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WWE passed on several major WrestleMania pitches for Bayley last year

Added 2022-04-05 17:49:10 +0000 UTC

Becky Lynch could have been at WrestleMania 37.

Last year, Fightful Select reported that there was a hope that WWE could get Becky Lynch involved in the show, but it never ended up happening. Becky Lynch confirmed to Fightful that there were conversations about her making a return at the show, specifically to do something with Bayley. Lynch said Bayley deserved a big moment, and she was hoping to make that happen, but it never came to fruition. Lynch joked that WWE thought they needed something bigger for Becky than Bayley.

We followed up with people who were working with creative at the time, who confirmed to Fightful there were an "exhaustive number of pitches to get Bayley more involved in WrestleMania." We're told that her value to the show was never in doubt, but everything that seemed to get pitched just kept getting shot down. There was a heavy push from a couple of members of creative for Bayley to host the show, either by herself or alongside Hulk Hogan and Titus O'Neil. There were also several pitches to do a special edition of Ding Dong, Hello! that were passed on.