Becky Lynch was the latest guest on Lilian Garcia’s Chasing Glory Podcast. Below is the show description, transcript quotes, notes, and the player to listen to the show.
Show description from LilianGarcia.com:
This week on “Chasing Glory with Lilian Garcia,” Lilian invites back to the show the Lass Kicker herself – The NEW Smackdown Women’s Champion, Becky Lynch! In this episode, fresh off her 2nd title reign, Becky discusses all about her journey in regaining the Smackdown Women’s Championship, what changes she needed to make in order to reclaim her throne atop of the Women’s Division, as well as who’s idea it was for her to establish her new edgy side. Becky quickly gets real about why her feud with Charlotte Flair has gotten so personal and how she felt when she found out that Charlotte was added to her Summerslam match. Also, listen to Becky’s thoughts on the upcoming all-women’s PPV – Evolution, and why she feels she should headline it. Don’t miss her thoughts on Ronda Rousey being apart of the women’s division and what would happen if she ever faced her one-on-one. Get some behind the scenes exclusives from her upcoming movie, The Marine 6 and what it was like working with WWE Hall of Famer, Shawn Michaels. Becky also lets you into her personal life while she shares the biggest lesson she learned after a breakup and why it’s important for her to keep her dating life and work life separate. All this is just the tip of the iceberg. It’s about to get real, raw, and inspiring with the Lass Kicker, Becky Lynch.
Credit for the following transcript and show notes goes to Reddit user FuzzyWuzzyMooMoo:
Lillian: So whose idea was it to make Becky Lynch go after this, but more in a heel way versus Becky Lynch the babyface is going after it?
Becky: Uh, that was creative…that was creative and I can’t say I’m mad at them. It came from creative and it came from the top down. Vince wanted a different side of me and to see different layers, so we’re peeling them like an onion.
Lillian: It’s so crazy because of course I know you so we’ve been friends for a while now and when you told me that it’s going to be heel Becky I’m like “what!?” I’m like “wait how is this going to work” because normally when someone’s a heel they’re really like putting the crowd down, you know it’s like the quick little pops of boos and stuff like that from the crowd. You’ve done it differently.
Becky: Well we tried that and the crowd were like “ah come on now Becky….you know that we were there with you the whole time.” And I’m like “yeah look I’m going through some stuff. I’m trying to figure it out, I’m trying to figure it out lads.” And that was a thing and I remember saying “well you know when Charlotte….when Charlotte won you all stood up and you cheered and you all chanted didn’t you?” And I remember the crowd being like “yeah we did.” and I was like “yeah, come on now lads, get it together!” I just feel like it’s hard for me to say “it’s your fault, it’s on you guys” because the whole time they have been cheering for me, they’ve supported me, they’ve put me in the position TO win sometimes you know and even when we talk about the first ever Smackdown Women’s Champion, the crowd wanted me to be the Champion so they dictate a lot. So I think it just doesn’t make sense that I would talk about how bad and how wrong they are because they’ve obviously made their voices heard and supported me the whole time.
Lilian: And at the end of the day you’ve made it obvious that this is not about them.
Becky: So at the end that’s what it comes down to. It’s not about them, it’s not about Charlotte, it’s not about whatever…. It’s about me taking what I want.
Some extra notes from the podcast:
-Becky talks about how she used to feel like she was walking on eggshells and always being apologetic. Also says she felt like she didn’t deserve her first Women’s Title.
-She talks about changing her mindset from being so apologetic, to believing in herself and taking what she wants.
-They talk about the storyline with Charlotte and Becky says how many people can relate to it.
-Evolution is mentioned and Becky thinks it will be wonderful and it will be even better since there is a chance she will headline it.
-They talk about Ronda Rousey. Becky praises her for being able to do so well in the short amount of time that she has been there.
-Becky says that she would absolutely like to face Ronda Rousey. She says that if they’re both champs by the time Survivor Series comes around, they will face each other and it will be Arm Bar vs Arm Bar and “she will show her which one is better.”
-Lillian brings up The Marine 6 and Becky says the whole film was shot in three weeks and she has a fight scene with Shawn Michaels that was filmed in thirty minutes.
-Becky talks about getting more promo time and feeling in her element. She says she’s loving it and she’s having so much fun.
-Lilian asks how much is scripted versus how much comes from the heart, Becky says it’s about half and half. She says there’s truth there, that she does get some say in the promos and that the main thing is to “make sure Becky Lynch is real.”
-They talk about relationships and Lillian asks her what she learned from ending her past relationship. Becky says she learned to trust your intuition if something is not right and to go after what makes you happy.
Credit for the transcript and show notes goes to Reddit user FuzzyWuzzyMooMoo
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