Becky Lynch

About their mind, who thought their mind was powerful to just thinking that I was a set of abs and a pair of arms, you know, and that was where I put my focus. It took a long time to shake that.

35 wow no no no no quite but like um i think it was a process it was a process it was it was a process because i was a flight attendant hated it but was still trying i then did the bodybuilding competition i came third by the way wow out of four okay Four entries. Yeah, it sounded impressive. So I did the Buddy Button competition, was like standing up on stage.

35 wow no no no no quite but like um i think it was a process it was a process it was it was a process because i was a flight attendant hated it but was still trying i then did the bodybuilding competition i came third by the way wow out of four okay Four entries. Yeah, it sounded impressive. So I did the Buddy Button competition, was like standing up on stage.

Oh my goodness, I'm so glad they just, everybody didn't have an iPhone back then. But I did that and I was just like, why am I standing?

Oh my goodness, I'm so glad they just, everybody didn't have an iPhone back then. But I did that and I was just like, why am I standing?

in my underwear showing people my muscles like this this isn't this doesn't feel like me you know because for some people for some bodybuilders it's such an artistic thing they are sculpting their body they are they love it they love the discipline of it but for me it was it was some sort of a means to an end some sort of way for me to be validated by society or something that that

in my underwear showing people my muscles like this this isn't this doesn't feel like me you know because for some people for some bodybuilders it's such an artistic thing they are sculpting their body they are they love it they love the discipline of it but for me it was it was some sort of a means to an end some sort of way for me to be validated by society or something that that

And it just didn't feel authentic and true to me. It just felt like I was, yeah, I was just trying to be something that I wasn't. It was just consumed by my body will be my vessel too. But if it looks a certain way, then I'll be successful and whatever. And then I started to realize that part of wrestling that I loved, it wasn't just the training, it was the performance. I loved the performance.

And it just didn't feel authentic and true to me. It just felt like I was, yeah, I was just trying to be something that I wasn't. It was just consumed by my body will be my vessel too. But if it looks a certain way, then I'll be successful and whatever. And then I started to realize that part of wrestling that I loved, it wasn't just the training, it was the performance. I loved the performance.

The crowd, I loved... The creativity. I love the storytelling. And I think throughout my whole life, I found that storytelling is what draws me more than anything. Like in school, I was terrible at every subject except English and history because it was just stories. Like it was it was hearing stories and learning about these stories. And I rocked at those subjects, terrible at everything else.

The crowd, I loved... The creativity. I love the storytelling. And I think throughout my whole life, I found that storytelling is what draws me more than anything. Like in school, I was terrible at every subject except English and history because it was just stories. Like it was it was hearing stories and learning about these stories. And I rocked at those subjects, terrible at everything else.

And so then I went back to school to study acting.

And so then I went back to school to study acting.

This is in Dublin.

This is in Dublin.

Yeah, I'm kind of all over the place. But like at 22, I went back to college, studied acting in Dublin and then did a year in Chicago. And that felt like, okay, now I'm back. Now I'm back a little bit. And then it seemed more like I was part of a creative endeavor. Really?

Yeah, I'm kind of all over the place. But like at 22, I went back to college, studied acting in Dublin and then did a year in Chicago. And that felt like, okay, now I'm back. Now I'm back a little bit. And then it seemed more like I was part of a creative endeavor. Really?

Yes.

Yes.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Because Dusty Rhodes was the promo teacher at the time, and Dusty loved his broken toys, the ones that were rough around the edges, but he saw that had some soul or something about them.