{"id":124136,"date":"2024-04-23T08:12:40","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T12:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=124136"},"modified":"2024-04-23T08:12:40","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T12:12:40","slug":"becky-lynch-just-4th-person-to-win-world-championship-in-a-battle-royal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/04\/23\/becky-lynch-just-4th-person-to-win-world-championship-in-a-battle-royal\/","title":{"rendered":"Becky Lynch Just 4th Person To Win World Championship In A Battle Royal\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Becky Lynch<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0won the WWE Women&#8217;s World Championship in an epic battle royal on\u00a0<\/span><strong><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE Raw<\/span><\/em><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. Lynch became just the fourth person to win a WWE World Championship in a battle royal match.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The WWE Women&#8217;s World Championship was vacated, last week. Now former-champion, <strong>Rhea Ripley, <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/04\/19\/top-wwe-championship-reigns-derailed-by-injury\/\" target=\"_self\">suffered an injury<\/a> that will take her out of action for a couple of months.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Lynch cut a promo while making her way from backstage to Gorilla Position at the Schottenstein Center, Ohio. She passed <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/04\/22\/preview-wwe-raw-4-22-24-womens-world-championship-battle-royal-world-tag-titles\/\" target=\"_self\">many of the other competitors<\/a> in the battle royal. Lynch even stopped to hand some advice to <strong>Maxxine Dupri.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Lynch made her entrance while <strong>Michael Cole<\/strong> praised her book &#8211; <\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Man: Not Your Average Average Girl<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0&#8211; which<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">was enjoying its third consecutive week on the New York Times Best Sellers list.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Fourth Person To Win A World Championship In A Battle Royal\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Battle royal matches rarely crown a new champion<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. Traditionally<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, they are used to provide a lot of wrestlers the opportunity to appear on a show, as pre-show hype, or to find a number-one contender.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This battle royal felt different<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. Multiple<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0ongoing feuds were moved forward\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">which<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0meant eliminations felt like they mattered<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. The<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0match also ran more than 20 minutes and felt closer to a mini-Royal Rumble than a traditional throwaway battle royal.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Becky Lynch became\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">just<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0the fourth person to win a championship in a WWE battle royal this\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">century,<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0and the first in 17 years.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OklMXr-jDVw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Gail Kim<\/span><\/strong><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0won the Women&#8217;s World Championship in her debut in a battle royal on\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE Raw<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">in<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a02003<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Kurt<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0Angle<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0won a\u00a0<\/span><strong><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">SmackDown<\/span><\/em><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0battle royal for the World Heavyweight Championship in 2006<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. Finally<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">,\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Great Khali\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">won the same championship in 2007 in a battle royal.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"FULL MATCH - 20-Man World Heavyweight Championship Battle Royal: SmackDown, Jan. 13, 2006\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zD1WTGYw9VU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">How The Man Came Around\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Lynch had not been seen on WWE TV since she lost to\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Rhea Ripley<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0at\u00a0<\/span><strong><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WrestleMania 40<\/span><\/em><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0in a match for the title she now holds<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. Post-<\/span><strong><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WrestleMania<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">,<\/span><\/em><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0Lynch went on a book tour\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">which<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0created rumors she might take a break from WWE\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">along<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0with her husband\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Seth<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0Rollins<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">But Lynch made multiple appearances on the WWE Live tour of the UK.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">She eliminated\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Piper Niven<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0in the battle royal<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. An<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0enraged Niven pulled Lynch under the bottom rope and squashed her between the steel ring steps.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Nia Jax<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> was also under the bottom rope by Niven. Jax chokeslammed Niven onto Lynch on the announce table<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. When<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0the table didn&#8217;t break, Jax hit a Samoan drop on Niven onto Lynch<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. The<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0table still didn&#8217;t break<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. Finally<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, Jax powerbombed Lynch through the table, seemingly ending her chance at winning the title.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">But Lynch clawed\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">her way<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0back into the ring as the match came down to Jax and\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Liv Morgan<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. Lynch<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0eliminated Jax following some double-team moves with Morgan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Finally, Lynch hit a Manhandle Slam on Morgan for the win.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">AND THE WINNER IS&#8230;.. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/og2ukSBvBn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/og2ukSBvBn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1782605541316907236?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 23, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">What Next?<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Lynch begins her seventh reign as a women&#8217;s champion in WWE<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. She<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0closed\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE Raw<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">celebrating<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0in the crowd<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. It caps a positive story for Lynch who had <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/03\/17\/preview-wwe-raw-3-18-24\/\" target=\"_self\">battled with Morgan and Jax throughout 2024<\/a>. Both had tried to pull focus from Lynch&#8217;s <em>WrestleMania 40\u00a0<\/em>match. Perhaps they succeeded as she lost to Ripley.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>But when it mattered, Lynch finally got the job done and got one over both Morgan and Jax. It was a neatly wrapped story, tied with a perfect bow.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Next<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> week, Becky Lynch will <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">get a better idea of<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0her challengers for the WWE Women&#8217;s World Championship.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The WWE is freshening its rosters with a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/04\/20\/preview-wwe-smackdown-4-26-24\/\" target=\"_self\">Draft<\/a><\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. Morgan<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0and Jax will want a shot at Lynch&#8217;s title\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">but<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0so could the stars moving over from\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">SmackDown<\/span><\/em><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">or<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">NXT<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Ripley, Lynch, Jax and Morgan have excelled in establishing the main event division on the\u00a0<em>WWE Raw\u00a0<\/em>roster this year. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">But now, it is time for a change.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">EXCLUSIVE: What does tonight&#39;s victory mean to the new Women&#39;s World Champion <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BeckyLynchWWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@BeckyLynchWWE<\/a>?<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWERaw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WWERaw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XyNNjQ9ruA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/XyNNjQ9ruA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1782630462034231588?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 23, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>More From LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/h3>\n<p><em>Header photo \u2013 WWE \u2013\u00a0<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Stay tuned to the\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. You can check out an almost unlimited array of WWE content on the\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/watch.wwe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE Network<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/watch\/home\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Peacock<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Becky Lynch\u00a0won the WWE Women&#8217;s World Championship in an epic battle royal on\u00a0WWE Raw. Lynch became just the fourth person to win a WWE World Championship in a battle royal match.\u00a0 The WWE Women&#8217;s World Championship was vacated, last week. Now former-champion, Rhea Ripley, suffered an injury that will take her out of action for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3852,"featured_media":124145,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2192,25,317,4,3,320],"tags":[163,185,3041],"class_list":["post-124136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wrestling","category-raw","category-women","category-wwe","category-wwe-universe","category-wwe-women","tag-becky-lynch","tag-gail-kim","tag-rhea-ripley"],"modified_by":"Michael Joseph Sugue, Manager","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3852"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}