Almost everyone is familiar with Becky Lynch‘s journey. She notably won the 2019 Royal Rumble and headlined WrestleMania 35 in the first women’s main event. She also held the title of Raw Women’s Championship. But she was never a WWE NXT champion. However, a star confused Lynch’s achievements and botched her own promo on WWE NXT.
Tiffany Stratton, the reigning NXT Women’s Champion, found herself inadvertently in the spotlight this week for reasons other than her wrestling prowess. During a promo segment on the special “Heatwave” episode of NXT television, Stratton dropped a name that didn’t quite belong–Becky Lynch. What followed was a chorus of online mockery.
Tiffany Stratton’s mishap on live television
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Stratton, who wasn’t slated to compete on this particular episode due to a lack of top contenders for her title, was given the mic to address the crowd. Little did she know that her mention of Becky Lynch, a former WWE superstar, as an ex-NXT Women’s Champion will trigger a cascade of humor-laden comments.
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As this clip was posted on the WWE NXT’s official Instagram page, fans flooded in to react to this statement. A fan commented, “Becky was never NXT champ 🤦🏻♂ (I forgot until she mentioned it)”. One fan asked, “Who’s gonna tell her Becky was never nxt women’s champion?”. Another fan, in quite a sarcastic way, commented, “Becky was never champion but go off sis 🙃”. From confusion to incredulity, the reaction was swift and unrelenting.
However, it’s not just the fans, even Becky Lynch took to Twitter to clarify Stratton’s doubts. Her hilarious response caught the attention of fans.
Lynch’s reply to Stratton
Lynch, herself a RAW superstar, wasn’t one to let the moment pass without a response. With a dash of humor, she took to the internet to clarify that, indeed, she hadn’t held the NXT Women’s Championship.
I haven’t been NXT Women’s Champion…yet. #NXTHeatwave https://t.co/RAvokRtmiY pic.twitter.com/Cvg6MM5Eor
— Rebecca Quin (@BeckyLynchWWE) August 23, 2023
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It was a lighthearted way to set the record straight while engaging with fans and the wrestling community at large. Later in the same broadcast, Stratton confronted her unintentional blunder. She brushed off the slip and, in an ironic twist, shared her belief that Lynch was irrelevant anyway. Such is the ebb and flow of the wrestling world–where moments of seriousness and moments of jest often intertwine.
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Meanwhile, Becky Lynch remains a central figure in the WWE Universe. With a Steel Cage Match against Trish Stratus looming at WWE Payback and a Falls Count Anywhere Match against Zoey Stark on the horizon for the August 28 episode of WWE RAW, Lynch’s star is far from fading.
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