Natalya Believes Charlotte Flair’s Character Would Benefit From More Moments Of Vulnerability

Natalya discusses the 14 time women’s champions character.

Charlotte Flair has a very distinctive character in the world of professional wrestling. With the confidence of her father and the skills to back it up, Charlotte has become increasingly more confident as her career has progressed.

Since returning to WWE a few months ago to confront Asuka, we have seen Flair be increasingly more arrogant over her skills.

WWE veteran Natalya recently spoke on Charlotte Flair, noting that Charlotte could benefit from more moments of vulnerability.

“The thing about Charlotte is that I think she’s very durable, and I think that she is stubborn in a good way, where she wants to, whether it’s a live event or whether it’s a pay-per-view or whether it’s a television taping, she always wants to have the best match of the night,” Natalya tells Sportskeeda WrestleBinge. “I think that’s a great quality because we should always be striving to tell the best stories and have the best matches. I would love to one day see Charlotte in the role of being super, super vulnerable. When you talk about weaknesses, I don’t look at Charlotte and go, ‘Wow, she’s got a lot of weaknesses.’

For me, from a fan standpoint, I think the one thing that we haven’t seen from Charlotte is just being very, very vulnerable,” Nattie continued. “I think there’s something character-driven about vulnerable. I know it’s not easy for everyone to go to that place because when I think of Charlotte, I think strong. I think she’s empowered. I think she’s the most decorated women’s champion of all time, but what would it be like, from the audience’s point of view, to see her really, really vulnerable? I haven’t seen her knocked down on her ass, where I’m like, ‘Oh my god, is she gonna get up?’ It’s a different side. It’s a different take. It’s a different perspective. As part of the audience, I would love to see her in a moment where we don’t know what’s next, a little bit more like we tear down that fourth wall. I think she’s so wildly talented, but it’s just that one area.”

“When I look at Rey Mysterio, I don’t really think about the titles that Rey’s won. I think about these moments that Rey’s had that are very vulnerable moments, whether his son Dominik is disrespecting him, whether he’s overcoming adversity, whether he was told, ‘You can’t do this,’ or he was put down, they’re the moments that make me feel the most for someone. Even when Jimmy Uso kicked Roman in the head, I saw that vulnerability in Roman. So that vulnerability is a very hard place for people to go to. Even for myself, talking about what happened with me at Night of Champions, it took me ten days to tweet about how I don’t even know if I know how to be me anymore. It’s a vulnerable place, and it’s also a place of like, ‘Hey, I’m not afraid to say that I’m not okay.’ Sometimes as humans, we need to be okay to say that. So yeah, I would love to see that different side of Charlotte, but I think she’s amazing, and I can’t wait to wrestle her again,”

Natalya

Flair faces Asuka and Bianca Belair for the WWE Women’s Championship at WWE SummerSlam 2023 this weekend.

We will have to wait and see if Flair can manage to become a 15 time world champion on Saturday.

H/T to Fightful

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