The WWE is using Charlotte Flair to protect Ronda Rousey, and that’s a huge disservice to Becky Lynch and passionate wrestling fans. Under most circumstances, we’d be fine with the prospect of seeing Charlotte Flair being inserted into a WWE Women’s Championship match. It’s not the right call for WrestleMania 35 though. Unfortunately, WWE officials are more concerned with protecting Ronda Rousey than giving fans the main event they really want to see. Monday’s story line development that saw Vince McMahon insert Flair into the WrestleMania title match instead of Becky Lynch is obviously heading towards a three-way match for the belt. The company is using the tried and true method of putting authoritative obstacles in Lynch’s way as a way of making sure she continues to build momentum heading into the biggest show of the year. WWE has gotten that part of the story line correct. Sadly, the company’s dogged determination to protect Rousey is causing them to muddy the waters. WWE officials are terrified that Rousey will get booed out of the ring if she heads into WrestleMania with a singles match against the universally-popular Lynch. That could torpedo the company’s efforts to brand Rousey as a vanilla babyface. Perhaps more importantly, if Rousey does get booed on the biggest stage in wrestling it could cause her to sour on her enthusiasm for performing for WWE. That’s the real reason why McMahon and company are throwing Flair into the mix. They understand that her involvement in a three-way match can draw the boos away from Rousey. When Flair is allowed to work as a heel she’s one of the best in the business. Everything about her entrance at this week’s Monday Night Raw makes it clear she is going to play the role of villain heading into WrestleMania. The hope from WWE’s perspective is that Flair soaks up enough jeers to allow casual fans to keep cheering Rousey. That plan certainly might work, but it’s a huge disservice to Lynch and the amazing work she’s done over the last several months. The right move for the company would be to allow Lynch to enter WrestleMania as the white-hot star she is currently. She may never garner the mainstream recognition that makes Rousey appealing to the company’s higher-ups, but she is a much better bet to stick with WWE over the long haul. Simply put, her lifetime value to the company is greater than Rousey’s. Putting Flair into the WrestleMania match won’t ruin things altogether, but it’s going to go down as a huge missed opportunity to turn Lynch into the company’s biggest star. Protecting Rousey’s feelings shouldn’t be the bigger priority for WWE.<doc-sep>What's the story? Becky Lynch vs Ronda Rousey was the most anticipated match of last year, but it sadly didn't come to fruition due to The Man suffering a severe concussion. While it looked like Lynch winning the Royal Rumble would result in the match finally taking place, the Lass Kicker was removed from the match last night on RAW and replaced by Charlotte. Well, while Rousey is now scheduled to face off against a woman she's already defeated in a classic match when Flair replaced Lynch the first time round, it would seem that she's not very happy about the decision... In case you didn't know... Last year, the culmination of some Twitter jabs saw then SmackDown Women's Champion Becky Lynch assault Ronda Rousey on RAW backstage before orchestrating an ambush on the rest of RAW's women's roster on the Survivor Series go-home show. Lynch took a pretty big hit from Nia Jax in the resulting melee and it was confirmed the following night's SmackDown that Lynch had a major concussion and a broken face - and would no longer be able to compete, with Lynch selecting Charlotte Flair as her replacement. Last night on RAW, Flair was selected by Vince McMahon to replace Becky Lynch after she was suspended for 60 days. The heart of the matter After Vince McMahon's decision to remove Becky Lynch from the main event by handing her a 60-day suspension, Ronda Rousey has called out WWE's top dog on Instagram - claiming he's "robbed" the Women's Evolution of a WrestleMania main event. Rousey states that Vince doesn't believe in Charlotte Flair or he'd have let them main event Survivor Series, and that the match isn't in demand. What's next? Well, will Lynch be put back in the match? You'd have to think so! Either way, this is heating up nicely... What do you think about Rousey's post? Let us know in the comments.<doc-sep>WWE just threw another roadblock between Becky Lynch and her WrestleMania 35 match with Ronda Rousey. Tonight (Feb. 11) on Raw, the main story line teased throughout the three hour episode was if The Man would apologize to Triple H and Stephanie McMahon. WWE teased it all the way until the main event segment and then erased all of it’s meaning in the final 60 seconds of the episode. What? Why? The opening segment ended with Triple H and Stephanie informing Lynch that she had to apologize for her actions of the past week or lose her spot at WrestleMania. After much debate Lynch did finally say I’m sorry to WWE’s authority figures. Then this happened That’s right. Lynch apologized and still lost her match with Rousey at WrestleMania 35. The Man is getting too big for Vince McMahon’s liking, so he suspended the women’s Royal Rumble winner for the next 60 days. McMahon would quickly replace Lynch with Charlotte Flair moments later. Flair versus Rousey? Lynch versus Rousey? Who’s ready for a triple threat main event at WrestleMania 35? Get complete Raw results and coverage here.<doc-sep>
WWE Hall of Famer Booker T was talking openly on his Heated Conversations podcast when the topic turned to WWE RAW Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey vs. Becky Lynch at WrestleMania 35 in April. The episode was recorded before last night’s RAW. As previously noted, there have been contrasting reports that have emerged over the past few weeks regarding Lynch vs. Rousey. Some, such as a report from Sports Illustrated, claim that Lynch vs. Rousey will remain a singles match and it is a likely candidate to headline WrestleMania this year. Others, including multiple reports from Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio, state that the women will be main eventing WrestleMania but that Charlotte Flair will be added to the match to make it a triple threat for the WWE RAW Women’s Title. On last night’s RAW, Vince McMahon once again suspended Becky and announced Charlotte vs. Rousey for WrestleMania. Booker’s hope is that WWE will capitalize on Becky’s momentum and ultimately keep Charlotte out of the match. He believes that proving herself in a singles match at WWE’s grandest show of the year is the best opportunity for Lynch to truly shine. “I say we shelve Charlotte Flair for this one. I really think, Charlotte Flair, come on, her legacy is going to be cemented throughout the years,” Booker explained. “That’s just a given! But right now, I honestly, truly think that it’s Becky Lynch’s time and Becky Lynch needs this more than Charlotte Flair, I think. Becky Lynch needs this spotlight to actually go out and continue to do business. This is Becky Lynch’s moment to go out and shine on the biggest stage of them all, and I’m going to tell you right now, there’s no other way that you can do that than being in a singles match, one-on-one, mano a mano. “Let’s go out and see how good Becky Lynch really is,” Booker continued. “Let’s go out and see how good Ronda Rousey can be, and that’s the way I think it should be. I think, this time right here, this WrestleMania, this moment – 2019, it should be Becky Lynch’s time. The man in the WWE! That’s just the way I see it. Charlotte Flair, come on, she’s going to have her time, Charlotte Flair is going to make history making moments. Charlotte Flair has already made history in so many different ways. But right now, like John Cena used to say, ‘Your time is up, my time is now.’ The time, right now, is Becky Lynch’s.” You can listen to the full interview below. If you use any of the quotes in this article, please credit Heated Conversations with a h/t to Wrestling Inc. for the transcription.