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Ashley Elizabeth Fliehr, better known as Charlotte Flair, is a WWE superstar and the daughter of two-time WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair. She is a four time Raw Women's Champion as well as 5 time Smackdown women's champion. She is a former WWE Divas Champion and the current NXT Women's Champion in her second reign. In May 21 at Backlash, Charlotte did change her personality and character after Carmella mirrored her former self.
Shee is a major antagonist on WWE programming, first serving as a supporting character in the Golden Age Era and New Generation Era, the main antagonist of the Raw brand from 2016 to 2017, a major antagonist of the SmackDown brand from 2018 to 2019, the main antagonist of the Raw and NXT brand from 2019 to 2020, and the secondary antagonist of the Raw and SmackDown brand from 2021 to 2022.
Biography[]
Early years in NXT (2012–2014)[]
On May 17, 2012, she signed a developmental contract with WWE and trained Lodi in North Carolina before joining WWE's developmental territory NXT in Tampa, Florida. Her trainers in NXT are Sara Del Rey. Flair adopted the ring name Charlotte and had her first televised singles match on the July 17, 2013 episode of NXT where she defeated Bayley. Charlotte formed a tag team with Bayley in late 2013, and the duo defeated Aksana and Alicia Fox on the September 4 show of NXT. On the October 10 episode of NXT, Bayley escorted Charlotte to a match against Santana Garrett, which she won, but during the competition, BFF - The Beautiful, Tough Woman (Sa Shabanks and Summerlee) came to the arena and tried to convince Bayley. to finish, tell them, much to Charlotte's annoyance.
On the November 13 episode of NXT, Charlotte attacked Bayley and joined the BFFs, cementing herself in the process. After a two-month absence due to a legal injury, Charlotte returned on the January 22, 2014 edition of NXT and began accompanying Rey and Banks to matches. In February, Charlotte faced and challenged NXT Women's Champion Paige in an interview with Renee Young. After Rae was promoted to the WWE main roster, Charlotte and Banks feuded with Bayley, who teamed up with Natalya, who was defeated by disqualification after Banks interfered on an episode of NXT. Charlotte on March 27. At WrestleMania XXX on April 6, she appeared alongside Sasha Banks and Alex Bliss in Triple H's match against Daniel Bryan. The feud between Charlotte and Paige ended on the April 24 episode of NXT when Charlotte and Banks defeated Emma and Paige and Charlotte defeated Paige.
NXT Women's Champion (2014–2015)[]
The following month, Charlotte competed in an eight-woman tournament at TakeOver on May 29 for the vacant NXT Women's Championship, defeating Emma in the first round and Alexa Shab in the semi-finals, Lisa defeated Natalya in the finals to win the NXT Women's Championship. Championship. For the first time in her career, her first title in WWE. After a four-month absence from the show, Summer Rae returned on the June 6 episode of NXT, distracting Bayley and allowing Charlotte to beat her, after which the BFF attempted to attack Bayley, only to be chased by Emma and the returning Paige. On the June 12 episode of NXT, the brawl led to a six-man tag team match, which the BFFs lost after Bayley pinned Charlotte. On the July 3 episode of NXT, Charlotte got revenge on Bayley in a tag team match where she and Sasha Banks defeated Bayley and Becky Lynch. Charlotte walked away from Banks after the match, was attacked by Bayley, and Banks officially broke up with the BFF backstage later that night.
On the July 24 episode of NXT, Charlotte and Summer Rae retained the Women's Championship. Charlotte then faced Bayley at TakeOver: Fatal 4-Way on September 11, then blocked Banks and then attacked Bayley. After defeating Bayley in an NXT rematch on October 2 before they shared Raising Bayley's arm for a hug and handshake, Charlotte returned as a fan favorite. Charlotte and Bayley then feuded with Banks and her partner Becky Lynch over the next few weeks. Charlotte made her WWE main roster debut on December 8 at Raw's Slammy Awards special, losing to Natalya in a non-title match. Charlotte retained the NXT Women's Championship on the December 11 TakeOver: R Evolution and the December 25, 2015 and January 21, 2015 episodes of NXT. At TakeOver: Rival on February 11, Charlotte lost the title to Banks in a fatal four-way match that also included Bayley and Becky Lynch, ending her 258-day reign. She failed to regain the title in a rematch with Banks on the March 4 episode of NXT.
On May 20, at Takeover: Unstoppable, Charlotte teamed with Bayley to defeat Emma and Dana Brooks. After defeating Emma and Brooke again on the July 8 episode of NXT, Charlotte teamed up with her opponent, Sasha Banks, this time to challenge Banks for the NXT Women's Championship, which Banks accepted. They had a title match on the following week's July 15 episode of NXT, which Banks retained before the two embraced, with Banks respectfully shaking Charlotte's hand.
Divas Champion (2015–2016)[]
On the July 13, 2015 episode of Raw, Stephanie McMahon called for a "revolution" in the Divas division before introducing Charlotte, Becky Lynch and Sasha Banks. Charlotte and Lynch teamed with Paige, Paige feuded with the Bella Team (Alicia Fox and the Bella Twins), while Banks teamed with Tamina and Naomi to start a three-team rivalry. The trio of Charlotte, Lynch and Paige, named after each wrestler's initials, became known as Team PCB. On July 19 at Battleground, Charlotte defeated Banks and Brie Bell in her WWE pay-per-view debut. The three teams faced off in a three-team elimination round at SummerSlam on August 23, with Charlotte winning after Lynch defeated Brie Bella.
On the August 31 episode of Raw, Charlotte beat Team PCB in the inaugural Divas Beat the Clock Challenge and was named Nikki Bella's new top contender for the Divas Championship. Her title match with Nikki Bella on the September 14 episode of Raw was originally billed as Night of Champions so that Charlotte could prevent Bella from breaking AJ Lee's record as the longest reigning Women's Vocal Champion. Charlotte won the match by disqualification after Brie forced a twin switch, resulting in Nikki retaining her title and breaking the record. At Night of Champions on September 20, Charlotte defeated Nikki to win the Divas title for the first time. The following night on Charlotte's Raw, Paige cut a promo and walked up to her and Lynch, insulting them and the Divas division. Paige acted like she wanted to reconcile with Lynch and Charlotte, only to attack them and cement her exit from the franchise the following night after Charlotte managed to retain the title with Nikki Bella at Hell Cell on October 25th.
Charlotte then retained her title against Paige three times - on November 22 at Survivor Series, the following night on Raw and on December 13 at TLC: A Rematch on Tables, Ladders and Chairs. In November, Charlotte pretended to be injured to defeat her friend Becky Lynch before her father distracted her before she began to take on villainous traits. Tensions between Charlotte and Lynch continued throughout December, with Charlotte attacking Lynch following her loss on the January 4, 2016 episode of Raw, starting a feud since 2014 in the process. For the first time in NXT since 2011, she forced her evil transformation. Three days later, with the help of her father, Charlotte managed to retain her Divas title at SmackDown and the Royal Rumble on January 24. Charlotte once again successfully defended the title in a rematch on February 21. A few weeks later, Charlotte retained the title against Natalya in a road match on March 12. Also in March, Charlotte attacked the main rivalry between Lynch and Banks, causing both parties to be eliminated. Thus, WrestleMania 32 featured a triple threat match between Charlotte, Banks and Lynch for the Divas Championship. The new WWE Women's Championship replaced the Divas Champion at the April 3 event, where Charlotte defeated Banks and Lynch for the first WWE Women's Championship. champion.
Raw Women's Champion (2016–2017)[]
After WrestleMania 32, Charlotte began a feud with Natalya and successfully defended her title on the April 11, 2016 episode of Raw. Due to the end of the suspension, a rematch was held at Payback on May 1, and she defeated Natalya after referee Charles Robinson ended the match when Charlotte held Natalya to a shootout despite Natalya Lea not submitting, referencing the infamous Montreal Screwjob. After the match, both Natalya and Bret Hart, who was in Natalya's corner, took shots at Charlotte and Ric Flair. At Extreme Rules on May 22, Charlotte retained her title with Natalya in a submission match after Dana Brooke, dressed as Flair, distracted her. The following night on Raw, Charlotte betrayed her father, claiming she no longer needed him, and further allied herself with Brooke, who would become known as her protégé. At Money in the Bank on June 19, Charlotte and Brooke defeated Natalya and Lynch in a tag team match. On the June 20 episode of Raw, Brooke helped Charlotte retain the title against Paige, the pair attacked Paige after the match before Banks made the save. This led to a double match the following week, which was won by Banks and Paige. On July 24, Charlotte and Brooke were defeated by Banks and the debutant Bayley.
After being drafted to the Raw brand as part of the 2016 WWE Draft on July 19, Charlotte made her debut representing the brand on the July 25 episode of Raw, where she lost to Sasha Banks at 113. The WWE Women's Championship ends. days. On August 21 at SummerSlam, Charlotte challenged Banks for the title and Flair won, becoming a two-time champion. Charlotte retained the title (renamed the Raw Women's Championship after the creation of the SmackDown Women's Championship) in a three-way match against Banks and Bayley at Clash of Champions on September 25. However, Charlotte returned the title to Banks in the main event of Raw on October 3. Around this time, the name Charlotte's Ring was applied to Charlotte Flair.
At Hell in a Cell on October 30, Flair became a three-time Women's Champion, reclaiming the title from Banks in the first Women's Hell in a Cell match. It also marks the first time that a women's match will be the final WWE pay-per-view match. The following night on Raw, Flair was revealed as the captain of Team Raw Survivor Series on November 20, where Team Raw defeated Team SmackDown, with Flair and Bayley as Team Raw survivors. On the November 28 episode of Raw, Ric Flair came out to celebrate with Banks after Flair had a pinfall match with Banks and Banks beat Flair for the title. On December 18 at Roadblock: Finish Line, the two were scheduled to have a 30-minute Iron Man match that ended in a 2-2 draw, but Flair defeated Banks 3-2 in sudden-death overtime to become a record four Raw Women's Champions and end her six-month streak long feud after Banks was conditioned to not be able to invoke his rematch clause. Shortly after, Flair began feuding with Bayley, who had defeated her in two non-title matches since her debut in August. This led to a title match between the two at the January 29, 2017 Royal Rumble, where Flair successfully retained Bayley's title. On the February 13 episode of Raw, Flair dropped the title to Bayley in the main event. She later failed to regain the title in a rematch against Bayley on March 5 at Fast Track Stadium, her first singles loss after a 16-match winning streak. Also in March, Flair ended her relationship with Brooke by defeating her in a singles match. On April 2 at WrestleMania 33, Flair faced Bayley, Banks, and Nia Jax in a four-way elimination match, becoming the last woman to be eliminated by eventual winner Bayley. On the April 10 episode of Raw, Flair was defeated by Jack in his final match for the brand.
SmackDown Women's Champion (2017–2018)[]
On April 11, 2017, Flair was traded to the SmackDown brand as part of the Superstar Shake-up. The following week on SmackDown Live, she defeated SmackDown Women's Champion Naomi in a non-championship match for a shot at the title, but the match ended in a no-match after two members were attacked by the welcoming committee (Natalie, Carmella and Tamina). . The match made Flair the first woman in WWE history to compete in the main event on Raw, SmackDown and WWE pay-per-view. In May, Flair teamed with Becky Lynch and Naomi against the Admissions Committee, turning face in the process. At Backlash on May 21, the Welcoming Committee defeated Flair, Naomi and Lynch in a six-man tag team match, with the latter succumbing to Natalya's Sharpshooter. Shortly after, Flair competed at Money in the Bank, part of the ladder match for the first women's Money in the Bank match, which was won by Carmella. On July 23 at Battleground, Flair entered a five-man elimination match to determine the top contender for the title, but was the last woman to be eliminated by eventual winner Natalya.
After taking time off to help her father with legitimate health issues, Flair returned to SmackDown on September 19 to thank the WWE Universe for their support of her family. Later that night, she won a Fatal Four to become the number one contender to the SmackDown Women's Championship. On the October 8 episode of Hell in a Cell, Natalya retained her title against Flair after she attacked her with a steel chair, resulting in Flair's disqualification. On the November 14 episode of SmackDown, Flair defeated Natalya to win the title in her hometown, becoming the first female wrestler to win the Divas, NXT, Raw and SmackDown Women's Championships. With this win, Flair replaced Natalya in the Inter-Brand Championship match. Flair won a title match on November 19 against Raw Women's Champion Alexa Bliss at Survivor Series. A month later at Clash of Champions on December 17, Flair defeated Natalya in a lumberjack match to retain the title. In late 2017, Flair sided with Becky Lynch and Naomi and feuded with the debuting Riot Squad (Ruby Riot, Liv Morgan and Sarah Logan) when the trio attacked them shortly after their debut. On March 11, 2018, at Fastlane, Flair defeated Ruby Riott to defend her SmackDown Women's Championship before being challenged by Royal Rumble Champion Asuka. Flair won the next title match at WrestleMania 34 on April 8, pinning Asuka to her knees, ending the challenger's 914-day undefeated streak. Two days later, on the April 10 episode of SmackDown, The IIconics (Peyton Royce and Billie Kay) attacked Flair. Carmella used the opportunity to cash in a Money in the Bank contract for her first career title shot. Flair failed to regain the title in a rematch on May 6. Flair competed in her second Money in the Bank ladder match on June 17, which was won by Alexa Bliss.
On the July 31 episode of SmackDown, Flair saved Becky Lynch from an attack by Carmella. She later defeated Carmella and took part in the title match between Carmella and Lynch at SummerSlam, which became a triple threat match. On August 19, Flair defeated Lynch to win her second career SmackDown Women's Championship. With the win, Flair became only the second woman in WWE history to win the Women's Championship seven times, tying WWE Hall of Famer Trish Stratus. After the match, Lynch attacked Flair, leading to a feud between the two, which led to a Hell Cell match on September 16, where Flair lost to Lynch. Flair defeated Lynch by disqualification at Super Show-Down on October 6 and had a rematch with him two days later on SmackDown, which ended in a two count. As a result, Flair was given another shot at the title against Lynch in Evolution's first Last Woman Standing match on October 28, where Lynch defeated Flair.
Championship reigns (2018–2020)[]
Becky Lynch chose to be her student for a match against Raw Women's Champion Ronda Rousey at Survivor Series on November 18, and Flair was eliminated after brutally attacking Rousey with a kendo stick and a chair while turning heel. Qualified and lost the game. The following month, on the December 16 TLC pay-per-view, Flair competed for the first time in a Women's Tables, Ladders and Chairs match against Lynch and Asuka, pinning Flair and Lynch on the ladder at Rousey Kom. At the January 27 Royal Rumble, Flair competed in the Women's Royal Rumble, eliminating five women before being eliminated by Becky Lynch. As a result, Lynch won a title match against Raw Women's Champion Ronda Rousey at WrestleMania 35. But in February Vince McMahon (kayfabe) suspended Lynch for 60 days and replaced him with Flair. Lynch made a quick comeback and on the March 10 episode of Fastlane, she defeated Flair by disqualification after Rousey attacked Lynch for her victory, making the WrestleMania title match a triple threat. A few days before WrestleMania, on the March 26 SmackDown, Flair defeated Asuka to win the SmackDown Women's Championship for the third time, becoming the only woman in WWE history to win the Women's Championship eight times. At the April 7 event, which was the main event of the women's first WrestleMania, Flair lost a winner's match between her SmackDown and Ronda Rousey's Raw Women's Championship when Lynch gave Rousey a two-one championship. Shortly after WrestleMania, Flair continued to feud with Lynch over the SmackDown Women's Championship, declaring that she was undefeated at WrestleMania. She won a rematch against Bayley at Money in the Bank on May 19, regaining the title by defeating Lynch after interference from Lacey Evans. After the match, the two continued to attack Lynch until Bayley made the save. Bayley, who had won her Money in the Bank contract earlier in the evening, cashed in and defeated Flair, ending her reign in just 4 minutes and 52 seconds, the shortest time for Flair's title reign and the shortest time ever for the title. After Money in the Bank, Lynch focused on defending his Raw title, ending a nearly year-long feud between the two.
After a short hiatus, Flair will return on the July 16 episode of SmackDown. A week later, she called herself "the greatest female superstar of all time" and had a brief history with WWE Hall of Famer Trish Stratus. On August 11 at SummerSlam, Flair defeated Stratus in her second elimination match. After this win, Flair felt she deserved a shot at the SmackDown Women's Championship and resumed her feud with Bayley. On September 15 at Clash of Champions, Bayley retained the match against Flair after using an open buckle. After tagging Bayley in a double match, Flair earned herself another shot at the title. On the October 6 episode of Hell in a Cell, Flair defeated Bayley to win her fifth SmackDown Women's Championship and tenth on the WWE main roster. Five days later on SmackDown, Flair dropped the title to Bayley.
Flair was drafted by the Raw brand as part of the 2019 draft. On November 24, following Team Raw and Team Smackdown's losses to Team NXT, she was revealed as Team Raw's captain at Survivor Series after Team Raw's Asuka spit a green mist in Flair's face, causing Flair to be disqualified by Lacey Evans. . The following night on Raw, Flair lost to Asuka with the help of her tag team partner, Kairi Sane. Flair then teamed with Becky Lynch to face the Kabuki Warriors (Asuka and Kairi Sane) for the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship at TLC on December 15, but both were unsuccessful.
On January 26, 2020, Flair defeated Shane Bashler at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view to win the annual Royal Rumble. After weeks of teasing her title opponent at WrestleMania 36, she clashed with NXT Women's Champion Rey Ripley multiple times on Raw and NXT. On February 16 at Takeover: Portland, Flair attacked Ripley and accepted her challenge. On the second night of WrestleMania 36 on April 5, Flair defeated Ripley to capture her second NXT Women's Championship, marking her 12th in WWE. At TakeOver: In Your House on June 7, Flair lost to Io Shirai in a triple threat match that also included Rhea Ripley, ending her 63-day reign. Kayfabe injured her hand when she was attacked by Nia Jax in late June. This was done to keep Flair off TV so she could take some time off for another breast augmentation procedure.
Grand Slam Champion (2020–present)[]
On the December 20 episode of TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs, Flair returned as Asuka's surprise tag team partner, with whom she defeated Nia Jax and Shayna Bashler to win the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship. With the win, Flair became the fifth women's Triple Crown champion and the fourth women's Grand Slam champion. Flair then began feuding with Lacey Evans and her father, Ric Flair, who began interfering with her match. Flair and Asuka lost the tag team titles to Jax and Bashler at the Royal Rumble on January 31, 2021 due to interference from Flair and Evans. After Lacey Evans announced on the February 15 episode of Raw that she was legally pregnant, her and Asuka's February 21 Raw Women's Championship Knockout match was canceled.
On the March 1 episode of Raw, Flair made it clear that she intended to challenge Asuka for the Raw Women's Championship at WrestleMania 37, but that did not happen when Flair tested positive for COVID-19, removing her from the WrestleMania title picture. remove. Flair returned on the April 12 episode of Raw and later that night interfered in the Raw Women's Championship match between Asuka and Rhea Ripley, turning heads in the process. Charlotte will also have multiple title matches at her next three pay-per-view events, including a triple threat match against Asuka and Rhea Ripley at WrestleMania Backlash on May 16 and Hell in a She was unsuccessful in both matches against Ripley in a Cell. but she was given another chance at Money in the Bank on July 18, where she won the match by submission, making her a record five Raw Women's Champions. The following night, Flair lost the title on Raw to Nikki A.S.H., who cashed in her Money in the Bank briefcase, but regained the title at SummerSlam.
Flair was drafted to SmackDown as the Raw Women's Champion as part of the 2021 draft. On the October 22 episode of SmackDown, Flair and Lynch exchanged their titles, making Flair the SmackDown Women's Champion for the sixth time. It was then announced that Flair would face Raw Women's Champion Becky Lynch at Survivor Series on November 21, where she was defeated by Lynch. On January 29, 2022, she participated in the Women's Royal Rumble, becoming the last woman to be eliminated by Ronda Rousey. On the February 4 episode of SmackDown, Rousey chose to face Flair at WrestleMania 38 for the SmackDown Women's Championship. On the first night of the tournament on April 2, Flair tied Rousey for the title, ending her undefeated singles streak. At WrestleMania Backlash on May 8, Flair lost the title to Rousey in an "I Quit" match in which she (kayfabe) broke her left arm. After the event, Flair found time to marry her now-husband Andrade. After a seven-month hiatus, Flair returned as the face of SmackDown on December 30, challenging Ronda Rousey to a match for the SmackDown Women's Championship. Flair defeated Rousey in less than a minute to win the title for the seventh time. This made her a 14-time women's world champion and 17th overall.
Gallery[]
Championships and accomplishments[]
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI Feud of the Year (2016) vs. Sasha Banks
- PWI Rookie of the Year (2014)
- PWI ranked her #10 in the 2014 PWI Top 50 Females
- PWI ranked her #6 in the 2015 PWI Top 50 Females
- PWI ranked her #1 in the 2016 PWI Top 50 Females
- PWI ranked her #2 in the 2017 PWI Top 50 Females
- PWI ranked her #3 in the 2018 PWI Top 100 Females
- PWI ranked her #2 in the 2019 PWI Top 100 Females
- PWI ranked her #15 in the 2021 PWI Top 150 Females
- PWI ranked her #8 in the 2022 PWI Top 150 Females
- WWE NXT
- NXT Women's Championship (2 times)
- NXT Women's Championship Tournament (2014)
- World Wrestling Entertainment
- WWE Divas Championship (1 time)
- WWE Raw Women's Championship (6 times)
- WWE Smackdown Women's Championship (7 times, Current)
- WWE Women's Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Asuka
- Grand Slam Champion
External links[]
- Charlotte Flair on the Pro Wrestling Wiki
