WWE superstar Becky Lynch has expressed her frustration over the company's reliance on part-time celebrities like Logan Paul. With Wrestlemania XL just around the corner, big names like The Rock are set to steal the limelight from the regular wrestlers.
Despite the boost in social media views these guest stars bring, Lynch warns of the potential pitfalls.
In an exclusive chat with The Mirror about her new best-selling book, Becky Lynch: The Man: Not Your Average Average Girl, she said "It's easy to be special when you only show up every four weeks or however often and then creative is specifically designed to make you feel important."
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She added: "Whereas when you are on TV every week, you're on every live event, you're doing the work to make these people seem important, you are doing the grunt work to allow them to come in and say 'hello, let me wave majestically at everybody.'"
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Lynch concluded by saying: "It used to be a thing that wrestling fans would scoff at but now it seems they are starting to revere it more. Like: 'Oh yay, this person has come around and graced us with their presence.' So that becomes frustrating."
"In the past, the champion would make their rounds through the territories, show off the title and be front and centre. Now that model is changing and I don't know if it's for the better.
"You learn by being in front of the crowd constantly and when you are in there with somebody who has learned by being in front of the crowd, you get better. So it moves the business forward."
Becky Lynch The Man: Not Your Average Average Girl' is out to buy on Amazon
Despite her husband Seth Rollins' current on-screen feud, Lynch praises WWE icon turned movie star Dwayne Johnson as 'the freakin' best' in her book. He gave her permission to use his finishing move, the Rock Bottom, on her return from injury.
She emphasises the difference between full-time wrestlers and part-time celebrities.
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Becky Lynch's bestseller, The Man: Not Your Average Average Girl is out now in hardback for £21.99 on Amazon. But fans can listen to the superstar narrate her own story totally free with a new deal.
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AudibleLynch said: "Roman and Rock are an exception because they have been there before. But if we start relying on these celebrities, the part timers, the people that don't actually know how to do this, that don't understand the craft, we're in trouble."
"We need leaders, people who care about this, who think about stories, who think about their character, who want to drive it forward. So yes, it's great to have the eye grab of celebrities, let them bring eyes to the product, but we can't rely on it."
Lynch has been busy promoting her new book while also preparing for a highly anticipated match with Rhea Ripley at the biggest WrestleMania ever in Philadelphia next weekend.
She's known for her ability to juggle multiple tasks, as readers of her book will know.
While most people were baking banana bread and watching Tiger King during lockdown, Lynch was writing her brutally honest autobiography. She credits her childhood hero, Mick Foley, as an inspiration for her writing journey.
Her book, which features Not Your Average Average Girl in the title, is being compared to his famous book, Have a Nice Day.
Lynch wrote the book herself, even taking a year-long writing course with author Neil Strauss before starting. This isn't a WWE publication - Lynch is aiming for mainstream success.
Becky Lynch: The Man is already a bestseller for Sphere Books, which also publishes authors like Tom Clancy, Val McDermid and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
This book is a must-read for fans and anyone who wants to read an inspiring story about a woman balancing real life with her dreams.
Becky, whose real name is Rebecca Quin, is known for keeping her personal life private. She doesn't appear on WWE's reality shows.
She told us: "I'm asking people to sit down and take the time to read it, I want to give them an honest account of everything that I went through. It has to be real. I think that's why I've always stayed away from reality TV because it's not always real and honest, you know? ".
You can also listen to Lynch narrate her own story for free on Audible with a free trial. Or, you can get three months' free membership to the audiobook and podcast service for just 99p.
This deal gives you one audiobook a month for three months. It's perfect if you want to listen to other autobiographies by wrestlers and industry bigwigs after you've finished listening to Lynch's ten-hour story.
For wrestling fans with some spare change, we'd also suggest checking out Positively Unstoppable: The Art of Owning It by Diamond Dallas Page, There's Just One Problem by former WWE writer and long-time Dwayne Johnson collaborator, Brian Gewirtz and Nitro by Guy Evans, a detailed account of the rise and fall of WCW.
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