When the name Ric Flair is spoken, many individuals know who he was and what he has done for the wrestling community in his 40 plus years in the squared circle. Now his daughter Charlotte (Ashley Fliehr) has taken the Diva’s division by storm. She is the current NXT Women’s Champion and has shown that women can handle their own in the wrestling business.
Charlotte was kind enough to talk about her career, her goals and expectations, and what it was like to make her debut on WWE Raw.
With the NXT still being the developmental area for the WWE, how is it for you to be one of the lead performers having been the “Women’s Champion” until Wednesday night?
“Honestly, I soak it up every single day. I can’t say it gets old. To be able to represent NXT and see how far the brand has come in the last year, I am so honored. It’s very humbling to know that we have come a long way and I take it extremely serious.”
On December 9th, you debuted on WWE Raw and had a match against Natalya, which ultimately you lost via rollup. What were your feelings when you got the call that you were going to get to debut one of the biggest stages on WWE Raw?
“To be honest I don’t think about the match itself. I look at this being one of the first opportunities of many that I will have in the future. Just to have the opportunity to whether it was one minute or twenty minutes was great to highlight the future (NXT), and myself.
“Natty has been there for the biggest moments in my career. She was my very first dark match at NXT. She was my first NXT Special match where I won the women’s championship. These were very special moments and I don’t think it could have gone any better.” Read the rest of this entry