Becky Lynch Was Told "Move Like A Girl" During WWE NXT Years
"Weird" and "confusing" advice given to 'The Man' when she was trying to make it in NXT.
Becky Lynch has spoken publicly on the difficulties she had understanding the "confusing" advice given to her during her earliest days with WWE.
Speaking during a LiveSigning session alongside real life husband Seth Rollins, she said (h/t POST Wrestling);
"Even in my early stages in NXT, it was weird and it was confusing because you were told that women can’t punch and we can’t use things like steps or we can’t use the posts and it was like, are we supposed to hair pull and slap each other? And it was very confusing and I even remember being told, ‘Move like a girl’ and I was like, ‘What? I’m a girl. I’m moving. What do you mean move like a girl?’ And it was all so very confusing… and also, where I wanted to get to, there had been no women that had gone there so, it is very male-dominated but I was trying to get to the space where the men where at the top of the card and so I had to rely on them for help and for guidance...and was lucky that I had people like you (Seth Rollins) to turn to and John Cena, being able to ask him advice because he was on all the live events and so you very much had to go to the people who had been in the spots that you wanted to be and luckily, everybody is so willing to help the younger, eager talent out in that regard."
'The Man' signed with WWE in 2013 and headed to NXT where she trained and remained for two years. The run on the black-and-gold brand infamously included a 2014 television debut with a derisive Irish dancer gimmick before she settled into an approximation of the 'Lass Kicker' persona that eventually gained popularity on the main roster. Lynch is currently hotly tipped to face World Heavyweight Champion Rhea Ripley in what's likely to be one of WrestleMania 40's biggest matches.
Lynch was promoting her upcoming autobiography "Becky Lynch: The Man: Not Your Average Average Girl" ahead of its March release.