Summary

Becky Lynch believes WWE has to deliberately rebuild the audience's belief that women belong in the WrestleMania main event picture.

While speaking on Insight with Chris Van Vliet, Lynch said women in WWE have already shown they can be the biggest stars in the company, but argued that position only sticks when the promotion presents them as true main event acts. She pointed to the way recent WrestleMania main events have largely centered around male stars and said that trend needs to change.

Lynch's comments carry extra weight because she was part of the first women's WrestleMania main event at WrestleMania 35, and because she is now headed into another major spotlight match at WrestleMania 42. As WWE lines up more marquee events, including Saturday Night's Main Event returning to Madison Square Garden, her point is ultimately about who gets framed as the biggest attraction on the card.

Quote from Becky Lynch

"I just want to tell good stories, have good matches. Want to make sure that the business is better when I leave it than how I found it. I know that what I have done is prove that women could be the biggest stars in this company, and they are and can be. I think sometimes we need to fight to make sure we're positioned as such, because you can be a huge name, but if you're not positioned in the main event. It's very easy when we condition the audience, this person's the main event, this person's the main event, this person's the main event, we see them as the main event. When we don't condition the audience, then it becomes a little bit harder, and for the last few years, I think we've, for the most part, those main events have gone to two, maybe three, four dudes constantly. I think we need to change that again. I think we need to. I don't know what that means, whether that means fighting a bit more, whether it's me or somebody else."

The WrestleMania context behind Becky Lynch's point

Lynch, Charlotte Flair, and Ronda Rousey made history by closing WrestleMania 35, while Bianca Belair and Sasha Banks headlined night one of WrestleMania 37. Since then, the top WrestleMania billing has gone back to Roman Reigns and Cody Rhodes-led programs.

That is the real issue Lynch is getting at here. If WWE wants women to feel like authentic WrestleMania-closing stars again, the company has to place them in those top spots consistently enough for fans to see that level as normal, not exceptional.

What it means for Becky Lynch and WrestleMania 42

Lynch is set to challenge AJ Lee for the WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship at WrestleMania 42, so her comments also put extra attention on how that match is framed on the card.

Even without promising a specific booking change, Lynch is clearly arguing for a bigger creative emphasis on women at WWE's highest level. If that shift happens, it would not just affect one WrestleMania main event, it would shape how future stars are built across the division.

Sources

Becky Lynch on Insight with Chris Van Vliet