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Irish WWE superstar Becky Lynch wants to have a big homecoming and be a part of the promotion's NXT UK Takeover: Dublin show later this year.

WWE will host the pay-per-view show live from the 3Arena on October 25th after the original April date was scrapped due to the coronavirus crisis.

And with the UK wing of the company proving to be a breeding ground for some rising stars from the Irish wrestling scene, and a hot Irish crowd expected, 'The Man' wants a piece of the pie.

"I would love to (be involved at NXT UK TakeOver: Dublin)," Lynch told the Irish Mirror.

"The request was already put in... on my end anyway."

The Raw Women's Champ has been keeping her eye on Irish wrestling, and has heaped praise on rising NXT UK stars Jordan Devlin and Aoife Valkyrie.

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Lynch also singled out plaudits for Irish promotion Over The Top Wrestling, founded by Dubliner Joe Cabray, which has been thriving in recent years, hosting a series of sold-out shows around the country.

The promotion were forced to cancel their flagship show Scrappermania 6 last month due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but fans have pitched in to raise funds for OTT and have already pooled together over €8,000.

Lynch said: "Joe Cabray, who runs OTT, is just fantastic. A fantastic promoter and dude. He's the reason that I got into WWE, I just have so much love for him and it makes me so happy to see Irish wrestling doing so well.

"That's what I hear (fans supporting the promotion), and also anybody that I've talked to that's gone and worked for them have said it's the most fun promotion that they've worked for and that makes me very happy."

But for now, Lynch has her hands full before she can think of a Dublin homecoming.

She successfully defended her belt against former MMA star Shayna Baszler at Wrestlemania, but the American remains the greatest threat to her year-long reign.

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And she expects Baszler to show a different side in the coming weeks, claiming that the challenger underestimated her last Saturday.

Lynch said: "I hope that we start to see a different side of her, because she's the one who came in all calm, cool and collected and then realised that isn't enough to beat me.

"I've held onto this for a year and it's been no happy accident, I've risen and gone through all the trials and tribulations that a champion and a performer goes through.

"And for her to just come in and think that she's gonna knock me off the thrown as simple as that?

"That's arrogant. She needs to dig deep into herself and find something else in herself.

"I by no means was underestimating her, she was the one who underestimated me."