It’s no secret real-life friends Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair were excited when the “Superstar Shake-Up” reunited them by moving Flair from Raw to SmackDown. But it’s not just because they each get their favorite travelling partner back.
Lynch is quick to heap praise on her fellow Horsewoman in a new interview with U.K.’s Mirror:
She is amazing. She is spectacular and unbelievable in her role, she really is. I think she will bring that extra X factor onto SmackDown. There's nobody that gets under people's skin quite like Charlotte. So it will be interesting to see what she does and how much she shakes up the women's division.
The Lasskicker is excited to get back to work with Flair, because she credits their pre-brand split program with essentially saving WWE’s “Divas’ Revolution/Women’s Evolution”:
I think we only barely scratched the surface. I think one of the turning points in the women's revolution was actually myself and Charlotte going into our feud. Before then there had been lots of women's matches, which was great, and we were getting to see the rewards, but there wasn't really any depth behind it. Then once we started our feud that went into the Royal Rumble last year, I think that was really a turning point because we were able to see a friendship falling apart and that is something people can get into, as opposed to 'okay, here's women, there's a revolution apparently, watch there matches'. This was something that people could relate to because it was one friend being ruthless and doing anything she could to win and screwing her best friend. Then it went off in a different direction but I would like to pick up where we left off.
What do you think, Cagesiders? Ready for Lynch/Flair to be the top feud on Tuesday nights, or are there other pairings you’d like to see first?
Check out the whole article at The Mirror for more on the Shake-Up, Bex’s love of SmackDown, the inspiration for her WrestleMania 33 look and more.