Becky Lynch revealed she was the one who finally pushed Seth Rollins to start their relationship during Royal Rumble weekend 2019 in Phoenix, ending years of mutual attraction and friendship.
Something's Burning (Season 6, Episode 15)
Host: Bert Kreischer | Guests: Seth Rollins & Becky Lynch
The couple first met in 2014 at an NXT show, with Rollins recalling an unexpectedly deep first conversation.
"I go, 'Hey, what's your story?' 'What's your story, kid?' And then she just went off for like 45 minutes," Rollins said. "I expected like a short interaction, a quick flirt, and then we'd be gone. That'd be the end of it. But she went off."
Both were in other relationships at the time, leading to five years of maintained boundaries and friendship. Lynch explained her protective approach during that period, particularly as Rollins went through a difficult phase questioning his relationship patterns.
"I just wanted to be friends with him because I didn't want to lose him in that capacity," Lynch said. "I'd rather have taken him as a friend than like start to think bad things about him and then hate him. Like, that would have been the worst."
But in Phoenix, Lynch decided the time was right.
"It all came to a head in Phoenix—Royal Rumble weekend. One thing led to another," Rollins explained. "Essentially, she came up to me and she was like, 'You've been all talk. Let's go.'"
The timing proved challenging as WWE immediately incorporated their real relationship into television storylines, creating awkward creative moments when Lynch was at the height of her "The Man" persona.
"They put us together and then we didn't know our own dynamic as a couple and now we're on TV," Lynch reflected. "My wrestling character is so different to how I am in real life and especially as a girlfriend."
Despite the rocky public start, the couple married in 2021 and have one daughter together. In the same interview, Rollins discussed how Lynch became "the thing that makes life okay" and revealed how social media toxicity nearly destroyed their relationship shortly after they got together.
The couple recently reunited on-screen for the first time since 2019.