10 Fascinating WWE Backstage Facts About Becky Lynch
1. She Trained To Be A Clown
Admittedly, this one does sound like some sort of off-kilter joke, but in the words of Kurt Angle, "It's true, it's damn true."
After Lynch was forced to retire from wrestling, she sought other avenues for her future and went back to college. While there, she delved into performance and studied acting at the Dublin Institute of Technology, Columbia College Chicago, and even the Gaiety School of Acting. During this time, she focused heavily on clown work.
She elaborated on this during her appearance on the Talk is Jericho podcast. "What I loved about wrestling was just being foolish, so I studied clown. I studied the art of clown," said Lynch. She established that this wasn't just popping on a wig and learning to juggle, but a complex form of acting.
"It's actually a really powerful acting technique because you put on this little red nose and it's like an arrow to your eyes and they say that the eyes are the windows to the soul," she claimed whilst discussing this venture.
Overall, there is an alternate reality where Lynch took this on professionally, but that's not this world. Studying the art of clowning is something Lynch was deeply passionate about, and there's no doubt she has used this knowledge in her wrestling work.