Kemo
01-23-2018, 11:16 PM
SmackDown Live Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair was recently interviewed by Mike Jones of DC 101 to discuss several professional wrestling topics, including last night’s RAW 25 special. Flair was asked about her plans for her WrestleMania 34 entrance following last year’s peacock-themed entrance at WrestleMania 33:
“I already had that planned after WM last year. So, the peacock theme for last year was because we knew my dad was gonna be immortalized. If you look at the old wrestling magazines from the 80s, they had all of his robes and he was the peacock of wrestling. And we were like, ‘oh let’s make you a peacock’.
“So the robe on the cover of my book is the robe I want to do one day, but probably somewhere near the end of my career. This year, I had a specific idea and so we’ve been working on it since last Mania. (Any hints?) Warrior. You can go either way and I’m giving YOU the most. We just got an exclusive from the Queen herself about Warrior and WrestleMania in New Orleans.”
Recently Sasha Banks voiced her opinion that there should be a Women’s Tag Team division with Women’s Tag Team Titles. Flair doesn’t see that happening right now, and believes if you keep adding titles then it devalues them as well:
“I don’t see it right now because I just don’t think there are enough girls. And I don’t mean that ‘oh we need more women’. And if you think about it, the more titles you have, it devalues one title. Could you imagine tag titles for women on both shows? If there is a women’s show on WWE Network one day, for sure I could see that happening.”
Earlier this week in New York Flair had the chance to open up the New York Stock Exchange alongside Alexa Bliss, Roman Reigns, and AJ Styles. Flair explained why she was nervous during the event and said her heart was racing:
“It was crazy. I honestly didn’t know what to expect. Like, did I really have to ring a bell? It was just this little button that you had to press at 8:29:50 and hold it for 10 seconds. If you let go even before the 10 seconds was up you would ruin the entire day and the bell would never go off. Then everyone would boo you and I said I was used to that. But no pressure, so Alexa (Bliss) and I did it together. I was nervous and my heart started racing. Like, this is live and I’m used to live. I’m sure people have screwed it up before, but I’m gonna have to Google that.”
In regards to RAW 25 last night, several Hall Of Famers and legends of the past were in attendance. One of them was none other than Stone Cold Steve Austin, who received the biggest pop of the night. “The Queen” said it was surreal to see “The Texas Rattlesnake” do his thing at RAW 25 after growing up watching him:
“Well having Mean Gene there was pretty cool just because he was such an important part in my Dad’s career and going back to WCW before my dad wrestled Vader, when Mean Gene came to our house in Charlotte in 93. But also standing near the Gorilla Position and just being out there for Stone Cold. (How great was that?) Feeling the energy of the crowd and he is a SUPERSTAR and it was crazy to think ‘ok Stone Cold is on this show, I grew up watching him, and my dad has so much respect for him, and I’m on this show too. We’re like co-workers.’ Even though I’m in it and I grew up in the business, and I’m part of this show too. WOW. It’s surreal.”
Flair has had the privilege of playing both heel and babyface during her time in WWE, but revealed that although it’s fun being bad the connection she has established with the younger WWE fans while playing a babyface is a special one:
“I really enjoy being bad. But, I will say since I’ve made the switch to SmackDown through Social and different live events, the kids are really connecting with me right now. That means a lot to me especially being a positive role model especially at signings. I’ve had kids come up to me and say ‘you were not nice to your dad’ and it crushed me. But that’s my role, and If I go back to being a bad guy, it’s because I want to be the worst bad guy to make those good guys mean that much to them that they idolize them.”
“I already had that planned after WM last year. So, the peacock theme for last year was because we knew my dad was gonna be immortalized. If you look at the old wrestling magazines from the 80s, they had all of his robes and he was the peacock of wrestling. And we were like, ‘oh let’s make you a peacock’.
“So the robe on the cover of my book is the robe I want to do one day, but probably somewhere near the end of my career. This year, I had a specific idea and so we’ve been working on it since last Mania. (Any hints?) Warrior. You can go either way and I’m giving YOU the most. We just got an exclusive from the Queen herself about Warrior and WrestleMania in New Orleans.”
Recently Sasha Banks voiced her opinion that there should be a Women’s Tag Team division with Women’s Tag Team Titles. Flair doesn’t see that happening right now, and believes if you keep adding titles then it devalues them as well:
“I don’t see it right now because I just don’t think there are enough girls. And I don’t mean that ‘oh we need more women’. And if you think about it, the more titles you have, it devalues one title. Could you imagine tag titles for women on both shows? If there is a women’s show on WWE Network one day, for sure I could see that happening.”
Earlier this week in New York Flair had the chance to open up the New York Stock Exchange alongside Alexa Bliss, Roman Reigns, and AJ Styles. Flair explained why she was nervous during the event and said her heart was racing:
“It was crazy. I honestly didn’t know what to expect. Like, did I really have to ring a bell? It was just this little button that you had to press at 8:29:50 and hold it for 10 seconds. If you let go even before the 10 seconds was up you would ruin the entire day and the bell would never go off. Then everyone would boo you and I said I was used to that. But no pressure, so Alexa (Bliss) and I did it together. I was nervous and my heart started racing. Like, this is live and I’m used to live. I’m sure people have screwed it up before, but I’m gonna have to Google that.”
In regards to RAW 25 last night, several Hall Of Famers and legends of the past were in attendance. One of them was none other than Stone Cold Steve Austin, who received the biggest pop of the night. “The Queen” said it was surreal to see “The Texas Rattlesnake” do his thing at RAW 25 after growing up watching him:
“Well having Mean Gene there was pretty cool just because he was such an important part in my Dad’s career and going back to WCW before my dad wrestled Vader, when Mean Gene came to our house in Charlotte in 93. But also standing near the Gorilla Position and just being out there for Stone Cold. (How great was that?) Feeling the energy of the crowd and he is a SUPERSTAR and it was crazy to think ‘ok Stone Cold is on this show, I grew up watching him, and my dad has so much respect for him, and I’m on this show too. We’re like co-workers.’ Even though I’m in it and I grew up in the business, and I’m part of this show too. WOW. It’s surreal.”
Flair has had the privilege of playing both heel and babyface during her time in WWE, but revealed that although it’s fun being bad the connection she has established with the younger WWE fans while playing a babyface is a special one:
“I really enjoy being bad. But, I will say since I’ve made the switch to SmackDown through Social and different live events, the kids are really connecting with me right now. That means a lot to me especially being a positive role model especially at signings. I’ve had kids come up to me and say ‘you were not nice to your dad’ and it crushed me. But that’s my role, and If I go back to being a bad guy, it’s because I want to be the worst bad guy to make those good guys mean that much to them that they idolize them.”