Charlotte Flair was interviewed on “Out of Character” with Ryan Satin. She talked about he surprise title win in December and her return to WWE after dental issues. Here are some highlights:
Charlotte talking about coming back to WWE:
“I didn’t feel any ring rust. The only difference is being a good guy instead of a bad guy, you know, wanting to tell my bad guy what to do (she laughs), but keep your mouth shut. But no, it’s been great. This is the first time I’ve really committed to being a good guy. Like, I’m all in. There’s no on the fence or I don’t want to do this or I feel awkward. I’m gonna go for it.”
On if she followed wrestling during her 8 months away from WWE:
“I was pretty disconnected. It’s like, what do I want? What does Manny and I want? What does the future look like? This time has gone by so fast and everyone says it does, and it has. In the same breath, I still feel like there’s all these things I want to do, but I keep getting asked all these questions like, am I supposed to want to be done? I never thought of it that way, so disconnecting for me was more like, when I joined FCW that turned into NXT and my brother died, I just never looked back and just threw myself into work. This was the first time, like, what do I like other than wrestling? You know, not worried about the pressure, the storylines, the being on, just like, none of it. I had to. Everyone always asked me, ‘What is there left to do?’ I’m like, ‘Well, am I not supposed to want that next juicy storyline or that feud that makes you not want to turn the channel?’ That’s what performing is all about?”
On her dental issues that kept her out of the ring:
“Literally a week before the wedding, the implant failed. So actually, during my ceremony, I had like 22 stitches up here because they had to cut out the, when it failed, it was an infection. So then over the summer, bone grafting, two gum grafting procedures. Everyone’s like, ‘Why were you gone? Dental issues are hard to explain. I’m probably gonna have to replace that third implant that we tried to save.”
“The first time I had my teeth knocked out, I was like six years old and I was riding my bike. I fell over the handlebars and knocked out all fours. We found three, put two in milk, saved the three and one was gone. We just couldn’t find it until I got home. We took off my hoodie and it just fell out of the hoodie. Then obviously, two ended up dying. Then all star cheerleading in middle school, seventh grade, one girl knocked it out. Her nickname was Duck. The next year, she knocked them out again. Then I knocked them out in Germany with Carmella. So like it, it’s been a process.”
Charlotte said she didn’t know she was winning the SmackDown Women’s Championship until she got to the show:
“I didn’t find out I was winning the title till I got there. I didn’t have my gear with me. My amazing cleaning lady brought me my gear. I should have known better, like, I’m coming to a wrestling show. I just brought my outfit. I thought it was just going to be like a walkout surprise because I’d been gone for so long. There didn’t need to be any, like, major fireworks. But no, when I got there, they’re like,’ Oh, you need your gear.’”
If you use any portion of the quotes from this article please credit Out of Character with Ryan Satin with a h/t to WrestlingNews.co for the transcription.
