Becky Lynch Explains Why She Enjoyed WrestleMania 38 Loss More Than WrestleMania 35 Main Event

Becky Lynch names her favorite WrestleMania moment.

Becky Lynch names her favorite WrestleMania moment.

Becky Lynch has competed in several high-profile matches at WrestleMania; she headlined WWE WrestleMania 35, and she faced Bianca Belair at WWE WrestleMania 38. Lynch will challenge Rhea Ripley for the Women’s World Championship at WrestleMania 40.

Speaking with Justin Barrasso of Sports Illustrated, Becky Lynch named her match at WrestleMania 38 as her favorite WrestleMania moment so far.

“I enjoyed WrestleMania 38 where I lost to Bianca more than I enjoyed WrestleMania 35. I think Daniel Bryan said something similar, as well, about enjoying his WrestleMania match against Kofi [at WrestleMania 35] than he did WrestleMania 30. It’s weird like that. Sometimes, what we enjoy in terms of our artistic expression aren’t always the stories that audiences revere the most,” Lynch said.

Lynch went on to note that she was micromanaged more as a top babyface, whereas she had more creative freedom as a heel. She explained that it was fun to put the shine on someone else when she lost to Belair.

“When you were a top babyface, you were micromanaged a little more. At WrestleMania 38, I had more freedom creatively. When you’re the villain, you’re making the crowd like someone else. There’s a lot of fun in putting the shine on someone else,” Lynch said.

Lynch also reflected on her historic match at WrestleMania 35 and admitted that she had mixed feelings about it. She stated that her internal landscape was not any different, and she was brought back down to earth the next night on WWE Raw.

“That’s the girlhood-dream-come-true moment. Everyone asks me, ‘How did I feel?’ I felt everything, but I also felt nothing. It’s this weird juxtaposition. I made it, but had anything changed? There were fireworks, but my internal landscape wasn’t any different. I found it one of the harder things to write about in my book. That’s the thing people want to read about it. I understand that–it’s the culmination. Then the next night I’m brought back to earth when I had to do a segment with Lacey Evans on one-hour sleep while Vince was yelling at me in Gorilla. On the flip side, there was the confidence and the cockiness I walked around with leading up to that match at WrestleMania 35. Ultimately, it wasn’t my destination. It was another important stop on my journey,” Lynch said.

Check out Lynch’s comments about working with Ronda Rousey here.

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