Becky Lynch

Becky Lynch
Lynch at GalaxyCon in July 2019
Born
Rebecca Quin

(1987-01-30) 30 January 1987 (age 37)
Limerick, Ireland
CitizenshipIreland (1987–present)
United States (2024–present)
Alma materDublin Institute of Technology (BA)
Occupations
  • Professional wrestler
  • actress
Years active2002–present
Spouse
(m. 2021)
Children1
Ring name(s)Becky Lynch
Rebecca Knox
Komeera
Billed height5 ft 6 in (168 cm)[1]
Billed weight135 lb (61 kg)[2]
Billed fromDublin, Ireland[1]
Trained byFinn Bálor[3]
Paul Tracey[3]
NWA UK Hammerlock[4]
Debut11 November 2002[5]

Rebecca Quin (born 30 January 1987) is an Irish–American professional wrestler. She is signed to WWE under the ring name Becky Lynch, where she performs on the Raw brand and is the current Women's World Champion in her fifth reign, and seven-time world champion overall.[6] Lynch is one of WWE's most recognizable and highest-paid wrestlers.[7][8][9][10] Twitter named her sixth on their list of Top Female Athletes Worldwide in 2019.[11][12]

Quin began training as a professional wrestler in 2002. Initially working in Ireland, and occasionally teaming with her brother using the ring name Rebecca Knox, she soon began wrestling across Europe and North America on the independent circuit for various promotions. She most notably competed in Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling and became the inaugural SuperGirls Champion in 2005. In 2006, Quin had a severe head injury during a match which kept her away from wrestling for several years. She returned in 2012 and signed a contract with WWE in 2013, assigned to the developmental territory at NXT. Following her push to WWE's main roster, she became the inaugural SmackDown Women's Champion at Backlash 2016 and has held the title five times.

In 2018, Lynch transitioned to a more aggressive character starting at SummerSlam, when she attacked Charlotte Flair, presenting herself as an unfairly treated underdog and dubbing herself "The Man", resulting in a large increase in her popularity. In 2019, she won a Royal Rumble match, and at WrestleMania 35 won both the Raw Women's Championship and SmackDown Women's Championship, making her the first woman to hold both titles simultaneously and a four-time WWE women's champion. She lost the SmackDown title the following month but then set the record for the longest reign as Raw Women's Champion at 399 days until going on a hiatus due to pregnancy in May 2020. In August 2021, Lynch returned at SummerSlam to confront SmackDown Women's Champion Bianca Belair, whom she would defeat seconds later to become a four-time SmackDown Women's Champion. With her WWE Women's Tag Team Championship win in early 2023, she became WWE's Sixth Women's Triple Crown Champion, and then after winning the NXT Women's Championship in September 2023, she became WWE's Sixth Women's Grand Slam Champion.

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  9. ^ "Lynch announces pregnancy, time off from WWE". ESPN.com. 12 May 2020. Archived from the original on 29 June 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  10. ^ "The highest paid people in WWE shows Brock Lesnar's salary dwarfs everyone else". 26 May 2020. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  11. ^ "Alt Text: 2019 Top female athletes worldwide". TwitterData. 9 December 2019. Archived from the original on 18 May 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  12. ^ "Becky Lynch and Ronda Rousey make Twitter's Top Athletes of 2019". WWE. 10 December 2019. Archived from the original on 2 December 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2020.

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