Published 17:30 IST, January 27th 2020
Becky Lynch calls for equality after WWE removes 'women' from NXT Women's title
WWE has dropped the term ‘women’ from Ripley’s NXT Women's Championship. Now the title will be referred to as NXT Championship. Check Becky Lynch's reaction.
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WWE has dropped term ‘women’ from Rhea Ripley’s NXT Women's Championship. w, title will be referred to as NXT Championship. current RAW Women’s Champion Becky Lynch has hailed decision.
Becky Lynch posted a te on Twitter where she clarified that her comment on WWE Backst regarding WWE’s decision to remove word 'women' from NXT Championship was about how company needed to rethink, rar than rename a division. In her post, Becky Lynch said that she was t advocating changing title names. Instead, Becky Lynch claimed to be supporting an equal volume of opportunity based on ability of wrestlers rar than ir .
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Becky Lynch said that term 'women' usually limited openings.
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Fans react to change in title name
re have been mixed reactions to WWE’s decision to rebrand NXT title. Some fans believe that WWE should continue with identifiers before titles. However, y should make more concerted efforts to create a more -neutral work environment with equal opportunities to both sexes. Many claimed that WWE should turn to a meritocracy-based system when it came to awarding matches to wrestlers.
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Fans also pointed out lack of logic behind having two titles of same name on a single brand. One of tweets from a fan said that unless black and gold brand decided to unify NXT titles, it made sense to drop term ‘women’ from NXT women’s championship.
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17:30 IST, January 27th 2020