Charlotte Flair has made her first comments following her surprise return to WWE SmackDown on Friday, where she shocked Ronda Rousey to win the SmackDown Women’s Championship.
This was after Rousey had successfully defended her title, and Flair, with new music and attire, then challenged her to a match and captured the title in quick fashion.
Flair had been absent from WWE programming since losing the championship to Rousey at WrestleMania Backlash on May 8. The WWE YouTube channel posted a video of Flair discussing her return.
Flair said, “I’m a little speechless right now. 2022 has just been the best year of my life. Even going back to the beginning I was able to the beginning, I was able to wrestle in Saudi Arabia for the first time. I beat Ronda Rousey for the first time at WrestleMania, which was always a bucket list. Then I got married, traveled the world with my husband, and then ending the year where I belong, where I’m home…it’s picture-perfect, a fairytale. This was the time I’ve been away since 2015, so to come back, before my music hit, I was like, ‘Do I know how to be that serious?’ Like for eight months…I never take off the crown, but I just let it chill [when I was away]. I’m just honored to be back and pay back Ronda. I don’t know if she thought I was going to let the last match, the ‘I Quit’ Match, go. When I went home, I thought to myself, ‘I’m a lot of things to a lot of different people, but the one thing I’m not is I’m not a quitter.’ I just waited until the right opportunity, the right time, and I’m 14-time. It’s crazy.”
You can watch the complete interview below:
