Charlotte Flair was a recent guest on State Of Combat with Brian Campbell, and talked about getting an edge back coming out of her match with Ronda Rousey at Survivor Series. Charlotte said she knows she’s under a ton of pressure to deliver at WrestleMania 35, but that’s when she does her best work and feels like she can hit a new level:
“For me, when I know that I’m under immense pressure and I know the bright lights are on, and I’m on the biggest stage, that’s when I do my best work. I feel like after Survivor Series versus Ronda, I found a whole ‘nother gear change. That hasn’t stopped, and I’m looking to take my performance to a whole new level on April 7th at MetLife. That’s what I will prepare, mentally and emotionally leading up to that, of what we have to do. When you’re out there, you have to find those emotions somewhere, and the pressure’s on. I think the most important thing for us to do is put an exclamation point on that main event and prove to everyone that we are where we’re supposed to be.”
Flair was also asked if this new level she found was a result of Ronda Rousey and Becky Lynch blowing up in popularity. Charlotte said she was able to go back to what she did best, and stopped caring what people thought like she did towards the end of her babyface run and feud with Becky last year:
“I think what was hard for me was, during the Becky feud I cared so much what everyone thought. Here I am, supposed to be the good guy, but I’m getting booed. If you know my past, if you know Charlotte’s past, you know Becky’s past—if you just look at the friendship story, I was still supposed to be the good guy. Instead of staying true to what my character was or who she is—I’m ‘Genetically Superior’ and I’m a Flair, the arrogance and the confidence—I feel like I lost that. I was so worried about ‘no, I can’t say this because I look arrogant or I look cocky. That will make people not like me more’ and that really got to me.
Once that was over and I had got to Survivor Series, I told myself that I can no longer apologize for being that good, because I am. It was one of those moments like, ‘no, go back to who you are and what your character is supposed to be and don’t care about the rest.’ I almost felt like I was re-debuting. It was a matter of ‘I’m Charlotte Flair, I’m a 7-time Women’s Champion, I’m not an afterthought.’ I just went back to what I was meant to be all along, which is the chosen one.”
Check out the full interview below; Charlotte’s portion of the show begins around the 46 minute mark:
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