Becky Lynch has joined Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, which adds a global WWE superstar to its already stacked cast. Executive produced by co-showrunners Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is currently filming in Toronto. With a cast led by Academy Award-winner Holly Hunter and Academy Award-nominee Paul Giamatti,Star Trek: Starfleet Academy has already received an early season 2 renewal on Paramount+.
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is set in the late 32nd century after the end of Star Trek: Discovery. Reopened after a century following the galactic calamity of The Burn, Starfleet Academy welcomes a new and diverse class of Starfleet hopefuls, under the guidance of Holly Hunter's Captain, who is also Starfleet Academy's Chancellor. However, a new threat to the United Federation of Planets emerges, likely tied to Paul Giamatti's recurring villain. Becky Lynch plays one of the Starfleet Officers potentially encountering this new enemy.
Becky Lynch Is A WWE Superstar & Women’s Champion
Lynch Is Known As The Man And Big Time Becks
Becky Lynch, whose real name is Rebecca Quin, may be unfamiliar to Star Trek fans, but she is a mega-popular WWE Superstar. Known by her nicknames, The Man (when she's a babyface) and Big Time Becks (when she is a heel), Becky is a multi-time WWE Women's Champion for the RAW and Smackdown brands. Lynch is also a former NXT Women's Champion. Along with Charlotte Flair and Ronda Rousey, Lynch was part of the first time women main evented WrestleMania. Becky Lynch is the first woman to win the main event of WrestleMania, becoming both the RAW and Smackdown Women's Champion.
With her innate charisma, Becky Lynch became one of the biggest stars in WWE, male or female. Born in Ireland, Lynch became a pro wrestler as a teenager, but she stepped away from wrestling for seven years. After working as a flight attendant and a stuntwoman, Becky returned to wrestling and joined WWE's developmental program, NXT. From there, Lynch ascended to the pinnacle of World Wrestling Entertainment. Lynch is married to fellow WWE Superstar Seth Rollins, and they have a young daughter, Roux.
Becky Lynch's 2024 autobiography, Becky Lynch: The Man: Not Your Average Average Girl, became a New York Times bestseller.
Seasoned to perform live in front of thousands of fans, Becky Lynch also has TV and movie acting experience. Lynch appeared in Billions, and she played Cyndi Lauper in Young Rock. Becky's movie acting debut was WWE Films' The Marine 6: Close Quarters in 2018. Star Trek: Starfleet Academy adding Becky Lynch could potentially bring her millions of WWE fans to check out Star Trek for the first time.
Becky Lynch Is Part Of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’s Bridge Crew
Starfleet Academy Seems To Have A Starship
Becky Lynch announced that she's joining Star Trek: Starfleet Academy season 1 on social media, and she caused millions of Star Trek fans to raise their eyebrows when Becky said she's "part of the bridge crew." This indicates that Starfleet Academy will also incorporate a starship since otherwise, the series is set at a school in San Francisco. However, it was part of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy's premise that the series is set both on Earth and in outer space, so a starship is logical.
Further, Holly Hunter's Starfleet Academy Chancellor is also billed as a Captain, so perhaps she commands the same starship Becky Lynch's character serves on. Starfleet Academy having access to starships has been established in Star Trek canon. The USS Enterprise was a Starfleet Academy training vessel in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. In Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Starfleet Academy's elite Red Squad was assigned to the Defiant Class USS Valiant, which they took command of until they were wiped out during the Dominion War.
Becky Lynch In Star Trek Has A Star Wars Equivalent
Mercedes Varnado Played Koska Reeves In The Mandalorian
Becky Lynch joining Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is an exciting prospect, but she follows in the footsteps of her fellow WWE wrestler who joined the galaxy far, far away. Mercedes Varnado, who performed in WWE as Sasha Banks, joined Star Wars: The Mandalorian as Koska Reeves, one of Bo-Katan Kryze's (Katee Sackhoff) Nite-Owls. Varnado was invited by executive producer Jon Favreau to join The Mandalorian, and she portrayed Koska Reeves in 5 episodes of seasons 2 and 3.
Becky Lynch and Sasha Banks were part of The Four Horsewomen in WWE along with Charlotte Flair and Bayley. Vardano is now one of the biggest stars in All Elite Wrestling as "The CEO" Mercedes Moné, the current TBS Champion and New Japan Strong Women's Champion.
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson guest starred in the Star Trek: Voyager season 6 episode, "Tsunkatse." And if Becky Lynch needs schooling in Star Trek canon, she can look no further than her WWE coworker, Cody Rhodes. The current Undisputed WWE Champion, Cody Rhodes is a massive Star Trek fan who attended the red carpet premiere of Star Trek: Picard season 3. Cody Rhodes even spoke to ScreenRant about his Star Trek fandom. Star Trek runs deeper within WWE than many fans might think, and it will hit warp speed when Becky Lynch debuts in Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.
