Becky Lynch Talks Charlotte Flair Feud: ‘I’m So in Her Head' - The MMA Hour

Becky Lynch discusses her feud with Charlotte Flair, their issues backstage, their upcoming fight at Survivor Series, if she thought about retirement during her break, coming back as a heel, and more on The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani on Wednesday.
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[@kenhernandez8128]

Becky Lynch is a natural born star. Very charismatic.

[@DFrazzo]

How can you not like Becky as a person.....seems truly genuine and a down ass female just being real and authentic about everything she's talking about....I enjoyed this interview

[@showtime1235]

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[@RJ-xh4xb]

Whether it's a work or not, there are a lot of truths in what Becky said in this interview. Both Charlotte and Becky are giving interviews, Charlotte keeps on talking about "people will know who is the best in the business, there will be no debate after Survivor Series"....her awful "uh-oooohhh" segment is about her puting Becky in her place. Meanwhile, Becky is just talking about what happened between them. And she seem very genuine. Charlotte did flip off the crowd when they were chanting "we want Becky!" "We want Becky!" During the title exchange, the crowd was chanting "Becky Two-Belts!" "Becky Two-Belts!" Charlotte did drop the belt. When Becky left, the crowd was chanting "Becky!" "Becky!" Sasha looked at Charlotte and smiled- "are you jealous, Charlotte?" She obviously was jealous then, as she is jealous now. And there is a good reason why Charlotte is jealous of Becky Lynch.... ...Look at their salaries... Becky has a guaranteed $250K a year. Charlotte's guarantee is more than double that at $550K a year. But look at the top 10 highest paid men and women personalities of WWE, there were only 2 women in the top 10 highest paid wrestlers on 2020....one is Stephanie McMahon, she was paid $2M. And the other is Becky Lynch, she was paid $3.1M...Charlotte has the bigger guaranteed salary, at 550k, than Becky's 250K, but Charlotte was only paid $1.1M in 2020. That is because wrestlers get, in addition to the guaranteed baseline pay, they get a portion from merchandise sales. Becky's popularity eclipses Charlotte by a wide margin. It's not even close. That's why despite having a lower guaranteed annual salary, Becky out-earns Charlotte significantly, 3x more than the "Queen".

[@kenhernandez8128]

Becky's Man shirt is probably the best selling women's pro wrestling shirt of all time. It still sells very good at the live events that I go to.

[@KalvinEllis]

Ah the old stereotypical go-to take yet again being made to look like it's some factual statement about "jealousy" on Charlotte's part. lol Don't know why you sad Lynch marks always try to play these silly little games when it got old so long ago. Charlotte flipped off the crowd because it was her first match in front of an audience in more than a year and yet that same day Lynch snapped a pic in front of the curtain at Gorilla to troll the fans and bring the attention to herself. She had literally nothing to do with Charlotte's match with Rhea, yet she tried to make it about herself. Can't imagine why Charlotte was unhappy about the chants in her 1st match back in front of a crowd. Noone wanted to do the title swap segment and Charlotte made it clear it made her look bad way before they went out there, and it did since she was the only one in it who was scripted to get nothing out of it, nothing to do with the crowd chants. Charlotte never tears her opponents down in interviews, even when she acts more like herself she always speaks about the storyline on TV from the perspective of her character, she rarely goes into the creative process or what happens behind the scenes. Becky is also in character here and the fact that she "seems genuine" to you means she's doing her job, because if she was "telling truths" about Charlotte, you really think WWE would let her do that publicly? When wrestlers have "attitude problems", the company keeps it close to the vest, years ago when Randy Orton was infamous for having issues like that, did you see John Cena go out and publicly bash him for being "unprofessional" in interviews? No. Becky knew exactly what she was going to be asked and how she was going to answer, Helwani himself says she's "doing a great job promoting the match", a match where the only intrigue is "Will they start shooting on each other". But it's good to see you think she's speaking "truths" that oh so conveniently happen to fit your personal narrative of Charlotte though. lol Their salaries shouldn't be your concern, let alone to try to use them in some pathetic attempt to paint your personal take on Charlotte as "truth" lol. It's sad. And here's the kicker, this actually surprised me because of how embarrassing it is, you're trying to do the same thing that Becky's husband did back when he tried to pull the "my bank account" card on Will Ospreay after he got owned by him on twitter. But "jealousy", right? lol What a joke.

[@lour58]

Nerd

[@Mean.Devil77787]

Learn how to spell

[@motina10]

@@KalvinEllis Their salaries dictate who is better for business.

[@Kayfabe-226]

Out of all Female Wrestlers in WWE Becky comes across so well a nice genuine person..

[@jackbauer789]

She has a great new energy. I'm in awe.

[@showtime1235]

bot

[@frenm6715]

Becky Lynch reinvented herself, she is the best!

[@dragonite4314]

It's interesting that MMA fighters generally respect professional wrestling while their fans absolutely hate it.

[@SachaKDrums]

It’s fine, it’s just not MMA, and this is the MMA hour.

[@ShinyToonMonster]

@@SachaKDrums facts

[@namelessfacelessyoutuber6017]

@@SachaKDrums The UFC owes its success to the WWE !

[@felipeandres3645]

Ronda Rousey says hi

[@goatmansasquatch1485]

“It’s fake and gay” - Alistair Overeem 2021, when asked if he would go over to wwe. Here take the L. Google more. There’s better ones. Oh btw alistair is the guy that whooped Lesnar. Yeah, in a real fight.

[@StoneyHoliday]

I am team Becky. She is a woman with integrity. Down with Charlotte.

[@Monica-qk4xr]

I am so in love with her, she is just perfect...

[@MouseInYourEye]

Sorry fam, already mine

[@sayyidelahie3143]

U 2 asses have no taste,an her voice is just disgustin

[@VinexAesthetics]

@@sayyidelahie3143 Imagine hating unironically

[@MouseInYourEye]

@@sayyidelahie3143 is that an Irish joke? U2? If so, well played. If not, BOOOOOO

[@sayyidelahie3143]

@@MouseInYourEye no joke,that voice is disgutin if u r honest

[@briandoyle3507]

Becky has paid her dues many times over.She is ready for stardom..I love her .

[@theedspage]

Becky Lynch will always be the Main Event. #BigTimeBecks

[@Naty129]

I don't know if its a shoot or a work lol I appreciate Becky's dedication. She really does try to make things interest.

[@melanietooker1995]

it's not a work she really doesn't like Charlotte in real life

[@morris619]

Work!

[@dusty616l]

dont work yourself into a shoot brother

[@KalvinEllis]

Clearly a work. They'd never have her publicly shoot on Charlotte if everything she was saying about her was true. WWE usually keeps those things close to the vest because they're scared of bad press. Charlotte is one of the company's top representatives, if she really had this kind of attitude issues they'd never try to bring more attention to it, let alone send another top star to publicly trash her for it. Look at someone like Randy Orton, he's infamous for having tons of attitude issues in the past, yet they never had John Cena or anyone else back then go and publicly bash him for being unprofessional. The only thing real about this situation with Charlotte and Becky was their initial backstage confrontation after the title swap segment. Everything else is a work.

[@tusharkumar8750]

@@KalvinEllis That's what I am talking about for so many time.

[@connormurphy1964]

24:30 for the Charlotte stuff

[@xXCakeBoss]

Ty!

[@luisr8206]

So I wasn't wrong. She really was in "The Man" character on that final promo on Raw (the last Raw before Survivor Series), then she went to "Big Time Becks" when Liv appeared , even she went to a higher pitch while saying "No, no, no...". What a professional is Becky.

[@yellow3536]

People are whining on this thread. Tough. Becky is great.

[@timslee0618]

Some don't even probably pay attention to that Ariel works for BTSports MMA and WWE side as well

[@shanellmorehead8340]

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[@kimjong699]

She sucks and you know it

[@shanellmorehead8340]

Wow.. dat GOTTA b da CRAZYIEST accidental "POCKET DIALED" reply EvEr...!! That 1st pocket dialed comment was NOTHIN 2 see guys!! Nothin 2 C!!! Now Run along.. lol.........

[@misspacino4081]

She is gorgeous ♥️

[@floatinggoose9197]

Wtf?

[@sekora8498]

@@floatinggoose9197 what's wrong wtf is your problem she's beautiful

[@2jebeal]

Damn Becky Lynch is so damn beautiful I am so jealous of Seth Rollins Becky was always my crush but the drip God got her before I did

[@susycmenseses]

@@floatinggoose9197 you ok there?

[@floatinggoose9197]

@@susycmenseses they “hate” deleted my other comment explaining why, that she wears a 5 cm thick layer of makeup and plastic surgery is gross

[@Iskaral_Pust]

Becky and Charlotte are working us, 100%. Good for them because it's really elegantly done and I hope they continue because it's prob the best thing WWE has going besides Roman.

[@MikeWilsonBarrett]

It's not a work. They legit hate each other at this point.

[@JasonTigno]

@@MikeWilsonBarrett that’s what they want u to think

[@michaelfarrow5817]

"the old work is the new work"

[@LuffyxNamiisathing]

@@JasonTigno If you know anyhting about human behaviour you'd realize that the hate is legit.

[@GoldenIsABaddie]

Literally after the match, Becky cried about how they truly hate each other-

[@ethanchadwick1566]

I feel she is being honest about charlotte and if not she is great at selling the feud

[@clint1144]

Seth Rollins has his own wrestling school, owns multiple coffee shops, married to the top female wreslter and is one of the top full time wreslters himself damn

[@MrSeebutsu]

Becky is super beautiful...

[@2jebeal]

I'm jealous of Seth Rollins he's one lucky man

[@Mrflame5000]

"I also like money, Ariel" i love how that came so natural, so dare i say it, RAW lol.

[@NightTilDawn]

Glad Becky referenced Nia's tension with Charlotte

[@Big_Tex7]

All y’all MMA fans act so hard and it’s hilarious 😂

[@bucksboy679]

@@avi3020 then maybe the mma people should stop asking WWE wrestlers for interviews….. 🤷‍♂️

[@kylesprague4723]

@@avi3020 😂 right imagine if he interviewed Michael B Jordan as Adonis hyping his fight 😭 it wouldn’t be any dumber than this

[@CarlMarxPunk]

@@avi3020 Most mma fighters act like wanna be wrestlers/actor's anyway.

[@LegacyandFierce]

@@avi3020 lol

[@barryobriengolf]

Becky has a great mind for the business. Impressed

[@airfixx_8952]

Don't watch much anymore, but yeh; she gets it.

[@toddjohnson5176]

Thank you for this Ariel.i love Becky Lynch!🥰

[@Hero-3]

Shes the only reason I still watch wwe.

[@aripadreaptatherightwing6028]

Me as well

[@michaelfarrow5817]

Becky's accent has softened since she has been with Seth.

[@charongold6532]

I'm glad I wasn't first one who noticed it.

[@fant0mev700]

I'm wainting for survivor series and i hope it will be the greatest moment of this year ! #GOBECKY

[@magentahaze]

YAY, Iowa!! Loved her reaction to that. I'm an IA captive as well. Love you, Becks!

[@sh-bs6uj]

Mma fans in these comments are nerds who I guarantee never been in a cage fight

[@typicalfiend4492]

@@avi3020 both of y’all are nerds of the same flock just get along and room

[@PerN1660]

You have though right?

[@Azirix_7]

99% of the people commentating haven't been in a Cage fight..Is that surprising?

[@jedsithor]

The Charlotte/Becky thing, whether it's a work or a shoot, has some real Shawn and Brett vibes.

[@bigbuckz6014]

That shoot on charlotte was facts 🎯 i see no lies on what she said hopefully nothing crazy happens this weekend

[@howardsimcox5596]

Dude its a work

[@dummydomdom1993]

@@howardsimcox5596 so? Who asked?

[@shiwanthikahiroshani8144]

I honored becky . Only becky knows how to love a fan.

[@lour58]

Don’t watch wrestling but she was a great interview.

[@sidantadiwali4082]

I love the man and i want becky lynch behind the scenes

[@tfgtv3966]

Love this

[@Christinanadia]

Yayyyy Big Time Becks!😎😎

[@tolulopefunmilayo728]

After hearing Becky's side I am starting to feel Charlotte is the villain , I'm so sorry Becky for not taking ur side

[@yjhova]

Can't tell if the stuff about Charlotte is a shoot or work lol

[@THectOrtiz]

I like that she is dedicated to saying her and Rousey aren’t friends. Don’t know if they are or aren’t, but the perception is they dislike each other.

[@propagandaaccount]

She is extremely beautiful

[@Kayfabe-226]

Compared to the self centered Sasha and Silly Smiling Bianca Becky comes off so wonderful as genuine person..

[@Jason_Sutton]

Great Interveiw!!! Love me some Becky!!

[@MikeWilsonBarrett]

She is absolutely gorgeous!

[@Provos7777]

Becky & Charlotte are the new Bret & Shawn of this generation. The exception being Becky & Charlotte's heat is a total work imo.

[@Jason_Sutton]

Great Interveiw...Love me some Becky!!!

[@durges-vm1uo]

Nice talk by becky lynch and really great to see u

[@dasik7617]

Becky can sell a match even outside wwe and only few can do it.

[@west_side_smiley831]

Becky Lynch is Awesome!!!

[@hovz-zo8lf]

It's hard not to like Becky.

[@bloonsfamguy]

The great thing about the brand split is it gives more opportunities to talent. More titles to fight over.

[@slim2003]

What’s the time stamp because I’m not watching this whole thing

[@omarib8867]

Becky Lynch is. My favorite

[@84Victorious]

Love Becky.

[@Ahmed-og2jm]

Even if you don't like Wrestling you have to respect her grind...Raising a child wrestling and doing all this media because the Wrestling schedule is actually really hard

[@TheShowNT]

I love Becky Lynch and see will win Sunday

[@Daniel_morfogeno]

What about this guest microphone quality??

[@JonoPich]

I thought this is what all the down-votes were for. Terrible!!

[@TRIPP5_Shurikens]

MMA "fans" be yelling at Netflix shows like "That's not real! She can't even actually fly!" Life has gotta be miserable being so devoid of imagination and art. Becky's the greatest, hands down.

[@Lifelight_]

@@avi3020Then just don't watch, y'all hating like she's forcing you to "endure" her for 40 mins. LMAO

[@Lifelight_]

@@avi3020 You're welcome to waste your time on whatever you want, sir. But don't go "tHeN sHe ShOuLdN't CoMe tO a MmA sHoW" when no one is making your grown ass watch that MMA show if you don't like the guest. That MMA show will get whoever they can and want to get on it, it's up to you whether you watch it or not, not up to you who comes to it and who doesn't lol.

[@PerN1660]

But when you watch superman on netflix, you really do believe thats a flying man from space, not a movie? I guess then its not a stretch to call what she is doing fighting

[@Duigo23]

@@avi3020 pro wrestling is an athelthic competition where there is a winner and a looser, pretty sure if you look up what a sport is. You'll find your comment holds no value . Nice KZbin account by the way🤣

[@TRIPP5_Shurikens]

Paul Heyman's immortal remark "I don't watch MMA because it's pre-determined" is all I have to say to ya'll. Then again, that's a joke people too stupid to understand pro wrestling are also too stupid to understand...

[@BigReggii]

The true pride of Ireland .

[@donaldohernandez5726]

Love this interview

[@stirchulan689]

Finally a cool entertaining girl

[@AlterBridgeJericho]

Love the all-black fit she has on

[@tolulopefunmilayo728]

Becky looks better as black widow than black widow

[@2quid463]

These MMA fan haveing a real breakdown about a wrestler being on here lol

[@PerN1660]

who is breaking down? but honestly what do you think the critiria for being a guest on an mma show should be? all "tough" females?

[@Duigo23]

@@PerN1660 caveman

[@ViolentAce]

@@PerN1660 Becky is Irish man she’s tough

[@susycmenseses]

Nah we love her ♥

[@Jason_Sutton]

Great Interveiw?Love me some Becky!!!

[@JayDawg83]

CORRECTION-You don't have Tegan Nox. Released after this podcast, of course.

[@marjonhmamhot53]

You both know each others as a friends but for what next happening in match its better to soon only the two survivor women series .congrats the manbecky lynch and also charlotte do a best that you can po.

[@tarikfretes7562]

Bro. Her outfit is on nick jackson lv #TheElite

[@Sambakid17]

It's kinda sad how by the end of the interview she's clearly ready to move on with her day while Ariel is excitedly explaining the Montreal Screwjob documentary.

[@Drnickswag]

I don’t think so. She probably had to take a number 2

[@Sambakid17]

@@Drnickswag Lol

[@kenhernandez8128]

It's a big ppv week. Very busy week for Becky and the other top stars.

[@dusty616l]

super sick bro

[@theguvnor3880]

Put this woman in with Amanda Nunes.

[@PerN1660]

That would be pretty damn irresponsable lol and why would you want to watch her get killed?

[@christabelmlaudzi1156]

Kkkkkk but if she was in kick boxer she could be killing it, if Amanda nunes comes to wrestling she can be humbled, I trust Becky

[@mxamiss5]

Sounds like an irish Christopher walken with a deep voice

[@MtZaba]

She’s working us all with this Charlotte angle.

[@timd9467]

She's so much cooler when shes not trying to act like Connor McGregor

[@dorianfarr6799]

mic placement. Hard to listen. Bad tech day guys, it happens. With love.

[@sscc587]

Gorgeous lady...

[@motina10]

Ariel describe what got him back in wrestling. I stopped following in 2002. Becky Lynch, through my dislike if Ronda Rousey, got me back into wrestling. One day I was like, "Oh yeah, Ronda joined the WWE, I wonder hw she is doing. I go to youtube, and see a video by WhatCulture Wrestling call 5 reason why the fans hate Ronda Rousey. 3 of the 5 reasons involved Becky Lynch.

[@chainsawmidnight]

you need a second mic for your guests

[@chrislastname4387]

I need Becky saying “Police show” on repeat for 10 hrs

[@BossMajorSports]

She is freaking so awesome!! Love her!

[@fatumanelly5080]

That my role model Becky Lynch 💖💖

[@RCalicchio1st]

This interview was great. Well done Ariel. I will say that I disagree with his take on bringing both brands together on Raw and Smackdown. Keeping them separated gives more wrestlers a chance to have their shine without seeing the same top stars on each show every week. Monday Night Raw has their wrestlers and Smackdown has their wrestlers.

[@tzarleonardi8967]

Good point. Also it is exciting when brand switches happen as you get to see new dynamics between wrestlers who have been distinctly separated for a long time/never met before

[@RCalicchio1st]

@@tzarleonardi8967 True indeed, makes for more intersting story lines over all.

[@chrismoore5324]

Definitely agree that the brand split allows more people to be featured. Really hate that they didn't continue on with establishing NXT as the third brand. There are SOOO many wrestlers under contract with WWE that NXT positioning themselves as the third (and cooler brand to be a part of) brand would have only added value. Not a fan of the NXT direction anymore.

[@RCalicchio1st]

@@chrismoore5324 Well said, the NXT was so good before the "2.0". They should have kept it as is before the change.

[@stargate1787]

who?

[@paulocruz1808]

Pls MJF! MJF forever!!

[@yellow3536]

Becky rocks.

[@ngozinwankwo5051]

Please when is Becky vs charlotte match?

[@stingersplash]

Only way to get me watching an mma channel is have a wrestler on!

[@starcade90]

All a work with Charlotte Flair.

[@issacojeda5056]

I love beck

[@DeiseRebel]

Don't mess with the Irish is the moral of the story ;) Including "Legends"

[@evilscotsman495]

😂

[@gmangkr]

Becky Lynch is very beautiful

[@airfixx_8952]

Cool interview, but it's so obvious why wrestling struggles to get stories and characters over now that the workers commonly do kayfabe breaking interviews talking about changes of character, angles and how they want to be booked whilst things are actually playing out on TV. ....Makes it too hard to suspend your sense of disbelief when you switch on come Monday night when the guys and girls are just like "Meh; I'm just playing a character".

[@elliewillow4556]

I just wanna see her play poison ivy

[@PERC_-ANGLE]

She’s literally too charming to not absolutely adore. I wish I could have half the personality she has

[@blackphillip2264]

MMA and Wrestling fans are way too toxic. More of this please.

[@andthebeatgoeson69]

34:08 🤣👏

[@Kayfabe-226]

Imagine Ariel taking a bump n the ring!

[@CandyisAwesome86]

Becky - What a babe. Lol. I don’t think Charlotte can tell the difference between kayfabe and reality anymore. She needs to chill.

[@docholidae4471]

Well years ago wrestlers never discussed their behind the scenes . They should of kept it that way. I know Vince don’t like that

[@thomasmcrae40]

Real sweetheart