As many steps forward as women’s wrestling has made, however, Lynch notes that there are still some things from the past that need to be gotten rid of. Ultimately, one of her goals for women’s wrestling is to make it accepted as an equal part of the show to the men, and not have it be a special attraction.

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“I think there tends to still be some of that bias there because it’s ingrained,” Lynch said.  “t’s kind of almost like a sort of ingrained thing, that we just need to scrape away the layers of. And we’re getting there…and we have gotten to where, if I main event a ‘Raw,’ it’s not a big deal. ‘Of course I main event a ‘Raw,’ I’m awesome.’ Or I main event a PPV. ‘Of course I main event a PPV. It’s not a big deal, because I’m the Man.’ 

“But also, Rhea Ripley just main evented in Australia. Of course she should’ve main evented in Australia. She’s their biggest star. So it’s all of these things where it’s…of course, why not? Whereas before it was like ‘Whoa.’ I like that it’s not a big deal, and I want it to continue to not be a big deal, because it shouldn’t be a big deal. It should be a meritocracy, where your position is based on the merit, not on your gender.”

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