Charlotte Flair has not been seen on TV since dropping the SmackDown Women’s Championship to Ronda Rousey at WrestleMania Backlash earlier this year.
After the bout, WWE announced that Flair would be “out indefinitely” with a “fractured radius.” The injury was for storyline purposes as Flair took time off to get married to Andrade El Idolo and go on her honeymoon. Speaking to Steve Austin on the Broken Skull Sessions, Flair discussed her hiatus and eventual return.
“The problem with me is I always want to be on top. I never want to slow down and if someone didn’t tell me to slow down and smell the roses, I would just constantly be working because I didn’t find myself or find who I was and all these things until I started working. Since 2012, that’s why I’m here. Highs and lows, I wish Backlash had been my Mania match. Things happen, whatever, but I left on a high. I’m still looking for that next big feud, I’m still looking for that next big match. You’ve got Rhea (Ripley) probably wanting to beat me. Bianca (Belair), Liv (Morgan). There is so much for me to be excited for. The problem is, for me, I could just keep going. I always want to be better and sometimes being a perfectionist can get…Mania, I wanted it to be too perfect and when I got to Backlash, I was like, ‘You do you, boo.’ That’s why it came across…this is my opinion, I do want to come back with a different layer. I came back after last year missing Mania with The Opportunity, just changing my clothes, I want my body to look better, I’ve gotten in better shape, changed the hair up a little, what is that next layer? I can tell you it’s not going to be a good guy [laughs]. What does it look like? Am I darker? At the same time, I’m like, don’t fix something that is not broken, but you always need to evolve somehow, and what does that look like?”
Charlotte Flair on Broken Skull Sessions
Time will tell when Charlotte will make her return to the ring but it is certainly going to be an eventful one for The Queen.
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