In a recent interview with In The Kliq, WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion Alexa Bliss revealed the surprising origin of her successful and unlikely partnership with Charlotte Flair. Bliss shared that the pairing was her own idea, which she pitched to the WWE creative team after seeing an opportunity for a unique storyline.
“It’s been so fun working with Charlotte. This was something that came about very randomly,” Bliss said. “We were talking to creative, and I kinda like threw it out there.”
She explained that she saw both herself and Flair on a list of talents who were in need of a new creative direction and believed their shared history and contrasting personalities could make for good elevision. “They gave me a list of names of people who were in this little bubble of needing storylines, and I was like, ‘What about Charlotte? We have this long past, that could be a fun dynamic, these two people who don’t normally get along with other people or have success with other people, getting stuck together,’” she recalled pitching.
The idea proved to be a success, both in terms of championship gold and the enjoyment the two have found in the role. “It’s been super fun, and we’ve been having fun with it. Our entrances, our little pushing and shoving, that’s just us improv-ing and just having fun with it,” Bliss said. “I was right – we would be successful, because now we’re Tag Team Champions.”
Bliss believes the “odd couple” dynamic is what has resonated so strongly with the audience. “It’s fun to see the mesh of the two come together as this kind of odd couple, and allies of convenience,” she stated. “I think that’s why it naturally resonates with audiences, that we’re having fun and it allows the audience to have fun with us.”
Alexa Bliss and Charlotte Flair captured the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships at SummerSlam. The champions have since been defending their titles across both NXT and SmackDown.
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