Becky Lynch still mortified by ‘shameful’ WWE debut-Alistair McGeorge-Entertainment – Metro

Becky Lynch doesn’t look back too fondly on her NXT debut (Picture: WWE)

Becky Lynch has become one of the biggest stars in WWE but it wasn’t always so easy for the current NXT Women’s Champion.

The Man, who will defend her gold against Tiffany Stratton at NXT No Mercy on Saturday night (September 30), made her first ever TV appearance for the company on the June 26, 2014 episode of NXT.

She took on Summer Rae and actually beat her in a three-minute bout, but Lynch is still embarrassed by her entrance before the bell even rang.

The Irish star decided to pay tribute to her own heritage by doing a bit of an Irish jig as she appeared on the ramp, and she thinks it ranks with the most awkward debuts in wrestling history.

‘Look, if that is not proof that you can dig yourself out of any hole, then I don’t know what is. Because that is, I would put that over Shockmaster in terms of shameful debuts,’ she said on Insight With Chris Van Vliet.

As many wrestling fans will remember, Shockmaster has an infamous and unfortunate reputation after the former Tugboat (Fred Ottman) tripped and lost his mask during his WCW debut as everyone broke character and laughed on air.

Lynch debuted on NXT back in June 2014 (Picture: WWE)

She compared it to the infamous Shockmaster moment (Picture: WWE)

‘Yeah, like he just fell over, you know, like he fell over. Okay, fine, that sucks. I went out. I was committed to that, you know like that was my – I think the difference is he didn’t intend to fall over,’ she added.

‘I intended to go out there and do an Irish jig like that. And thought that I was worthy of being on WWE television. That happened.’

Thankfully for Lynch – and fans around the world – she overcame an early mishap and went onto make history, going onto hold every championship open to her in WWE.

Lynch has become one of the biggest stars in sports entertainment (Picture: WWE)

‘I think there’s always a catalyst for change, right? You just got to figure out, you just got to figure out what it is. Winning a match can be a catalyst for change, losing a match can be a catalyst for change,’ she pondered.

‘You just sometimes need the right story, the right antagonist or protagonists, depending on what way you’re going to go. But I think that’s the fun thing about wrestling, man, we can do anything.

‘You can go from being a stupid, silly Irish dancing clown, to being The Man of the business and main eventing WrestleMania, holding two titles over your head, you know, and that’s the thing. I suppose in a way, that’s the thing about life, right?’

Lynch – whose own rise to superstardom coincided with a stray punch from Nia Jax – pointed out that anything is possible no matter what career you find yourself in.

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‘You don’t have to be stuck as the person that you were or with the thing that you did, you can move on. And you can learn from your mistakes and hope you never go back there,’ she said.

‘And I hope I never go back in my green attire and doing the Irish dances. I don’t even listen to Irish music anymore. That’s a lie, I love it. I rock it with the gym, it’s very good.’

WWE presents NXT No Mercy on Saturday night (September 30) at 1am. Tune in via the WWE Network.

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