Charlotte Flair (Picture: WWE)

As one of the best wrestlers on the WWE roster, Charlotte Flair has consistently entertained on the main roster since her Raw call-up in 2015, and now looks set to do the same on SmackDown following her recent switch to the blue brand.

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The daughter of the Nature Boy is now a bonafide star in her own right, who along with her contemporaries is in the midst of a women’s wrestling renaissance which is striving for equality in all aspects of the industry.

Metro.co.uk caught up with the four-time Raw Women’s Champion to talk about her career, WWE’s upcoming UK tour, and fish and chips…



Hi Charlotte, how did the recent move to SmackDown feel?


The first Raw that I missed felt weird because I had been featured on Raw every single Monday since the day I debuted. So it was a weird feeling but good because I’m really excited by the new opportunity I have on SmackDown.

Charlotte is now on SmackDown (Picture: WWE)

I’m reunited with my real life best friend Becky Lynch and my mentor Nattie, so I’m really looking forward to seeing what I can do on this brand.

You’ll be appearing in the UK next month as part of WWE’s May tour. Do you enjoy traveling over here?

I love how excited the fans get, they even cheer the bad guys because of how excited they are to see the Superstars. It’s not that people in the US aren’t excited to see us, they just kind of get spoiled, so when we go over to the UK you can just tell how popular we are in other countries.

Performing at the O2 Arena is really cool too. The crowd are always great there.

Do you get to spend more time with your fellow wrestlers on European tours?

We hang out all the time, but the difference is when we’re in the States we do shows every night and travel separately. But when we’re overseas the good guys travel on one tour bus and the bad guys on another, so we’re just literally together 24/7 for those two weeks.

It’s an opportunity to know the other talent you might not know. You hear old stories and what people did before the business. It’s a great way to get to know people.

What do you love most about the UK?

Mushy peas! I love going to Whitby, I’ve been there a few times and I love it. It’s so beautiful there.

In Whitby, there is one of the best fish and chip shops I’ve ever been to. I can’t think of the name, but I know it overlooks the bay.

And you’d recommend the mushy peas?

Yeah but you have to put the butter on the bread too and then the mushy peas. Oh yes!



Are you a fan of anything else British? Any films or bands?

When I think of actors you’re going to laugh, but I was the biggest Robert Pattinson fan. Don’t tell anybody but I was a Twihard when I was in college.

I was Team Edward all the way. I’m a little older now and I’m still team Edward.

You’ve spoken before about how to deal with abuse on social media, but can you give some advice to your fans who may have dealt with similar issues? What can they do if they’re getting bad messages from people?

Those people want a reaction and it’s not necessarily that they feel that way, it’s just a desperate attempt to get a reaction out of you. That took me a long time to process that because I can’t imagine saying something hurtful to somebody.

You never want to come back with hate. There is already hate there, so don’t react with more of it. It’s better just to take the high road because nothing positive will come out of it.

If someone says something vulgar to you and you retweet it, now you’re giving them a voice and you never want to give hate a voice.

As somebody who is seen by millions of people every week on TV, do you feel it’s important to be an advocate for women’s rights?

I definitely think over the past two years WWE has given us every platform to show what women can do and give us a voice that we are equal to the men.

Becky Lynch, Bayley, Charlotte and Sasha Banks (Picture: WWE)

The most important thing is for women not to tear other women down. Everyone in our division is helping each other, and that’s a message we send behind the scenes that we are a unit and working to make the best product and highlight women as strong and independent superstars.


There will be a 32-woman elimination tournament in WWE later this year. Is this another step in the right direction and who would you like to see take part in it?

NXT just recruited a bunch of women who I’ve been familiar with prior to them getting signed. so right now I’m looking forward to the company highlighting them in such a big way in the tournament.

I’m excited for the girls who have worked the independents to have their moment in the tournament, and it’s going to be awesome.

Finally, is there anybody in particular in NXT who you would like to wrestle against on the main roster?

There’s three girls that I really hope come up soon. Obviously the champion Asuka, but personally I know Billie Kay and Peyton Royce really well and I think they’re ready and would make a great addition.

Billie Kay and Peyton Royce (Picture: WWE)

100%, the way the carry themselves, they have a character and they have prior experience. And because they look alike, it’s an easy to story to bring them in as a tag-team.

Right now I don’t think there’s any solid tag-teams in the women’s division, and that would make them unique and different.

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