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Becky Lynch has delivered a scathing response to on-line fan comparisons, labeling her “Becky Hogan. ” She forcefully rejected the nickname and used harsh phrases for the WWE Corridor of Famer himself.
The comparisons emerged following Lynch’s controversial actions round WrestleMania 41, the place she returned to switch a storyline-injured Bayley, received and rapidly misplaced the WWE Girls’s Tag Workforce Titles with Lyra Valkyria, and turned heel by attacking Valkyria.
Some followers drew parallels to controversial moments in Hulk Hogan’s profession, suggesting Lynch had unfairly taken the highlight and championship. Lynch addressed these memes immediately on WWE’s “Uncooked Recap” present this previous Monday and expressed indignation.
“I put on the scars of what I’ve achieved on my physique. I put on them with satisfaction due to all I’ve given again,” Lynch acknowledged, referencing her bodily sacrifices for the wrestling enterprise. “And these folks go round, they examine me to the scummiest individual on Earth after all the pieces I’ve achieved, after all the pieces that I’ve achieved for them? I am supposed to take a seat right here and take it.”
Lynch’s sturdy condemnation of Hogan seemingly stems from his extremely publicized 2015 controversy. Leaked audio transcripts revealed Hogan repeatedly utilizing racial slurs, main WWE to terminate his contract and take away him from the Corridor of Fame.
Though Hogan issued public apologies and was reinstated by WWE three years later, the incident stays a major stain on his legacy. Hogan himself has since referred to the scandal as a “velocity bump.”
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Along with rejecting the Hogan comparability, Lynch additionally pushed again in opposition to perceived double requirements from followers telling her to step apart for youthful expertise. “Have a look at the boys’s division,” Lynch argued.
“Who you bought that is sizzling and younger over there? No, you’ve got bought a bunch of outdated lads. And no person’s saying nothing. No one’s saying, ‘Transfer over CM Punk, transfer over Seth Rollins’. No one’s saying that however they will say it to me. So, who’s the dangerous man? Why am I supposed to maneuver over?”
This fiery protection units the stage for Lynch’s upcoming problem in opposition to Lyra Valkyria for the WWE Girls’s Intercontinental Championship this Saturday at WWE Backlash in St. Louis, including private animosity to their creating rivalry.
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