10 Moments Legendary WWE Careers Almost Died
5. Becky Lynch Reaches For The Skies
As Rebecca Knox, the future 'Irish Lass Kicker' was one of the hottest prospects on an ice cold women's independent circuit throughout much of the 2000s, but whilst WWE were offering a disparate and desperate Divas division, Shimmer and other splinter companies weren't bridging the chasm between the two sides.
With opportunities not emerging at the pace she'd hoped for, Lynch walked away from the industry entirely to retrain as - amongst other things - an air steward for Aer Lingus. Acting and stunt work had also factored in, and ultimately kept her body in wrestling shape enough to facilitate a surprising return to the fold in 2011.
Working again with Shimmer, she finally caught WWE's attention in 2013 and reported to NXT & the Performance Center ahead of a televised debut in 2014. As polished then as she still is now, it took an entire landscape to shift as it did rather than Lynch herself drastically adjust as a performer despite the changes her persona underwent between arriving in Full Sail and making it to Raw the following year.