Rebecca Quin (born 30 January 1987) is an Irish

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. She is signed to

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under the

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Becky Lynch where she performs on the

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. Lynch is one of WWE's most recognizable and highest-paid wrestlers.

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named her sixth on their list of Top Female Athletes Worldwide in 2019.. She made her first guest star role on Season 3 of

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playing

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, to high praise. It's the first role billed as her real name and not her stage name. Quin began training as a professional wrestler in 2002. Initially working in Ireland, and occasionally teaming with her brother using the ring name Rebecca Knox, she soon began wrestling across Europe and North America on the

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for various promotions. She most notably competed in

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and became the inaugural SuperGirls Champion in 2005. In 2006, Quin had a severe head injury during a match which kept her away from wrestling for several years. She returned 2012 and signed a contract with WWE in 2013, assigned to the

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. Following her push to WWE's main roster, she became the inaugural SmackDown Women's Champion at

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and has held the title four times. In 2018, Lynch transitioned to a more aggressive character starting at

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, when she attacked

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, presenting herself as an unfairly treated underdog and dubbing herself "The Man", resulting in a large increase in her popularity. In 2019, she won a

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match, and at

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won both the

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and SmackDown Women's Championship, making her the first woman to hold both titles simultaneously and a four-time WWE women's champion. She lost the SmackDown title the following month but then set the record for the longest reign as Raw Women's Champion at 399 days until going on a hiatus due to pregnancy in May 2020. In August 2021, Lynch returned at

to confront SmackDown Women's Champion

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, whom she would defeat seconds later to become a four-time SmackDown Women's Champion.

Early life

Rebecca Quin was born in

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on 30 January 1987. She grew up in the

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suburb of

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. Her parents separated when she was one year old. She started watching professional wrestling from a young age with her brother, Richy, who later wrestled under the ring name Gonzo de Mondo. She was involved in horse riding, swimming, and basketball. However, she claimed to have failed P.E. in school. Quin attended

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to study philosophy, history and politics, but said she 'really hated it' and dropped out. She planned to return to college to study health and exercise studies. Prior to beginning to train as a wrestler, she stated that she had been 'going down a bad path' involving alcohol, but wrestling helped her give it up.

Professional wrestling career

Training and early career (2002–2005)

As a teenager, Quin heard that

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and Paul Tracey were opening a wrestling school in Ireland. She began training there along with her brother in June 2002. She made her

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debut five months later on 11 November, using the ring name Rebecca Knox. She teamed with her brother in

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es during the early part of her career. She also trained at British

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NWA UK Hammerlock.

Independent circuit (2005–2013)

Knox joined the Canadian promotion SuperGirls Wrestling, an all-female offshoot of

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(ECCW) in May 2005. Following her arrival at an ECCW show in

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, Knox feuded with Miss Chevius and defeated her, but lost to her in

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a month later. The following night, Knox teamed with Calum Macbeth to defeat Miss Chevius and Tony Tisoy in a mixed tag team match in

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. On 24 June, Knox defeated Miss Chevius at an ECCW show in Surrey to become the

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SuperGirls Champion. Knox successfully defended the championship on several occasions before eventually losing it to

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in April 2006. In late 2005, Knox participated in

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(APW)'s third ChickFight tournament in

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; she defeated Morgan in the first round, but was eliminated by eventual winner

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. Knox then won an eighteen-person

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at an event in

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. Knox began working for the all-female promotion

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in early 2006. In her debut match for the promotion, she defeated

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, and established herself as a

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(villain) by faking an injury. Following that, she began feuding with

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; Knox lost the first match between them, but won the rematch of

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. In June 2006, Knox defeated

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to win the

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World Queens of Chaos Championship at an event in Chouilly, France. She held the championship for few months before dropping it to Saraya in September. In September 2006, while wrestling in Germany, Knox sustained a

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head injury, following which she claimed to have been "suffering from extremely painful headaches, loud buzzing in her left ear and vision as a result," and was also diagnosed with possible damage to her eighth cranial nerve. A 60-minute Iron Woman match against Haze at Shimmer's Volume 7 taping was cancelled as a result. Following her injury, Quin took a six-year hiatus, wrestling only on three occasions for Irish promotion

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(FFPW) in 2008, 2012 and 2013. She also reappeared in Shimmer in 2011, managing Saraya and

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for four shows.

WWE

NXT (2013–2015)

In April 2013, Quin signed a two-year developmental deal with

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(WWE) and moved to Florida to report to their

. On 29 August, her new ring name was revealed as Becky Lynch. Lynch made her televised in-ring debut on 26 June 2014 episode of ''

'', defeating

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. The next week, Lynch teamed up with Bayley in a losing effort to the ''BFFs: Beautiful Fierce Females'' (

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and

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) in a tag-team match. Lynch spent the next few months competing in non-title matches against Charlotte, losing three in a row. On 23 October episode of ''NXT'', after being told to make herself relevant, Lynch aligned herself with Banks by attacking Bayley,

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heel. Known as Team B.A.E. (Best at Everything), the alliance started to disintegrate when Banks cost Lynch a match against Bayley in February 2015. At NXT TakeOver: Rival, Lynch participated in a

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for the NXT Women's Championship, which was won by Banks. In April, Lynch defeated Bayley and Charlotte in a triple threat match to earn a title match against Sasha, which she lost at NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable. During the match, she debuted a new look resembling ''

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'' character Chandra Nalaar. The match received widespread critical acclaim, with praise going to both performers.

Women's Revolution (2015–2016)

Lynch made her official main roster debut on 13 July episode of ''

'', as a fan favourite, along with Charlotte and Sasha Banks, after

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called for a "revolution" in the WWE Divas division. Lynch and Charlotte began allying with Paige, who was feuding with

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(

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and

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), while Banks allied with

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and Tamina, leading to a brawl between the three teams. The trio of Paige, Lynch and Charlotte, originally dubbed ''Submission Sorority'', was renamed to ''Team PCB'' (after the initials of each wrestler) when it was found out the original name was the same as an adult web page. Lynch made her in-ring debut on 20 July episode of ''Raw'', teaming with Paige in a losing effort against Sasha Banks and Naomi. She earned her first singles victory on 28 July episode of ''

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'' over

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. The three teams ultimately faced off at

in a three-team elimination match, in which Lynch pinned Brie Bella to win the match for PCB. On 31 August episode of ''Raw'', all members of PCB competed in the inaugural "Divas Beat the Clock challenge", to determine the number one contender for the

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. Charlotte won the match and went on to claim the title from

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on 20 September. The following night on ''Raw'', Paige turned on her partners during Charlotte's celebration, claiming that Charlotte was only there because of her father

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(since he was a former wrestler in WWE) and called Lynch the "least relevant" member of the group. Throughout October, Paige tried to reconcile with Lynch and Charlotte only to attack them, officially disbanding Team PCB in the process. On 2 November episode of ''Raw'', Lynch was pinned by Paige in a fatal four-way to earn a title match for Charlotte's Divas Championship. The following week on ''Raw'', Lynch gained revenge by defeating Paige. On 30 November episode of ''Raw'', Charlotte started displaying villainous traits after she feigned a leg injury to defeat Lynch, followed by a distraction provided by her father. Throughout December, the two's friendship continued to strain and after Lynch defeated her on 4 January 2016 episode of ''Raw'', Charlotte attacked her and solidified her heel turn. Lynch faced Charlotte for the Divas Championship three days later on ''

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'' and at the

pay-per-view event, but lost both matches after interference from Ric Flair. Throughout February, Lynch began teaming with Banks against Naomi and Tamina. Their feud continued until Lynch and Banks came victorious in a tag team match at Fastlane. The following night on ''Raw'', a number one contender's match for the Divas Championship between Lynch and Banks ended in a double pin (both wrestlers pinning each other simultaneously). A rematch on the following ''SmackDown'' ended in a no contest when Diva's Champion Charlotte attacked both contestants. As a result, Charlotte was scheduled to defend her title in a triple threat against both wrestlers at

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. At the event, Lynch failed to win the newly created

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(which replaced the Diva's Championship). At Money in the Bank in June, Lynch teamed up with

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to face

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and Charlotte in a losing effort. After their match, Natalya turned on Lynch and attacked her. The two began feuding for a month until Lynch lost to Natalya at Battleground.

SmackDown Women's Champion (2016–2018)

After being the first woman drafted to the

during the

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, Lynch defeated Natalya in her first match as part of the brand. At

, Lynch teamed up with

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and Naomi in a six–woman tag team match in a losing effort against

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, Natalya and Nikki Bella. On 11 September, at

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, Lynch won a six-pack elimination challenge, last eliminating Carmella, to become the

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. Her first title defence against Alexa Bliss was scheduled for No Mercy but due to Lynch experiencing a legitimate injury the match was postponed to 8 November episode of ''SmackDown'', where Lynch retained. At

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later that month, Lynch made up part of Team SmackDown alongside Bliss, Carmella, Naomi and Natalya in a

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in a losing effort to Team Raw. At the TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs pay-per-view in December, Lynch lost the SmackDown Women's Championship to Bliss in a

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, ending her reign at 84 days. She received her championship rematch on 17 January 2017 episode of ''SmackDown'', in a

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but lost after interference from another La Luchadora (later revealed as the returning

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). This led to a match between Lynch and James at

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in February, which Lynch won. Lynch participated in a six-pack challenge for the title at

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in April, which was ultimately won by Naomi. Becky Lynch WM34 crop (cropped)

In May, Lynch aligned with Naomi and Charlotte Flair against ''The Welcoming Committee'' (Natalya, Carmella and Tamina). The two teams faced off in a

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; the Welcoming Committee was victorious when Lynch submitted to Natalya's

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. Shortly after, Lynch competed at Money in the Bank, as part of the first women's

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, which was won by Carmella. In October, Lynch won a fatal five-way match against Flair, Naomi, Tamina and Carmella to become the Team SmackDown's captain for

. At the event, Lynch was the first competitor eliminated and her team was on the losing side. Throughout the rest of the year, Lynch again aligned with Flair and Naomi to feud with the debuting Riott Squad (

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, Liv Morgan and Sarah Logan). In January 2018, at the Royal Rumble (2018), Royal Rumble, Lynch participated in the first Women's Royal Rumble match (2018), women's Royal Rumble match, entering at number 2 and lasting over 30 minutes before being eliminated by Ruby Riott. A few months later, Lynch also participated in the

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, but was eliminated from the match by James. In May, she qualified for the women's Money in the Bank ladder match, which was ultimately won by Bliss.

The Man (2018–2019)

Following the

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event, Lynch began a winning streak, defeating different competitors such as

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, and SmackDown Women's Champion Carmella in a non-title match. The wins earned Lynch a title match at

, with Charlotte Flair being added to the match as well after she also defeated Carmella in a non-title match. Flair went on to win the title by pinning Lynch, who was about to submit Carmella. After the match, Lynch attacked Flair, turning

for the first time on the main roster. Two days later on ''SmackDown'', Lynch berated the crowd, claiming that they were not really supporting her the whole time, and that she was being denied opportunities which were always handed to Flair. Despite this, audiences increasingly supported Lynch, leading WWE to tweak the storyline and portray both Lynch and Flair as both having valid points, but neither being outright heels. The feud between the two led to a title match at

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, in which Lynch won the SmackDown Women's Championship for a second time. Lynch subsequently retained her title against Flair at both Super Show-Down and

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Around this time, Lynch started using the nickname "The Man", claiming to be the top wrestler of the company, and was depicted as a

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once again. As part of a competition between the

and SmackDown brands at

, Lynch was scheduled for an interbrand champion vs. champion match against Raw Women's Champion

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. Lynch led an invasion of the Raw roster on 12 November episode of ''Raw'', where she had a

concussion and broken nose following a punch from

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; despite the injury, her seemingly unfazed reaction and images of her bloodstained has turned her into an overnight star – she'd later call the accident "a blessing in disguise". Due to the injury, Lynch was pulled from the match with Rousey and named Flair as her replacement on the following night's episode of ''SmackDown''. After her return, Lynch defended her title at

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in December against both Flair and

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in a Tables, Ladders and Chairs match, in which Asuka won the title after Rousey interfered and pushed both Lynch and Flair off a ladder, ending her second reign at 91 days. On 27 January 2019, at the

event, Lynch failed to regain the title from Asuka. Later that night, she participated in the women's Royal Rumble match, replacing an injured

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, who was the 28th entrant. Lynch would go on to win with lastly eliminating Charlotte Flair. The following night on ''Raw'', Lynch continued her feud with Ronda Rousey, choosing to face Rousey for the Raw Women's Championship at

. As part of a storyline in which she refused to seek medical attention on her knee and attacked Stephanie McMahon and Triple H,

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suspended Lynch in February for 60 days and replaced her with Charlotte Flair as Rousey's WrestleMania opponent. Due to pleadings from Rousey, Lynch was reinstated by Stephanie, and at the Fastlane event, she defeated Flair via disqualification after Rousey purposely attacked Lynch to give her the win; due to the stipulation of the match, Lynch was added back into the title match at WrestleMania to make it a triple-threat match for the Raw Women's Championship. Becky Lynch at Wrestlemania 2019

Flair then won the SmackDown Women's Championship from Asuka, making the WrestleMania match a

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for both titles. At the event, in what was the first time women

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ed a

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, Lynch controversially pinned Rousey to win both titles. The commentary and production team commented that Rousey's shoulders were not down for the three-count and many fans and media were left wondering if this was a legitimate botched finish. Nonetheless, with the win, Lynch gave Rousey her first WWE singles and pinfall loss and became a double champion and the only woman to hold both titles simultaneously. With both titles, she was allowed to appear on both the Raw and SmackDown brands and got another nickname, "Becky Two Belts".

Record-breaking Raw Women's Champion (2019–2020)

Shortly after WrestleMania, Lynch was placed in a feud with newcomer

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, who was drafted to ''Raw'' during the Superstar Shake-up and who continuously attacked Lynch after her

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s. Simultaneously on SmackDown, Lynch continued her feud with Flair over the SmackDown Women's Championship. In May, at Money in the Bank, Lynch retained the Raw Women's Championship over Evans, but lost the SmackDown Women's Championship to Charlotte Flair in the following match due to an

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by Evans. After she lost the SmackDown Women's Championship, Lynch became an exclusive member of the Raw brand and continued her feud with Evans. In mid-June, Lynch successfully retained her title over Evans at the Stomping Grounds pay-per-view. Later that night, Lynch helped her real-life boyfriend

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retain the

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over

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, after Corbin chose Evans as the

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for their title match. The two feuds between the two pairs came to an end at the Extreme Rules event in July, after Lynch and Rollins retained both of their titles in a winners take all

. In August, Lynch started a short feud with

. At

, Lynch was victorious in a

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between the two. Upon her return in mid-August, Sasha Banks attacked Lynch and reignited their feud from 2015. At

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, on 15 September, Lynch retained her title after inadvertently hitting the referee with a chair, causing a disqualification loss. The feud eventually led to a

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on 6 October at the

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pay-per-view. Lynch was victorious once again. At

, Lynch faced SmackDown Women's Champion Bayley and NXT Women's Champion

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in a non-title triple threat match to determine the superior women's champion. Baszler emerged victorious by submitting Bayley while Lynch was downed at ringside. Following the match, Lynch attacked Baszler and put her through an announce table. On 26 November, Lynch surpassed Ronda Rousey as the longest-reigning Raw Women's Champion. Following Survivor Series, Lynch allied herself with Charlotte in a rivalry with Women's Tag Team Champions The Kabuki Warriors (

and

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), leading to a Tables, Ladders and Chairs match for the championship between the two teams being arranged for

in December, which The Kabuki Warriors won. She then continued her feud with Asuka, which directed to a match for the Raw Women's Championship at the

on 26 January 2020, where Lynch retained to end the feud. In February, Lynch feuded with Shayna Baszler, who won an

match to challenge Lynch for the championship at

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. At the event on 4 April, Lynch defeated Baszler to retain the title, with her title reign surpassing the one-year mark shortly after. Following the event, Lynch ceased participating in physical confrontations, often relying on promos to advance her storylines. On 11 May episode of ''Raw'', Lynch announced that she was relinquishing the Raw Women's Championship due to her real-life pregnancy, and that the previous night's Women's Money in the Bank ladder match – which was won by Asuka – was actually for the championship.

Big Time Becks, injury, and return (2021–present)

On 21 August 2021, following a 15-month hiatus, Lynch made her return at

with a

character, defeating

in less than half a minute to win the

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for the fourth time. At Extreme Rules, Lynch successfully retained her title following interference by a returning

. A

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between the three women for the SmackDown Women's Championship was then scheduled for the Crown Jewel event in October, where Lynch successfully retained her title. On 15 October episode of Smackdown, as part of her feud with Banks and Belair, Lynch would go one-on-one with Banks and Banks would pin her with a Backstabber after interference from Belair, marking her first loss since her return. As a part of the 2021 Draft, Lynch was drafted to the Raw brand as a SmackDown Women's Champion. On 22 October episode of ''SmackDown'', Lynch and Raw Women's Champion Charlotte Flair exchanged their titles, thus Lynch became the new Raw Women's Champion. As part of the 2021 Draft, Bianca Belair was also drafted to Raw and continued her feud with Lynch. On 1 November episode of ''Raw'', Lynch successfully defended her title against Belair, ending the feud. At

, Lynch defeated SmackDown Women's Champion Charlotte Flair in a Champion vs. Champion match. On 31 January 2022 episode of Raw, Lynch would confront Royal Rumble winner Ronda Rousey but was dropped by Rousey as she left the ring. She would then be confronted by Lita and she would challenge Lynch to a title match at

for the Raw Women's Championship and she would accept, with this being a dream match for Lynch as well as a first time ever match. She was successful in retaining her title, which would set up a title match with the winner of the Elimination Chamber number one contenders match, Bianca Belair, at

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. At night one of the event, Becky Lynch lost her title to Bianca Belair, ending her reign at 162 days. On 25 April episode of ''Raw'', Lynch was confronted by a returning Asuka, reigniting their feud. On 16 May episode of ''Raw'', Lynch failed to become the #1 contender for the Raw Women's Championship by losing to Asuka. The next week, Lynch defeated Asuka to get added to the match between her and Belair at

, making it a triple threat match. At the event, Belair retained her title. On 20 June episode of ''Raw'', Lynch failed to qualify for the Women's Money in the Bank ladder match after losing to Asuka. However, Lynch was headed to the event after winning a last chance MITB qualifying six pack elimination match on the following episode of ''Raw''. At Money in the Bank, she was unsuccessful in winning the match. At

, Lynch failed to regain the Raw Women's Championship from Belair, but embraced her after the match, turning

in the process. After Belair was confronted by a returning Bayley and new allies

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and

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(formerly Io Shirai), Lynch aided Belair, cementing her face turn. On 1 August, WWE issued a statement regarding Lynch suffering a separated shoulder in her match at SummerSlam, where she was expected to be out of action for several months. On that night's episode of ''Raw'', she was attacked backstage by Bayley, Kai, and Sky, effectively being written off of television. On 25 November episode of ''SmackDown'', Lynch made her return as “The Man”, being revealed as the fifth and final member of Bianca Belair's team for Survivor Series WarGames. At the event on 26 November, Lynch's team was victorious.

Professional wrestling style and persona

Lynch uses both a

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, called the "Dis-arm-her", and a

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, called the "Manhandle Slam" as finishing maneuvers. From 2018 to 2020, Lynch used the nickname "The Man". Upon her return and heel turn in 2021, she began to use the nickname "Big Time Becks". After turning face the following year, she reverted back to her "The Man" nickname.

Impact and legacy

Lynch is one of the most popular and recognizable wrestlers of her generation. Lynch was the inaugural SmackDown Women's Champion and has the longest reign as Raw Women's Champion, holding the belt for 398 days. At

, Lynch,

, and

became the first women to have headlined WWE's flagship annual event, while Lynch was the first to have won a WrestleMania main event match. Lynch is the first WWE wrestler to have appeared on the cover of ''

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'', as well as the first-ever female wrestler to have been featured on the cover of a

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video game. She holds the record for most main event matches at pay-per-view events in a single year for a female wrestler (3 in 2019). That same year, she became the first woman to have been named ''

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'' Most Popular Wrestler of the Year. Lynch was also the first and only female performer in WWE history to have lead the company in merchandise sales. Her Last Woman Standing match against Charlotte Flair at

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was ranked No. 1 by WWE on "The Top 25 Matches of 2018" list. Lynch's Raw Women's Championship match against

at Hell in a Cell 2019 was ranked No. 2 on the same list in 2019. WWE Hall of Famer

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compared Lynch's rise to The Rock's and added: "Becky is at the point where she and everybody in the locker room knows how good she is". Wrestler

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cited Lynch as her biggest inspiration and said that she is "taking the women's division to a completely different level." In 2019, wrestling commentator

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called Lynch "the most over talent in WWE". As of April 2020, she was the sixth highest-paid WWE wrestler and the highest-paid woman according to ''

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'', with a salary of . In 2022, Glazia Magazine named Lynch as one of the Top Female Game-Changers in the 21st Century.

Other media

Quin performed stunts for a 2013 episode of ''

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''. She was written off WWE television for a few months in November 2017 to film '' The Marine 6: Close Quarters''. Becky Lynch is playable in six video games: ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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,'' ''

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'' (also the cover athlete), '' WWE 2K Battlegrounds'', and ''

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''. Her entrance music is played after every

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scored on home ice by the

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. Lynch is a recurring guest on

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' YouTube channel ''UpUpDownDown'', where she goes by the nickname 'Soulless Senpai'. In October 2019, Lynch defeated Seth Rollins in a game of '' Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite'' to win Rollins' UpUpDownDown Championship.
Lynch lost the title to Cesaro (wrestler), Cesaro in ''

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'' a month later.
On 1 November 2022, it was confirmed that Quin would make an appearance on the third season premiere of ''

'', playing Cyndi Lauper, Cindy Lauper.

Other work

During her time away from wrestling, Quin worked as an actress and was cast in numerous plays in 2011 and 2012. She graduated with a degree in acting from the

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, and has attended

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and the

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. She also worked as a

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with

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for two and a half years. She is currently writing her first book.

Personal life

Quin began dating fellow professional wrestler Colby Lopez, better known as

, in January 2019. Their relationship was made public in April, after months of speculation. The couple got engaged in August 2019. Their daughter Roux was born on 4 December 2020. Quin and Lopez got married on 29 June 2021. Quin's father, Ken, died on March 2021.

Filmography

Film

Television

Web series

Video games

Championships and accomplishments

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** Best Moment of the Year (2018) – ** Wrestler of the Year (2018) ** WWE Match of the Year (2018) * ''

'' ** Most Popular Wrestler (2019) **

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(2018, 2019) ** Ranked No. 1 of the top 100 female wrestlers in the ''

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'' in 2019 * Queens of Chaos ** World Queens of Chaos Championship (1 time) * ''

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'' ** Women's Wrestler of the Year (2018, 2019) * SuperGirls Wrestling **

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( 1 time) * ''

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'' ** Worst Feud of the Year (2015) ** Women's Wrestling MVP (2018, 2019) *

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(

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) **

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( 4 times) ** Women's Royal Rumble (

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) **

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s (3 times) *** Female Superstar of the Year (2018, 2019) *** Match of the Year (2018)

Footnotes

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