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Becky Lynch addresses if current WWE contract is really her last

Posted on by Rosanne Raphael

Becky Lynch stated that her current WWE contract would be her final one on season two of Unreal. 

Lynch addressed the status of her WWE contract on the Insight Podcast with Chris Van Vliet. She clarified while no firm decision has been made, the possibility still exists. She expressed desire in wanting to spend more time with her daughter, Roux and potentially considering extending the family. 

“I mean, I didn’t say it with such assuredness as you did, right? I said it’s probably my last one. I think I said this is likely my last one.”

“That’s not a sure (thing), but, yeah, no, it might be, could be.”

“I don’t know, it could be longer, but you never want to outstay your welcome. Although, I’m in my prime, I can go, plenty left in the tank. But I also have my daughter at home, and maybe I’ll want another one, and at some point, you have to just be happy with what you’ve done.”

“But again, the love of what I do, that’s not going anywhere, but there’s a lot that goes in, around it and behind it. I suppose you never want to leave spinning your wheels. You always want to try, but again, that’s also not true because sometimes I just go ‘what do I want to do? What do I think is fun? Maybe nobody else will, but this is what I want to do.’”

Lynch was a part of WWE’s women’s revolution in 2015 when she made her main roster debut that year. Within a decade Lynch became a Grand Slam Champion, main evented WrestleMania 35 with Charlotte Flair and Ronda Rousey which she won and walked out with two titles. 

This weekend, Lynch will compete in her 10th WrestleMania bout as she challenges AJ Lee for the Intercontinental Championship. 

Chris Masters reveals career heartbreak post-WWE exit

Posted on by Rosanne Raphael

Chris Masters wishes more people got to see the matches he’s been having since exiting WWE.

A new episode of Insight premiered today with Chris Van Vliet interviewing Masters. During the conversation, Van Vliet asked the former WWE wrestler about any regrets he has with his career.

“Hindsight is always 20/20, but there’s a lot of things I can look back on now that I see much clearer now than I did back then. But wrestling, it’s tough,” Masters said. “There’s so much to it and you only learn, really, gradually with time, you know, to master all of it, whether it be the politics or the in-ring stuff or your character and your presentation, all that stuff.

“So there’s a lot of stuff that I would have probably done differently or that I wish I had known back then, but I know that I know now, right? And the part that breaks my heart is, like over the last 10 years, I’ve been, I’m so comfortable in the ring. It’s my place of comfort. And I just know that I’ve had, you know, some of the best matches of my career. And the fact that those aren’t happening on a bigger platform, that breaks my heart sometimes. Because it’s like, it’d be nice for people to be [able to] appreciate my work and see what I can do now and the fact that I can go out here and do everything pretty darn well.”

Masters added that he’s grateful to still be able to wrestle in front of good fans every week on the indies, where he’s having a lot of fun. He previously wrestled for the NWA as well and had two reigns as NWA National Champion.

In the same interview, Masters addressed how close he came to winning gold in WWE and how issues he had with John Cena might have affected that.

Masters had two separate stints with WWE, the first of which ended in 2007 before he was brought back from 2009-2011. He was best known for his “Master Lock Challenge,” a recurring segment where he invited competitors to break out of his full nelson submission hold, which was portrayed to be impossible.

AEW notes: Chris Van Vliet joins broadcast team, Britt Baker update

Posted on by Joseph Currier

– Chris Van Vliet has joined AEW’s broadcast team as a backstage interviewer.

“I’m honored to announce that I am officially joining @allelitewrestling on October 2 for the first show on TNT,” Van Vliet wrote. “As a lifelong wrestling fan, this is a dream come true to mix my passion for broadcasting and pro wrestling as a backstage interviewer for AEW!”

Van Vliet is an entertainment reporter who has been working for “Deco Drive” on WSVN 7 in Miami, Florida. He regularly interviews wrestlers on his YouTube channel.

Van Vliet appeared on last week’s Road to All Out episode, hosting the Control Center segment.

– On today’s Being the Elite, Britt Baker answered a fan question about the concussion she suffered at Fight for the Fallen. Baker said it was a rough couple of weeks at first, but she’s feeling fantastic and everything is looking good. She said she’s hoping to be cleared to return any day now.

When asked if she’ll be booked for All Out on August 31, Baker teased that we’ll have to wait and see.

Baker suffered the concussion while teaming with Riho against Shoko Nakajima & Bea Priestley on the Fight for the Fallen pre-show on July 13.