Becky Lynch has hit back at British WWE superstar Doudrop after she described their bout at Royal Rumble, which is due to take place in a few hour's time, as 15 years in the making - dismissing her as 'a fan going up against The Man'.
The pair will be taking to the ring at WWE's Royal Rumble 2022 at 1am tonight (Sunday, January 30) UK time with Lynch's RAW Women's Championship title up for grabs.
It's the highlight women's single match in a jam-packed card which will be broadcast live from St. Louis, Missouri on BT Sport Box Office or the WWE Network.
Other matches include the two iconic male and female Rumble events, which see 30 competitors join a battle royal every few minutes until just one victor emerges, winning a main event shot at WrestleMania.
Always renowned for surprise entrants - including most notably two years ago when Edge made a barn-storming return almost a decade after his retirement - this year we already know Jackass' Johnny Knoxville will be making his in-ring debut.
Elsewhere, Bobby Lashley and Brock Lesnar are going head-to-head, while former Shield comrades Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins are also going up against each other.
But for many UK fans the women's championship match is going to be one to watch on the card.
Speaking to the Mirror in an interview earlier in the week, Doudrop described her first pay-per-view title shot with Becky Lynch as having been 15 years in the making.
She said: "When I first started wrestling training there really wasn't many girls around.
"There was me. Nikki Storm had also just started training. Down south there was Jetta and MsChif, who were both incredibly busy. And over the way in Ireland was one, Rebecca Knox.
"And it was well known to us that Rebecca, as she was known at the time, was the top of the mountain and we really wanted her to come over and my trainers tried to book some matches with her.
"But unfortunately, at that time, she was just getting ready to move over the way for WWE, so I never got that match.
"So this feels like a real full circle moment. To be finally getting this match that I've wanted for so long and to be having it on Royal Rumble is just dizzying, absolutely dizzying."
But The Man's response is pretty blunt: "So here's the thing. I’m The Man and she's a fan. When she was starting out, we were both teenagers at the time, but I had made a name for myself all over the world. All over Europe, all over America, Canada, Japan, and with few role models to look at.
"She looked at this Rebecca Knox who was just breaking barriers all over the place, and then I was gone. And so I imagine when I re-emerged at WWE years later to change the landscape of women's wrestling, she was just beside herself. Beside herself.
"Now I think she's putting on a bit of a bravado, trying to act tough, trying to hold it together because she's insecure that she's going against her idol."
Harsh Lynch may be, but this is a big match for Doudrop who only made her RAW debut in June, basically as a sidekick for Eva Marie and beat Liv Morgan and Bianca Belair in a triple-threat match to secure her number one contender status.
So is she ready to be take the title despite being a relative newcomer to the main roster?
Her answer is cautious but firm: "I don't think there's ever a point where you're going to be like, 'yes, I'm absolutely ready for this' because I think if you did feel like that, then you would probably be a bit complacent.
"I think you need that fear a little bit, because it's the fear that keeps you on your toes.
"But luckily, for me, I seem to do well in the face of panic. So I'm gonna bet on myself."
We've only got a few hours to find out if that's a winning bet.
Where to watch WWE Royal Rumble 2022 on UK TV
WWE Royal Rumble 2022 will on BT Sport Box Office live from 1am on Sunday morning, which is available on BT TV channel 495, or Sky channel 494. Virgin Media subscribers can access BT Sport Box Office by heading to the On Demand section on their TV box and selecting 'Live Events'.
It's also showing on the WWE Network.
