Lita is about to have her first real singles match with WWE since Survivor Series 2006, where she will go one-on-one with RAW Women’s Champion Becky Lynch at Elimination Chamber.
Ahead of her match with Big Time Becks at Elimination Chamber, Lita sat down with Ring the Belle to discuss a variety of subjects. When asked about when she found out about facing Becky Lynch, Lita revealed that this match all came together in a matter of days.
“Renee Young [Paquette] lives in Cincinnati. These [clothes from WWE Raw after Royal Rumble] are her clothes because that is how little time I had to prepare,” Lita revealed. “They were like, ‘can you come?’ After St. Louis, I was supposed to go home. And on Sunday, I drove to Cincinnati and swung by Renee’s house. And I’m like, ‘girl what can I wear?’ Johnny Ace asked me. He’s like, ‘do you want to fight Becky?’ I’m like, ‘wait what? Like you know that I do. You know that she does.’ And he’s like, ‘how about in like two weeks?'”
When asked what makes the match against Becky Lynch special, Lita said she believes this is a generational clashing match because she sees a lot of herself in Lynch.
“I think this match is like a true generational clashing match because we are very kindred spirits,” Lita said. “She lives like a pirate, kind of took a very meandering journey to get to her spot in WWE. Same thing [for me] so I kind of cut from the same cloth. I saw a lot of her in me, as she was starting as I first just met her. And then to be at home and watch her catch fire. I was like, ‘girl.’ Not only did I know she had it, but also I was like, ‘let me in there.'”
Regarding performing in Saudi Arabia, Lita said she was outspoken against the relationship at first when no women were performing on the shows. Now that they are, she wants to experience what other women have been able to do at previous events.
“I was outspoken on the early relationship between WWE and Saudi Arabia. They say they want women to wrestle over there, but I don’t know if I believe it,” Lita began. “There are no women on this card. There are women on the card [now]. I’ve talked to the women personally that have been over there, and they’re like it’s unbelievable. There are women crying, never thinking they would get to see two women be so strong in the ring. They’re like, ‘it’s really powerful and you’re gonna enjoy that.'”
Lita also spoke about how she wasn’t originally scheduled to appear on RAW after the Royal Rumble and how she had to borrow Renee Paquette’s clothes for the show. Read more about how the match was pitched at this link.
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