Former Raw Women’s Champion Becky Lynch popped up on social media on Tuesday afternoon to share a brand-new maternity photoshoot featuring herself and fiance Seth Rollins. Fans seemed to love the shoot, as it had more than 780,000 likes on Instagram by the following day. “The Man” announced she was expecting her first child back in May, promptly relinquished her title and stepped away from all WWE programming. Since then she’s only given glimpses of her pregnancy, opting to stay out of the public spotlight. Her due date is reportedly set for December, and she assured fans in an interview with ESPN shortly after the news broke that she intends on continuing her wrestling career full time once she’s back from maternity leave.
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“That’s something that I’ve always preached and wanted women to have that equality,” she said in May. “And of course, to be on the level with the male performers and be on the same level in terms of pay, in terms of treatment. But also, this kind of goes hand in hand where a guy can go and have a kid and doesn’t have to miss a beat in his career. Unfortunately, we do. But that’s also a fortunate thing because we get to experience things that they never will, but also it just doesn’t mean that it’s got to be the end for a career in any line. And I think a lot of people have proved that, and I hope to join them.”
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“It’s one of those things where I know what I feel and think as a person without a child,” Lynch added. “I don’t know what that’s going to look like when I do have one, and that’s my priority. I’ll tell you, it’ll give me more motivation than ever, I could imagine. But this isn’t the end of me, one way or the other.”
Rollins gave an update on Lynch back in August while speaking with PEOPLE, stating, “She’s the hardest working person I’ve ever met, so she wants to always be productive. That’s what gives her purpose on a day-to-day basis. So it’s been crazy for her, but she found some cool things that hopefully she’ll be able to share in the future.”
He also addressed the possibility of their child wanting to be a wrestler when they grow up.
“Oh gosh, if they want to do that, that’s their business. I’ll support them in whatever endeavor they choose,” Rollins said. “At the end of the day, if they’re happy, I’m happy. [The industry] has been so enriching in my life and has given me people that are my best friends, and it’s given me my wife. The value that it has added to my life has been something that I can’t even quantify. I couldn’t put it into words for you.”
