Scrapped WWE Plans For Becky Lynch Vs. Ronda Rousey Singles Match At Evolution 2 Revealed
There were plans for a singles match between Becky Lynch and Ronda Rousey
A singles match between Ronda Rousey and Becky Lynch will always be one of the biggest WWE ‘what ifs’. Their initial highly anticipated match at Survivor Series 2018 was cancelled due to an injury, and Charlotte Flair was inserted into their WrestleMania 35 main event. During Rousey’s second run, despite it being teased, a singles match never happened.
When speaking on Ring the Belle, Rousey revealed that WWE had pitched a match between the pair at a second Evolution PPV, which would have taken place in 2019 shortly after WrestleMania 35, but Rousey turned it down.
“They offered to bring (Evolution) back for a second time. They said ‘Ronda if you stay after WrestleMania, we’ll have another Evolution in 6 weeks and have you and Becky as a singles.’ I was like, I promised my family that – first, I was always saying I want to go from WrestleMania until Survivor Series, and then Triple H convinced me to stay from WrestleMania to WrestleMania and I promised my family, like, okay that’s it. I have kids and a husband and a home and I’m gone for weeks on end. So, when they said that I was like, ‘No, I have already asked too much of my family.'
“I promised you I would stay this long and I promised them I would only stay this long and I’m not going to keep moving the goalposts. And then I ended up shattering my knuckle anyway, so I wouldn’t have been able to do it regardless but yeah, they tried to dangle that carrot for me but I just couldn’t. Hopefully, they’ll bring it back and I don’t think that they need me for it. I think they are past that point and they just need to believe in the women because they can do it.”
It was reported earlier this month that WWE would be open to Ronda Rousey returning again, but with Becky Lynch not currently under contract with the company, it isn’t known if there is still a door open for this matchup.
H/T F4WOnline