So we wanted to ask you, did you feel like you

had to be the man to get ahead? Well, you know, it's just like typically when somebody is at the top of the top of the game, they're called the man, you know, like Tom Brady.

He's the man.

Whoever else you want to be

When you started out in WWE, they were like, hey, you're going to be this Irish chick wearing green tights and you're going to do an Irish jig.

That was on me, by the way.

Nobody told me to do that.

That was what I thought was going to...

But what if your opponent's laying on the ground incapacitated, moaning, and you're standing over there triumphantly? How can she not award you the victory?

Foot on the chest.

She's distracted.

You tell me.

I would love you to go back.

I would love everybody who's watching this right now to go back, look at all the matches, and see the corruption.

See for yourself.

This was in Ireland.

But you got to be able to, if you really want something, you got to be able to just get past that and keep going, you know? And so it's great to see and hear that you overcame that because a lot of people can't.

Yeah, but, you know, as well, I did quit for seven years.

A little bit because I kind of, you know, I got, again, when I then decided that I was going to make a living out of wrestling, I kind of got like, and I started to get confident in myself and I thought that I was great.

For the time, I was probably... maybe better than average, you know, at the time, at least I thought, and I still, I didn't have a clue.

Like looking back, if I was to watch any of my matches, I go, Jesus, this, this is awful.

But at the time I thought I was great because I would do all my like chain wrestling that I thought was so intricate.

And that was, that was the style at the time, you know, like wrestling matches were, It was all these different wrist lock reversals.

So let's go to that time period and, like, how did the concept of the man come? Because I feel like, like I said, yours was one where the fans go, finally, they heard us, and we got what we wanted.

How did you get signed to NXT?

How did I get signed to NXT? So several things.

So I'd given up wrestling.

I was doing my degree in acting.

I had just graduated college.

And I was, you know, trying to figure out how to get roles.

I was about to move over to New York because I'd lived there for a little bit.

How did the concept of the man come? Because I feel like, like I said, yours was one where the fans go, finally, they heard us, and we got what we wanted.

[laughs]

You know, and he never treated me any differently, you know? Um, and then when I went out into the world, I suppose it was a bit difficult to navigate in independent wrestling, and I was, you know, I was a kid still at the time.

I was 18, 19, and I think, um, where I envisioned myself going was just seemed so unrealistic.

And I left for seven years, and I think I always beat myself up.

I did beat myself up.

I had so much guilt about that because I felt like I'd been given this gift of, of discovering something that I loved and was so passionate about it, and I bottled it, and I left, and I abandoned it.

But I, I think if I hadn't done that, if I hadn't been gone for those seven years, I might've gotten signed.

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Well, I wanna ask you a specific question first, and do you think you've, do you feel like you still have a lot to prove, or do you feel like you've gotten to a place where you've shown who you are and what you're capable of and now that allows you the freedom to have a little bit more fun and try new things, or is that off?

Oh, gosh.

Uh, I think it's a little bit from column A and a little bit from column B, right? Where I know I've proved myself enough, and I'm at the point in my career where I'm immensely confident in my ability and in what, "What do you want me to do? Okay, yeah, whatever." Ev- if I agree with it or I don't agree with it, and sometimes I'll be like, "That's great.

That's amazing." Sometimes I'll disagree.

Yeah.

I have my own style, and I'm not, like, I'm not naturally gifted.

My hips won't like twerk like, like her, hers do, you know? And I don't...

You know the way she does everything.

But you were-

I think, uh, no, I got there first.

I had to do an autograph signing in Houston, and you were flying in from LA.

We had just hung out in LA, and you were like, "You wanna do this?" And I was like, "Uh, no." [laughs]

[laughs] No.

No.

You gotta sow your wild oats.

Uh, and then anyway, at the, at the signing, I just had the itis, you know, if somebody was talking about you, or they came in with a T-shirt, I was just, "Oh, isn't he so wonderful and handsome and great and perfect."

Really?

Yeah.

So then, when she's over two, and then I weaned her, and all of a sudden, like, I'm so low.

And I was like, "What is happening?" Like, and I had no, I had no idea until somebody had told me.

They were like, "Oh yeah, I got it after I weaned my daughter off." And, and then she became just such a, a, a, a source of support for me that, yeah, that I, I didn't realize that that could happen.

Mm-hmm

... and all of these things.

So kind of, I, I soldiered on, and I pushed through, and I was gonna go back to work, and, um...

Becky, uh, who was this partner? What happened here?

So, okay, right.

W- writing was on the wall already, but my friend came over from Ireland, and I used to work in this health food shop.

And they had this peanut butter machine.

So they would make this fresh peanut butter, and it was just the best peanut butter that I've ever had in my entire life.

I loved this peanut butter.

That's also what Mark did to his teacher.

But, [laughs] but so th- so then, anyway, so I came into my house and I thought that I'd be real smart, and I was like, "Oh, did anybody lose a fiver?" Thinking, "Okay, this will explain why I'm rich all of a sudden." But my dad goes, "I did."

What is it about Sol that rubs you the wrong way?

Well, she seems to be a bit of a troublemaker.

I call her Rabble-rouser Ruca.

She has a whole contract signing to announce her place here.

Wh- why is that done in the ring? And then I go out there, because it was supposed to be my celebration after all the history that I made, and instead she's out there in the ring, taking my time slot.

And I go out there to simply have a little polite word with Adam Pearce, and instead she confronts me, and it causes me to make contact with Adam Pearce's face.

And she attacks me for no reason, absolutely no reason.

Well, you had the opportunity to go one-on-one with Sol Ruca at Saturday night's main event, and some people are saying that you panicked and didn't want to lose to a, quote-unquote, "rookie" on her platform.

Do you feel like you still have a lot to prove, or do you feel like you've gotten to a place where you've shown who you are and what you're capable of, and now that allows you the freedom to have a little bit more fun and try new things, or is that off?

Oh, gosh.

Uh, I think it's a little bit from column A and a little bit from column B, right? Where I know I've proved myself enough, and I'm at the point in my career where I'm immensely confident in my ability and in what, what do you want me to do? Okay.

Yeah, whatever.

E- if I agree with it or I don't agree with it, and sometimes I'll be like, "That's great.

That's amazing." Sometimes I'll disagree.

Yeah.

I have my own style, and I'm not like, I'm not naturally gifted.

Yeah.

And so you can do no wrong.

You can say whatever you want.

You can do whatever you want.

And inevitably when you're doing that, you're having more fun, so then people start to like you.

So then you become a babyface, but then you're saddled with them needing to like you, so then you're restricted and then your freedom goes away.

So then they start to boo you.

Yeah, you guys-

Was there any part of this win, because Jessica Carr was involved and-

And, and I toppled the corruption.

I toppled it all.

This was proof.

I toppled the corrupt AJ Lee and corrupt Carr, finally.

Finally, because how many matches has it been that she has ruled against my favor, even though I'm the greatest female wrestler of all time? And it's not just me saying it, other people are saying it, everybody's saying it.

Sports Illustrated says it, the Bleacher Report says it, and now even corrupt Carr is gonna have to say it, and Scam Roberts is gonna have to say it.

Mm-hmm.

Um, so I wanna hear your thoughts, Becky, on Stephanie McMahon going in, and kinda what you admire about her.

Oh, I love Stephanie.

Oh, she, she...

You want, you want to give it?

So many mics here.

Give me the mic.

She's amazing.

She's incredible.

You tapped out.

I have spent nearly double that trying to undo the bad work that you have done.

You have influenced a generation in your stupid ways, and I thought I was rid of you, and [laughs] no.

No, you have to, you have to come back.

And now my daughter, the love of my life, likes you because you have some, some crappy catchy song.

Light it up.

But it's okay.

It's okay.

I, I mean, Becky, it's just, does winning at WrestleMania ever get old?

It does not ever get old.

And you know what? I am, I am 3-0 in Allegiant Stadium.

Every time I come back here, I win a championship.

Scam can't stand that, but I succeed.

He can't stand anybody that's successful, no.

Was there any part of this win because Jessica Carr was involved and-

And, and I toppled the corruption.

I, I mean, Becky, it's just, does winning at WrestleMania ever get old?

It does not ever get old.

And you know what? I am, I am 3 and 0 in Allegiant Stadium.

Every time I come back here, I win a championship.

Scam can't stand that, but I succeed.

He can't stand anybody that's successful.

No.

Was there any part of this win, because Jessica Carr was involved and-

Where were you at in your head space before the return? What was going on?

What was going on? Uh, took some time.

You know, I felt like I was, uh, I felt like I was starting to spin my wheels.

I felt like, uh, I felt like the audience was kind of done with me a little bit, you know? They might not have been, but that's what I felt.

I felt like there wasn't, um...

You know, I, I was on this baby face run.

Just didn't feel like it was hitting.

How do you feel about wrestling now versus, say, 20 years ago when you were starting to get into it?

as

opposed to my uh my personal yeah feelings and like the the because it's your art you know i mean you're like look man i'm trying my best here yeah i am trying i'm trying to get you to care yeah i'm trying to get you entertained i like see me as a person i'm trying buddy i'm trying But on the other end of that meditation hat, I go, God, this person cares so much.

And they have an attachment to how they want to see things and how they want it to be.

And in their head, it can be so much better.

And it's only because they care and because they love this thing that I love so much.

And I hope that they see that we're not trying to screw them in any capacity.

We're all going out there going, how do we...

you go i'm not crazy you know what

[laughs]

Do ...

Yeah, I, I, I do.

I love Ireland.

I love it so much.

Um, I ...

Do I miss it? I, I do, but like, I don't long ...

Mm.

you fall in love over coffee and not tea?

Okay, but okay, before we get there...

Per capita? Or because I kind of think like, okay, per capita, we drink more tea.

That makes sense.

That makes sense.

But you know what? I am also a huge tea drinker.

I'm a huge tea drinker, but I think...

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Once I hit 20, that's it, gonna be old news, you know? And I'd also promised my mom that I would go back to college the following year, 'cause I moved to Canada when I was 18, dropped out of college to move off to Canada.

But I said I'd only be gone for a year, and then I'd go back to college.

And, uh, and at the time I was, I wasn't getting signed anywhere, and I started to look at things and go, "Well, I need to look, I need to look a certain way.

I need to look like a bodybuilder," and whatever.

So I started training for a bodybuilding competition.

And with that then, you know, uh, my, my focus shifted.

Let's play the promo.

What would it mean for you to join her on that list as the on- the other only female wrestler who has won the Royal Rumble twice?

Well, here's the thing, so I'm in a list all by myself, because I, I don't know if you know this, but I'm the greatest female wrestler of all time, and it's not just me saying it, other people say it.

Actually, everybody says it.

Uh, Sports Illustrated says it, The Bleacher Report says it, I'm pretty sure ESPN says it.

Um, so really, I am in a list all by myself.

It, it would do nothing other than continue my list and my legacy of greatness, which is going to continue while I win the 2026 Royal Rumble.

And, uh, you know, really, I have the best lawyers in the country.

What are you gonna do about it?

Is that how common is that in your space? You know, I feel like in, you know, like the musical space, most people, you know, start out with a name and then they're like 10 years in like, I hate that name, but I got to keep going by it because that's what everyone knows me as.

Yeah, I'm a big fan of a moniker because I hate my name.

I, yeah.

Rebecca Quinn? No, I love Rebecca Quinn.

That's a great name.

Rebecca Quinn rocks.

Yeah.

and i was just obsessed i told my folks like i was like i'm done playing basketball man this is what i'm gonna do for the rest of my life so in high school i started like taking acting classes taking public speaking classes got gym membership so i could you know get in some sort of shape uh and then i was doing these backyard shows for my friends and once i got turned 18 i was like i'm gonna get trained and so i went and got trained how about you rebecca