Will Becky Lynch fight Cris Cyborg?
Over the past few weeks, Becky Lynch and UFC’s Cris Cyborg have been teasing a possible SummerSlam match.
Cris Cyborg, whose real name is Cristiane Justino, is the current UFC Women’s Featherweight Champion, having won the title at UFC 214 this past weekend. She and Becky Lynch have been feuding on Twitter going back to July 14th, when Cyborg challenged Lynch to a match at SummerSlam.
#SummerSlam2017 #CyborgNation Vs The World! If @WWE can’t get Rowdy in the ring I’m not afraid of @BeckyLynchWWE
At the time, Lynch accepted, writing that she never backs down from a challenge.
Then, ahead of her big match at UFC 214, Cyborg tweeted at Becky Lynch that they should make a deal in which they agree to sign a SummerSlam match contract if she wins the Women’s Featherweight Championship.
Let’s make a deal. If I win tonight in cali, and you win tonight in Detroit…you agree to to sign the #summerslam contract. Don’t b scared! t.co/CMlzPrdw0e
Lynch issued a video response accepting the challenge, also telling Cyborg that she would be watching the match closely.
After winning her match, Cyborg actually tweeted at Triple H demanding that he book the SummerSlam match with Lynch.
I won my #ufc214 fight @TripleH now I want @BeckyLynchWWE in the @wwe at #summerslam #CyborgVTheWorld
Cyborg has been tweeting about this Becky Lynch match quite often over the past few days. On Monday and Tuesday, she either tweeted about Becky Lynch or retweeted content about Becky Lynch a total of 10 times.
Gimme Becky Balboa #summerslam2017 t.co/GRvvSbr4EJ
The WWE is actively promoting this Twitter feud, posting an article about Cyborg’s challenge last month and putting up a video on its YouTube channel this afternoon talking about Lynch and Cyborg’s pact to battle at SummerSlam.
“Could we be heading for a dream match at SummerSlam 2017 in Brooklyn?” WWE’s Cathy Kelley asked in the video.
So could this match actually happen? It certainly seems like a possibility, and Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer recently stated that the WWE is definitely involved in building this feud in some capacity.
“The company is pushing some sort of a tease of Cris Cyborg with Becky Lynch at SummerSlam,” Meltzer said on Wrestling Observer Radio. “It’s clearly something worked out between the two of them, which the company is involved with.”
Meltzer has also pointed out that UFC owes WWE one, as WWE did allow Brock Lesnar to have his fight against Mark Hunt even while he was under a WWE contract.
It remains to be seen if this Lynch vs. Cyborg match will actually work out and whether World Wrestling Entertainment will have a place for it on the card. At the moment, five SummerSlam matches have been announced, and in recent years, SummerSlam has had anywhere between nine and 12 matches, including several on the kickoff show.
If the WWE were planning to do something with this Cyborg feud, they would probably mention it on SmackDown Live pretty soon, so we’ll get a better idea of whether this match can actually happen based on tonight’s SmackDown Live.