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Her enthusiasm for performance both combat and theatrical is contagious, her love of wrestling undeniable.
What inspired you to go from wrestling to writing a book?I always loved writing.
I was like, Dad, I dont have anything to write about.
Write about the price of sweets.
Youll be amazed by the inflation.
I started writing down the price of sweets.
Im amazed by the price of inflation.
Anyway, my favorite wrestler wasMick Foley.
He wrote a pretty good book.
So it was always one of my goals.
Then the pandemic hit.
I was like, Well, this is probably a good time to write a book.
He spent eight hours on the phone one day with me, just going through page by page.
The book starts during your childhood in Dublin.
I grew up in a very Catholic family, and I remember when they let you be altar girls.
I was like, Great, I wont be bored during mass anymore.
Today, thats no longer as true.
But the audience loves the gossip.
I love gossip, too.
But they really hate each other.
Because then when you hook them, theres more gratification.
Because feelings get hurt.
Were all a little sensitive, arent we, in the entertainment industry.
Its all supposed to be work.
Thats the fun thing about wrestling.
At the start of your career, you were often the only girl around.
But theres a confidence that comes from being the best.
It doesnt matter what the circumstances are.
Sometimes, you have to lie to yourself to give yourself those circumstances.
In the indies, it was like this wacky wild circus.
Everybody was happy to be there.
Everybody was excited to work with one another.
Youre here to take a spot.
It was very much about this competition.
Then there were all these rules.
Women couldnt hit, you couldnt punch, and you couldnt do anything that looked violent.
Every day, I was scared of getting fired.
Then sometimes, when you let something go for too long, the magics gone.
I could be wrong, but I think Vince McMahon never got it.
But anyway, alas.
Maybe, never say never.
On the other side, as a baby face, you need everyone to like you.
Because we like assholes.
Youre free to be a lot more entertaining.
What is a likable baby face?
Somebody whos vulnerable, honest, and genuine, somebody that you want to go for a pint with.
Is it difficult to maintain friendships in this industry because youre always competing against each other?Not always.
No, I have some great friends.
I suppose Ive had that friendship withKevin OwensandRami Sebei, but we were never competing for the same spot.
ButNatalyaIve known since I was 18 and we were on my first tour of Japan together.
We text all the time, and I was talking to her earlier.
Id never been in a relationship that hadnt broken up, and neither had he.
We werent sure if we would come forward with it.
You had to really fight for how you announced your pregnancy onRAW.
ThenAsukawould come out, and I would say all these just elaborate, robust words.
It was just very bad.
But I was also very hormonal.
I was ready to punch somebody.
You got to know what hills to die on.
When youre early weeks of pregnancy, you dont know those hills.
Youll die on all of them.
I was ready to fight, and I fought.
It was better than it was otherwise intended.
I had my experiences with Vince.
He treated me very well and with a lot of respect.
I know that that isnot the experience everybody had.
But also, theres so much that you have going on in the world of wrestling.
Then I was in the editing process.
It wouldve been hard to navigate.
Anyway, I just had to keep to my experiences.
What is the future of Becky Lynch?Im training for this half-marathon.
Ive been working on some other stuff I cant really talk about.
But when will that come back?
Ive really been enjoying myself and working on some projects that Im very excited about.
Whenever I get to share them with you, I think theyre pretty awesome.
Youve talked about how you would be supportive if your daughter Roux wanted to be a wrestler.
Would you ever want to do something like acustody-of-Roux match?Thatd be so good.
I dont know that people would buy it, but that would be awesome.
