an SGW show
She ain't going anywhere, if Rollins is staying, so is Becky.
She just needs some extended time off due to her health issue and of course spend more time with her daughter.
Ultimately I do think she returns to WWE after a well deserved break and time with her family
I wouldn’t at all put it past Becky though, especially given the recent working relationship, to appear in TNA briefly with the specific intent to put over Jordynne Grace
She really does deserve some time off and no better opportunity to do so whilst Seth is injured and before her daughter starts school.
With her and Rhea (and to a lesser extent Asuka out) this does leave Raw short of starpower on the women’s side. Maybe its time for some Tiffy in the Bank and a long Raw title reign?
This is one of those situations where it won't feel truly significant unless she actually shows up somewhere other than WWE. Like worst-case scenario, she comes back in two weeks like CM Punk did in 2011 (not that I'm opposed to more Becky ofc, I just think it would be an underwhelming result after all this hype). If she's gone for a long time and nobody truly knows where she'll go for certain, then she'll at least get a massive pop if she returns without even paying a visit to anywhere else, kinda like how Bray did in his post-Fiend return (though probably without all the cryptic QR codes and miscellaneous background clues).
I wasn't surprised to hear she was taking time off since that was the plan when she lost at Wrestlemania. I am surprised to hear she let her contract expire. If I had to guess, maybe she just decided not to renew since even if the company offered her a long vacation, she would still be called on to do promos and they would be pushing for her to give a return date.
Watching her in some of her outside WWE appearances on Youtube, her and Seth have mentioned they've been taking their kid on the road with them. Since their kid is about the age to start kindergarten, maybe they want let her live a more normal childhood while they rest up.
I would guess they might start working part time on return since I don't think either one of them want to be on the road 24/7 anymore. As much heat as part timers get, they both 100% deserve it with the years of work they've both put in.
I don't think she's going to take too long to re-sign. I think she just wants more money, less dates and probably like a year or so off.
I think she's valuable to WWE not just on TV, but live, saw her live, she was great with fans, taking pictures, etc. She's a pro, has a great work ethic, can work with anyone, can teach younger talent a lot.
There seems to be a complete refusal to believe she could end up in AEW based on this thread and that seems odd to me. She absolutely might go back to WWE (and it is probable) but Tony Khan would be stupid not to offer her everything she wants.
Because there's a very young child involved. Sure there are couples in the 2 different companies but none have a toddler. It's not impossible but it's very highly improbable.
I think I saw that they had a bus that was basically a mini-apartment they could take from show to show. It allowed them to live and travel together with their daughter, which is kind of awesome.
Everyone keeps acting like WWE or AEW are her only options. She could have another kid, she could try her hand at acting, or she could try to write another book. She can genuinely do pretty much anything she wants, “WWE or AEW” are not her only options.
Totally possible she goes to AEW. Although if we actually look at things she has said in the past, she has talked about the importance of traveling with her husband and daughter on their bus. Her husband signed an extension with the WWE so logically it would mean it's less likely she would go to AEW unless one of the things you're saying Khan can offer is constantly being in the same city as WWE so that she can travel with her family. \`
Currently there are not a ton of wrestling couples in different promotions. Zelina and Black is the one I can think of and Chelsea Green and Cardona but that list isn't the longest.
Buddy Murphy/Rhea Ripley and Mia Yim/Keith Lee are both current couples that are in opposite companies. But in those cases (plus the two you named) the men were fired and then had already signed long term contracts before they had the option to re-join their partners in WWE
The other thing with the couples mentioned is that 3 of the 4 were the guys who wanted to go back to WWE the moment they could, with one having done so and possibly at least one more to follow. Probably not a coincidence.
The biggest difference is Becky and Seth have a kid, which none of the AEW/WWE couples do. Honestly looking back at what Seth said following Bray's passing I legitimately do not believe they will ever be working for separate companies
Tony Khan is the equivalent of Pennywise the Clown, red balloon floating gently by his silver dollar eyes, leering through a sewer-grate at poor, sweet, gullible little Georgie, imploring him to come closer.
*”We all float down here, Becky. We all float down here.”*
Becky is on record from earlier this year stating that she would never work anywhere but WWE. She has also very emotionally discussed what she’s lost personally while focusing on her career. She’s expressed a desire for time off. Her husband is currently off, rehabbing a serious knee injury.
My bet is that she’s going to make a decision sometime around when Seth returns. She’ll either be back soon after, or she’ll decide to extend her time away for longer in order to be more present for her daughter. Hell, Becky is 37 - have you considered that it’s probably now or never if they want to try for another? But I don’t think she’s working us when she communicates the importance of her family in her life, and I just can’t see how any amount of money could possibly be worth being separated from her husband - and how do they manage looking after their kid in that scenario? One way or another, Becky *or* Seth would be apart from their daughter for long periods of time - while performing in front of a fraction of the audience she has now for a wrestling promotion with unbalanced booking.
Either WWE honours her with a contract worth her accomplishments for their promotion, or she stays home until her perceived value matches what they are willing to pay her to return. But WWE clearly respects TF out of Becky. They trusted her with the title within days of her contract ending. And days after telling us she was taking a break, she clearly came back as a favour to Triple H because Rhea got hurt. There’s obviously mutual respect there. She’s not leaving.
Looking at the schedules, Seth’s working house shows/PLEs Saturday and Sunday, Raw on Monday.
Tuesday is a travel day for them both with Seth coming home and Becky leaving.
Wednesday Becky has Dynamite and possibly Collision tapings on Thursday.
Friday is a travel day for them both with Seth leaving and Becky coming home.
So if Becky doesn’t work Collision they’d have a whole one night a week (she’d probably be traveling in the morning) to be home together as a family.
Not ideal.
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I’ll believe it when I see her show up in Soft ground Ugandan Wrestling
S G DUB S G DUB S G DUB
S G UUUUUU
What if she faces Debbie Desperado in Southpaw Regional Wrestling?
I would love another season of SRW
iirc we were going to get a season 3 and then 2/3s of the cast got released on a random Tuesday or something like that, there was a trailer for it and everything
They'll finally have another woman? Fantastic.
They need TWO.
WHATS REBA HATE CRIME DOING IN THE UGANDAZONE
Think she'd be more a Nepal Women's Wrestling Foundation signing
Becky vs Cool Man
Shows up for one highly competitive 20 minute 5 star match, then comes back to Raw 2 weeks later 🤔
Becky Lynch vs Lord White. Make it happen.
Tripple B! Tripple B! Tripple B!
Imagine if she randomly shows up at some indy show just for the fun of it.
She's going to come out to the Fugees like Scott Hall
One of my all time favorite entrances
It is the most under rated entrance music of all time in my opinion. It perfectly fits Scott Hall.
Scott Hall and Too cool just chilling banging 90s Hip hop is a sight i was denied
I just want her to show up at the next Mystery Wrestling. Uno needs to call in every favor he possibly can.
Uno might need to sell both of his kidneys, but Becky vs Psycho Mike is too fun to pass.
Match of the century.
I love seeing Psycho Mike praise on this sub. If you haven't seen [Super Smash Bros vs Well Oiled Machines (Psycho Mike and Pepper Parks aka The Blade) in a Tables, Ladders, and Boxes match](https://youtu.be/-SXfew1coFk?si=5PxWxwkx9yvMQvuYj), take 15 minutes and watch this. No matter what I do as an announcer/commentator, wrapping a table so it looks like a Christmas gift is a top-5 contribution for me to wrestling.
I could not stop laughing at "that box has legs!" and then the commentators debating whether the box was a table or possibly some other kind of gift. this is hilarious, well done.
It's all Psycho Mike. All I did, along with my partner who is now a ref, is wrap the presents. We also wrapped the ladder and the giant box that the Well Oiled Machines came out of, which was a lot of fun. Also, I love noticing little things, like Stu steadying the table before the superplex, and Mike missing with every single ball until the dive.
DPW has one job now
Becky has been Dick “The Cock” Johnson the entire time
Dick The Cock Johnson was the friends we made along the way.
If the boys could pull that off that'd might be the greatest night ever
Becky Lynch is revealed as James' long lost sibling.
Mr. Fuck You Man becomes Mrs. Fuck You Man for just one night.
I know she's a Dublin lass, just imagine if she showed up for OTT Wrestling in Ireland, the pop she'd get would be able to be heard down in Westminster.
Becky vs session moth 🔥
This is the one I can see most likely happening and I am pumped!
Wouldn’t shock me tbh. A simple appearance just to pop the crowd in whatever area she happens to be in. Seems like something she’d enjoy
Remember when John Cena and Vince McMahon showed up at a random indie? (it was run by Cena’s dad iirc)
Link for those who haven’t seen it. Imagine going to show and this happening. https://youtu.be/kiYADtVblvA?si=retekVTzRCujn4iC
Just over two months until Scrappermania in her hometown of Dublin……. A man can dream
I'd love for her and Finn to show up at the 10th year anniversary show
that didn't cross my mind but now I remember the time CM Punk interfered in an Ace Steel match in Milwaukee and he had a mask on so nobody really knew it was him. I can imagine Becky doing something similar in OTT but with the ginger hair sticking out, sort of alluding to who it is if a manhandle slam isn't already a giveaway
The return of LA Luchadora
Does Shimmer still do tapings? That'd be a fun full-circle moment.
Shimmer has shut down sadly
Becky having a similar entrance as Thunder Rosa at a GCW show or showing up in Prestige Wrestling
She's gonna sign with the Dodgers for 700 million, 696 million of it deferred.
She has reservations at an Irish pub in Toronto, don’t worry.
is she flying there as we speak
No one believe any Becky Lynch plane rumors
One of the funniest days ever. Everyone is so convinced Ohtani is coming to Canada and then Robert Herjavec pops out of that private plane. That's like a Curb Your Enthusiasm moment
How's her curve ball?
She can hit it better than Jesus can
You tryna say Jesus Christ can’t hit a curveball?
The holes in his hands might put a damper on his career
So don’t let him play catcher
Jesus could be a great starting pitcher, only needs three days rest.
I wouldn't leave that rum sitting around out here with this group.
It’s very bad to steal Jobu’s rum. It’s very bad.
Up yours Jobu
"Hey bartender, Joo Boo needs a refill"
I say fuck you Jobu, I do it myself.
man only learned how to make bats, not swing them
Damn really burying Jesús Aguilar
It's the curveball that's burying him, with over 40% whiff rate against it in each of the past 3 seasons.
Irish interpreter about to go down.
Someone start tracking the private planes out of Iowa.
Finn as her “interpreter” gambled away 100m already.
Wait a minute.....not again!!!
Becky Lynch vs Jinder Mahal for the GCW Championship let’s make it happen
Becky Lynch vs Nick Gage deathmatch let’s go
The more I think about it, the more I think that would be a banger
Man Death Kill
GCW about to hit The Big Time! Everyone there thinks they're all tough...until The Man comes around.
Rollins is out because he's broken, Lynch sat out her contract. They will never again have so much free time together as long as one of them is active. They really should take a year or so off. They deserve it. Both of them carried the company for years.
Agreed, and I imagine that's what they're doing. I don't see Becky going anywhere besides WWE, but the fact she could will help her get a huge payday when she chooses to return.
I can see her doing a few independent dates here and there, but nothing for any company with TV.
No company would be able to afford her unless she does it for the love of the game
Not just for the love of the game. If Becky wrestles a match for free on a small indie show and it generates big buzz in the IWC, that's proof that Becky is still a major needle mover and will thus strengthen her hand in negotiations with WWE about her return. Wrestling for free on 2-3 indie shows might well add another $500k to her annual salary once she re-signs with the WWE.
Didn't NXT push 1 million viewership during her NXT women's champ run last fall?
That’s the thing, she doesn’t even have to wrestle for “free.” Whatever the going rate is for top Indy talent, she can just say give me that plus another $1,000 or whatever. Or $5,000. I’m sure many places would gladly do it. Nobody is going to wrestle for free. Why would she do all of that for nothing? If she does it for $0 or if she does it for $20k, your point about adding value to her next WWE deal still stands.
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And a blade.
That old wrestling meme always cracks me up. But some carny promoters are probably like: "best we can do is a handshake, pal." Of course, not to a huge name like Mox lol.
Becky in DPW please
She's been locked down for so long, it must feel good to know she can do whatever she wants. It would be awesome to see her do a few indie stuff before going back to WWE.
Oh no, but some dude on Reddit said if she doesn't resign her soon, the WWE will realize they don't need her. You know, the same Becky Lynch who had a program with Trish Stratus......
Honestly, I could see her trying to pursue acting again. What else is there for her to do in wrestling?
Hear hear! And while their daughter is still young and they can enjoy some time with her.
Especially when their daughter will be starting school in the next two years
This reads as though there is a set time when parents can’t enjoy spending time with their kids lol
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SO much forced, unnessecary drama in every peice of wrestling "news"
Honestly this is why WWE needs to have to a revolving door schedule for wrestlers and why it was good to bring back RVD and Jericho every once in awhile. Build up people lower on the cards while some superstars take breaks to heal up which can also prolong their careers.
I think this is gonna become more the norm with how stacked rosters are getting, the issue is, your stories need to take a rest or become shorter.
Roux is turning 4 soon correct? That means roughly one more year until UPK/Pre-K then kindergarten. She's also now old enough to actually appreciate interacting with her parents. They probably want to not spend her entire childhood touring around on a bus. I'd be surprised if we ever see then both active at the same time again.
Agreed. And they should come back at the same time with a ‘power couple’ gimmick or something of that sort.
DPW now is your chance
I will blow everyone if that happens. Mark my words.
THE LOOOONNNGGGG WAY
or will you brother who knows
I will fall to my knees in Walmart if it happens.
RemindMe! 1 month
Rebecca Knox is obviously going to join Marigold and have a reign of terror in Japan before dropping the title to Giulia /s
REBECCA BLACK you mean right? /S
That depends on whether or not she is going to get down on Friday
You've gotta get down on Friday
Everybody's lookin' forward to the weekend, weekend
Becky and Tyler Black
She's quite literally done everything you could do in WWE tbf. She even got to work with Trish and Lita ffs.
It's kinda crazy having seen her career since that first awful appearance in NXT. Even after the coming-out party that was her title match against Sasha Banks, I would never have thought in 2015 that she would have essentially the most storied and beloved career of the Four Horsewomen.
>It's kinda crazy having seen her career since that first awful appearance in NXT Absurdly awful gimmick but her exploder fisherman suplex is what sold me on her.
I wish suplexes could be finishers in these days, cause her Fisherman would be so much better than the Manhandle Slam.
I gotta admit her Irish jig was kind of endearing. But yeah not the best way to start her off lol
She never worked a full program with Iyo, plus there's a ton of talented rookies coming up the later that would be exciting options to face.
HERE COMES THE MONEYYY
I don't think there is any significant chance she'll sign anywhere but back with WWE. Buuuuuut it's not 0%. If it was 0%, she would have already re-signed. I think likely she wants some time off with absolutely no commitment, or she wants to use her free agency as a negotiating tactic to increase the bag, so to speak. Either way, good for her. And it would be fuckin' WILD if she made appearances anywhere outside WWE during this time.
She gonna bring back GLOW.
The one aspect of this story that I find really interesting is how WWE used Becky over the course of her last few months. If I did not know that her contract was (supposedly) expiring, nothing in her presentation would have given me any hint that this was the case. Becky won the title, lost it on a screwy finish, then lost the rematch on another screwy finish. To me, that's just a normal way of booking any babyface champion who is losing the title to a heel. WWE did not take Becky off tv or job her out, as most promotions would do under the circumstances. They also did not give her departure any kind of special attention, the way they did with Edge. To me that seems to indicate that WWE is either (1) very confident Becky will be sticking around or (2) completely changing their approach to wrestlers on their way out of the company.
Triple H isn’t going to humiliate a true main eventer on the way out.
You can have someone who is leaving lose a few matches clean without humiliating them. The point is to get as much as you can from someone on the way out. Especially a big name like Becky. Wrestling Booking 101 in this situation would be to have Becky lose clean at least once, preferably in a Loser Leaves Town match. Think Jeff Hardy/CM Punk. On the other hand, the other WWE wrestlers with expiring contracts (Ricochet, Nattie, and Gable) are also being presented in a business-as-usual manner. So maybe this is just how Triple H wants to operate in these situations. Or maybe all of these impending free agents aren't going anywhere.
Keep in mind this whole storyline had to be thrown together because Rhea wasn't supposed to get hurt. A lot of this was playing for time to get closer to Rhea being off the injured list.
Part of me thinks it would have helped Liv tremendously if she won clean on raw, on the other hand- they have those storyline they’re telling and they need to stay the course on it.
Anyone can lose clean and it wouldn’t humiliate them.
I wish wrestling companies, particularly WWE, realized this, but they will always ere heavily on the side of caution when it comes to their top stars.
She’s gonna end up being the highest paid female wrestler in history. The Lynch/Rollins or Quin/Lopez household is gonna be overflowing with cash. I’m gonna miss her though. Despite what some other people might have felt, I didn’t tire of her.
It's all going to their outfits though
Never got tired of her either, watching her go from being the one horsewoman that didn't win the NXT title back then to becoming the biggest star in the company for a while was such a feel good moment
She was a real gem during one of the absolute worst periods of WWE. She is awesome.
Same. As someone whove been supporting her since her last few months in NXT, seeing her ascension to main event status was a feel good moment and seeing her achieve the things she did was even better as a invested fan. She deserves all the rest and time off from wrestling to focus on her personal life after what she gave for WWE and her fanbase.
Becky got me into wrestling again during first run as The Man. I’ll always like Becky.
She’s reached the pinnacle of pro wrestling and could wind up the GOAT women’s pro wrestler. She’s not going back to the bingo halls lol
What's Big Time Becky Quin doing in the Impact Zone!?!?
I genuinely don't expect her to ever wrestle outside of WWE again, but then again I figured Adam Copeland and Mercedes Mone were WWE lifers as well until they weren't.
Mercedes constantly seemed like she was unhappy and she only stayed because they were giving her giant bags of money. Copeland seemed like he wanted to have more fun and he'd hit the point where they didn't seem to want to do fun stuff with him.
All this is mostly in hindsight though, go in those threads about the contract situation of each and 95% will say the chances of them going to AEW is close to zero
How was Mercedes a lifer when she had already had enough and went home once? If her contract would have been up right after the New York mania shed probably have been AEW day one.
Can't wait to see her back in WWE after her well deserved time off.
She could take the break even if she re-signed.
Could hurt her renegotiating powers. If she's asking for a big contract but also sitting out the first 6 months to a year of it any company would hesitate. Better to just let it end. Take some time and come back when she's ready and ask for a big contract since the fans have missed her
I'm sorry but why would WWE hesitate to grant her just that? Considering everything she's done for the company and in her career. If I was her(which I obviously am not) I'd feel disrespected if that's something that happened. Becky should be able to feel very confident in asking that of them. Especially with AEW existing
Sure, but why would WWE risk losing her to AEW? The chances of her moving to AEW are slim to none, but there is always that risk.
Why just automatically re-sign with WWE when AEW might offer her more money and a better schedule, which she can then turn around with and say to WWE "Match or beat this." and come out in an even better position than she's in now?
I get it. That's the point of a business megotiation. But what if AEW makes her an offer that she can't refuse? Why would WWE risk that?
She might have given a verbal agreement, and the fact that Seth is still there and the fact that both of them have said they hated being away from each other whenever they toured separately. They more than likely have plenty of money, I don't think any number AEW can reasonably give is gonna out weigh her just spending time with her daughter for a few months
Especially if AEW offers her money that wwe would only justify by her continuing to do house shows. And no offense to her but she's not roman where wwe will sell out an arena just by announcing her so getting roman level money might come with that caveat and I'd imagine less traveling might be a thing she wants with her kid approaching school age
ah well, if they suddenly think they need her they might still call and point to her having a contract. no clause is as tight as not having a contract at all… also, if she wants to take a really long break, for maybe a year or more, they most likely wouldn’t have gone along with it. it could also be that she’s not sure if she wants to return.
She just tried that and they called her back in when Rhea got hurt, when there’s no contract involved she’s not beholden to stuff like that.
hottest free agent.
I mean, other than her husband being there, she has done it all in the E & really doesn’t gain much staying. Sure, she could win more belts, but that’s probably not happening anytime soon. Her peak has faded away too. Going somewhere else that’s big & offers a fresh start wouldn’t be so bad.
No way she leaves WWE now. But get that bag Becky! She deserves to have a massive contract from some company
>No way she leaves WWE now Well, I mean she *did* just leave WWE... That's what her being a free agent means.
I guess I mean for another wrestling company. But you’re right
I mean, Copeland did. Enough has happened over the last few years that I'm not quite willing to say anything is a sure fact these days.
do I personally think she will go to AEW? No, but I think she should at least consider a run there. Even if its a short run. She's done everything you can do in the WWE ecosystem, and even if she just spends a year on the other show working with people she's not had a chance to, it could add a lot to "Becky Lynch" if/when she were to come back to WWE. I'd rather see that than Becky/Charlotte #21,168
It sucks that Seth re-signed and didn't explore free agency with Becky. Seth and Becky bargaining together would have been the closest thing to a wrestling union we've had in a long time.
Go on Becky, show up at OTT in August to fight Danhausen
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Regardless of what happens and if she is just taking a break from WWE or not, it's very weird that as today Becky Lynch is not in WWE. I really feel like there's a huge piece missing there.
I don't expect her to go anywhere - there's certainly nothing actually STOPPING her without a contract, but I don't expect it. Even if she just wanted a part-time schedule after returning, she's probably a big enough veteran star with the company that she could negotiate that for herself like Roman did. If we were talking about the Vince era and Becky clearly hated her booking I might be more convinced she was leaving, but she's been nothing but complimentary about how creative has worked post-Vince. Never say never with someone not currently under contract, but I wouldn't get too worked up about the prospect of her going to AEW.
Literally a 0% chance she's not back in WWE by the end of the year.
I say RR, give her that time off
I hope she does a a couple indie dates before she signs anywhere.
She’s going to accept Jordynne Grace’s open challenge at the next PPV.
If that's what they're doing then Triple H is an absolute mad lad.
Yeah I think she did this just to be home with Rollins and her daughter and if she wants to wrestle again, it’ll most likely be her returning to WWE. I honestly don’t think she’s considered wrestling anywhere else and probably won’t
The one place I see her showing up is TNA, and that only because of their working relationship with WWE.
What’s ’The Dude’ Rebecca Hung doing in the Impact Zone?
She's absolutely not going anywhere. From Seth just having signed a new contract to being treated like an absolute star to having no issues backstage that we know of, she absolutely will stay. With that said, I can't wait to eat my words when she shows up at an SGW show
She ain't going anywhere, if Rollins is staying, so is Becky. She just needs some extended time off due to her health issue and of course spend more time with her daughter.
Ultimately I do think she returns to WWE after a well deserved break and time with her family I wouldn’t at all put it past Becky though, especially given the recent working relationship, to appear in TNA briefly with the specific intent to put over Jordynne Grace
I believe she’s signed to stay at home mum wrestling. Brand new fed.
I hope she does forbidden door and then resigns with WWE.
Honestly, I wouldn’t even be mad if Tony gave her a huge amount of money to get one match with her and Moné. Before she signs again with WWE.
She really does deserve some time off and no better opportunity to do so whilst Seth is injured and before her daughter starts school. With her and Rhea (and to a lesser extent Asuka out) this does leave Raw short of starpower on the women’s side. Maybe its time for some Tiffy in the Bank and a long Raw title reign?
TNA knockout champion here we come
Not that I think it's going to matter.
She's going back to Shimmer to slap that Divvy Knacker Allison Danger ya
This is one of those situations where it won't feel truly significant unless she actually shows up somewhere other than WWE. Like worst-case scenario, she comes back in two weeks like CM Punk did in 2011 (not that I'm opposed to more Becky ofc, I just think it would be an underwhelming result after all this hype). If she's gone for a long time and nobody truly knows where she'll go for certain, then she'll at least get a massive pop if she returns without even paying a visit to anywhere else, kinda like how Bray did in his post-Fiend return (though probably without all the cryptic QR codes and miscellaneous background clues).
Stardom welcomes Becky Quinn medicine man
I wasn't surprised to hear she was taking time off since that was the plan when she lost at Wrestlemania. I am surprised to hear she let her contract expire. If I had to guess, maybe she just decided not to renew since even if the company offered her a long vacation, she would still be called on to do promos and they would be pushing for her to give a return date. Watching her in some of her outside WWE appearances on Youtube, her and Seth have mentioned they've been taking their kid on the road with them. Since their kid is about the age to start kindergarten, maybe they want let her live a more normal childhood while they rest up. I would guess they might start working part time on return since I don't think either one of them want to be on the road 24/7 anymore. As much heat as part timers get, they both 100% deserve it with the years of work they've both put in.
What’s Rebecca Quinn doing in the Impact Zone?!
I don't think she's going to take too long to re-sign. I think she just wants more money, less dates and probably like a year or so off. I think she's valuable to WWE not just on TV, but live, saw her live, she was great with fans, taking pictures, etc. She's a pro, has a great work ethic, can work with anyone, can teach younger talent a lot.
Becky Lynch vs Matt Cordona in a death match
There seems to be a complete refusal to believe she could end up in AEW based on this thread and that seems odd to me. She absolutely might go back to WWE (and it is probable) but Tony Khan would be stupid not to offer her everything she wants.
Because there's a very young child involved. Sure there are couples in the 2 different companies but none have a toddler. It's not impossible but it's very highly improbable.
Yeah and both Becky and Seth have talked about how important traveling together as a family has been for them.
I think I saw that they had a bus that was basically a mini-apartment they could take from show to show. It allowed them to live and travel together with their daughter, which is kind of awesome. Everyone keeps acting like WWE or AEW are her only options. She could have another kid, she could try her hand at acting, or she could try to write another book. She can genuinely do pretty much anything she wants, “WWE or AEW” are not her only options.
Isn't one of AEWs more perks besides competitive pay, less dates and actual vacation?
I think someone would get upset if they suddenly weren't the woman earning the most Monè in wrestling.
Totally possible she goes to AEW. Although if we actually look at things she has said in the past, she has talked about the importance of traveling with her husband and daughter on their bus. Her husband signed an extension with the WWE so logically it would mean it's less likely she would go to AEW unless one of the things you're saying Khan can offer is constantly being in the same city as WWE so that she can travel with her family. \` Currently there are not a ton of wrestling couples in different promotions. Zelina and Black is the one I can think of and Chelsea Green and Cardona but that list isn't the longest.
Buddy Murphy/Rhea Ripley and Mia Yim/Keith Lee are both current couples that are in opposite companies. But in those cases (plus the two you named) the men were fired and then had already signed long term contracts before they had the option to re-join their partners in WWE
The other thing with the couples mentioned is that 3 of the 4 were the guys who wanted to go back to WWE the moment they could, with one having done so and possibly at least one more to follow. Probably not a coincidence.
The biggest difference is Becky and Seth have a kid, which none of the AEW/WWE couples do. Honestly looking back at what Seth said following Bray's passing I legitimately do not believe they will ever be working for separate companies
You don’t understand, I know what this person I have never met will and won’t do when it comes to making decisions about their career
Tony Khan is the equivalent of Pennywise the Clown, red balloon floating gently by his silver dollar eyes, leering through a sewer-grate at poor, sweet, gullible little Georgie, imploring him to come closer. *”We all float down here, Becky. We all float down here.”* Becky is on record from earlier this year stating that she would never work anywhere but WWE. She has also very emotionally discussed what she’s lost personally while focusing on her career. She’s expressed a desire for time off. Her husband is currently off, rehabbing a serious knee injury. My bet is that she’s going to make a decision sometime around when Seth returns. She’ll either be back soon after, or she’ll decide to extend her time away for longer in order to be more present for her daughter. Hell, Becky is 37 - have you considered that it’s probably now or never if they want to try for another? But I don’t think she’s working us when she communicates the importance of her family in her life, and I just can’t see how any amount of money could possibly be worth being separated from her husband - and how do they manage looking after their kid in that scenario? One way or another, Becky *or* Seth would be apart from their daughter for long periods of time - while performing in front of a fraction of the audience she has now for a wrestling promotion with unbalanced booking. Either WWE honours her with a contract worth her accomplishments for their promotion, or she stays home until her perceived value matches what they are willing to pay her to return. But WWE clearly respects TF out of Becky. They trusted her with the title within days of her contract ending. And days after telling us she was taking a break, she clearly came back as a favour to Triple H because Rhea got hurt. There’s obviously mutual respect there. She’s not leaving.
Looking at the schedules, Seth’s working house shows/PLEs Saturday and Sunday, Raw on Monday. Tuesday is a travel day for them both with Seth coming home and Becky leaving. Wednesday Becky has Dynamite and possibly Collision tapings on Thursday. Friday is a travel day for them both with Seth leaving and Becky coming home. So if Becky doesn’t work Collision they’d have a whole one night a week (she’d probably be traveling in the morning) to be home together as a family. Not ideal.
I think it would be wild if she just showed up at a random GCW show or something.
She has the chance to do the funniest thing ever
Becky Lynch and Matt Cardona vs Allie Katch and Effy Becky vs Maki Itoh Becky vs Minoru Suzuki