Becky Lynch & Charlotte Flair Returns Won’t Save WWE’s Women’s Division

The WWE The women's department was one of the weaker parts of the new era within the company. Despite the success of stars like Rhea Ripley and Liv Morgan and the renewed rise of Nia Jax, the department seemed very poor overall. There is a gap in the division when it comes to star power, especially since arguably WWE's two biggest female stars of all time, Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair, have been away from the company for most of 2024. Their return is highly anticipated, and as the Road to WrestleMania 41 begins in the coming months, One can assume that they will be back in the game. However, their returns will not fix the existing problems and here is why.

Fans don't like Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair in the spotlight

The hype surrounding Lynch and Flair's return could quickly die down

• Lynch and Flair have dominated the women's division for nearly a decade.
• Becky Lynch's recent title win came with negativity.
• There will be a collective eye roll if Charlotte Flair wins another title.

Especially in the last few months talk of returns from both Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair has caused quite a stir among fans, and it feels like their comebacks could provide a much-needed boost to what is currently a fairly flat division. Even though there's a lot of talent, the storylines move slowly, the feuds are repetitive, and the covers are quiet and without much movement. Flair and Lynch have proven that they have star power, and they are both likely to have big surprises when they return to the ring. Lynch was no longer with the company and spent time away from the ring after her contract was expected to expire in early 2024. whereas Flair is out due to an injury he sustained in late 2023.

However, it won't be long before history repeats itself. Whenever Charlotte Flair has been in the title scene in recent years, fans have criticized WWE for always pushing her over others. That's natural a result of their ridiculous number of titles wonThis makes her the most successful female wrestler in WWE history. She has proven her quality time and time again, but it can get tiring when the same faces dominate the divisions, and that was the case with Flair. The same goes for Becky Lynch, whose recent women's world title win was criticized by fans. There were claims that Lynch was stealing the spotlight and WWE was not pushing new stars, which slowed Lynch's gold medal success. Is it a matter of time before the same criticisms surface again just months after their comeback? More than likely.

WWE's problem in the women's division is the lack of new stars

The return of Lynch and Flair will not help WWE produce new female stars

• WWE has struggled to become a red-hot name in the women's division.
• Lynch and Flair can only do so much to strengthen the divide.
• WWE has female stars in Rhea Ripley, Liv Morgan and Tiffany Stratton.

Whenever WWE brings back Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch and likely places them on the RAW and SmackDown world titles respectively, they need to make sure they don't ignore the tapping issue affecting the division in 2024 – a lack of stars. Among the men, there was an enormous increase in hot-selling stars who massively overran the audience like Jey UsoDominik Mysterio, LA Knight, The Bloodline, Cody Rhodes, Gunther and many more. However, the women's division only boasts Rhea Ripley, and even then her momentum has waned over the year thanks to the increasingly nerve-wracking, never-ending feud she has with Liv Morgan.

Guys like Tiffany Stratton and Liv Morgan have been impressive, but they're far from the level of most male WWE stars when it comes to being over. This is a problem that WWE needs to fix, and it will come through better storylines, stronger presentation, PLE main events, and more attention to character development. The presence of breakout stars like Lynch and Flair doesn't help the fact that everyone else around them is miles away in terms of status and star power.

WWE can't panic and put the World Championship back on Flair And Lynch

Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair need to be used carefully

• Using Lynch and Flair in non-title feuds can help build the women's division.
• Bringing in younger and new female stars should be WWE's priority.
• If Lynch and Flair win world titles, a good storyline needs to follow them.

The re-emergence of multiple champions Lynch and Flair can help solve WWE's problems, but only if they change their approach to booking the women's division, because at the current pace they will simply be put back in the title picture, win gold and dominate for a bit before losing to a new name that WWE won't focus on enough. It would be wise to keep them out of the title scenes and instead build the rest of the division into non-title feuds.

The men's division benefits from such rivalries, while the women's division is neglected. This will be even more difficult to achieve with the introduction of midcard titles for women, But WWE should still try to fuel feuds without any gold. For example, a feud between Tiffany Stratton and Charlotte Flair doesn't need a title to be successful, and neither does Becky Lynch vs. Giulia (and many other examples).

It's time for Lynch and Flair to give something back to the division by losing to weaker names in desperate need of statement wins. However, this will only work if WWE ensures that they get behind the push of those who overtake Lynch and Flair. All in all, if WWE's current attitude towards the division continues, Flair and Lynch will not be a long-term solution to the fact that the division is currently at a low point.