Becky Lynch

And then the promoter there wrote back to him to let him know that there was two Irish lads that were going to be opening a school like an hour away from us on the train. And so that's how I found out about it. And he told me that. And I was like, oh, I want to go too. He was like, no, you're not going. You have to be 16. And I was like, I'll lie.

And then the promoter there wrote back to him to let him know that there was two Irish lads that were going to be opening a school like an hour away from us on the train. And so that's how I found out about it. And he told me that. And I was like, oh, I want to go too. He was like, no, you're not going. You have to be 16. And I was like, I'll lie.

And he was like, no, I don't want to have to look after my little sister. I was like, you won't have to. lying and I went down there and I started and that was it all of a sudden for the first time in my life I wanted to apply myself to something I wanted to get better at something I saw progress in each training session.

And he was like, no, I don't want to have to look after my little sister. I was like, you won't have to. lying and I went down there and I started and that was it all of a sudden for the first time in my life I wanted to apply myself to something I wanted to get better at something I saw progress in each training session.

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 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...