WWE superstar Becky Lynch has insisted she doesn’t trust Charlotte Flair days before they face off at Survivor Series.
The two big names, who hold the Raw and SmackDown Women’s Championships respectively, are on a collision course for the event on November 21 as the two brands go head-to-head at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
There has been plenty of drama surrounding the pair’s recent Title Exchange ceremony and their relationship behind the scenes, and The Man pulled no punches during an interview this week.
Asked about the backstage issues on the SI Media Podcast, she said: ‘I don’t know, man. We don’t talk anymore. We don’t talk. So all I’ll say is the locker room needs a hero sometimes. And sometimes somebody’s gotta be a hero. I’m all right being that hero. That’s what I’ll say on that matter.’
Lynch explained how ‘hostility’ can makes things difficult in the ring, noting you get real magic when there are two people on the same side.
‘Sometimes when there’s hostility, when you can’t trust the person, then you never know what’s going to happen,’ she said.
‘You always have to be on guard. It’s like a game of chess. You have to be thinking two steps, three steps, four steps ahead.’
She noted that pro wrestling is a business ‘built on trust and working together’ to create art, although she noted having an extra dimension to the match can be a positive too.
She added: ‘But there’s intrigue there, too, because we never know, was this meant to happen? Was that not meant to happen? What’s gonna go down? There’s interest in both ways.’
Asked outright if she trusted Charlotte, Becky simply responded: ‘No.’
She was then asked whether things are ‘difficult right now’ with the Queen, and she said: ‘Yes.’
And on the subject of their friendship, she coyly added: ‘We used to be best friends.’
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