Lynch made the joyous announcement on Monday Night RAW this week that she is expecting her first child with her fiance, fellow WWE star Seth Rollins.
The news effectively handed Becky Lynch’s coveted Championship to Asuka, who was crowned the new RAW Women’s Champion, with Lynch admitting that she had agreed with company officials prior to Money in the Bank that she would surrender the gold to whoever won the Women’s Ladder Match.
Becky Lynch will now hang up her boots for the foreseeable future to focus on her pregnancy and the birth of her child, with WWE forced to go on without one of its major stars.
Becky Lynch reportedly wrestled against Shayna Baszler while pregnant
Curiously, it has been reported that Lynch had actually wrestled whilst pregnant just a matter of weeks ago. The former RAW Women’s Champion is said to have faced Shayna Baszler in a landmark match at WrestleMania 36 whilst being pregnant.
Pro Wrestling Insider’s Mike Johnson reports that Lynch is the first performer of his knowledge to work a WrestleMania match while pregnant.
He said:
Johnson’s comments suggest that Becky Lynch knowingly and willingly wrestled while pregnant, and tweaked the finish of the bout accordingly. While there’s nothing to suggest that doing so would have presented any kind of risk to Lynch’s baby, there’s also no way of confirming for sure that the former NXT Superstar was actually aware of the pregnancy at the time WrestleMania took place from the Performance Center in early April.
Becky Lynch reveals Seth Rollins’ reaction to pregnancy
The popular 33-year-old performer did give a hint to the timing of when she and Rollins, a former Universal Champion, found out about the news. She revealed in an interview with People that she took a number of pregnancy tests last month.
She added:
The Irish Superstar was clearly delighted with the news that she and Rollins are to be expecting. While the massive change can bring a whole range of emotions to some people, Lynch made it clear that this is something she and her husband-to-be have been trying and hoping for since they got together.
They went public with their high-profile relationship last year and Lynch made it clear that she sees the duo making a life and family together for many years to come.
She went on to say:
While the WWE Universe, Lynch’s colleagues, and the wider world have all rushed to congratulate the former SmackDown Women’s Champion, the news that the star will be gone from screens for a long period is undoubtedly tinged with sadness. Even basic mathematics suggests it’ll be at least a year before she would even be in a position to consider a return.
She touched on the subject herself, adding:
Prior to Monday’s news, Lynch had racked up an impressive 400 days as RAW Women’s Champion having defeated Charlotte Flair and Ronda Rousey at WrestleMania in 2019.
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