In this article, Sports Buddy takes a look at seven interesting facts about Irish-American professional wrestler Becky Lynch.
Who is Becky Lynch?
Becky Lynch, born Rebecca Mary Quin is an Irish-American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE. She is regarded as one of the geeatest female wrestlers of all time.
Also known as The Man, she is a former Raw and Smack down champion and is also the first winner of Women’s WrestleMania main event. In 2019, she was ranked sixth on Twitter’s list of the World’s Best Female Athletes.
Becky Lynch’s Early life
Becky Lynch was born on January 30, 1987, in Limerick. Shortly after her birth, her family returned to Dublin. Rebecca was four years old when her mother asked her father to return as a co-parent after they had split up when she was just a year old.
Her father had moved away. Her mother relocated to a house next to her boyfriend’s in the seaside neighborhood of Bayside when Rebecca was eleven years old. Two years later, her mother acquired a new companion, a pilot. In her book, Rebecca provides specifics of how she spent the rest of her formative years there.
Becky Lynch was introduced to professional wrestling at an early age by her brother Richy, who later wrestled under the ring name Gonzo de Mondo.
She participated in basketball, swimming, and horseback riding. She did, however, experience a challenging adolescent years filled with academic difficulties, including failing physical education (P.E.) one year.
Quin enrolled to study politics, philosophy, and history at University College Dublin but left as she claimed she’really disliked it’She intended to go back to school to pursue courses in fitness and wellness.
She said that she had been “going down a bad path” with alcohol before starting to train as a wrestler, but wrestling helped her stop.
Becky Lynch claimed that before starting her professional wrestling training, she had been “going down a bad path” with alcohol, but that wrestling had helped her stop.
Professional wrestling career
Becky Lynch, formerly known as Rebecca Knox in her early career, started her professional wrestling career in 2002 in Ireland.
Before making her debut in November 2002, she received training at wrestling academies in the UK and Ireland under the ring name Rebecca Knox.
She immediately made her way into other promotions, such as British NWA UK Hammerlock and Canadian SuperGirls Wrestling, where she soon made a name for herself as a strong wrestler.
Throughout her career, she won several prestigious titles, including the World Queens of Chaos Championship and became the first SuperGirls Champion.
She did, however, have a serious brain injury in 2006 that required her to take a six-year break from wrestling, but made cameos in a few Irish bouts and Shimmer Women Athletes appearances.
With memorable bouts and feuds, including as her legendary rivalry with Charlotte Flair and her metamorphosis into “The Man,” a character that attracted a lot of fan following, Lynch’s career flourished.
She created history by dominating WrestleMania 35 and winning the Raw and SmackDown Women’s Championships concurrently to become a double champion.
Becky Lynch has experienced several highs and lows in her career, including injuries and significant life events like announcing her pregnancy in 2020 and joining the WWE again in 2021.
Lynch is one of the best performers and a pivotal player in the current history of WWE, and she has had a tremendous effect on women’s wrestling.
Becky Lynch’s relationship with Seth Rollins
In January 2019, Becky Lynch started dating Seth Rollins, also a professional wrestler, whose real name is Colby Lopez. Following months of rumors, their relationship was finally revealed in April.
In August 2019, the pair announced their engagement. In December 2020, they had a daughter and on 29th of June 2021 saw Quin and Lopez got married.
Becky Lynch’s networth
Becky Lynch’s total assets in 2024 are estimated by Superstar Total Assets to be about $7 million US dollars.
What is Becky Lynch’s salary?
According to reports, Becky Lynch makes over $3 million a year in income. She is the highest-paid female wrestler in the world as well as one of the highest-paid professional wrestlers in the WWE.
Social media
Lynch’s Instagram account @beckylynchwwe, boasts 5.5 meillion followers, while her account on X (formerly Twitter) has 2.4 million followers
