Becky Lynch was not originally trained to be the top star she is today.
Having achieved almost every accolade there is to achieve in WWE, Lynch will shortly be releasing her autobiography that documents her story from wrestling in front of virtually no one to a packed stadium in the main event of WrestleMania 35.
Starting out in WWE at a time when women’s wrestling was nowhere near what it is today, Lynch was given a bizarre set of instructions to follow while in her rookie years. At a time when Extreme Rules matches and Steel Cage matches involving women were not seen, certain strikes and even movements were forbidden.
Appearing on Never Before Told to promote her upcoming autobiography, the former Women’s Champion described the strange directive she was given in NXT:
“Coming into WWE, I had one very specific goal and that was to main event WrestleMania and make women’s wrestling the coolest thing on TV, and to change the game and to be seen as equal. Even in my early stages in NXT, it was weird and confusing because you were told that women can’t punch and you can’t use things like steps and you can’t use the post. Are we supposed to just hair pull and slap each other? It’s very confusing.
I even remember being told, ‘Move like a girl.’ What, I am a girl, what do you mean? It was all so very confusing. Also, where I wanted to go to, there had been no women that had gone there. It is very male-dominated. I was trying to get to this space where the men were at the top of the card so I had to rely on them for help and for guidance.
Lynch continued, noting that her future husband Seth Rollins and John Cena would give her amazing career advice and helped to elevate her into the star that she is today:
I was lucky that I had people like you [Seth Rollins] to turn to. John Cena, being able to ask him advice on all the live events. You very much had to go to people who had been in the spots you wanted to be. Luckily, everybody was so willing to help the younger and eager talent in that regard. Nobody is hoarding the secrets for themselves,”
When Is Becky Lynch’s Book Available To Purchase?
Announced back in September 2023, many fans are eagerly anticipating the upcoming life story of the former Women’s Champion. Tilted Becky Lynch: The Man: Not Your Average Average Girl, the book is set for release on March 26th, shortly before WrestleMania 40.
During the same interview, Becky Lynch gave out some valuable advice to aspiring wrestlers.
H/t to Fightful.