The reason why Becky Lynch didn’t make her return to WWE at the start of 2025

As seen during the April 21st 2025 edition of WWE RAW, Becky Lynch turned heel on Lyra Valkyria after they lost the women’s tag team titles. While speaking to Variety.com, Becky addressed her hiatus from WWE…

“I took what I thought was going to be three months off during the summer, when my contract came up. I was like, ‘Okay, seems like a good time to take a little break, get some stuff done.’ Then other things came up – I was filming ‘Star Trek,’ and then ‘Happy Gilmore.’ There was talk [of a return] around Rumble time, but then at the last minute, I got a skin condition. The next big event was WrestleMania, so it seemed to make sense, especially if I could take Bayley out of the mix and ruin her dreams. It felt doubly brilliant.”

Becky also commented on meeting AEW star MJF during her Happy Gilmore 2 filming…

“A very nice boy. Great chats. Of course, he knows he’d lose at [a promo battle], but we had great chats. Unfortunately, it was way before this happened, but I feel like he would completely agree with everything that I’m saying about Lyra.”