3) Backstage Argument Between Becky Lynch & Charlotte Flair (Part 1)
According to Mike Johnson of PWinsider, Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair got into a heated backstage argument after their segment on Smackdown:
Here is what Johnson wrote about what led to the confrontation:
We are told the issue arose after Charlotte Flair was said to have voiced concerns before WWE went on the air, concerned about the Championship Exchange segment that featured Becky trading her Smackdown Women’s Championship belt for Flair’s Raw Women’s Championship belt. We are told by several who were privy to the situation that Flair was voicing that she didn’t want to look weak nor did her she want her title reign to look weak. Despite those concerns, the segment went on as planned.
During the segment, there was a moment where Flair was to hand the belt to Becky but instead pulled it away and threw the belt on the mat, which was not the way that segment was expected to go. At that point, Sonya Deville demanded Flair retrieve the belt and hand it to her, which Flair did. Deville then asked for Becky’s title but instead Lynch threw her title belt and Flair, which was also not part of the plan, PWInsider.com is told.
Johnson also spoke about what happened after the segment:
However, after Flair and Banks had their physical confrontation, Flair went to the back. We are told at that point, there was a confrontation over Flair allegedly disrespecting Lynch during the segment and there were words between the two. We are told that the situation was heated but did not get physical.
My Take:
- It was definitely a weird segment looking back. Weird way to close a show.
2) Backstage Argument Between Becky Lynch & Charlotte Flair (Part 2)
On Twitter, Sean Ross Sapp confirm that he also hear rumors about the backstage argument between Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch. He also provided a few additional tidbits.
Here are two Tweets from Sapp:
I’m working on getting more, but PWInsider’s report is in line with what I’d heard late Friday. There were disagreements with how the segment was going to go, they hadn’t planned on the belt being thrown down, and there were some words exchanged backstage.
Fightful learned a giant portion of the roster, including officials, producers, refs had already left the venue and also heard second hand what happened. After a busy travel week, many were trying to head out early. Within an hour, word made its way around to people who were gone
My Take:
- Always nice to have a secondary source for those who are skeptical of the rumors.
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