Becky Lynch discusses controversial SummerSlam match in WWE Crown Jewel fight in Saudi Arabia

When Becky Lynch left the WWE in May 2020, she was in the world of wrestling. After learning she was pregnant, Lynch set a record for her Raw women’s championship in the middle of a reign.

On Dec. 4, her daughter, Roux, now married to Seth Rollins, speculation immediately sparked when Lynch would return to the ring. That came at SummerSlam in August, when Lynch, a longtime fan favorite, turned the heel and won Bianca Belair’s SmackDown women’s championship in 26 seconds.

The return – and, more specifically, the match – was largely a serious failure, with many fans and the media believing that the two women were worth considerably more than they were given in the biggest WWE scenario since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Speaking to CBS Sports, Lynch thought the short game should be seen as a disappointment.

“So look, the point is that people aren’t happy with how it went down,” Lynch said. “That’s a good thing when we want people to get over something. It’s better if people aren’t happy in the long run. If they’re happy and happy with the game and he loses, then we have a problem. We want people to come out a good guy. We like someone a little bit. “If we see them doing something a little remarkable, then we’re not happy with them and we don’t want to win. That’s what we want.”

Lynch has continued to play heel, holding on to the SmackDown title in the latest WWE Draft, which is also featured on Raw.

Lynch’s break left a “ring-rust” that would have taken considerable time to shake off worries when Lynch played a spectacular game against Sasha Banks at last Friday’s main “Supersized SmackDown” event.

“It went from zero to 100 very quickly,” Lynch said. “I’ll say I love it. Not doing it is a bit painful for me. I lost so much that I couldn’t wait to get in the ring and get a chance. I went back in. The rocking of things and I love it.”

Lynch is now ready to defend his title Thursday at the Crown Jewel in Saudi Arabia. She faces a challenge from Banks and Belair, allowing both women to take Lynch’s SmackDown title before heading to Raw.

Like all WWE events in Saudi Arabia, Crown Jewel is being criticized for being part of a regime that many believe is a “sports purge,” a regime repeatedly called by international organizations for a litany of human rights violations. His collaboration with the WWE government was part of the “Saudi Vision 2030” program announced in 2016 by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, a man linked to the assassination of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018, a month before WWE that year. Crown Jewelry Ceremony.

One area where WWE shows have made strides in the company has been the presence of women on the cards, which was initially banned but Natalya vs. She started with Alexa Bliss in Crown Jewel in 2019, where women are struggling with big t-shirts.

The match between Banks, Belair and Lynch is WWE’s biggest women’s match in the country, and Lynch believes this is especially significant.

“I think that’s the point, that way things become progressive, allowing women to see everything that’s possible,” Lynch said. “If it’s not something they often see, it’s not something they notice about the things they can do. So I think that’s why it’s so important. This is probably the biggest game you can have in women’s wrestling. Right now. In fact, everything that’s going on there allows die one day to see what is possible for them too.