Becky Lynch Was ‘Depressed’ Before Coming To WWE

Raw and Smackdown Live Women’s Champion Becky Lynch was recently interviewed by People magazine, where she discussed a number of topics. Among them were being depressed when being away from the wrestling business, main eventing WrestleMania 35 and more.

Below are some highlights from the interview:

On taking time away from professional wrestling:

“When I stepped away from it I just, I suffered from depression and always felt like I turned my back on this thing that I loved and this thing that has given me a purpose,” she recalls. “I always felt like there was a part of me would fix it, and that part of me was this.”

“I’m really grateful for those years,” Lynch adds to PEOPLE. “At the time it was hard to see where it was going to go. Looking back I’m so grateful because I wouldn’t be where I am without having stepped away. And I also, want to have the appreciation that I do without it.”

On being called ‘The Man’:

“When we look at different sports, we look at this in the industry here, any industry, you need a top person, the person of exceptional ability who is usually referred to as ‘The Man,’ ” she explains of the name. “They’re the man, and up until now, the man has usually been a man.”

“But when I rolled up, when I took that top spot, when I said, ‘I’m the top dog, I’m the top star, I’m the face of this company,’ I am now ‘The Man,’ and that’s how it came about,” she says.

On main eventing Wrestlemania 35:

“I think now that we’ve proven that anything is possible, it just doesn’t matter about gender anymore, it just matters about ability, it matters about heart, it matters about caring about this business, and being passionate, and being good,” she says. “Now anyone can be the main event of WrestleMania it’s not necessarily just have to be a man. The main event is up for grabs by everybody now.”

“I think that gives you a lot of hope for not just the women we have here at WWE and the roster but also the fans and the future female stars of WWE.”

Lynch also discusses having two titles, getting her start in the business and more.

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