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Before becoming one of WWE’s biggest superstars, Becky Lynch worked at an Irish pub in Manhattan and lived above another pub.
The Limerick, Ireland native spent the summer of 2010 during his college years in the Big Apple, hoping to make connections and hit the road in search of a job.
“I just walked around… [looking for] Anything with an Irish flag on it, anything with an Irish name on it, anything with a little harp on the outside,” Lynch, now 37, wrote in her March 26 memoir, “Becky Lynch: The Man — Not Your Average Average Girl,” she told The Post ahead of the release of “Guys — Not Your Average Average Girl.”
Lynch (real name Rebecca Quinn)’s first stop was shade of green At Gramercy Park.
They had no job openings, but a bartender from Kerry, Ireland, offered to rent a room upstairs for $500 a month.
“The room had a sink, twin beds, and barely enough space for my suitcase,” she wrote. “There was a communal shower and toilet down the hall.”
She jumped at it. She arrived in New York with only $2,000 in her bank account, of which she spent $600 on the first day of her stay.
“I don’t know what it’s about,” Lynch said. Highest paid female wrestler in the worldHe earns an estimated $3.1 million annually.
“I was paying $35 for this hostel in Columbus Circle, and I had to buy a phone. I have no idea where that money went.”
It took me about a week, but I finally found a job as a waitress at Hibernia on West 50th Street in Ireland’s historic Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood.
“The place was like toast,” she recalled in her memoir. “The same people were coming in every day and the staff made a conscious effort to get to know them.
“I was their first experience hiring a waitress. I wasn’t the best, but I could tell a joke, and the customers liked me and gave me tips. So I was able to continue working.”
Lynch, who now lives between Iowa and Los Angeles with her husband, WWE’s Seth Rollins, 37, and their 3-year-old daughter Lou, spoke passionately about the close-knit community at the gin factory.
“Everyone became like friends. . . . The fact that we had people coming every day or every weekend and getting to know them was very gratifying.”
Lynch began training as a wrestler at the age of 15 and made his professional wrestling debut five months later, but eventually quit professional wrestling, believing he had no future.
However, she still wanted to entertain audiences and thought that spending time in New York would allow her to pursue a career as an actress.
“I thought, ‘Maybe I can somehow get into the theater space, maybe something can start,'” she explained. “It wasn’t really like that, but we made a lot of connections and made memories that will last a lifetime.”
In 2011, Lynch moved to Chicago to attend Columbia University and continue her acting studies, but had plans to return to New York. A few weeks before her departure, she returned to her friend’s wrestling gym to prepare for her role, as she was hired as a stuntwoman on an Irish television show.
He encouraged her to try out for WWE, signed her to a developmental contract with WWE in 2013, and made WWE history in 2019. First woman to win a WrestleMania main event.
This St Patrick’s Day, Lynch will not be wrestling or partying in pubs, but will be at the White House along with other prominent figures from the Emerald Isle, including Prime Minister Leo Varadkar.
“I was invited to the White House because I’m an Irish national treasure,” she joked. “It’s a big celebration in Ireland, so I’ll be there.”
