Who was WWE's breakout star of 2018?

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#10 Becky Lynch

Becky Lynch

Given the way that Becky Lynch's popularity has skyrocketed since winning the WWE Smackdown women's championship from Charlotte Flair, it's almost hard to remember her dreadful debut on NXT, where she had an Irish dancing gimmick...despite not being a trained dancer.

The gimmick flopped, but Becky Lynch was undaunted. She developed her own persona of the Lass Kicker and based her ring gear on a Steampunk vibed Magic the Gathering playing card.

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Lynch had many memorable moments in NXT, and is considered one of the Four Horsewomen--not to be confused with the OTHER Four Horsewomen led by Ronda Rousey--along with Bayley, Sasha Banks, and Charlotte.

Becky might just be the most popular superstar on the WWE roster today. In a weird reversal of the problems WWE has with John Cena and Roman Reigns – namely, that they get a lot of boos in spite of being billed as babyface good guys – Lynch gets wall to wall cheers in spite of the fact she is currently portraying a vicious heel. Recently she took to calling herself 'The Man,' both a rip on Charlotte Flair's famous father and a feminist statement of epic proportions.

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Christopher Scott Wagoner is a writer from Austin, Texas in the United States. He is also a proud descendent of the Choctaw and Lakota people.
Chris has an English and Creative Writing degree, and is a published author with Simon and Schuster. He's ghost-written over eight million words in more than 500 books.
A long time wrestling fan, Chris is also a professional journalist who covers sports-entertainment. He's been writing for Sportskeeda since 2018.

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