5 reasons why making Becky Lynch a double champion has turned out to be a bad idea for WWE

The recent episode of SmackDown Live went off the air with Kevin Owens betraying the New Day and turning heel in the process. While most of the talk has been about that since then, what seems to be missing out is perhaps more important: Becky Two Belts.

Last year, Becky turned against Charlotte Flair after the latter’s win against the former and Carmella at SummerSlam. For a period of time after that, Lynch’s story arc, especially with Ronda Rousey, was perhaps the best thing in the WWE.

However, when Charlotte Flair was also added to the feud between Rousey and Lynch, the storyline began lose its spark. What’s worse, WWE put all their chips in the Triple Threat match between the three at the main event of WrestleMania by making it a winner-takes-all match.

Lynch won the bout and has been holding both the RAW and SmackDown Women Titles since WrestleMania. Now, with the benefit of hindsight, it could be stated that putting both titles on the line for that match might not have been a good idea – and here are 5 reasons why…

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#5 Came at Asuka’s cost

The Empress of Tomorrow is perhaps the best in-ring performer in the company. She might not be a fluent speaker of English, which directly puts her in a disadvantageous position while cutting promos, but she is naturally charismatic, which is why the fans love her.

Indeed, when Asuka won the SmackDown Women’s Title, the fans were ecstatic as they had been asking for it for a long time. However, her reign was one to forget as the Creative focused solely on building up the Rousey-Lynch-Flair arc.

In the end, the title was taken off her two weeks before WrestleMania after Charlotte Flair won it on SmackDown Live, much to the dismay of the fans. Asuka didn’t even get singles match at WrestleMania and is now pairing with Kairi Sane in the Tag Team division.

Not really a great thing to happen to such a talented performer.

#4 Double Duty – too much of Lynch

Too much of anything is never a good thing. Lynch might have been the most over star in WWE in the final part of last year and she might be the face of the women’s revolution in WWE, too much of her is starting to make the fans look the other way.

One just has to look at the social media posts about Lynch to see that the fans are not as thrilled as they once were about her. She might still be getting a positive reaction from the crowd at arenas but it is nowhere near the level that it had been before.

Also, pulling double duty for both the brands means that her schedule is hectic and she might not be getting the adequate rest, which could ultimately not be a good thing for her physical well-being.

#3 Less scope

The other blatant problem with her having both the titles is the lack of scope for the other Superstars. For example, in the men’s division, the WWE Universal Title is being held by Seth Rollins and the WWE Championship is on the shoulders of Kofi Kingston.

As a result, there were a lot of ways for WWE to pan out feuds. Right now, AJ Styles has won the number one contender spot for Seth Rollins’ title at Money in the Bank. In the upcoming weeks, if WWE want, they can also add McIntyre in the mix to bring a heel element in the face vs face fight. Meanwhile, Kevin Owens is likely going to be the contender for Kingston’s title at MITB.

But nothing of this sort was possible in the women’s division because both the major titles are held by The Man. And, as a result, we may have two…

#2 Underwhelming feuds

I know it is not right to make judgements before something completely pans out but by the looks of it so far, the feuds for Lynch’s titles aren’t really inducing much excitement in the fans.

While Lacey Evans is a new face in the mix, she has only just been promoted from NXT and is getting a shot at the RAW Women’s Title in her first major run in the main roster itself. But there is at least something new here.

However, for the SmackDown Women’s Title, there are no points for guessing who is Lynch’s next challenger as Charlotte Flair won her match against Bayley to be The Man’s opponent at Money in the Bank – and we have already seen these two fight each other a million times.

It seems that a lack of pre-planned moves forced WWE to put Flair in the title picture as they don’t want to risk a face like Bayley being buried by Lynch at MITB, but it is not really a feud anyone wants to see anymore.

#1 Dark immediate future of women’s division

Nothing much to look forward to in the women's division

While it’s understandable that WWE wanted the first-ever WrestleMania that was headlined by women to be as big as possible, the repercussions of it now show that the company may have been short-sighted with the plan.

They may have not thought about the post-WrestleMania scenario and the decision to suddenly take the belt off Asuka may be an indication that the whole thing wasn’t really planned in advance.

Right now, there is not a single storyline in the women’s division that is bringing out the curiosity of the fans and it seems like that is going to be the case at least until Money in the Bank.

There is still a good three weeks left before the PPV and the immediate future of the women’s division is something that the WWE need to look at.

Ronda Rousey is off for a while, Alexa Bliss isn't wrestling on a regular basis, Nia Jax is injured… the entire RAW women’s division is stale and in SmackDown, it is once again the same old Lynch vs Flair.

Edited by Gabby Duran