Monday night on Raw, Becky Lynch and Trish Stratus fought to a double countout in a grudge match, but that wasn’t the end of the drama.
Many times, their fight went outside the ring and into the crowd. When the two women fought in the crowd, the match went off the rails.
The match was over when the judge counted to 10, but the fight kept going. Lynch and Stratus got into a fight that went up the stairs and into the hallway. The former wrestler won the fight in front of many fans.
On top of a merchandise counter, Lynch was ready to hit Stratus with a Manhandle Slam when recent NXT call-up Zoey Stark attacked her from behind and knocked her feet out, giving Stratus the advantage.
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Lynch was hurt so badly that he was left moaning on the floor of the hallway.
Soon after, WWE worker Adam Pearce found Stratus and Stark in the back, where they were both very happy. Pearce then told Stratus that she had been running from Lynch, which made him very angry, and he set up a steel cage match between the two.
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Lynch and Stratus used to be friends, and Trish came back to WWE to help Lynch and Lita win the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships by beating Damage CTRL.
The three of them also worked together to beat Damage CTRL in a six-woman tag team match at WrestleMania 39, but the good feelings didn’t last long.
Lynch and Lita were supposed to defend their titles against Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez a couple of weeks after WrestleMania, but Lita was attacked backstage and killed by an unknown person. Then, Trish said she would step in and fight for Lita.
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Lynch and Stratus both lost their titles, but Stratus took the fall. When The Man tried to show she understood, Stratus struck her from behind.
That finally led to a match between Lynch and Stratus at Night of Champions. Trish got a huge surprise when Stark attacked Becky from under the ring, giving Stratus the win.
Stratus held that win over Lynch’s head for a long time, and Lynch even helped Stark beat Becky on an episode of Raw to repay the favor.
Becky said she would do whatever it took to get a repeat with Stratus, and Trish agreed as long as Lynch could win a match against Stark. She also said that if Lynch lost, she would have to thank her and get the words “Thank you Trish” tattooed across her chest.
Lynch agreed, and despite Trish’s many efforts to get in the way, she was able to get past the problem by beating Stark on a recent episode of Raw.
Lynch and Stratus continued their long-running feud on Monday night, but now the stakes will be higher in the steel cage.
Lynch was about to hit Stratus with a Manhandle Slam on top of a merchandise counter, but Zoey Stark, who had just been called up from NXT, struck her from behind and pulled her feet out, giving the advantage to Stratus.
That finally led to a match between Lynch and Stratus at Night of Champions. Trish got a huge surprise when Stark attacked Becky from under the ring, giving Stratus the win.
Stratus held that win over Lynch’s head for a long time, and Lynch even helped Stark beat Becky on an episode of Raw to repay the favor.
Becky said she would do whatever it took to get a repeat with Stratus, and Trish agreed as long as Lynch could win a match against Stark. She also said that if Lynch lost, she would have to thank her and get the words “Thank you Trish” tattooed across her chest.
Lynch agreed, and despite Trish’s many efforts to get in the way, she was able to get past the problem by beating Stark on a recent episode of Raw.
Lynch and Stratus continued their long-running feud on Monday night, but now the stakes will be higher in the steel cage.
