11 Hidden Meanings Behind WWE WrestleMania 38 Attires

8. The Pris Tip Of The Hat

WWE WrestleMania 38 Becky Lynch Pris Blade Runner
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If Becky Lynch's pre-entrance ident was a nice nod to a potential MCU role in the future, Big Time Becks' look seemed to be owing an awful lot to Pris of Blade Runner fame.

Played by Daryl Hannah in Ridley Scott's 1982 adaptation of Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Pris Stratton - the full name given to her in said novel - is a pleasure model replicant who plays a key part in the larger story at play.

The similarities in hair, eye make-up and certain elements of clothing choices suggest Becky was pulling inspiration from Pris, although one could also think Leeloo of The Fifth Element was another influence here. Then again, one may also cite the villainous Magpie of DC Comics as possibly sharing elements in common with Lynch's WrestleMania 38 visage, but that does seem an extremely rare and random character for Becky to be influenced by - for Magpie is a rogue who even major comic book fans are often not all that familiar with.

Regardless of whether it was Pris, Leeloo or Magpie, Becky Lynch undoubtedly looked all kinds of badass as she and Bianca Belair arguably stole the show on Night 1 of 2022's Granddaddy of Them All.

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