In a new interview with CBS New York, Becky Lynch discusses how significant it is for her to be headlining WrestleMania 35. Below are some highlights.
Becky Lynch on what this match means for her:
“I think one day, when I sit down and actually let it sink in, I feel like my head just might explode off my shoulders. I got a couple of text messages this week from people here at work and NXT or worked in the office side of things. (They said) I don’t know if you knew this, but there are some people that wanted to fire you when you were in NXT. Congratulations on the main event. I was like, “Well, no, I knew that.” Then there was other people that were like, “Wow, I never in a million years would have expected this, and congratulations on the main event.”
I came in with such low confidence, and such low self-esteem, I really had to believe in myself, more than anything. But there was always a part of me that was like, “Nah, you’ve got something, you’ve got something different, you’ve gotta let it out.” But I have to allow myself the opportunity. If it wasn’t for those fans making their voices heard… It comes back to the beginning. No matter what, they’ve always been there. They’ve always supported me. Now it’s on such a bigger level, but I think what happened is that Money In The Bank, every time I stepped on that ladder they went crazy. It just made people pay attention. Like, Becky’s got a bond with these people. That’s something you can’t manufacture. No matter how much they want to freakin’ throw grapes at Rhonda and Charlotte or whoever else. What I bring they can’t manufacture. Come WrestleMania or wherever else, I won’t be throwing grapes at people. I’ll just be throwing lefts and rights.”
Becky Lynch on headlining over guys like Batista and Brock Lesnar:
“That’s the thing. It’s one thing to main-event if there’s no good matches. This WrestleMania is stacked. Absolutely stacked to the brim, but I have been obsessing about this. Not just this year but since I was 15 years old wanting to come into WrestleMania. So, it really is the culmination of my entire life’s work. Just as soon as I got hot, I was just strategically planning this. How could I make the story so compelling? How could I get people so invested that they have to see this as the main event because they’re just so invested? Even though it feels like this build has been happening for about 12 years now, I think the blowoff at WrestleMania is perfect.”
Becky Lynch on possibly winning two championships at WrestleMania:
“If anyone’s going to do that, that should be me. That will be me. That sounds spectacular. And I would like to be able to defend both of them. Be the first-ever women’s champ champ. I think that sounds pretty freakin’ fantastic.”
To read the full interview, click here.
