Charlotte Flair was reportedly escorted out of the building following backstage altercations with Becky Lynch and Sonya Deville after the title-exchange segment on Smackdown recently.
Flair reportedly went off-script by dropping the title belt rather than handing it over. She is said to have felt that the scripting of the segment made her and the championship “look weak.”
“Discipline her and you have to discipline quite a few people.”
Dave Meltzer wrote that a source told him her situation is difficult for a few reasons.
“Charlotte is a tricky situation,” the source reportedly said. “Not just because she’s a star in a division with very few stars. But because she’s not the only guilty party. Discipline her and you have to discipline quite a few people.”
Following the segment, Flair is said to have been confronted by both Becky Lynch and Sonya Deville backstage. PW Insider confirmed that Sonya Deville was quite upset by Flair going against the script in the segment.
“Two different sources described Sonya Deville as ‘mad enough to want to fight Flair’ and at one point, also having an argument with Flair backstage at Smackdown,” wrote Mike Johnson.
Several reports recently have suggested that Charlotte Flair has become not well-liked backstage in WWE. Flair’s reputation with others in WWE was addressed recently in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
Dave Meltzer reported that Flair has ruffled feathers with many on the roster and this sometimes has to do with match structure.
“One of the complaints is that Flair wants to be a heel, is a heel, but does babyface moves during matches,” Meltzer wrote. This includes doing moonsaults and similar moves. He noted that there is a belief backstage that it is hard for a babyface to get over working with Flair. Rhea Ripley was noted specifically as someone who could have been made a bigger star in her program with her.
“Other aspects were the feeling that Rhea Ripley should have been elevated to Raw women’s champion and not tag team champion and been cooled off as she was the young star on the way up who Flair should have made,” Meltzer continued.
Flair’s match with Nia Jax from late-August that devolved into a bit of a shoot fight was also addressed. Meltzer noted in his report that the WWE women’s locker room was supportive of Nia in that situation. The feeling is Nia stood up to Flair and showed she would not be bullied.
Flair and Lynch had been friends for much of their careers. Both are members of the 4 Horsewomen of NXT, but reportedly they have not been close recently.
Becky Lynch was not the only person angry with Charlotte Flair following the title-exchange segment on Smackdown. According to a report from PW Insider, Sonya Deville confronted Flair as well.
“Two different sources described Sonya Deville as ‘mad enough to want to fight Flair’ and at one point, also having an argument with Flair backstage at Smackdown,” wrote Mike Johnson.
The most underrated part of this whole thing is how well Sonya Deville acted through all the shenanigans. A pro. pic.twitter.com/4JXafH0L2j
The report continued to say that Flair made it clear she thought the booking of the segment made her and the championship look weak. Flair is also said to have ruffled a few feathers in other instances in the past few months. These include a visibly stiff confrontation with Nia Jax during a live match on RAW. A further report from Wade Keller states that Flair has been “‘increasingly difficult to work with’ over the course of the year.”
One source, speaking to PW Insider under the condition of anonymity, said that Flair has been very protective of her position in the company as of late.
“Let’s be honest, that’s what stars do,” the source reportedly said. “They make sure their star power remains the same or greater.”
Another source stated that resentment towards Flair has been building and it was “just a matter of time” before something happened.” Flair was escorted out of the building on Friday night.
Flair was also reportedly not backstage at AEW’s show in Orlando on Saturday night. Although she has accompanied Andrade el Idolo in the past to AEW events.
The heat for the awkward SmackDown segment and the post-show confrontation between Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch is falling on Flair and not Lynch per the latest report. PWinsider, who broke the story, has provided more details on the aftermath of the situation. The new report reveals how people backstage feel about the surprising turn of events and who is being blamed.
Flair had been arguing against being made to ‘look week’ in the segment throughout the day. She is the one seen as the person responsible for the segment going off the rails. There is heat on The Queen in ‘certain circles’ for disrespecting Becky.
Becky Lynch, on the other hand, has no heat for the confrontation as there was no physical altercation between the two. The locker room saw it as The Man standing her ground and reaching the boiling point after being pushed too hard.
Some feel that Flair took the segment that was supposed to build a match between herself and Sasha Banks and put the attention back on her and Becky. People believed that the whole thing undermined Banks, who is being positioned as the top babyface of the SmackDown brand opposed to Flair.
Though the site has rectified the report about the script for the segments after it was revealed that Charlotte was supposed to play ‘cat and mouse’ with the belt. They confirmed the plans but added that Flair wasn’t expected to pull the belt away from Becky at any point. The segment was not rehearsed in advance or suggested to the talent for that matter.
People believe Charlotte Flair disrespected Becky Lynch
The belief among people backstage is Flair pulling the title was done to make Lynch stupid. She would have had to pick up the belt after being ‘one-upped.’ This obviously didn’t happen as Sonya Deville made Flair hand the belt to her. Becky Lynch ended up throwing the SmackDown women’s title at her arch-rival, which was supposed to happen but happened ‘differently’ than originally planned.
The confrontation between the female stars happened in the gorilla position. Fightful select reported that Charlotte Flair was told to leave the building while Becky Lynch competed in a dark match. This was done to avoid further argument. The new report adds that Flair was escorted out by a WWE official.
Flair was said to be very upset coming out of the situation as well, though it likely wasn’t a strategy to get out of her contract. Charlotte has years left on her current deal. WWE is not likely to let someone they deem an important asset walk out of the company only for them to show up on TNT.
Alex McCarthy of Talk Sport has provided some more details on what led to the confrontation between the two stars and the aftermath of it.
According to him, the awkwardness that ensued during the title exchange segment was result of a timing error. Charlotte was meat to play ‘cat and mouse’ with the belt.
Lynch was supposed to get her hands on the strap before Flair pulled it back, but a timing error between the pair led to the title being dropped on the floor. Whatever the reason, the championship wasn’t meant to be dropped.
The segment was a topic of debate among the people involved throughout the day. None of the talent were happy with the way it went during the show but they moved things along as Sasha Banks had to make her way to the ring.
The Relationship Of Charlotte Flair And Becky Lynch
The relationship between Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch has been strained for a while
Charlotte Flair walked past gorilla without talking to Vince McMahon after the show. The boss wasn’t happy with this action from the women’s champion. The Queen is now headed to this week’s Dynamite from Orlando to support Andrade.
The friendship of Flair and Lynch has apparently been strained for some time. People close to them believe that Flair didn’t like being called ‘plastic’ during a promo a couple of years ago. Their relationship has been tense ever since.
Charlotte is also said to be a huge fan of Bianca Belair. Per the report, she actually campaigned to lose to the EST clean during their championship match on Raw. Flair believed that the DQ finish killed what could have been a big win for Belair.
Becky Lynch is now the Raw women’s champion while Charlotte holds the counterpart SmackDown belt. These two will meet at the Survivor Series PPV, that is if both of them remain champions till then.
Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch had a shoot confrontation after going off script during their title exchange segment on this week’s episode of SmackDown.
The Queen had raised concern about the championship exchange segment before the show went on air, according to reports from PWinsider.
Flair reportedly didn’t want to look weak herself or wanted her title reign to look week during the show. Though the segment went as planned despite her concerns.
The tensions grew when the Raw women’s champion went off script during the title exchange. There was a moment where she had to hand her title belt to her rival.
However, Charlotte Flair pulled the title and threw it on the mat away from Becky, which wasn’t the original plan. Sonya Deville demanded Charlotte to retrieve the belt and hand it to her, which she did.
The on-screen WWE official asked Becky to hand over her title as well, but The Man threw her belt at Flair instead, which was again not part of the plan.
Charlotte then picked up the SmackDown women’s title and did the mic work to set up Sasha Banks’ entrance. Things went as planned from there on with Becky teasing a potential match with Flair or Banks for Survivor Series.
After the show-closing altercation between Flair and Banks, Charlotte went to the back. This is where the face off between the two horsewomen took place.
Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch had a confrontation over Flair allegedly disrespecting Lynch by “trying to make her look bad.” The two exchanged loud words but they didn’t get physical.
Charlotte Flair is often considered the chosen face of WWE’s women’s division and her accolades support this notion. That’s why fans were surprised when she was left out of the Crown Jewel match card.
She wasn’t included in the Queen’s Crown tournament. So many believed that she will be added to the announced SmackDown women’s championship match on the show.
However, a new report from Fightful suggests that it won’t be the case and Flair might actually be left out of the Saudi Arabian event completely. According to the report, the Raw women’s champion is currently not listed internally for Crown Jewel. Talents who they have spoken to have not seen her in the country either.
Charlotte Flair regained the Raw women’s championship at SummerSlam marking the beginning of her sixth run with the title. Though she was then drafted to SmackDown.
Her exclusion from the show is especially interesting as the updated WWE rosters are expected to come to effect from this Friday’s episode of SmackDown.
So now we will have to see what the company is planning for the Queen and if they will address the situation surrounding the Raw title that she is currently holding on the blue brand this week.
WWE Raw Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair put her title on the line in a match at the Extreme Rules pay-per-view event in Columbus, Ohio against Alexa Bliss.
The match was short but both stars got plenty of offense. Flair tossed Lilly the doll at Bliss, which allowed her to send Bliss into the ring post and hit Natural Selection. Post-match, Flair ripped apart the doll. Bliss attacked her as a result. Flair got the better of Bliss in the brawl.
Flair had been in a feud with Nia Jax as Jax got a win over the champion only for Flair to successfully retain the title. After the match, Bliss and her doll Lilly appeared on the video screen so Bliss could invite Flair to join them on the playground. Flair said she wasn’t interested in Bliss’ mind games so Bliss said she would join them. After a match challenge, Flair accepted it and setting up this match.
Flair became the Raw Women’s Champion by beating Nikki A.S.H. and Rhea Ripley in a triple threat match at SummerSlam last month.
Based on this post-match angle, it appears WWE will continue this feud.
Charlotte Flair was a guest on Alexa Bliss’ Playground last night on RAW. According to comments made by Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio, the segment was poorly received by the live crowd in North Carolina. Reportedly, fans left the arena “in droves” during it.
“This one, it really backfired,” Meltzer said of the segment. “They had about 8000 in the building, which is not bad, not good, I mean it’s fine. People were leaving in droves during this segment. I heard 1500 people left.”
“It’s not like they left, went to the bathroom, and came back, they left, went home at 10 o’clock,” Meltzer continued. “People were going home at 10 o’clock, which I have never heard of people going home in any numbers during a live RAW and this was the first.”
Update: Alexa Bliss is calling out Dave Meltzer for this report. She wrote on Twitter:
“Sorry Meltzer (or whatever) you can’t get clout off of our segment … move on #StopLying #LitterallyDidntHappen #YoureEmbarassingYourself”
– Alexa Bliss
Bliss and Flair will meet at Extreme Rules on Sunday with the RAW Women’s Championship on the line. Both Flair and Bliss hold all-time records with the belt. Bliss has spent more days with the RAW championship (398) than anyone dating back to the title’s inception in 2016.
Flair has won the title more times (6x) than anyone in history and held it for 274+ days, which ranks 4th all-time behind Bliss, Lynch, and Asuka.
Charlotte Flair won the WWE Raw Women’s Championship for the 12th time in front of 51,000 people at SummerSlam this past week. She defeated the previous champion Nikki A.S.H. and Rhea Ripley in a Triple Threat match to regain her title.
Another star in the company who has more than a dozen reigns under their belt is John Cena. With his joint-record, he has the world championship 16 times under his name. Charlotte Flair said that she wants to be like John Cena and embody him, and have a work ethic that’s similar to him.
Charlotte stated that she believes that there will never be another John Cena. He means a lot to the industry and he is irreplaceable. But Charlotte said she knows that since the day she started and even to this day, she wants to mold herself after Cena and be like him.
“Unfortunately, I am a bad guy on camera, and Cena is the ultimate good guy. But I never lose that density or passion of wanting to embody WWE, wanting to do as much on the outside, for instance, media and the Special Olympics. There’s so many community events that we take part in,” Charlotte told DAZN News.
Charlotte continued saying that she wants to be considered to be in the same class as John Cena, in terms of in-ring success as well as the work they do outside the ring as well.
“I hope to be mentioned in the same sentence as him. He’s John Cena. I’m a talent in the same company as him. Not even a peer but as a co-worker, and I still say it like that. He’s John Cena. Yes, I want to be the female John Cena. And if people say that, then I’m going to continue, even if I don’t feel like I’ve gotten there yet, but I’m going to continue to work as hard and feel that I want to be that way with everything I do.”
While she did not appear live on the show, Charlotte Flair’s presence at the TripleMania event attracted a lot of attention. It was the subject of many headlines because she skipped a WWE show to attend the PPV.
The Queen talked about it on the latest episode of Renee Paquette’s Oral Sessions podcast. She explained that TripleMania was like WrestleMania for Andrade and so she couldn’t miss it for the world:
“[Andrade] was like, ‘Mami, TripleMania is my WrestleMania.’ To see him go back to Mexico, be proud of himself, feel confident in himself,
And be the superstar that he is,” said Charlotte, “Especially in his home country, I was like, I’m not missing this for the world.”
The new Raw women’s champion also opened up about Andrade’s decision to leave WWE. She detailed a conversation the two had before the former NXT champion departed from the promotion:
“He felt deflated from not being on TV and what was happening. I said, ‘I can’t tell you what to do, and I can’t beg you to stay even though our life is together on the road because you’ll resent me. You need to go spread your wings and do what you do,
And if you want to come back, I’m always going to be here.” said Flair, “I’m always going to support you.’ It was the best thing for him.”
For those who don’t know, AAA TripleMania XXIX took place earlier this month. One of the top matches of the card saw Kenny Omega succesfully defending his Mega championship against Andrade.
Things became interesting when Ric Flair came out to accompany Andrade to the ring and then backstage photos of Charlotte Flair on the show went viral.
Nikki A.S.H vs. Charlotte Flair vs. Rhea Ripley for the Raw Women’s Title in a triple threat match was booked at the WWE SummerSlam pay-per-view event in Las Vegas, Nevada at Allegiant Stadium.
In the match, Flair had a strong showing. She hit an outside dive off the top rope. Nikki looked like she could put it away with a DDT to Ripley, but Ripley rolled to the floor. The finish came down to when Nikki missed a crossbody and Flair locked in the Figure Eight for the win.
This marks Charlotte Flair’s 6th reign as Raw Women’s Champion. She’s also a 5-time SmackDown Women’s Champion, a 2-time NXT Women’s Champion and was the final WWE Divas Champion.
WWE posted this video of Charlotte Flair reacting to her win at SummerSlam:
Raw Women’s Championship
Since Ripley beat Asuka to win the title in April at WrestleMania, she has been feuding with Charlotte Flair. Flair’s previous reign lasted just one day after beating Ripley for it at Money in the Bank.
Nikki A.S.H. became Raw Women’s Champion by cashing in her Money in the Bank briefcase on Charlotte. She won the briefcase in the women’s Money in the Bank ladder match in July.
The following night, Ripley and Flair faced off in a rematch on Raw, but Charlotte intentionally got herself disqualified. Post-match, Ripley hit Riptide on Charlotte outside of the ring, which allowed Nikki to cash in her briefcase. She hit a top rope crossbody on Charlotte, and pinned her to win the Raw Women’s Championship.
What are your thoughts on Charlotte Flair winning the Raw Women’s Title? Was this the right call by WWE officials? Sound off in the comment section.
Charlotte Flair recently took part in a live taping of Renee Pacquette’s Oral Sessions podcast. When Flair was asked who she’d like to face from other wrestling companies, the crowd showed her with chants of “DMD” for AEW Women’s World Champion, Britt Baker.
Flair reacting to the crowd’s chants can be viewed in the player below:
“The people have spoken. Britt Baker, loud and proud out here,” Renee said.
Charlotte Flair On Taking Time Off From WWE To Attend TripleMania
Flair also spoke about Andrade El Idolo and her father Ric Flair at TripleMania during the interview. Charlotte says that she booked the date off months ago so that she could be in Mexico to support Andrade.
“I actually took off 2.5 months ago from live events and if you know me, I haven’t asked off a live event….actually, I’ve never asked off a live event,” Flair said.
Charlotte continued to say that when her father departed from WWE, she asked him to walk Andrade to the ring at TripleMania.
“With my Dad being gone, I asked him on Wednesday, I was like ‘hey, what are you doing this weekend?’ He’s like ‘nothing honey, why?’ ‘Do you want to go to Mexico?'”
AAA’s TripleMania XXIX event took place Saturday night from Mexico City, Mexico. One of the top matches saw Kenny Omega retain the Mega Championship against Andrade El Idolo.
Wrestling legend Ric Flair was in attendance. He accompanied Andrade to the ring and roughed up Kenny Omega, as seen below.
On the latest episode of Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer revealed that the original plan was for Andrade to win the match and win the title. AEW reached out to AAA officials and requested they delay the title switch until a further date.
Charlotte Flair missed a WWE live event in her hometown to attend TripleMania in Mexico City with Ric Flair and Andrade.
The Queen of WWE was advertised for Saturday night’s live event from Charlotte, North Carolina. Konnan, who was put in a figure four by Andrade El Idolo during TripleMania, posted this photo with Ric and Charlotte Flair backstage.
Bianca Belair recently appeared on Ryan Satin’s Out of Character podcast. The SmackDown Women’s Champion discussed several topics during the interview, including which opponents she is targeting down the road in her WWE career.
“I always say that one of my main goals – I look up to the Four Horsewomen,” Bianca Belair began. “When I was in NXT, I remember just looking at the Four Horsewomen and standing in in the locker room thinking like, Wow, they used to be here in the same spot that I’m at, and now they’re on Raw, and they’re on SmackDown.”
“They’re doing these amazing things” Belair continued. “And if I could ever just get up there and be in the same ring as them, that’s when I know that I’m doing it, I’ve made it. And I’m here now.”
Bianca Belair on Charlotte and Becky
Bianca Belair is eager for Becky Lynch to return so she can pin her shoulders to the mat.
“I can’t wait for Becky to come back. I would love to feud with Becky. I’ve pinned Bayley, I’ve pinned Sasha. And now my goal is to eventually feud again with Charlotte and Becky and hopefully pin the other two Four Horsewomen.”
Bianca Belair is set to defend her SmackDown Women’s Championship against Sasha Banks at the upcoming SummerSlam 2021 event on Saturday, August 21st.
Banks attacked Belair to close out this week’s episode of WWE SmackDown, with Zelina Vega and Carmella potentially joining Banks to form a new group, although this has not been confirmed officially.
AEW star Andrade El Idolo reportedly wants to have ‘the whole family’ with him in All Elite Wrestling.
According to the latest Wrestling Observer Newsletter, that means that the former WWE Superstar wants to see stars from ROH and beyond make their way over to All Elite.
Dave Meltzer confirmed that the new AEW signee wants to bring more than Chavo Guerrero with him over to All Elite, with his partner Charlotte Flair someone who he is really eager to see make the jump over from WWE.
“Andrade has told people that he wants the whole family there. And by the family, it’s, you know, RUSH, Bestia, Dragon Lee, him, Ashley [Charlotte], Ric, that’s what he wants. Ashley, you know, I don’t know her. I’m certainly not going to speak for her, I sense that she wants to be in WWE, that it’s the big leagues to her.”
WRESTLING OBSERVER NEWSLETTER
Andrade Wants Charlotte Flair in AEW
It’s doubtful that Flair will be making a move over to AEW, but there’s a chance that this news was leaked to try and help secure the WWE Superstar a better contract.
With Charlotte Flair one of the bigger names on the main roster, WWE will no doubt want to ensure that she does not go anywhere, and news like her partner wanting her to move to the competition (despite what Vince McMahon may say) is a good bargaining tactic for negotiation.
Ric Flair however is a different prospect, with the former WCW and NWA star almost a shoe-in to appear on the AEW product, with the history between himself, the TNT network and stars such as Tully Blanchard? There’s at least a one-off appearance waiting to happen for the Nature Boy.
At both Money in the Bank on Sunday and on WWE RAW last night, the WWE Universe chanted for Becky Lynch while Charlotte Flair was in the ring. At Money in the Bank, the camera cut to black as Flair flipped off the crowd who were chanting that they wanted to see The Man return. Then last night on RAW, the crowd chanted for Becky while Flair was in the middle of her championship coronation.
“Yes guys, Becky Becky! is home breastfeeding while I’m dominating the entire women’s division,” Flair said to silence the crowd.
Lynch took to Twitter shortly after to issue a response to Flair’s comments.
Breastfeeding at home and still the most over woman in the division.
Lynch hasn’t wrestled since the first night of WrestleMania 36. She defeated Shayna Baszler on the show. She would vacate the RAW Women’s title the night after Money in the Bank last year. Asuka was declared the new champion after having won the women’s Money in the Bank ladder match the night before.
WWE RAW Superstar Charlotte Flair defeated Rhea Ripley at Money In The Bank to become a 14-time Women’s Champion in the company.
Flair spoke to WWE cameras following the win backstage and was extremely complementary of her opponent; possibly signalling that she is turning face now or in the near future.
“I think she definitely got the point tonight” Flair began backstage. “But I also got the point. She’s a student of the game, literally, and she’s not that far behind.”
“I just got the upper hand in the end. I’m the dirtiest player for a reason, so…” Flair continued.
Charlotte Flair on Rhea Ripley
“I won this title for the first time at WrestleMania 32, and to have it back with the crowd back feels pretty surreal” Flair would add, again seemingly adding some potential ‘face’ nuance to her promo.
“You never really know what you have until it’s gone and tonight feels amazing. It couldn’t have gone any better” the new RAW Women’s Champion would conclude.
It was rumored throughout the night that Becky Lynch may have been making her return to the company at the event.
Even with Lynch trolling the audience with a teaser tweet; this didn’t occur, so the potential for ‘The Man’ to return to try and win back the RAW Women’s Championship that she never lost could still be on the cards in the coming weeks.
The latest match in the feud between Rhea Ripley and Charlotte Flair took place at the Money in the Bank pay-per-view event.
The fans were chanting for Becky Lynch early on. Flair went to the top rope after sending her to the floor and hit a moonsault. These ladies worked hard to get the fans to turn to their favor. Flair with a back elbow then tried to use her feet on the ropes, but the referee saw it. Flair hit Natural Selection off the top rope for a near fall. Flair locked in Figure Eight for the win to become the champion.
Their first match took place at Hell in a Cell where Ripley intentionally got herself disqualified against Flair to retain the title. It happened when Ripley hit Charlotte with the top of the announce table. After the match, they brawled after the match and Ripley hit Riptide on Charlotte.
The night after Hell in a Cell on Raw, WWE authority figures Adam Pearce and Sonya Deville addressed the situation with both stars. This is when the match was made official.
In April, Ripley won the Raw Women’s Championship from Asuka at WrestleMania 37. Original plans called for Flair to be in this role against Asuka, but Flair was out of action at the time.
In May, Ripley retained the Raw Women’s Championship against Asuka and Charlotte in a triple threat match at WrestleMania Backlash when Ripley pinned Asuka to win that match.
Charlotte Flair is one of the top female stars of WWE. The officials have a lot of confidence in her for delivering worthy performances at any important spot.
However, this also means that the Queen is involved in the title picture more often than any other female talent in the company, something which fans complain about regularly.
Flair commented on this during her recent interview with Sports Illustrated. She mentioned the smaller size of the women’s division as one of the reasons for her constant involvement in the title scenes:
“The women’s division is much smaller than the men’s division, and I realize I’m constantly in the title picture. That pressure lives with me. I’m never in a side story where I can be relaxed.”
Top female competitors on the Raw and SmackDown rosters include Raw Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley, SmackDown Women’s champion Bianca Belair, Becky Lynch, Sasha Banks, Bayley, Asuka, Alexa Bliss and WWE Women’s Tag Team champions, Natalya & Tamina.
Fighting For Equality
Charlotte Flair then explained that the female talents are constantly fighting for time and equality. Due to this, the former women’s champion always feels the pressure of outdoing what she has already done:
“The women are constantly fighting for time, storylines, and equality. Being placed in positions that are always featured, I always feel that pressure and it never goes away. I want to outdo what I have already done.”
Apart from this, Charlotte Flair also talked about things such as her feud with Rhea Ripley, how devastated she was on missing WrestleMania 37 and more.
Charlotte Flair says that she’s “motivated and inspired” by her fiancé Andrade’s decision to leave WWE for AEW. Under the ring name Andrade El Idolo, the AEW debutant appeared on Dynamite on the June 4 episode roughly two months after his release from WWE, where he aligned himself with Vickie Guerrero on the show. Charlotte — who is getting ready to meet Rhea Ripley in the ring for the Raw Women’s Championship match at this Sunday’s Hell in a Cell event — spoke about Andrade’s departure and gave her thoughts on his transition to the rival company.
“I’m just so motivated and inspired by his decision,” Flair told Bleacher Report. “It was his dream to be in WWE, but I think he knew and felt he wanted more. He could get more and maybe going and showing his worth and working on things that he needed to like his English, that’s what it was going to take to be where he wants to be. To do that on his own accord and not be scared of the future but to know that he’ll succeed and one day come back… I don’t know if that’s what he’d want to do. But he wants success.”
Charlotte added that Andrade wants to be in the spotlight and wishes to headline shows. “He wants to get better. He wants to main-event shows. To see him come out the other night when he debuted, full-blown star. You can’t deny him, he is a star.” According to her, Andrade is currently working on his English and she’s sure that things are going to get “bigger and better” for El Idolo. Charlotte says it’s inspiring to watch him and do what he wants and she fully supports him.
Charlotte, who has never wrestled anywhere else but WWE, says she can’t imagine leaving for any other promotion. She said that WWE is like home to her so it would be scary for her to leave, but at the same time she’s excited for Andrade to travel around the world and perform elsewhere. “I’m WWE homegrown,” she said. “I think that’s what people forget. I’m a product of the PC. That would be so scary to me to leave my home, which is WWE. To know that he has traveled the world and that he’ll continue to travel the world and make a bigger name for himself, I’m so excited for him.”
Former WWE Superstar Andrade made his All Elite Wrestling debut on this week’s episode of AEW Dynamite. Now going under the name of Andrade El Idolo, the Mexican star that was previously a major part of the NXT brand is now looking to become one of the major names on Wednesday nights (Fridays for now).
Vickie Guerrero interrupted a segment with Tony Schiavone and Mark Henry, where the Worlds Strongest Man was discussing his own move to the promotion. Guerrero told them both to get out of the ring.
Vickie revealed that she was here to introduce a man who has won championships around the world and is a third generation wrestler. Guerrero then introduced Andrade El Idolo and he came to the ring. Andrade said they use to say he was the face of Latinos, but now he is saying he will be the new face of All Elite Wrestling.
Andrade’s partner Charlotte Flair reacted to the former WWE Superstar making his debut for All Elite. Flair posted a tweet with crying face and heart emojis; although it was clear that she was reacting to the debut with the timing of the message.
CM Punk recently had some fun with a famous habit of Vince McMahon while replying to Charlotte Flair. The multi-time Women’s Champion has has since responded to his remarks.
Flair posted a photo of herself on commentary and asked her followers to provide a caption. Punk provided a cheeky response and poked fun at McMahon’s habit of shouting instructions at WWE commentators during live broadcasts.
Doing his best Vince McMahon impersonation, Punk wrote, “GODDAMIT PAL WATCH THE MONITORS AND STOP SAYING WRESTLING PAL”
“GODDAMNIT PAL WATCH THE MONITORS AND STOP SAYING WRESTLING PAL”
When asked about Punk’s reply to her post in a new interview with Hindustan Times, Charlotte claimed that no one was buzzing in her ear during her time in the commentary booth:
“No one is buzzing me in my ear, I have known Byron Saxton and Corey Graves for a very long time. It was just great to be out there with them, feeling as confident as ever. No, Vince doesn’t buzz me in my ear about anything.”
Charlotte Flair also talked about her recent storyline with Ric Flair and Lacey Evans. She explained how she wasn’t very enthusiastic about the storyline and said that she didn’t want to share the screen with her dad.
The former champion expanded on her comments saying that she still love to share the screen with her dad but she also wants to be acknowledged as a separate performer after everything she has done.
WWE RAW Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley recently appeared on the Out of Character podcast with Ryan Satin. The Australian Superstar discussed a number of topics during the interview, including her struggle to ‘come out of her shell’ on WWE’s ‘main’ roster.
In NXT, Rhea Ripley had a character that was far more about doing the talking in-ring. As the RAW Women’s Champion, Ripley needs to address some of the shortcomings that she has on the microphone and as a ‘presence.’
“My confidence isn’t huge in my everyday life,” Ripley began. “I’m a really shy person and I’m not good at keeping a conversation and being a larger-than-life person.”
Rhea Ripley on Confidence
“When I’m in the ring, that’s where I get all my confidence and where I get to be Rhea Ripley,” she continued. “But still myself, which is weird to say out loud because it doesn’t make sense but then it does when you’re there doing it.”
“I want to be myself, as in Rhea Ripley” she concluded. “But I want to have that confidence that everyone else seems to have all the time. I’m working on it.”
Rhea Ripley seems to indicate here that she is taking classes to help her work on her promo ability. Working alongside the likes of Charlotte Flair, she’ll be ‘competing’ against one of WWE’s most seasoned performers.
On Monday’s Raw, Charlotte Flair was added to the RAW Women’s Championship match at WrestleMania Backlash. That contest will now be a Triple Threat with Rhea Ripley defending her title against Asuka and The ‘Queen.’
Charlotte Flair recently returned to WWE television following WrestleMania 37. The former RAW Women’s Champion returned to face Asuka on this week’s episode of RAW, with Rhea Ripley interrupting the match and causing Flair to be distracted and lose to Asuka.
Following the match, Charlotte Flair attacked WWE referee Eddie Orengo. This caused Flair to be ‘fined’ (in storyline) by Adam Pearce to the sum of $100,000.
Even though Flair has only just returned, she is now back off of WWE programming. The reasoning for this is Flair getting dental work done, this is according to a report from Alex McCarthy on the Wrestling Daily podcast.
Charlotte Flair on Suspension
Flair reacted to the storyline news on Twitter, alluding to a potential feud with Rhea Ripley down the line on Monday nights.
“This whole thing sped past ridiculous, jumped over absurd and landed right on stupid” Flair tweeted. “The top two wrestlers in WWE having a classic match on the flagship show, and for what? To be ruined by a petulant child with Road Warriors cosplay shoulder pads.”
“They found one other thing as well: audacity” Flair added. “The audacity to fine me. The audacity to physically remove me from MY RING and remove me from a building with MY NAME on the marquee. The fine? The suspension? Adam Pearce? All the same, a joke.”
Checking In From Somewhere
Meanwhile, the 13-time Women’s Champion appears to be enjoying her time away from WWE. The daughter of Ric Flair checked in this week from an exotic location. Here she is with her man, former WWE Superstar Andrade.
