Becky Lynch Opens Up About ‘Confusing’ WWE Advice

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Becky Lynch has opened up about the ‘confusing’ advice she was given during her time in WWE NXT where she was told to ‘move like a girl’.

Lynch joined WWE in April 2013 under a developmental deal and made her on-screen debut in June 2014.

Speaking about her early days in the WWE during a virtual signing for her upcoming autobiography, Lynch said:

“Even in my early stages in NXT, it was weird and it was confusing because you were told that women can’t punch and we can’t use things like steps or we can’t use the posts and it was like, are we supposed to hair pull and slap each other?

“It was very confusing and I even remember being told, ‘Move like a girl’ and I was like, ‘What? I’m a girl. I’m moving. What do you mean move like a girl?’ And it was all so very confusing…”

Lynch would discuss wanting to be in a top position in WWE and how she sought out members of the male roster for advice, adding:

“Also, where I wanted to get to, there had been no women that had gone there so, it is very male-dominated but I was trying to get to the space where the men were at the top of the card and so I had to rely on them for help and for guidance.

“[I] was lucky that I had people like you [Seth Rollins] to turn to and John Cena, being able to ask him advice because he was on all the live events and so you very much had to go to the people who had been in the spots that you wanted to be.

“Luckily, everybody is so willing to help the younger, eager talent out in that regard… Nobody’s hoarding the secrets for themselves.”

Lynch would make her main roster debut in July 2015, heralding the ‘Women’s Revolution’ alongside fellow NXT talents, Charlotte Flair and Sasha Banks.

She would go on to hold the WWE Raw and SmackDown Women’s Championship on multiple occasions and become the Women’s Tag Team Champion with Lita.

Her return to NXT in 2023 saw her become NXT Women’s Champion, leading to her status as a WWE Women’s Grand Slam Champion.

Becky Lynch: The Man: Not Your Average Average Girl will be available from all good book retailers from March 26, 2024.

Details on the ‘compelling and deeply personal memoir’ can be found here.

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