Becky Lynch Talks Friendship With Finn Balor, Calls His Seth Rollins Match A Conflict Of Interest

Seth Rollins’ feud with Finn Balor puts Becky Lynch in an awkward spot.

Seth Rollins’ feud with Finn Balor puts Becky Lynch in an awkward spot.

At WWE Money in the Bank, Rollins will defend the WWE World Heavyweight Championship against Finn Balor. Becky Lynch, Rollins’ wife, will also compete in a major match at the show, as she has qualified for the Women’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match. Lynch was trained by Balor, and they have been friends for a long time, so her husband’s rivalry has her feeling somewhat conflicted.

Speaking on WWE After The Bell with Corey Graves and Kevin Patrick, Lynch was asked whether she ever thinks about her and Balor’s journey to WWE, given the way they both started out in Ireland and Becky trained at Finn’s school. She noted that, from the start, she knew Balor was going to make it. Lynch also joked about how Balor’s feud with Rollins is a conflict of interest, as it’s a clash between her teacher and her husband.

“Yeah, I think so. I think there’s a lot of times, because we’ve been in the WWE together for a long time. Obviously, this one’s a bit of a conflict of interest, the person who trained me and my husband. Myself and Finn have been friends for over 20 years at this stage, and the fact that we both made it to the highest level, and the thing is, when you saw Finn, when I walked into that gum for the first time and saw him, you knew he was gonna make it. Not only was he your teacher, so obviously you looked up to him and you respected like that, but he had that presence about him, that you knew he was gonna make it. So seeing everything that he’s done, especially lately with The Judgment Day and being one of the hottest acts on TV, but then you go, ‘Ah, god, would you stop jumping my husband?’ I don’t want any, you’re making me hate you. What are you doing? Gotta give him some of them [mimes slapping],” Lynch said.

Lynch also highlighted JD McDonagh by recalling how she knew him when he was too short to hit the ropes, and now he’s all grown up. She praised one of his recent matches before pointing out that seeing him, Balor, and herself together in the WWE was special, as they all came from the same gym, and now they’re competing at the highest level.

“JD McDonagh now is here too, and I remember him when he was too short to hit the ropes. He was only 12 when he started, so he was hitting the middle ropes. He was hitting at Rey Mysterio’s [height], but we never thought he was gonna make it to the top ropes. He was a tiny little lad, and now he’s grown up. He’s a full-grown man, jacked out of his mind, and we’re all here. I watched him on Main Event the other night just tearing the posts down. Brilliant match. So to see where we’ve all come from, this tiny little gym and those little camps to now taking over the O2, it’s great,” Lynch said.

In the same interview, Lynch opened up about her struggles with post-weaning depression. Click here to see what she had to say.

Lynch previously reflected on her days training at Balor’s school. Check out her comments here.

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