WWE Divas Champion Charlotte recently spoke with Busted Open Radio. Here are some highlights…
On being Ric Flair’s daughter:
I’m going to be honest – mixed blessing. First of all, having my dad
there, following in his footsteps, winning the Divas Championship, him
saying that this was probably the biggest thing that’s ever happened in
his wrestling career knowing everything that he’s accomplished, knowing
what we’ve been through as a family the last three years and winning –
oh, I’m getting teary-eyed now. So it was a really big deal for
us as a
family and a huge moment for me that I will absolutely never forget. But
I think too, it’s hard – mixed blessing, when I say that – is just
because it’s like, dang, my Dad’s always around. So you kind of feel
that, you feel the whole ‘Ric Flair’s
daughter’ thing a lot. That’s what I mean by a mixed blessing. But in
terms of ‘Seriously, I wish someone would pinch me and be like is this
real?’ because I seriously can remember my first day in Tampa at FCW and
when I stepped in the ring with Norman Smiley, I was legitimately
shaking. I was so nervous. I thought my heart was going to come out of
my chest. So I was like, ‘Oh my god, what did I decide to do?’ and then
being Divas Champion three years later, I’m so blessed.
On being part of the growth of NXT:
Honestly, it’s – I don’t know. I want to say destiny because, honestly,
I never grew up wanting to be a wrestler. Watching both my brothers
struggle in the wrestling business, being Flair’s kid. It wasn’t
something that I ever was like, ‘I want to be the next Trish Stratus or I want to be the next Lita’. Triple H started NXT and then me being a part of it and then being there. A couple months later, Sasha comes in and then Bayley comes in and then Becky Lynch
and then the Four Horsewomen. It’s just something that must’ve been
part of my plan, my bigger picture, but being able to see the growth of
NXT and being able to look back in ten years and say, yeah, I was a part
of – Paige
was the first, I was the second, and then debuting and being on the
first live event outside of Florida. Then, being on – I didn’t
necessarily wrestle on that first special where it was Paige and Emma.
But I had a backstage segment leading up to – I was going to feud with
Paige, but then she became dual champion and then vacating the NXT
title. I’m honored to be a part of that process and to watch it.
Actually, I told someone the other
day, I’m kind of jealous that NXT gets to go overseas and I’m not on
NXT anymore. But being the Divas Champion, nothing tops that. I am
beyond proud of what NXT has accomplished. It’s amazing.
On the added responsibility that comes with being Divas Champion:
It’s been two weeks now since the pay-per-view. I’m actually looking
forward to all of the duties because I want to empower women. I want and
I know, collectively, all the girls want to say we’re just not Divas.
We are athletic, strong, intelligent athletes. Yeah, we’re Divas, but
we’re also WWE Superstars and that we have the capability to main-event just like Sasha and Bayley are in NXT
this week. They deserve to main-event. That will be a match of the year
candidate. To be able to be on the main roster now as Divas Champion, I
know when I was in NXT watching us slowly – Sasha and I Main Evented
Philly, then them Main Eventing a special, me being Divas Champion up
here. I don’t know what the future holds, but I do know that I have
lofty goals and that I just want to open the doors for women in terms of
Main Eventing on a bigger scale, the main roster, and what we’ve been
able to do at NXT and gain the respect like we did at NXT on the main
roster.
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