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Becky Lynch

Rebecca Quin (born 30 January 1987) is an Irish professional wrestler, better known by her current ring name Becky Lynch. She is signed to WWE, where she competes on their Raw brand. She is a 13-time champion in the company and became the first woman to hold the Raw and SmackDown Women's Champonships at the same time. Before joining WWE, she was also known by the ring name Rebecca Knox.

Becky Lynch
Born30 January 1987 (aged 39)
Limerick, Ireland

Quin is previously known for her work in France-based professional wrestling promotion Queens of Chaos, where she is a former one-time World Queens of Chaos Champion which she won in 2006. She has also wrestled for England's One Pro Wrestling, Germany's German Stampede Wrestling, and Canada's SuperGirls Wrestling promotion (an offshoot of Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling). In 2006, she wrestled for the Shimmer Women Athletes promotion, and was involved in a matches with Daizee Haze, which also included an well known two out of three falls match.

WWE

NXT (2013–2015)

On 8 April 2013, it was reported that Quin had signed a two-year developmental contract with the WWE and moved to Florida to start at their developmental territory WWE NXT.[1]

On 29 August, 2013, it was announced that her new ring name would be Becky Lynch.[2] Lynch made her televised debut on the June 26, 2014 episode of NXT and defeated Summer Rae.[3]

On the July 3 episode of NXT, she teamed with Bayley in an losing effort to the BFFs (Charlotte and Sasha Banks) in a tag team match.[4] Lynch would spend the next few months in non-title matches against Charlotte, where she lost three matches against her in a row.[5][6][7] On the 23 October episode of NXT, Lynch would turn heel and would align with Sasha Banks by attacking Bayley.[8]

In wrestling

Championships

Lynch is the first woman to hold both the Raw and SmackDown Women's Championship in WWE at the same time. She is also the first ever SmackDown Women's Champion.

Becky Lynch Media

Footnotes

  1. ↑ During Lynch's first four reigns the title was known as the SmackDown Women's Championship.

References

  1. ↑ Wrestler Rebecca ready to take on the worldHerald.ie. Retrieved 2014-12-12.
  2. ↑ New WWE Signees Get Their NXT Ring Names (29 August 2013)WrestleView. Retrieved 2014-11-16.
  3. ↑ WWE NXT Report: Neville Versus Van Dam; Vaudevillains in Action; Becky Lynch and Bull Dempsey Debut; A Return. . . With AttitudePro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved 2014-12-12.
  4. ↑ WWE NXT Report: Zayn Versus Gabriel; Tyson Kidd Tells His Side of the Story; Sasha and Charlotte . . . For the Last Time?Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved 2014-12-12.
  5. ↑ NXT: Kidd is a lemon against Rose. Slam! SportsCanadian Online Explorer. Retrieved 2014-12-12.
  6. ↑ NXT: Tag team finals and Takeover II set. Slam! SportsCanadian Online Explorer. Retrieved 2014-12-12.
  7. ↑ NXT: Badda-Bing! Realist chick in the ring Carmella makes her debut. Slam! SportsCanadian Online Explorer. Retrieved 2014-12-12.
  8. ↑ James's WWE NXT Report 10/23: Neville defends NXT Title against Titus O'Neil, Tyler Breeze, Ascension, more; Overall ReaxPro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2014-12-12.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Silverstein, Adam. The Man comes around: Becky Lynch breaks out for WWE as the 2018 Wrestler of the Year. CBS Sports (26 December 2018). Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  10. ↑ Staszewski, Joseph. The Post's 2023 pro wrestling awards. New York Post (26 December 2023). Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Here are the 11 @OfficialPWI Achievement Award winners: Wrestler: @AdamColePro, Tag Team: Kyle O'Reilly @KORcombat & @theBobbyFish, Woman & Popular: @BeckyLynchWWE, Comeback & Inspirational: @WWERomanReigns, Hated: @BaronCorbinWWE, Improved: @MrGMSI_BCage .... Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  12. ↑ Thomas, Jeremy. AJ Styles & Becky Lynch Named PWI Wrestler & Woman of the Year for 2018. 411MANIA (10 January 2019). Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  13. ↑ Becky Lynch tops PWI Women's 100 list (31 October 2019)Diva Dirt. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  14. ↑ Queens of Chaos ChampionshipCagematch. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  15. ↑ Barrasso, Justin (31 December 2023). "Ranking The Top 10 Wrestlers of 2023". Sports Illustrated. https://www.si.com/fannation/wrestling/news/ranking-the-top-10-wrestlers-of-2023. Retrieved 1 January 2024. 
  16. ↑ Barrasso, Justin. Counting down the top 10 women's wrestlers of 2018 (28 December 2018)Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  17. ↑ Barrasso, Justin. "The Top 10 Women Wrestlers of 2019". Sports Illustrated. https://www.si.com/wrestling/2019/12/31/best-women-wrestlers-of-the-year-2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020. 
  18. ↑ ECCW – NWA/ECCW Champions. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  19. ↑ Meltzer, Dave. January 25, 2016 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: 2015 Observer Awards Issue. Wrestling Observer Newsletter (25 January 2016). Campbell, California. p. 43.
  20. ↑ Stoughton, Derek. 2018 Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards Revealed. Wrestling Rumors (22 March 2019). Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  21. ↑ BONUS SHOW: Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards. Post Wrestling (17 March 2019). Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  22. ↑ Meltzer, Dave. March 13, 2020 Observer Newsletter: 40th Annual Awards Issue. Wrestling Observer Newsletter (5 March 2020). Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  23. ↑ WWE Raw Women's ChampionshipWWE. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  24. ↑ SmackDown Women's Championship. WWE. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  25. ↑ WWE Women's Tag Team ChampionshipWorld Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).
  26. ↑ Benigno, Anthony. Becky Lynch won the 30-Woman Royal Rumble MatchWWE. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 Thomas, Jeremy. WWE Announces Year-End Awards on Instagram. 411mania (23 December 2018). Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  28. ↑ Perez, Chris. WWE Reveals 2019 Year End Award Winners. Comic Book Resources (28 December 2019). Retrieved 18 May 2022.

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