Becky Lynch

And that built confidence because not only was I applying myself and getting better at something and seeing results, but I also now had this community. And I think there was also this feeling of like, I'm different, which, you know, I always felt a little different. You know, I wasn't a cool kid, even though I tried to be. But now I had this confidence in my difference, you know?

And I was the only girl there too. I was the only girl in a group of lads and I was hanging with them or maybe not, but I was there. I felt like I was. And so that gave me confidence that I could do this and I could set myself apart and there was something more to me. And then I just continued on there. I never thought, or not that I never thought,

And I was the only girl there too. I was the only girl in a group of lads and I was hanging with them or maybe not, but I was there. I felt like I was. And so that gave me confidence that I could do this and I could set myself apart and there was something more to me. And then I just continued on there. I never thought, or not that I never thought,

Maybe I had like this suppressed dream, but I still thought I was going to be a lawyer and do something realistic.

Maybe I had like this suppressed dream, but I still thought I was going to be a lawyer and do something realistic.

Until I was like 17. And it was the first time I had...

Until I was like 17. And it was the first time I had...

played the heel role the bad guy role and I was teaming with my brother and when you're a heel when you're the bad you can do no wrong because you can just have fun you can taunt the crowds you can be an idiot and that's your job yes there's such freedom in that there's such freedom in that and I came back and I was this is this is this is what I need to do this is what I'm meant to do this is what I'm going to do

played the heel role the bad guy role and I was teaming with my brother and when you're a heel when you're the bad you can do no wrong because you can just have fun you can taunt the crowds you can be an idiot and that's your job yes there's such freedom in that there's such freedom in that and I came back and I was this is this is this is what I need to do this is what I'm meant to do this is what I'm going to do

At 17. And then by 18, dropped out of college, moved over to Canada, wrestled around Canada, around America, around Japan, around Europe. My visa ran out from Canada. I had to move back in with my mom. And my mom, God bless her, like... She's only ever wanted the best for me. And the best in her eyes was not being a wrestler. Especially back then.

At 17. And then by 18, dropped out of college, moved over to Canada, wrestled around Canada, around America, around Japan, around Europe. My visa ran out from Canada. I had to move back in with my mom. And my mom, God bless her, like... She's only ever wanted the best for me. And the best in her eyes was not being a wrestler. Especially back then.

Because what I wanted, what I visualized for myself was... was me being seen on par as The Rock, as Stone Cold Steve Austin, as Mick Foley, as all these lads that I looked up to. But if you watched TV and you watched how the women were booked, there was lots of brown panties matches, there was mud wrestling matches. That wasn't anything I wanted to do.

Because what I wanted, what I visualized for myself was... was me being seen on par as The Rock, as Stone Cold Steve Austin, as Mick Foley, as all these lads that I looked up to. But if you watched TV and you watched how the women were booked, there was lots of brown panties matches, there was mud wrestling matches. That wasn't anything I wanted to do.

That was certainly nothing my mother wanted me to do. And so...

That was certainly nothing my mother wanted me to do. And so...

Not in the way that I wanted to be. Not in the way that I wanted to be. And so I started looking at the women's promotions in Japan. And then I went over there and I wrestled in Japan. And I got assigned to this advertising agency over there that wanted to promote me as this big-time wrestler. But then when I came home and I had to live with my mom again, she's gone... What's your plan?

Not in the way that I wanted to be. Not in the way that I wanted to be. And so I started looking at the women's promotions in Japan. And then I went over there and I wrestled in Japan. And I got assigned to this advertising agency over there that wanted to promote me as this big-time wrestler. But then when I came home and I had to live with my mom again, she's gone... What's your plan?

What's your plan? What's your plan? What's your plan? What's your plan? Because she always wanted a plan. But with wrestling, and I suppose any artistic endeavor, I genuinely think wrestling is an artistic endeavor. You can't necessarily plan that.

What's your plan? What's your plan? What's your plan? What's your plan? Because she always wanted a plan. But with wrestling, and I suppose any artistic endeavor, I genuinely think wrestling is an artistic endeavor. You can't necessarily plan that.

You can have a rough plan, but so much is out of your control. You know, you can work towards what you want. You can't decide when you're going to get on somebody's radar what they're going to be looking for. You know, I think it's the same with, say, for example, an actor. An actor can do the best audition of their life, but they might have brown hair and the person is looking for blonde hair.