Steve Austin on Becky Lynch as a Face or Heel, WrestleMania 35 Main Event

A recent episode of The Steve Austin Show had Austin discuss a variety of wrestling related topics including if Becky Lynch should be a face or heel and his thoughts on a possible Ronda Rousey versus Charlotte match being the main event of WrestleMania 35.

On the topic of if Becky Lynch should be a face or a heel, Austin said he feels that she should be whatever the people want her to be.

“I loved [Ric] Flair as a heel. He’s the greatest [pro] wrestler of all time, but his heel work was outstanding. His baby work, eh, he’s still Ric Flair, but I like Ric Flair as a heel. Charlotte I like as a heel. Becky I like either way. But, man, when she knocked the hell out of Charlotte, that crowd came unglued when they turned her heel, but it was the biggest babyface reaction of the night. People came unglued, so where does she go?

I just think let her be whatever the people want her to be. To me, for her, she doesn’t need to be a heel or a baby – she just needs to be Becky Lynch. And this is truly one of those cases where they say, Roman Reigns, no matter how the people want to take him, they can take him as a heel or baby, but he’s just going to be Roman. To me, I just think let’s take that out of the equation. Whatever they’re going to do with him, they’re going to do, with him beating Brock [Lesnar], but Becky ought to just be Becky because there’s money in Becky being Becky. Let the people decide. As long as she’s being true to herself, she’s going to fly as high and as far as they want her to.”

On the topic of WrestleMania 35’s main event, Austin said he is currently in favor of a possible Ronda Rousey versus Charlotte match being the main event. He also said he would prefer the match to be a traditional heel vs. babyface encounter rather than as two babyface stars facing off against each other.

“For me, Charlotte is a defined heel. We know she’s a heel. We’re pushing her as a heel. We’re booking her as a heel. Yeah, to me, she has a defined role. She’s totally confident in either one, but I think she’s more comfortable as a heel. And that’s not from me talking to her. That’s from me guessing that she’s more comfortable as a heel, but she’s going to do whatever they ask of her.” Austin said, “boy, that has the potential to be a hell of a main event, but then you’ve got two babies. Would you go two babies or would you make sure Charlotte’s a heel because Ronda needs to be the baby?”