Best and worst of SmackDown Live- 8th Jan 2019

Modified Jan 09, 2019 05:53 GMT

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#3 Worst: Becky Lynch missing the Royal Rumble match

Becky Lynch could still go to WrestleMania, but it will take some very creative booking decisions

Let's be honest for a minute here. Yes, we all want to see Becky Lynch become the SmackDown Women's Champion. But there would have been a greater sense of pleasure in seeing Becky Lynch becoming RAW Women's Champion. She could have accomplished this by winning the Royal Rumble and challenging Ronda Rousey.

Lynch and Rousey have some unfinished business from TLC. Rousey cost her the SmackDown Women's Championship and is the reason that Asuka became Champion. It would have been great to see Becky Lynch win the Royal Rumble and then challenge Ronda Rousey for the title she has defended proudly.

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Lynch could still go up against Ronda Rousey at WrestleMania. In fact, she could even lose the match and make it to the Royal Rumble match.

But both are rather unlikely possibilities.

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Edited by Pratyay Ghosh