It's hard to argue that there has been any wrestler in the WWE more "over" than Becky Lynch these past couple of months.
The WWE Survivor Series is set for November 18 and this past week the company forced to rearrange one of its marquee matches.
Though I imagine Becky Lynch would have wrestled with casts on all four limbs if given the opportunity.
Lynch was scheduled to square off with Ronda Rousey at Survivor Series in a match that was rumored to be the main event of the pay-per-view. A few weeks of back-and-forth on Twitter and taped segments on Raw and Smackdown culminated in Lynch leading an invasion of Raw -- with other Smackdown women superstars -- last Monday night.
The invasion was (mostly) as success, with Lynch gaining even more steam, spitting more fire, and skyrocketing even further into the upper stratosphere of popularity.
Unfortunately, a real injury suffered by Lynch in the invasion meant the match for Survivor Series had to be put on hold.
Real injuries happen in the squared circle, often leaving stories to be changed and matches to be re-arranged. And though Lynch will miss the match on Sunday (though might still make an appearance, who knows), this should do nothing to prevent her popularity from soaring even more.
From popular to over-the-top
Ever since her arrival in the WWE -- and prior to that, NXT -- Lynch has easily been one of the more liked and appreciated wrestlers by fans. The Lass-Kicker was part of the Women's Revolution and pairing her with other young talents like Charlotte Flair and Sasha Banks showed that the "powers-that-be" (ne: Vince McMahon and Triple H) had faith in this budding superstar.
This was given even more credo when Lynch was selected to the blue brand in a WWE draft, later becoming Smackdown's first-ever Women's Champion.
Lynch owned the last half of 2016, even winning Survivor Series for the Smackdown women. She ultimately dropped the belt that year to Alexa Bliss, but Lynch appeared to be a cornerstone of the Smackdown women's division.
Until she wasn't.
Story focus drifted away from Lynch and often we wouldn't even see her appear on television. She'd taken a backseat to others and fans were forced to patiently bide their time until her next chance arrived.
When that chance arrived, Lynch took it and ran with it to the moon.
Even a "heel turn", when Lynch turned on best friend Charlotte, did nothing to stop the pure amount of energy fans direct towards Lynch. And she hasn't let up either, destroying in the ring, on the mic, and, in this new age, social media. If the first half of 2018 belonged to Seth Rollins, then the second half has been all Lynch.
Let's hope it doesn't stop anytime soon.
2018 Survivor Series card
No predictions from me this time around but here is the card. I will see it's good they found a way to get the Good Brothers some screen time as well as including Finn Balor in this pay-per-view.
Tag Team Survivor Elimination Match: Raw (Roode & Gable, The Revival, The B-Team, The Ascension, Lucha House Party) vs Smackdown (Usos, The New Day, Good Brothers, The Colons, SAnitY)
Men's Survivor Elimination Match: Raw (Braun Strowman, Dolph Ziggler, Drew McIntyre, Finn Balor, Bobby Lashley) vs Smackdown (The Miz, Shane McMahon, Samoa Joe, Rey Mysterio, Jeff Hardy)
Women's Survivor Elimination Match: Raw (Natalya, Mickie James, Nia Jax, Tamina, Ruby Riott) vs Smackdown (Carmella, Naomi, Asuka, Sonya Deville, TBD)
Cruiserweight Title: Buddy Murphy (c) vs Mustafa Ali
Tag Team Champions: AOP (Raw) vs The Bar (Smackdown)
Midcard Champions: Seth Rollins (Raw) vs Shinsuke Nakamura (Smackdown)
Women: Ronda Rousey (Raw) vs Charlotte Flair (Smackdown)
Men: Brock Lesnar (Raw) vs Daniel Bryan (Smackdown)
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