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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2019 17:54:59 GMT -5
Pretty much it's this...Becky was Dean Ambrose during 2014-early 2016. She was the popular star people loved but didn't get the shine she deserved. Now you factor in the fact that she started to be interested into matches that would put the title back on her, factor in the fact that she was always overlooked by her peers and friends even more, factor in the fact that she started putting that frustration into her promos and showing how she really is on camera, factor in the fact that she turned heel and REALLY turned up how she is, factor in the fact that her "The Man" character is pretty much a female Steve Austin and it works.
It's a combination of things but basically people can relate to great stars who are being held back and then they say "f*** it, I'm taking it" so that's how she got on.
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Post by tankisfreemason on Jan 28, 2019 17:57:14 GMT -5
Good wrestler, good on the mic, charismatic, seemed to be the Horsewoman that WWE didn't like as much which gave her the underdog story, great at getting sympathy from the crowd, and very attractive. All this, plus fans were just tired of the crappy booking for her, and rebelled for her in a similar fashion to Daniel Bryan.
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Post by Stu on Jan 28, 2019 18:18:46 GMT -5
I admittedly have only been watching the main roster off-and-on for the past year or so, so maybe there's something I missed. Have you only been watching wrestling during that period, or were you watching regularly prior to the past year? Because a lot of this is organic and based on interest that's been developing for years. Anyone who just now becomes a wrestling fan might not find as much interest right away.
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Post by Alexander The So-so on Jan 28, 2019 18:20:56 GMT -5
I admittedly have only been watching the main roster off-and-on for the past year or so, so maybe there's something I missed. Have you only been watching wrestling during that period, or were you watching regularly prior to the past year? Because a lot of this is organic and based on interest that's been developing for years. Anyone who just now becomes a wrestling fan might not find as much interest right away. I took a big break in watching from around 2014-2017, which sounds like around the time the organic events you’re referring too happened. I appreciate everyone’s responses. It really just seems I’m late to the party on this issue.
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Post by Final Countdown Jones on Jan 28, 2019 18:23:27 GMT -5
WWE has this really weird way of creating the perfect storm on complete accident. I wouldn't really say it's a fully 1:1 comparison with Daniel Bryan both because they actually played the hot hand and because she was actually planned to be given a push for a time, but it's a similar situation of all the factors falling into place by absolute accident. One of this place's biggest complaints has been how commonly the faces are complete f***ing doofs who never win because WWE is a heel promotion these days. They build sympathy and underdogs but then never actually like, pull the trigger? Becky Lynch was the face used for the heel to steal things out from under in all three womens' MITB matches. She was always used as this just-coming-short face who never got enough but who all the heels would use for heat, both because she made a good babyface and because she was over.
It created a story that wasn't what WWE realized they were writing, but when she snapped on Charlotte, it was seen as a moment of her stepping up and taking what she wanted. People wanted to like her and even being a nonentity couldn't stop her from getting over, so when she finally did something of note, it was electric. She then ran with the ball and went all in on a heel act that hasbeen what people have honestly been waiting a long time for. When people talk about Roman getting some of his attitude and swagger into his act, it's the same idea.
Ever since they stopped trying to have her shit on millennials and embraced the idea of her as a tweener, it's also made for a more complex and interesting character than most of the roster has right now. She takes what she wants and she doesn't exactly do so kindly, but she does it while in other ways garnering sympathy. Her motivations are clear for why she did what she did and why she's acting this way now, which is something so many people on the roster don't have. She's on top of the world and rather than hitting the brakes on it like creative has done with heel acts getting cheers in the past, Becky has been allowed to lean into it and make it part of her character; the cheers are vindication and proof that she's right, they embolden her to do what she does and keep going.
Becky's success is really easy to understand not only for what she's able to do and how well she's doing, but for what she's been allowed to do. People don't get superpushed like this off of actually getting over. They aren't allowed to keep going when the audience responds "wrong" and people instead love every second of it. But not only has Becky been allowed to do that, she's been allowed to beat up the last prodigal child of the division so thoroughly that it turned her goth. Becky has been given an opportunity that in modern WWE is infuriatingly rare, and she's run with it perfectly.
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Post by zrowsdower on Jan 28, 2019 18:34:08 GMT -5
Sorry if someone has already said something similar, but I remember after Carmella won the Money in the Bank match, Becky did a backstage interview and I'm not sure if this is the best way to describe it, but the way she came off feeling frustrated and kind of disillusioned as she had put all the effort into the match only or Carmella to win the way she did was something that kind of resonated in me as I have felt the way she did in different situations in my life. I know that was long winded, but yeah, that's one of the reasons I like Becky Lynch, because she seems so passionate in the ring. That, and I liked her goggles.
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Post by theironyuppie on Jan 28, 2019 19:20:48 GMT -5
I would also add that her strong booking is very important because wrestlers like Samoa Joe show that it doesn't matter how good a promo you are if you're not able to be seen as backing it up. Becky presents herself as a truth-teller, and you believe her because in addition to being a convincing promo, she's proven right so consistently.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2019 19:27:04 GMT -5
She’s just... cool. That’s it.
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Post by mattperiolat on Jan 28, 2019 23:35:25 GMT -5
I'm not trying to be contrarian here. I admittedly have only been watching the main roster off-and-on for the past year or so, so maybe there's something I missed. And it's not that I necessarily have anything against her; I certainly don't think she's a bad wrestler or anything. But why is she this popular? I know a lot of people on this board like her, but I'm also seeing people chanting her name during matches she's not involved in, and her inserting herself into the Royal Rumble last night was treated like some huge moment that everyone cheered for. But...I don't get it. What's the appeal? I've heard about her Twitter presence, for example, and people liking that, but I avoid Twitter like the plague, so I both don't know what's going on there and don't get why she's over because of it. Explain it to me like I was a non-wrestling fan who had just started watching and has no idea what's been going on storyline wise and has only an elementary knowledge of how wrestling in general works: why is Becky Lynch so popular? She’s a female Austin. She has worked hard, gained a huge following, solid in ring, great on mic. In non-kayfabe, a very nice approachable person and hot to boot. She is quite literally the best act in the company right now and unbelievably over. The fans want her on top and they are positioned to do Austin/Bret 2.0 between her and Rhonda at Mania. I love her and am thrilled that all this is coming her way after all the hard work.
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Post by Malibu Stacy on Jan 29, 2019 0:08:52 GMT -5
I'm in the minority in that I didn't care at all about her as a dorky face. But though I'm a much bigger fan of Charlotte, even I agree she needs to take a seat, this is Becky's time. She's one of few in the modern WWE who can pull off the badass intensity required for The Man character, which I frankly love. I personally don't get the connection thing, but when entire arenas are going bananas over a specific performer, you push that performer.
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Post by SparkyPlugg on Jan 29, 2019 4:13:23 GMT -5
She’s comes across as someone that you could have a good laugh with....One of the lads.
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Post by MAD TITAN on Jan 29, 2019 4:26:59 GMT -5
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Post by adamclark52 on Jan 29, 2019 7:45:03 GMT -5
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Post by Welfare Willis on Jan 29, 2019 7:46:58 GMT -5
What everyone here said and that Raw where she gave the disarm-her to Ronda, ran into the ring took a punch from Nia Jax, got up with blood streaming down her face standing among the fans... that was her "Austin 3:16" moment. "Red equals green" as the big show once said. I am being hyperbolic, but she became the new people's champ that day.
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on Jan 29, 2019 9:31:19 GMT -5
Yep, she shouldn't have stayed over after she lost the title to Alexa and pretty much f***ed off for a year and a half and yet she did. Like Finn Balor, she has... IT. But what is it? It's a white hole.
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Post by Prince Petty on Jan 29, 2019 11:00:54 GMT -5
What everyone here said and that Raw where she gave the disarm-her to Ronda, ran into the ring took a punch from Nia Jax, got up with blood streaming down her face standing among the fans... that was her "Austin 3:16" moment. "Red equals green" as the big show once said. I am being hyperbolic, but she became the new people's champ that day. I think Vince probably bought into her as a main eventer in that moment. Broken nose, concussion, but she still finished the spot and posed for an iconic moment. That sort of thing surely goes a long way to making Vince think you're worth investing in.
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Post by lookout on Jan 29, 2019 11:10:27 GMT -5
What everyone here said and that Raw where she gave the disarm-her to Ronda, ran into the ring took a punch from Nia Jax, got up with blood streaming down her face standing among the fans... that was her "Austin 3:16" moment. "Red equals green" as the big show once said. I am being hyperbolic, but she became the new people's champ that day. I'm a fan of her's like everyone is and for the same reasons but there is one criticism i have. I wish she would be a lot more aggressive in the ring to match her character. One of the things that got austin over is he stomped a mudhole in folks and walked it dry as he would say. Becky on the other hand still works a very soft style that fits her old character, not this one. Indeed Becky's move set has pretty much been exactly the same since coming to the main roster. So i really think she needs to be add some new moves, snug up her strikes/stomps, and overall be more vicious. I guess this might seem a little odd considering how over she already is but i think she could be even more over if she got a bit more aggressive and actually wrestled as intense as her promos are.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Jan 29, 2019 11:34:13 GMT -5
It's really simple, in this era, there are different sets of women that garner animonsity from some fans: The chosen ones, like Ronda and Bliss The ones with connections, like Nia Jax And the ones who would have gotten pushes in the diva era, like Carmella Then there's the one who arguably fits all three: Charlotte Flair. Becky on the other hand arguably fits none of those, and has gotten screwed over many a time by women of all three categories. Despite always having fans, she just couldn't break the glass ceiling. It took snapping at the one who embodies all that animosity, and inviting the fans to live vicariously through her warpath, to make The Man. She's also the one Horsewoman who hasn't had her time in the sun. Bayley and Sasha had NXT, Charlotte has had them on all brands. It's now Becky's time, and she has taken the ball and run with it. To nitpick calling Bliss a chosen one isn’t exactly accurate. She didn’t become that until they gave her a chance and they latched on to her but she’s Def in the same boat Becky was and took full advantage of it
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Post by freeze Austin on Jan 29, 2019 11:43:52 GMT -5
Explain anyones popularity in anything ever to me.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Jan 29, 2019 17:24:36 GMT -5
They uh... they pushed her.
Like, I really thought that outside of specific times and crowds (fresh after debuting, anywhere with a lot of American Irish) she was never coming out to crickets, but she was never HOT. She was always just nicely over and 'hey cool Becky's here.' Crowds didn't explode to her. People spoke about her like crowds were desperate for her to get pushed but honestly, other people were getting bigger reactions.
Then they pushed her.
Then she became the hottest thing in wrestling.
Sometimes wrestling is just SIMPLE.
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