Becky Lynch vs. Trish Stratus had been planned to be part of the card for WWE SummerSlam 2023. However, the bout was not announced for the show but rather saved for the August 14th episode of RAW.
Fightful Select is reporting that sources within WWE claimed there was a “good reason” that the bout was delayed.
Both women are healthy and were available for SummerSlam, so it’s not an injury situation.
The report stated, “Instead, we’re told that WWE has been adamant about limiting the number of matches and the runtimes for PLE shows, which caused some matches that were being built for the show to be moved elsewhere. Those we spoke to said that on Summerslam, the match would have been severely limited by time, and the decision was made to put it on a future Raw instead. Consideration was also given to moving it back to WWE Payback.”
It was added that neither woman was thrilled with the adjustment.
