Becky Lynch defeated 5 other females at Backlash to become the first ever Smackdown Women’s Champion. She has now cemented herself as the top female on the Smackdown Live roster and with that comes responsibility. In a recent interview with Newstalk, Becky spoke about winning the title and the pressure that is on her moving forward. Below are some of the highlights!
Becky on becoming the first ever Smackdown Women’s Champion:
“It still doesn’t feel real. The next day over breakfast, I wrote everything down but it still hasn’t hit me. Today, I did a children’s hospital visit, and when the kids saw the title they got so excited. When they were able to hold it, that made it a bit little more real for me, seeing their excitement holding a title belt, because that’s how I feel. It meant a lot that I was the first. You go down in the history books. The big ones have eluded me, but this meant everything to me” (Source: Newstalk).
On the pressure she feels moving forward as champion of the Smackdown women’s division:
“I feel pressure, but it’s a good pressure. It’s one that I feel I’m ready for and one that I’m destined for… I just want to make SmackDown Live the brand to watch and especially make the Women’s division the one to watch. I will do everything in my power to make that happen” (Source: Newstalk).
She also says Finn Balor is going to come back better than ever from his recent injury. Lynch was actually trained by Balor back in 2002.
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I have complete faith in Becky and the Smackdown LIVE women’s division moving forward with her at the pinnacle. She is going to make a great champion!