4 Reasons Why Becky Lynch Must Face Carmella at SummerSlam

Next week on Smackdown Live, Becky Lynch has the opportunity to earn a Smackdown Women's Championship match at SummerSlam. All she has to do is beat Carmella.

Nothing is guaranteed yet (after all, Becky could totally lose), but all signs seem to point to the Lasskicker getting her hands on Carmella come SummerSlam. Whether or not she wins is another question entirely.

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Still, when Becky Lynch and Carmella face off next week on Smackdown, Lynch absolutely needs to pick up the win, and here's why.

There Are No Other Options

Let's take a quick look at all the names on Smackdown's Women's division. There are 12 different women on the roster. Those women are Asuka, Becky Lynch, Billie Kay, Carmella, Charlotte Flair, Lana, Mandy Rose, Naomi, Nikki Bella, Peyton Royce, Sonya Deville, and Tamina.

Of the 12, only 5 can really be considered faces. Two of them, Asuka and Charlotte, have already lost to Carmella. That leaves Becky Lynch, Naomi, and Nikki Bella. Bella is pretty much just the part-timer of the women's division, so we can remove her from the list. That just leaves Naomi and Lynch. Only one of them has been featured prominently and meaningfully on TV in recent weeks. That woman is Becky Lynch.

Naomi's reign as Women's Champion back in 2017 was alright for what it was (title defenses against Lana and Natalya certainly didn't help at all), but she's been such a non-factor recently that it would take some strong booking to bring her back to relevance. This can be done, but not by SummerSlam.

It Would Be A Waste Of Momentum

Ever since Lynch's losing streak was mentioned a couple of months ago, she's been gaining a bit of momentum. Sure, none of them has been particularly meaningful (hard to do when there are no credible heels on Smackdown's roster), but a victory is a victory, regardless of who it's against.

Lynch has won her last 7 televised matches. It's a winning streak of sorts. Becky is riding a tidal wave of momentum that could bring her back to the top of the Women's division. A loss to Carmella next week and being left off the Smackdown Women's Championship match at SummerSlam would absolutely derail Lynch, and it's hard to say where'd she go after losing like that. The last 2 months of work put into Lynch would have gone to waste.

She Would Become the Dolph Ziggler of the Women's Division

What I mean by this statement is that she would become known as someone who will never be pushed in a meaningful way. When it looks like something is finally happening, it just ends. This happened to Ziggler back in 2014 after Survivor Series, in 2016 after beating the Miz at No Mercy, and in 2017 after beating Baron Corbin and Bobby Roode for the United States Championship. Nothing ever happened, he just disappeared.

If Becky Lynch loses to Carmella, eventually people will just stop caring about her altogether. When it looks like she's about to do something important, such as become Women's Champion or win Money in the Bank, for example, then people will just tune out because they assume that it will go nowhere.

She Can Have Better Matches

Guys, let's be honest: Carmella's not the best wrestler ever. I liked her match against Nikki Bella at TLC, but that was nearly two years ago. I don't really remember any of her matches since then, barring the first two Women's Money in the Bank matches where she won both of them, but they don't really count. That's like saying Bobby Roode's best match was the Money in the Bank ladder match, or that Curtis Axel's best match was the Royal Rumble.

Imagine that Becky Lynch faces Carmella at SummerSlam and beats her. That allows for so many good matches. Becky is simply a better wrestler than Carmella, and she is also good on the mic. Another Becky Lynch title reign would do wonders for the Smackdown Women's Championship.