Monday’s episode of Raw saw an emotional Lynch hand the Raw women’s championship to Asuka, who won the Money in the Bank briefcase on Sunday.
“You go and be a warrior, because I’m going to go be a mother,” the mother-to-be told the new champion.
Wrestler Paige tweeted her congratulations, writing: “What theeeee CONGRATS TO @BeckyLynchWWE and @WWERollins on the announcement today!!! Wow. Segment gave me chills on raw. You’re gonna be great parents! And congrats to @WWEAsuka on becoming in the champ.”
Mustafa Ali added: “She’s done so many amazing things. Now, @BeckyLynchWWE is going to do the MOST amazing thing. Congratulations, my friend.”
Mojo Rawley, real name Dean Muhtadi, added: “The biggest congrats to @BeckyLynchWWE!!! What a run she’s having!!! Breaking All-Time @WWE #Raw Championship Records, having an awesome scene on the @SHO_Billions premiere, and now, MOM TO BE!!!! A belated Happy Mother’s Day to you! INCREDIBLE!”
WWE personality Matt Camp also offered congratulations, posting: “I can’t say enough good things about @BeckyLynchWWE. She deserves everything amazing that’s about to happen in her life. Thank you and here’s to the start of a beautiful chapter in your life with @WWERollins.”
Lynch will be stepping out of the ring for now as she focuses on starting a family.
“I’ve always, always wanted kids,” Lynch told People following her announcement.
“I’m just so career-focused that it became one of those things that, when you’re chasing a dream for so long, I always wondered, ‘Am I going to get around to it? Is it going to happen for me?’”
Lynch and Rollins confirmed they were a couple in May 2019 after much speculation, before getting engaged three months later in August 2019.
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Lynch, 33, told People: “When we got together, things started to look a lot clearer and I knew he was the person that I wanted to have kids with—that this was going to happen and it was just a matter of when.”
The wrestling star, who is due in December, said she took multiple pregnant tests last month after believing she was pregnant. “I took the first one wrong. Then I took a few more tests until I got a digital one that just said the word ‘Pregnant.’ I was with Seth at the time and he just threw his hands up in the air, all excited,” said Lynch.
