WWE Champion Credits Becky Lynch for Massive Career Boost

Becky Lynch has been with WWE since 2013, making her tenure over 12 years as of 2025. Throughout her career, she has been exceptionally successful and is widely regarded as one of the greatest women wrestlers of all time.

Known as one of the Four Horsewomen of WWE, she was the first woman to simultaneously hold the Raw and SmackDown Women’s Championships and has won multiple titles, including the SmackDown Women’s Championship, Raw Women’s Championship, and the NXT Women’s Championship.

Her iconic “The Man” persona has elevated her to international stardom, with major moments such as winning the Royal Rumble and headlining WrestleMania 35.

Tiffany Stratton Acknowledges Becky Lynch’s Influence on Her WWE Success

Becky Lynch’s presence has had a huge influence on emerging WWE stars like Tiffany Stratton. Speaking on the No-Contest Wrestling podcast, The Buff Barbie directly credited Lynch for her rise in WWE, highlighting how their feud at NXT No Mercy in September 2023 was a defining experience.

I definitely would say it was Becky Lynch for me. Becky came down to NXT, and we had a little feud. We had a match on NXT TV, and then we went to No Mercy, and I also got to go on the road loops with her, and I got to be on the road and stuff. So, that time for me was a time where I was doubting myself a lot. But in the very end of it all, I had learned so much and I had gained so much confidence from just being in the ring with Becky Lynch.

It was definitely after the No Mercy match where I was like, “Okay, I think I can actually be good at this one day or be like a ring general one day.” Because I was in the ring with Becky and I learned so much. I learned how to like call matches on the fly and work on the fly and stuff like that. So I think Becky has a lot to do with me and my confidence.

Because a couple months later, I got called up to the main roster, and I really think No Mercy was the match that put me on the map, and I think, main roster saw potential in me. So, Becky Lynch is definitely somebody that gave me a lot of confidence, and I learned so much from. (From 10:36)

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