Becky Lynch: All Title Reigns in WWE

“The Man” is one of the greatest female wrestlers of all time

Becky Lynch emerged victorious in a battle royal on “Monday Night Raw,” on 22 April 2024 securing the vacant WWE Women’s World Championship. Among fifteen initial contenders, Lynch, Nia Jax, and Liv Morgan remained in the final stages. Cooperating, Lynch and Morgan ousted Jax. As the last two competitors, they battled fiercely, with Lynch ultimately executing a manhandle slam to eliminate Morgan and claim the championship.

With this, ‘The Man’ Becky Lynch is now a 7 times women’s Champion as she had a lot of title runs in WWE including the recent one. Let’s have a look at each one of them and elaborate more on how the runs happened in WWE.

Smackdown Women’s Championship (2016)

As it all started, the Smackdown Women’s Championship was vacant and newly introduced in 2016. It was a Six Pack Women’s match that was introduced to determine the winner of the same.

In this match, Becky Lynch faced a challenging lineup of opponents including Alexa Bliss, Carmella, Naomi, Natalya, and Nikki Bella. Lasting 14 minutes and 21 seconds, Lynch successfully navigated the onslaught, ultimately emerging victorious. The triumph resulted in Lynch capturing the championship. She held the title for 84 Days.

Smackdown Women’s Championship (2018 and 2019)

Lynch regained momentum and earned a championship opportunity at Hell in a Cell. In a thrilling match against Charlotte Flair, Lynch emerged victorious, capturing the SmackDown Women’s Championship for the second time in her career. This victory marked a turning point in Lynch’s career, igniting a new era of dominance and solidifying her status as a top star in WWE’s women’s division.

Throughout her championship reign in 2018, Lynch engaged in intense rivalries and defended her title against formidable opponents, including Charlotte Flair, Asuka, and Carmella.

In 2019, Becky Lynch successfully defended the SmackDown Women’s Championship against challengers such as Charlotte Flair, Bayley, and Sasha Banks, among others. Her reign during this time period was marked by intense rivalries and memorable matches

Both reigns lasted for 91 and 42 Days Respectively

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Raw Women’s Championship (2019)

Shortly after WrestleMania, Becky Lynch engaged in a feud with newcomer Lacey Evans on Raw, while continuing her rivalry with Charlotte Flair on SmackDown over the SmackDown Women’s Championship. At Money in the Bank, Lynch retained the Raw Women’s Championship against Evans but lost the SmackDown Women’s Championship to Flair due to Evans’ interference.

Lynch became exclusive to Raw afterward, feuding further with Evans. At Stomping Grounds, she successfully defended her title against Evans. Lynch and her real-life partner Seth Rollins defeated Baron Corbin and Evans at Extreme Rules in a winner takes all mixed tag team match. At SummerSlam, she defeated Natalya in a submission match. Returning in mid-August, Sasha Banks attacked Lynch, reigniting their feud.

At Clash of Champions, Lynch retained her title after inadvertently hitting the referee with a chair, leading to a disqualification loss. The feud culminated in a Hell in a Cell match at the namesake pay-per-view, which Lynch won. At Survivor Series, Lynch faced SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley and NXT Women’s Champion Shayna Baszler in a non-title triple threat match, which Baszler won.

Lynch then allied herself with Charlotte in a rivalry with Women’s Tag Team Champions The Kabuki Warriors, leading to a Tables, Ladders and Chairs match at TLC, which The Kabuki Warriors won. She continued her feud with Asuka, resulting in a match for the Raw Women’s Championship at the Royal Rumble, which Lynch won.

In February, Lynch feuded with Shayna Baszler, culminating in a match at WrestleMania 36, where Lynch retained the title. Shortly after, Lynch announced her pregnancy on Raw and relinquished the Raw Women’s Championship.

The Reign lasted for 399 Days and was the greatest one, that’s why deserves a lot of praise from everyone’s end.

WWE Raw and Smackdown Women’s Championship (2021 and 2022)

Lynch returned as a heel and in the 2021 Draft, Becky Lynch moved to Raw as the SmackDown Women’s Champion. She later swapped titles with Raw Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair. Lynch defended her title against Bianca Belair, culminating their feud.

At Survivor Series, she defeated SmackDown Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair. After facing Liv Morgan, she defended her title at Day 1 and Elimination Chamber. She lost the title to Belair at WrestleMania 38. The reigns lasted for 62 and 162 days respectively for the Smackdown and Raw Championship.

WWE Women’s Tag Championship (2023)

On the February 27 episode of Raw, Becky Lynch and Lita teamed up to defeat Damage CTRL and win the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship, aided by the returning Trish Stratus. This victory also made Lynch the Sixth Women’s Triple Crown Champion.

At Night 1 of WrestleMania 39, Lynch, Lita, and Stratus successfully defended their titles against Damage CTRL. However, on the April 10 episode of Raw, Lynch and Stratus lost the titles to Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez, as Lita was unable to compete due to injury, ending Lynch and Lita’s championship reign at 41 days.

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WWE NXT Championship (2023)

Following Payback, Becky Lynch initiated a rivalry with NXT Women’s Champion Tiffany Stratton and issued a challenge for the title, which Stratton accepted. On the September 12 episode of NXT, Lynch defeated Stratton to capture the championship, solidifying her status as the sixth Women’s Grand Slam champion. On the subsequent episode of Raw, Lynch successfully defended her title by defeating Natalya in an open challenge.

At No Mercy, Lynch retained the title by defeating Stratton in an Extreme Rules match, which headlined the event. Lynch continued her successful title defenses by defeating Tegan Nox on the October 9 episode of Raw and Indi Hartwell on the October 23 episode. However, her reign was short-lived as she lost the title to Lyra Valkyria on Night 1 of Halloween Havoc, ending her reign after 42 days.

WWE Women’s World Championship (2024)

On Night 1 of WrestleMania XL on April 6, Becky Lynch faced Rhea Ripley for the title but was unsuccessful in capturing the championship. However, following Ripley’s forced relinquishment of the title due to a legitimate arm injury, Lynch seized the opportunity to reclaim the gold. On the April 22 episode of Raw, Lynch emerged victorious in a 15-woman Battle Royal, last eliminating Liv Morgan to secure the vacant title.

This victory marked Lynch’s seventh women’s world championship reign, further solidifying her legacy as one of the most decorated champions in WWE history.

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