WWE Women’s IC Champ Becky Lynch Advises Aspiring Wrestlers On How To Succeed

Becky Lynch was not an overnight success following her professional wrestling debut in 2002.

It took her another 11 years in the independent circuit before signing a developmental contract with WWE. In June 2014, she made her NXT debut, where she defeated Summer Rae.

She spent a couple of years on the developmental brand before being bumped up to the main roster. At the time of her Raw debut, WWE had been undergoing a “women’s revolution.”

Becky Lynch won her first major title in the form of the SmackDown Women’s Championship at the 2016 Backlash pay-per-view, defeating five other women in the process.

Ever since, Lynch has never looked back and has continued to reinvent herself, even embracing the “The Man” persona, during which she arguably received the most success.

Today, Becky Lynch is a 7-time major singles champion and the current Women’s Intercontinental Champion in her third reign.

Becky Lynch Shares Her Recipe For Success In Professional Wrestling

As one of the vastly experienced female wrestlers on the WWE roster, Becky Lynch is in the perfect position to advise budding talents.

Bayley had the opportunity of answering questions from young wrestlers while speaking at Bayley’s Lodestone event around WrestleMania 42.

When asked for advice by Australian wrestler Charli Evans on how international performers can break into the American market, Becky Lynch suggested getting as many bookings as possible.

I did what you’re doing, and it was just coming over here and trying to get bookings and hope nobody would go through my luggage.

But I do think the travelling, whether it’s coming here or going to Japan, or Canada, or Europe, I think that is the best way to do it is getting out of your bubble and make sure you’re networking and getting reps, meeting people, doing the work.

Becky also revealed the significance of networking since it helps meet new people and receive more bookings over time.

It’s a different time now, but we had MySpace back then. It was putting a match up on MySpace, and getting someone to send you the video tapes you might be able to send back to the promotor, but it’s doing what you’re doing, coming out here, meeting people, networking, making sure you’re booked in different promotions.

Another piece of pivotal information that “The Man” shared was to look beyond the United States because it was not the only place one could find wrestling gigs.

I don’t know how to get the Visa thing, especially over in America right now. It’s a little tricky. But this isn’t the only place you can wrestle, and thankfully there’s great promotions for women in Japan and England and all over the world, so keep doing it.

Also, America’s not the be all end all of wrestling. There is Japan, there is Mexico, get those reps there. This, it’s bad right now, it’s not gonna last forever, it is going to change. Hopefully in the next couple of years it’s gonna change, so if you can get those reps; Mexico, Japan while you can and take those risks, there’s a whole world of wrestling beyond just America. [H/T: WrestleTalk.com]