Becky Lynch recently spoke with PEOPLE, and said that she suffered from depression when she had to step away from wrestling in 2006 due to injury. Lynch said that this time away made her appreciate wrestling more, saying she wouldn’t be where she is today without stepping away at that time in her life:
“When I stepped away from it I just, I suffered from depression and always felt like I turned my back on this thing that I loved and this thing that has given me a purpose. I always felt like there was a part of me would fix it, and that part of me was this.”
“I’m really grateful for those years. At the time it was hard to see where it was going to go. Looking back I’m so grateful because I wouldn’t be where I am without having stepped away. And I also, want to have the appreciation that I do without it.”
Lynch also spoke about being a double champion, saying she has a target on her back but she wants to make both of her titles the most talked about it WWE.
“Now I have two giant targets on my back, and I know that everybody’s going to be trying to take me down and pay your due. The goal now is to make these titles the most talked about ones in all of WWE. It’s to make these [women’s titles] the most relevant titles in all of WWE. So that’s double duty, and it’s one thing to get to the mountain top, but it’s a whole another thing to stay there. And now I’m going to have a lot of people trying to knock me off.”
