During a promo on this week’s Raw, Becky Lynch appeared to take a jab at New Japan Pro Wrestling newcomer Mercedes Mone, the former Sasha Banks.
Lynch suggested that WWE management had never viewed her in the same way as her fellow NXT Four Horsewomen (Mone, Bayley and Charlotte Flair). Additionally, she accused Bayley and others of “moaning and complaining” when things did not go their way, which caused many on social media to speculate that she was referring to the former Sasha Banks, who had twice walked out on WWE due to creative differences.
Becky Lynch Claims She Was Never Supposed To Be The Man
Bayley accused Lynch of stealing her spot when she and the rest of the Four Horsewomen were first called up to the main roster, except Bayley, who stayed in NXT:
“When you and the other Horsewomen departed, I was the one who stepped in to run NXT. You snatched away my place in the main event of WrestleMania. Everything that you have now should have been mine.”
Dismissing Bayley’s assessment of the situation, Lynch fired back:
“You were supposed to have your own spotlight. I was seen as just another body. I wasn’t supposed to be The Man. I wasn’t supposed to change the game or become the first woman to main-event WrestleMania. But, I did, because I love this and I work for this. I worked harder than anybody else, and I’m gonna keep working for this until I can’t do it anymore.”
Lynch also voiced her opinion that Bayley was “attempting to replicate something” by aligning herself with two previously unconnected friends in Damage CTRL partners IYO SKY and Dakota Kai.
At one point in the segment, Bayley also alluded to another ex-WWE star, Nia Jax, hinting that the only reason Lynch rose to the top was because she was “struck by another female”. This was a reference to a memorable segment on RAW prior to Survivor Series in 2018, in which Jax accidentally broke Lynch’s nose during a brawl, leading to a classic visual of a bloody Lynch standing tall and looking like a bona fide superstar.
At the end of the segment, Lynch issued a challenge to Bayley for a Steel Cage Match on the upcoming Raw XXX special episode this coming Monday.
H/t to Wrestling Inc