Becky Lynch

Gosh, I think that's, you know, I think that's the thing is that you don't get confidence by thinking about having confidence. You know, you get confidence by action. And I never had confidence before I started wrestling. And I think that's why...

Gosh, I think that's, you know, I think that's the thing is that you don't get confidence by thinking about having confidence. You know, you get confidence by action. And I never had confidence before I started wrestling. And I think that's why...

I was always trying to fit in with the kids that were drinking and that would make me cool and then I'd be smoking and it would take the edge off from the self-consciousness and everything that was going on at home at the time. And then when I was 15, And I just failed PE.

I was always trying to fit in with the kids that were drinking and that would make me cool and then I'd be smoking and it would take the edge off from the self-consciousness and everything that was going on at home at the time. And then when I was 15, And I just failed PE.

I was getting ready for my junior cert, which is, I'm not sure what the equivalent is over here, but when you're 15, you're doing these exams in school. That at the time, they make it seem like if you fail these, your life is over.

I was getting ready for my junior cert, which is, I'm not sure what the equivalent is over here, but when you're 15, you're doing these exams in school. That at the time, they make it seem like if you fail these, your life is over.

But yeah, all the pressure that they put on you in school.

But yeah, all the pressure that they put on you in school.

Yes, exactly.

Yes, exactly.

And that's how, and that's what... what I felt like. And at the time, even though I was a little degenerate and I wasn't doing good in school and I was drinking and I was smoking, I was doing everything that I shouldn't be doing. Like I still had ambition. I still wanted to do something good in my life. I still wanted to be a lawyer or something productive in society.

And that's how, and that's what... what I felt like. And at the time, even though I was a little degenerate and I wasn't doing good in school and I was drinking and I was smoking, I was doing everything that I shouldn't be doing. Like I still had ambition. I still wanted to do something good in my life. I still wanted to be a lawyer or something productive in society.

And I realized on one random Monday when I wanted a beer that at 15 that I needed to turn my life around. I needed to do something different that I couldn't keep going down this pathway of failing PE and just

And I realized on one random Monday when I wanted a beer that at 15 that I needed to turn my life around. I needed to do something different that I couldn't keep going down this pathway of failing PE and just

not applying myself to anything and so I started looking up like different kickboxing things because gyms weren't the thing in Ireland back then there was like two or something you know there was there was there was this big gym but it was too preppy it was too preppy and I was an alternative kid you know the ones with the black lipstick and the dog collars and all that kind of stuff and uh and so I you know going to a gym just seemed too mainstream for me too too Jane Fonda for me

not applying myself to anything and so I started looking up like different kickboxing things because gyms weren't the thing in Ireland back then there was like two or something you know there was there was there was this big gym but it was too preppy it was too preppy and I was an alternative kid you know the ones with the black lipstick and the dog collars and all that kind of stuff and uh and so I you know going to a gym just seemed too mainstream for me too too Jane Fonda for me

And so then one day I go into the computer room because in 2002 everybody had a computer room and my brother's looking up this website and it was called Hammerlock and it was this wrestling school over in the UK. And I was like, what are you doing there? And he was like, well, I was thinking about training as a wrestler. Instantly I had this jealousy, this feeling of I need to do that.

And so then one day I go into the computer room because in 2002 everybody had a computer room and my brother's looking up this website and it was called Hammerlock and it was this wrestling school over in the UK. And I was like, what are you doing there? And he was like, well, I was thinking about training as a wrestler. Instantly I had this jealousy, this feeling of I need to do that.

And I was like, are you going to go over there? And he was like, yeah, yeah, yeah. And I was like, there's no way. There's no way my mom is going to let me go over to the UK to train. I'm 15. I'm also a degenerate. Like she's aware. She's aware that I'm going off the rails.

And I was like, are you going to go over there? And he was like, yeah, yeah, yeah. And I was like, there's no way. There's no way my mom is going to let me go over to the UK to train. I'm 15. I'm also a degenerate. Like she's aware. She's aware that I'm going off the rails.