Professional wrestling legend and WWE Hall of Famer Lita who is a former four times WWE Women’s champion recently talked about her experience on working in the women’s Royal Rumble match of WWE.
Lita competed as a competitor in the Royal Rumble match of 2022 and WWE did not keep it a secret as they announced it before the event that WWE Hall of Famer would be completed in the Royal Rumble match of this year. They also revealed some of the more competitors who result in the match including the likes of the then Impact Knockouts champion Mickie James.
Lita Comments On Her Experience Working In Royal Rumble
This was not the first Royal Rumble match that Lita competed in. The first Royal Rumble match she competed in was the inaugural women’s Royal Rumble match that took place in 2018. She entered in that match as the entry number 5 but she could not survive for long.
Even though she listed to elimination by her name, Mandy Rose and Tamina. After surviving for around 5 minutes she was eliminated by Becky Lynch. Even though in a short amount of time she impressed the fans quite a bit. Fans were hopeful to see her coming back to action soon after she completed in the women’s Royal Rumble match of 2018.
It took her four years to compete in another Royal Rumble match. It was the latest Royal Rumble match where she entered as the entry no 26 and she was one of the final 6 wrestlers of the match before getting eliminated by Charlotte Flair. She also had an elimination listed by her name, that was the Impact Knockouts champion Mickie James.
Lita who is a former four times WWE Women’s champion recently spoke to Insight with Chris Van Vliet where she talked about her experience on working in the women’s Royal Rumble match of WWE. She said;
“As I was coming out of Gorilla position (at Royal Rumble), WWE 24 was following me around for an episode, and there was Johnny Ace. He said, ‘What do you think about wrestling Becky (Lynch)?’”
“We have been trying to fantasy book that one for years. I think she was more serious than I was. I thought it was a fun thing we talked about sometimes. There was no way I could say no to that.”
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