Becky Lynch was recently on The Sam Roberts Wrestling Podcast and spoke about Finn Balor, her debut in professional wrestling, Sara Del Rey and her steampunk-inspired gimmick:
On how she decided to enroll in Fergal Devitt’s (Finn Balor) wrestling school in Ireland:
“I expected this warehouse with, like, a ring in it, maybe a sign over the door, and I walked into this little school hall in St. Andrew’s. It was in Bray County, in Wicklow, which is an hour outside of Dublin, and I walk in and there are six blue mats on the floor. And I expected a bunch of big, muscle men, [but] there were a bunch of skinny teenagers, all guys, and Fergal Devitt, who always looked great. So that was my introduction to wrestling.”
Her thoughts on Finn Balor:
“Personally, I consider him to be the best wrestler in the world. He is also one of my dearest friends as well, so it’s just awesome to have him around, just to have another person to bounce [ideas] off of. I’m so happy for him and being the NXT Champ and where he’s going to go is just to the moon and back. Being able to be in such close proximity to see everything that he’s about to do and everything that he [has] already done because the Bullet Club was all his invention and that’s so cool. So what he’s going to do here [in WWE] is going to be phenomenal.”
On training under Sara Del Rey at the Performance Center:
“Sara Del rey is just great and wonderful and supportive and she wants this for girls and she wants us to be seen as great in our own right regardless of our gender. But she’s just great for being a great wrestler, regardless of her gender.”
On the subject of her steampunk gimmick, Becky Lynch acknowledges she wasn’t really familiar with the steampunk culture but some mentioned that her corsets and vests had a steampunk look and suggested that she incorporate more steampunk elements into her presentation:
“I looked more into it and I was like, ‘man, this is really cool!’ and it’s unique and it’s different. Nobody else looks like this and it’s kind of how I dress in my day to day life, so I really wanted to bring that into my [wrestling] gear. And then it’s a look that people can instantly associate with me, so I was just like, ‘perfect, okay, nobody else has done it’.”
On how all those steampunk elements came together at NXT Takeover: Unstoppable:
“It’s a really interesting kind of look and so much fun to play around with. And then the orange hair? Well, I’ve always really wanted orange hair and I just thought it would be great to bring all of these things together in one viewing. And I thought the perfect time to do it would be Takeover because that’s when I’m getting my single title shot and it’s when all eyes are going to be on me, so why not bring it altogether then? And that’s when I brought it out.”
