WWE Raw women’s champion Becky Lynch appeared on ESPN’s Sportscenter this morning to discuss her big victory over Shayna Baszler on night one of WrestleMania 36 from the Performance Center. Lynch states that Baszler was a worthy competitor, but she proved once again why she is the cream of the crop in WWE, then reminds the WWE Universe that she’s taken down two former MMA fighters in back-to-back years.
Two down, two to go. It’s one thing to get to the top of the mountain—but Shayna is impeccable, she has a pedigree that goes back to being a top ranked cagefighter for ten years straight, she’s a pioneer in women’s MMA. She was the longest reigning combined NXT Women’s Champion. A lot of people said that I couldn’t do it, especially now that I’ve held the title for a year. I think the question came up ‘Was I hungry enough? Did I have what it takes to constantly overcome these obstacles?’ Well, I proved that I did last night.
The Man would also reflect on her experience wrestling for zero fans due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
It’s no secret that I run off the energy of the crowd and the fans.Their support lifts me up and I become superhuman. So it was, ‘How do I find that superhuman energy without them there?’ But the good thing is I came from the independent circuit, so I was wrestling in little school halls in Ireland and England since I was 15 years old with seven people. Sometimes you’re better off that there’s no people because you can hear every single word in the crowd.
Later Lynch talked about the match she was most anticipating for WrestleMania night two…Edge vs. Randy Orton.
Edge vs. Randy Orton—Last Man Standing. What a story! For Edge to come back, having been told that he was never going to wrestle again, and after nine years. We were watching his entrance at the Royal Rumble last night and still it gives me goosebumps, get tears in my eyes. I know how much this means to him, so I’m really rooting for him tonight.
Check out highlights of her ESPN appearance below. (H/T and transcribed by Wrestling Inc.
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