Becky Lynch on Her Favorite WWE Run, Being in Her Prime Ahead of WrestleMania, More

Between being a WrestleMania headliner, a mother and now a New York Times bestselling author, Becky Lynch has proved she can truly do it all.

Fresh off the release of her all-new autobiography Becky Lynch: The Man: Not Your Average Average Girl, she has the chance to add another women's world championship to her long list of accolades come WrestleMania 40.

Lynch has been one of WWE's biggest workhorses over the last year or so. It's been almost exactly two years since she last held singles gold, but in that time, she's carried Raw's women's division on her back and has had one of the most compelling character arcs on the roster.

Beating Rhea Ripley for her prized possession on The Grandest Stage of Them All will be unlike anything she's ever faced in her career before, but fighting from underneath is where she believes she's at her best.

Ahead of her highly anticipated WrestleMania showdown with Ripley, Lynch sat down with Bleacher Report to discuss what went into writing the book, why she enjoyed her most recent heel run, being in the prime of her career right now, and more.

Check out the complete video of the interview on the next slide and read on for the highlights.

Why She Chose Now to Pen Her First Autobiography

Autobiographies and career retrospectives in wrestling are often saved for when that star's time in the ring is finished. Lynch decided to ink her first book while she's still very much at the height of her success.

Many more chapters have yet to be written, but her journey up to this point has been riveting enough to warrant its own installment.

"I haven't retired, so I was writing while this thing is continuing," Lynch told B/R. "I have to figure out an end stage for this book. I can't just keep writing until the deadline for this book about the things that are happening. I ended it when I came back at SummerSlam in 2021, and I then tried to surmise the following year, which ended up being my favorite year wrestling."

The extensive process included rewriting the entire book from scratch mere months ago during her NXT run. Although she found the first draft well-written, she significantly cut down on several stories and added some setting and colors to what was already there.

Lynch also revealed that she never asked anyone for permission in regard to what was included.

"It's my story and my perspective," she said. "I put a disclaimer at the beginning that all of this is from memory, my perspective and I'm biased toward myself. Hopefully you'll get to decide if I'm self-aware enough or not. I think once you start asking for permission, you're clouded by moral police in some regard. Somebody's voice is over your shoulder and then you don't get to write your story in the way you want to because you're taking everybody else's into account. ... It's never the big things you think are going to offend people. It's something small. ... But I tried to be fair."

Wanting to Put Over Bianca Belair and Shayna Baszler

In her book, Lynch details why she wanted to lose the Raw Women's Championship to Shayna Baszler at WrestleMania 36 and her desire to build her up as an unstoppable force.

Despite her best efforts, Lynch was overturned by then-head honcho Vince McMahon and was booked to beat Baszler decisively and retain her title. Baszler never really recovered from that loss, and The Man maintains it was the wrong call to this day.

"I've never looked at wrestling being about wins and losses but rather more in terms of stories, and I think that's been beneficial to me," Lynch said. "With Shayna specifically, we went through great lengths to make sure she looked like a star. She went through everyone in that Elimination Chamber quite harshly and I was like, 'Well, if we're going to do that, we might as well pull the trigger.' And we didn't, and I thought that was a bit of a miscalculation. And people disagreed with me, and I suppose it's up to you to decide. Sometimes if I think we're going to go there with the story, let's go there with the story."

Lynch wasn't about to let history repeat itself with Bianca Belair when they feuded in the fall of 2021 into the spring of 2022.

"With Bianca, that was the thing: I was the heel and I was going to take [the title] from her," she said. "I know a lot of people were like, 'You could've at least had a match.' We could have, but I do actually think it's better that I kind of caught her off-guard as opposed to having a five, 10-minute match and then beating her. It just wouldn't have had the same effect at WrestleMania."

Why She Enjoyed Her Latest Heel Turn

Lynch regards her heel work from the time period when she feuded with Belair as her favorite run of her entire career.

It started with Lynch shockingly returning from pregnancy at SummerSlam 2021 and immediately winning the SmackDown Women's Championship. That kicked off her gradual heel turn in the weeks that followed.

"Bianca's such a pro. I remember thinking, 'This girl has no reason to trust me. She doesn't know me.' She was so gracious, and she's the embodiment of a superstar. There were some curveballs thrown at us. I was told we would never touch until 'Mania, and then the match almost didn't happen and we had to fight for that as well. Thankfully, it did all happen, and we got to do right by that story. It's one of my favorite stories."

In the end, Lynch stayed true to her promise to Belair by losing to her when it mattered most with the gold up for grabs at WrestleMania 38. She went on to turn face later that summer, but she's been consistently killing it in the ring ever week since.

"Maybe this is conceitedness, but I'll be conceited," Lynch said. "I'll be arrogant. I think I've been doing my best work. I think I have been ever since I came back from having my child. And I know a lot of people didn't like my heel run, but screw them, I had a great time! I felt like I got to tell some great stories. I felt like anybody that I worked with, for the most part, came out better than before. I'm really proud of the work I did there, and that's what it's about, really."

Being in the Prime of Her Career Right Now Ahead of WrestleMania 40

Lynch's desperate pursuit of the Women's World Championship has made her an even better performer in all respects.

As she's alluded to previously on Raw, she excels under pressure, giving her the distinct advantage over Ripley with regard to her experience.

It's a drastically different approach compared to her mindset at this time five years ago, where she was on the verge of headlining WrestleMania 35 and becoming a double champion.

With the proper approach, The Man could just as easily pull off a similarly impressive feat at WrestleMania 40 versus Rhea Ripley—and sell several more copies of her book to boot.

"My mindset is that I feel like I'm better than I've ever been," Lynch said. "I really feel like I'm at my peak and my prime. I've always thrived when I'm underestimated. I've always done my best work when I have that little bit of a chip on my shoulder and people doubt me.

"Rhea's been on a hot run for the last little while, but I've been the one doing all the hard work in the background and raising everybody's game. What I said in the promo is true to life in that when people believe in me, I'm good, but when people doubt me, I'm great."

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Graham Mirmina, aka Graham "GSM" Matthews, has specialized in sports and entertainment writing since 2010. Visit his website, WrestleRant, and subscribe to his YouTube channel for more wrestling-related content.