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Becky Lynch

Irish professional wrestler

Rebecca Quin (born 30 January 1987) is an Irish professional wrestler, better known by her current ring name Becky Lynch. She is best known for her time in WWE, where she became a nine-time champion and 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
Lynch in July 2019
Birth nameRebecca Quin
Born (1987-01-30) 30 January 1987 (age 37)
Limerick, Ireland
Alma materDublin Institute of Technology (BA)
Spouse(s)
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(m. 2021)​
Children1
Ring name(s)Becky Lynch
Rebecca Knox
Komeera
Billed height5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Billed weight135 lb (61 kg)[1]
Billed fromDublin, Ireland
Trained byFinn Bálor
Paul Tracey
NWA UK Hammerlock
Debut11 November 2002

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

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NXT (2013–2015)

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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.[2]

On 29 August, 2013, it was announced that her new ring name would be Becky Lynch.[3] Lynch made her televised debut on the June 26, 2014 episode of NXT and defeated Summer Rae.[4]

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.[5] Lynch would spend the next few months in non-title matches against Charlotte, where she lost three matches against her in a row.[6][7][8] On the 23 October episode of NXT, Lynch would turn heel and would align with Sasha Banks by attacking Bayley.[9]

In wrestling

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Championships

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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.

Footnotes

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

References

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  1. ↑ "Shimmer Roster". Shimmer Women Athletes. Archived from the original on 14 August 2009. Retrieved 11 November 2009.
  2. ↑ "Wrestler Rebecca ready to take on the world". Herald.ie. Archived from the original on 2013-05-25. Retrieved 2014-12-12.
  3. ↑ "New WWE Signees Get Their NXT Ring Names". WrestleView. 29 August 2013. Retrieved 2014-11-16.
  4. ↑ "WWE NXT Report: Neville Versus Van Dam; Vaudevillains in Action; Becky Lynch and Bull Dempsey Debut; A Return. . . With Attitude". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved 2014-12-12.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ "NXT: Kidd is a lemon against Rose". Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. Archived from the original on 2015-01-11. Retrieved 2014-12-12.
  7. ↑ "NXT: Tag team finals and Takeover II set". Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. Archived from the original on 2015-01-11. Retrieved 2014-12-12.
  8. ↑ "NXT: Badda-Bing! Realist chick in the ring Carmella makes her debut". Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. Archived from the original on 2015-01-11. Retrieved 2014-12-12.
  9. ↑ "James's WWE NXT Report 10/23: Neville defends NXT Title against Titus O'Neil, Tyler Breeze, Ascension, more; Overall Reax". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2014-12-12.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Silverstein, Adam (26 December 2018). "The Man comes around: Becky Lynch breaks out for WWE as the 2018 Wrestler of the Year". CBS Sports. Archived from the original on 27 December 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  11. ↑ Staszewski, Joseph (26 December 2023). "The Post's 2023 pro wrestling awards". New York Post. Archived from the original on 27 December 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "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 ..." Archived from the original on 16 January 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  13. ↑ Thomas, Jeremy (10 January 2019). "AJ Styles & Becky Lynch Named PWI Wrestler & Woman of the Year for 2018". 411MANIA. Archived from the original on 11 January 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  14. ↑ "Becky Lynch tops PWI Women's 100 list". Diva Dirt. 31 October 2019. Archived from the original on 2 November 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  15. ↑ "Queens of Chaos Championship". Cagematch. Archived from the original on 19 April 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  16. ↑ Barrasso, Justin (31 December 2023). "Ranking The Top 10 Wrestlers of 2023". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on 1 January 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  17. ↑ Barrasso, Justin (28 December 2018). "Counting down the top 10 women's wrestlers of 2018". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on 3 January 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  18. ↑ Barrasso, Justin. "The Top 10 Women Wrestlers of 2019". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on 1 January 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  19. ↑ "ECCW – NWA/ECCW Champions". Archived from the original on 24 September 2005. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  20. ↑ Meltzer, Dave (25 January 2016). "January 25, 2016 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: 2015 Observer Awards Issue". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Campbell, California: 43. ISSN 1083-9593.
  21. ↑ Stoughton, Derek (22 March 2019). "2018 Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards Revealed". Wrestling Rumors. Archived from the original on 23 March 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  22. ↑ "BONUS SHOW: Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards". Post Wrestling. 17 March 2019. Archived from the original on 23 March 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  23. ↑ Meltzer, Dave (5 March 2020). "March 13, 2020 Observer Newsletter: 40th Annual Awards Issue". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Archived from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  24. ↑ "WWE Raw Women's Championship". WWE. Archived from the original on 29 June 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  25. ↑ "SmackDown Women's Championship". WWE. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  26. ↑ "WWE Women's Tag Team Championship". World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).
  27. ↑ Benigno, Anthony. "Becky Lynch won the 30-Woman Royal Rumble Match". WWE. Archived from the original on 28 January 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 Thomas, Jeremy (23 December 2018). "WWE Announces Year-End Awards on Instagram". 411mania. Archived from the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  29. ↑ Perez, Chris (28 December 2019). "WWE Reveals 2019 Year End Award Winners". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on 18 May 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2022.

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