Charlotte Flair made her WWE TV return last week on SmackDown, pinning Ronda Rousey to become the SmackDown Women’s Champion.
The Queen had been out of the WWE since last May, when she lost the SmackDown Women’s Championship to Rousey at WrestleMania Backlash and took a break. Flair’s recent title win has extended her streak.
Flair was asked about the fan reaction to her return on WWE’s The Bump. She said, “I was sincerely so touched by the fan reaction on Friday. Like, I’ve done a lot of things in my career, but to see the smiles and the cheers and the reception that I received when I came back, I was just thinking to myself whenever I thought negatively or do I still have it? I always know I still have it, but it was just very rewarding after this journey that I have had for ten years. Being in the audience, which I’ve never done before, here I was holding the title in Tampa where my career started came full circle, and being back after eight months it really made me emotional. After being gone for eight months, the things that I worried about before I don’t worry about as much. Like, my legacy is cemented now, and I think moving forward, I’ve always been so serious. I’m serious about being the champion and the title progressing and never resting and coasting. I just let me know that everyone had appreciated what I’ve done leading up to being back after eight months. It meant a lot to me.”
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(h/t to WrestlingNews.co for the transcription)
