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Irish WWE star Becky Lynch has spoken of her pride after she was given the 'unique opportunity' to entertain millions at Wrestlemania last weekend, despite the coronavirus pandemic.

The Dubliner, 33, starred in the pre-recorded show, which was behind closed doors at the company's performance center, and claims she has been living the dream as RAW Women's champion for over a year.

Lynch hopes that the show entertained people and provided a much needed distraction from the ongoing COVID-19 crisis.

"I was really proud of it, I thought everybody did a great job," Lynch told the Irish Mirror.

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"I think the thing is that people need a distraction right now without any other live sports on, the fact that we had this unique opportunity to go down there (to the Performance Centre) and perform safely, entertain people and give them weekly content (is brilliant).

"In spite of the lack of a crowd, it was still a great show and it forced people to be a bit more creative.

"It's not as weird as you would think that it would, would it be better with fans? Absolutely.

"At the end of the day it's your job and you gotta go out there and perform - regardless of the circumstances."

Lynch's confident and dominating 'The Man' character has seen her become one of the biggest names in the industry and spearhead a women's revolution in the company - culminating in her triumphant win in the main event of Wrestlemania last year.

And Lynch - real name Rebecca Quin - takes inspiration in 'owning who you are' for the character in explaining why she has become so popular with the fans.

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Lynch explained: "It's that thing of owning who you are and especially after being suppressed for a long time. And you best believe the Irish have a history of suppression and we rise against it and eventually feel that enough is enough.

"And I try not to stick to a certain level. I'm always just trying to find the best way to entertain them (fans).

"I think when it comes to being the 'The Man', everybody wants to own that powerful part of themselves that they haven't let themselves own.

"We saw that with the transition of that over years, it's one of those things that was an overnight success that took ten years to build."

She grew up in the capital, and fell in love with wrestling from her first training session as a teenager, but claims she never actively thought that she'd reach the soaring heights she's hit over the past 18 months.

Lynch added: "That wasn't the dream, I didn't think that it was feasible for me to be able to go and be a WWE superstar. I didn't have a dream career or a dream life. You have ideas and things like that, but I never really had a dream.

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"As soon as I went down there (to train in Dublin), that changed everything. I was like okay, this is what I wanna do.

"I had dreamed of getting to this point, I didn't know that I would but it's something that I liked to think on and meditate on and hope that it would one day happen.

"But with big dreams like this, you never know if it's actually possible or if you're losing your mind - but you take the risk anyway."

And spending the better part of decade across the Atlantic, Lynch loves bumping into Irish people on the road - something her American partner and fellow WWE star Seth Rollins doesn't quite understand.

"I always miss the Irish contingent. It's funny because I'll be out and any time I meet an Irish person I'll be like 'Oh hey, where are you from?' instantly - as you do any time you meet an Irish person.

"You just go off on rants asking if you know this person or that person, and of course it's a little village we come from, so there's always someone you know. It just feels like family whether you know the person or not.

"I was saying that to Seth or whatever, and he was like 'Yeah, it's just not the same'. If he's in Ireland and he meets someone from America: 'You're from America? Yeah? Cool'," she laughed.

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With the battle to curb the spread of the virus bringing everyday life to a standstill, Lynch has been at home in Iowa with Rollins, and has used the opportunity to make up for lost time and catch up with her family and friends.

She added: "Yeah that's the great thing about this, normally I don't have any time to talk to anybody back home because I'm always on the go.

"I've been able to catch up and hang out with a bunch of my friends and family obviously.

"Seth owns his own gym, so we have a private gym to go to and train.

"That part hasn't changed much, but we're in the minority. Other than that it's a lot of phone interviews and I'm still doing the daily duties of the champ.

"Just being able to be at home. I love to cook, so I've been cooking every night. I never watched Game of Thrones before, so in the last three days I've gotten up to season three!"