As previously reported, it was recently announced by The WWE that The RAW Women’s Title Match that will be contested under Triple Threat Match Rules between RAW Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey, Becky Lynch & Charlotte Flair will now be the main event of WrestleMania 35.
Following the announcement, RAW Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey, Becky Lynch & Charlotte Flair recently went on SportsCenter to discuss the groundbreaking news. They would also talk about what it means for them and the industry as a whole. Becky Lynch, The 2019 Women’s Royal Rumble Winner, was up first as she talked about her journey getting to where she is today, as seen below:
“I’ve been working towards this obsessively since I was 15 years old,” Becky stated. “I left home, traveled to Canada, around Japan and around Europe. There was a period there where I left the business because I didn’t think that this was possible. There was always part of me that just felt like I had more to do. I wanted to accomplish this dream. Even when I got signed to WWE, one of my good friends, I said to them, ‘I’m going to main event WrestleMania’ and he said it is good to dream but be realistic. Here we are.”
Becky Lynch is very familiar with one of her opponents in Charlotte Flair, whom she turned her back on at this past year’s SummerSlam PPV. Their storyline has been heated ever since. Also, since Becky Lynch started her “The Man” persona, she has been on fire with The WWE Universe as well as backstage officials.
Charlotte Flair, who is a multi-time WWE Women’s Champion & the daughter of WWE Hall Of Famer Ric Flair, would then talk about how important this moment is for women in pro wrestling, as seen below:
“It is a huge dream,” Charlotte went on to say. “Main eventing WrestleMania is the pinnacle of the Women’s Evolution. Even two years ago I think most people would say that’s impossible. Look what women from the past helped us get here and what we’ve created over the past few months. Now we’re walking into MetLife with a capacity of 80,000 people and main eventing WrestleMania.”
Ronda Rousey, the current RAW Women’s Champion, would then talk about her journey towards The WWE and what she thinks of The Women’s Division, which you can check out below. Rousey made her WWE debut at last year’s Royal Rumble PPV. Since then, she has made her in-ring debut at WrestleMania 34, where she teamed up with WWE Hall Of Famer Kurt Angle as they defeated Triple H & Stephanie McMahon. She has also revolutionized Women’s MMA by being The First-Ever UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion & UFC Hall Of Famer. She has been The RAW Women’s Champion since last year’s SummerSlam.
“On one hand, I was already expecting it, and on another hand, I was just really happy that it was finally certain,” Ronda went on to say. “It seemed like an abstract goal somewhere far in the future. I came into WWE just a year ago and my goal from the very beginning was that I wanted to be a part of the first women’s main event for WrestleMania. It is incredible the amount of momentum that we’ve been able to generate within just a year. Look at last year’s WrestleMania compared to now. What I think is happening in WWE is really a parallel for everything that is happening culturally around the world. The WWE product just copies everything else that is happening for the women’s evolution and revolution from every industry out there. I really think that this is one of those mediums where you can affect real social change and how women view themselves. This is the same company that had Bra and Panty matches that are now raising the women to the highest pinnacle that they have in the industry”
WrestleMania 35 takes place on Sunday, April 7th from MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
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