Becky Lynch's rise to superstardom has been meteoric, a rise that culminated in her winning the first-ever women's main event at WrestleMania 35. Over the last two years, Lynch has established herself as arguably the most popular female wrestler of all time and positioned herself as one of the public faces of the WWE.As her record RAW Women's Championship reign creeps up on 400 days, "The Man" has developed a mainstream following that has opened the door to a new career in Hollywood. Lynch appeared as a guest in the season five premiere of the Showtime drama Billions and has allegedly been cast in an upcoming Marvel Studios project.
WWE may be afraid to tinker with the formula of their most consistently over superstar, but some fans are over Lynch's dominance and want a shakeup in The Man's character, or in the division as a whole. Those fans may not have to wait long, as the lure of Hollywood may be too much for Lynch to resist.
Lynch's recent tweet teasing a transition to part-time status was obviously tongue-in-cheek, but it might have given fans a glimpse of what's to come. During her dominant two-year run as The Man, Lynch has beaten all the fan favorites on the women's roster. After decisive wins over Charlotte Flair, Asuka, and Sasha Banks, there aren't many established title threats left for Lynch to feud with. While Sunday's Money in the Bank event is a good opportunity to inject some new blood into the title picture, many believe that Lynch is heading for a Wrestlemania rematch with Shayna Baszler or a blood feud with Nia Jax, the woman whose inadvertent punch first caused Lynch's popularity to skyrocket.
She has also done everything she set out do to: become the most dominant Women's Champion in the history of Monday Night RAW, prove that a woman could become The Man in professional Wrestling, and become the face of the WWE. With so much already in her rear view mirror, it makes sense why Lynch could choose to pursue acting and stay with the company part-time, akin to fellow wrestlers turned movie stars The Rock and John Cena, who happen to be mentoring her acting career.
If Lynch's role with Marvel and ongoing offers from Hollywood become an avenue to a full-blown acting career, WWE will need to prepare for life after Lynch. While she is clearly still passionate about wrestling, it may be best for both parties to have her transition into a part-time role should she pursue a career on screen.
There is no better way for WWE to handle that transition than to look to The Rock's "Hollywood" character from 2003. Tweaking The Man's persona slightly to an even more arrogant, heel version of herself could satisfy all parties. Fans of the current character would still see the confident-bordering-on-arrogant badass Lynch has been during her title run, but with those qualities highlighted even more. Fans begging for a change will get their wish two times over in this scenario: Lynch would turn heel, and a part-time schedule would keep her off of TV every week.
For WWE, having Lynch wrestle part-time could be a blessing in disguise as her limited availability would keep the company from overexposing her to the point of major fan backlash, as it did with the previous two faces of the company in Cena and Roman Reigns. The universal popularity of a part-time John Cena over the course of the last year should be enough to show WWE how absence can make the heart grow fonder for its fickle fans.
Any career change is likely a couple of years away, giving WWE plenty of time to establish new superstars to carry the women's division. However Lynch chooses to move forward in her career, WWE needs to ensure it builds enough star power in the women's division to fill the gaping hole resulting from The Man's absence.