Professional wrestling legend and two times WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair who is also a former 16 times World champion as recognized by WWE recently talked about the return of Charlotte Flair to Friday Night Smackdown and he also reflected on “The Queen” winning the SmackDown Women’s Championship.
Before her recent return to Friday Night Smackdown, Charlotte Flair last appeared at the WrestleMania Backlash pay per view event that took place at May, 2002 where she dropped the WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship to Ronda Rousey. She was out of action for over 7 months.
Ric Flair Reflects On The Return Of Charlotte Flair
It was enough time for WWE to produce new stars on the women’s division of Friday Night Smackdown. WWE did try to promote Liv Morgan as a top main event star. She won the Money in the Bank ladder match and successfully cashed it in to win the WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship. But her push did not last long and ultimately she started jobbing again.
Charlotte won the WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship on the very first night of her return which clearly showed the lack of main event stars of the blue brand of WWE. It was exactly situating where Charlotte left it and nothing improved. Even Ronda’s work was badly criticized.
Ric Flair who is also a former 16 times World champion as recognised by WWE recently spoke on the After The Bell podcast where he talked about the return of Charlotte Flair to Friday Night Smackdown and he also reflected on “The Queen” winning the SmackDown Women’s Championship. He said;
“I started crying again. I always do. I’m so happy for her. I knew she was coming back. I knew she was coming back, but I assumed the Rumble like everybody else. She doesn’t tell me anything. She says I have a big mouth [laughs]. I’m so proud of her. It’s unbelievable.
“I’m so happy for her. [The wedding] happened at a time where she could take a break. The arm thing with Rhonda, and she got hit in the mouth in that same match and had a major issue with her teeth. But it was a well-deserved rest, and sometimes it’s good to walk away from it. There was certainly no loss of respect with Ronda Rousey.
“I thought they had a hell of a match. It was a good opportunity to get away. She and [Andrade] have had an opportunity to spend a lot of time together. They bought a new home. It’s really been good for her. But at the same time, I know how she bad she wanted to her back in, too. After a while, all that gets old, and now I want back in. She’s doing great. I’ve never seen her this happy, really in a long time.”
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