Becky Lynch reveals the hardest part of being a pro wrestler.
During a recent episode of Something’s Burning with Bert Kreischer, WWE Superstars Becky Lynch and Seth Rollins were asked what makes a great wrestler.
“I would say a great promo,” Lynch opined. “Because if you haven’t told the story, then nobody is going to care about what you do in the — the hardest part is getting them to care about what you’re doing in the ring. And if they have no reason to care, then your work is just so much harder as a wrestler. So if you can get that by the promo, then you’re already in.”
When asked if she has gotten better at promos since she first started, Becky Lynch said:
“Yeah, I think so. I think you do, you know? But promos were always what I loved, right? That’s what I was always thinking about — always writing things down.”
Seth Rollins on what makes a great pro wrestler
While Lynch emphasized promos as the most important ingredient in becoming a great pro wrestler, Seth Rollins noted that he was more drawn to performers with exceptional in-ring ability than those who rely on mic skills.
“I was the opposite. I didn’t give two sh*ts about promos,” Rollins said. “I didn’t care about them at all, I just cared about the wrestling. I was the guy in, like, my teens that just wanted to watch the cruiserweights. I was like, ‘I don’t care about these big idiots talking. Like, get (this) Kevin Nash out of here. I want to watch Rey Mysterio and Juventud Guerrera.’
“And I kind of carried that over. I was like, ‘Wrestling, wrestling, wrestling, wrestling. They need to be able to work, you know? Screw John Cena, I like Rob Van Dam.’ That was my mindset as I was growing up. And then, consequently, I was awful at promos. I was a really bad promo early in my career.”
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