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My best childhood memories are right
here.
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The house that I grew up in is literally
75 yards behind us.
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It's kind of weird to be sitting here
where I am now. It just feels so far
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like almost like it didn't happen. It
wasn't real.
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My dad's Ric Flair.
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It never dawned on me that I would have
the opportunity to mean something to his
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business.
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Where I am today, knowing that I've
carved out my own history and paved the
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with the women that I came up with, I
could never imagine being a part of
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something that was like that.
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Charlotte Flair!
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Ashley walks in a room. You know, that's
a star.
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When she commits to something, she
commits to it at a different kind of
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man.
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She had to follow his act and be a
woman.
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I'm going to fall behind in his shadow
and just be Ric Flair's daughter.
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She would just be overthinking it
constantly.
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Why aren't we talking about my athletic
ability? Why are we talking about my
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look?
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There was guilt for her.
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She was paralyzed.
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They were like this.
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I'm going to do this.
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I don't know how, but I will.
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She's got an aura to her, you know.
There can only be one queen.
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I become the very best.
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Her resume speaks for itself. She has a
completely different legacy than her
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dad.
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All hail the queen.
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I want to go down as one of the great,
male or female.
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I was born in Charlotte, North Carolina,
April 5th, 1986.
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I'm the middle child.
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My oldest sibling is my sister, Megan.
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Then my big brother, David. Then my
little brother, Reed.
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Reed is a freak.
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I'm not a freak.
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I'm freakily.
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Thank you.
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Well, since Reed and I were so close in
age, I guess you could say we were
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inseparable.
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Polar blading through the neighborhood.
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Riding our mountain bike. We just did
everything together.
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We love you, darling.
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We love you.
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Hey, handsome.
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So my dad is just dad to me, but to
everyone else, he's Ric Flair.
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I knew he was special and I knew he was.
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famous growing up because everywhere we
went in charlotte you know everyone
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always wanted his autograph driving the
women wild but growing up it was
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drink your milk eat your vegetables
clean your plate like he was very much
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dad in kindergarten it was show and tell
day and i brought my dad and his
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original gold belt i remember just being
so fascinated with the red rubies that
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were on the front of the title
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If I was working, I took them with me.
Like if I was working in Florida for the
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week, I'd stay in Disney World.
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So I wasn't on vacation, but at least I
was with them for an hour in the
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morning.
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Diamonds are forever, and so is Ric
Flair.
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Being around the business when I was
young really meant, like, oh, I get to
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see my dad wrestle. Like, I get to sit
front row, I get to cheer for him.
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But I didn't think at that moment or
when we were doing all those things that
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was going to be in the business or that
I wanted to be a wrestler.
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She never expressed any interest in
wrestling, ever. Neither one of us did.
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just was like, oh, it's kind of what dad
does. Cool.
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She had an early start in athletics and
excelled even at a young age.
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I did jazz, tap, and ballet.
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And then I started at international
gymnastics.
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There was also an all -star
cheerleading.
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The glam and the glitz and all that kind
of stuff was not Ashley. So volleyball,
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I felt, was more comfortable for her,
and she was great at that.
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Ashley Fleer is just a junior on the
Panther high school volleyball team, and
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she already has the college recruiting
letters that are starting to arrive in
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the mailbox.
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I would have to say she was the best
athlete in the state for the last two
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of high school, boy or girl.
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There was something called the, like,
presidential test.
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So I remember always competing with the
boys or wanting to be better than the
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boys.
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I remember being called beast.
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I don't know why it affected me so much,
but it did.
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And then the boys making fun of having,
like, hairy blonde arms.
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She's never struggled with her weight,
but she's always been tall.
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And so I think she always felt bigger.
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Bigger is not always better.
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when you're a woman or doesn't feel
better.
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I just never, I guess, felt comfortable
in my own skin from an early age.
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But it didn't stop me from having a
great childhood or playing sports.
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I saw unlimited potential for her. She
could have gone anywhere.
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I took her to Indiana. I took her to
Michigan State.
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I took her to Wake Forest.
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I went to Appalachian State on a full
ride for volleyball.
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Around the time I went on my first
recruiting visit to Appalachian State,
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took me on two different tours when he
was with WWE.
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I was
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just
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in awe of the ladies.
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They're so cool. They're superstars.
They're rock stars.
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How do they get their hair that long?
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How they dress.
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They're just so...
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Like, I could never picture myself in
their shoes.
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Oh, they get to travel the world and
have fun? That's pretty cool.
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I remember getting home, and I just
remember my dad backing out of the
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and was like, I'm not coming home.
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Even though I knew things weren't
perfect in my mom and dad's marriage
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up, they still played the perfect part
for Reed and I.
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It was a lot of very confusing time and
like being done with high school and
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then leaving for app at the end of the
summer.
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I think there was a lack of guidance or
direction.
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Anytime the coach would throw me in the
game, I would be so nervous.
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I digressed as a player, but I don't
know if there was just so much mental
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going on at home. I remember that being
like frustrating.
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I had quit volleyball, and I just
remember, I don't know, just not really
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anything to be proud of.
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And then being so proud of my dad.
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The time has come for the nature boy,
Ric Flair, to put his career on the
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It was a retirement match for my dad
between him and Shawn Michael.
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And there is Ric Flair's family right
here at ringside.
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That was, like, such an overwhelming,
positive feeling. Like, look at this
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organization that he's a part of, and it
seems like such a big, happy family.
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You read lips?
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I'm sorry. I love you.
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The emotion and the respect, the feeling
of the audience and the passion.
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Over 70 ,000 fans paying their respects
to the greatest to ever lace a
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pair of boots.
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And then seeing my dad emotional, I was
like, oh, this is so cool. This is
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amazing. Like, I want to be a part of
this. But, like, in what capacity?
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I don't know.
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What are your thoughts on becoming a
diva?
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It's definitely crossed my mind.
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I would like to finish school first, and
I hope the opportunity is still there
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when I'm done.
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I think it would be fun.
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If I said, Dad, I want to try to take on
a role somewhere in WWE, I think you
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would support me and be my biggest fan.
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I knew I had to graduate because that's
what you do. You go to college and you
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graduate, right?
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And it's like, well, what do I do?
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I moved back home.
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I was working as a personal trainer for
a couple years.
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And then we went to Miami for the Four
Horsemen Hall of Fame induction.
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It was, like, I think the first time
that me, Reed, and my dad had, like,
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and done something in a really long
time.
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Ashley, one more time, baby.
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Stand up, Reed. Come on, buddy.
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Reed's goal was to be in the WWE.
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We were at dinner at the hotel, and he
was like, we can do this together.
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You've got to do this.
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So I was like, okay.
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I said, oh, God, please, no. Dad, I want
to wrestle.
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I can do it. I know I can.
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That was it. And that was in April and
July. She was in Tampa.
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Florida Championship Wrestling at that
time was the developmental system for
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WWE.
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Triple H and Vince McMahon had their
eyes on the new up -and -coming star, so
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was very important to make an impact
there.
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I remember talking to Hunter on the
phone.
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He was like, this life is difficult,
Ashley.
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This life is very difficult. You're on
the road.
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Is this really something that you want
to do? This is a full -time job. And I'm
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like, yes, yes, yes, this is what I want
to do.
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And I remember him being like, you're
not going to get handouts because you're
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Ric Flair's kid. And I'm like, I'm not
asking for handouts.
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I didn't say I wanted a handout.
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Why does this make me upset every time?
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I don't think anyone that was hiring me
or heard that I was going was like,
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she's going to be a WWE superstar and
follow in her dad's footsteps.
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Something in my life needs to change.
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And had I not taken that leap of faith.
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I wouldn't have gone.
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And that's just overwhelming to think
about.
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That's why I don't even think about it.
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Okay.
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I remember getting to Tampa.
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I just remember telling one of the boys,
my dad's Ric Flair, but please don't
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tell anybody, which everyone already
knew.
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The entire building already had opinions
on me before I even came.
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Everyone has tryouts, and you meet each
other, and there's this whole
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independent scene, and, well, here's Ric
Flair's kid, and she didn't have a
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tryout. I just was so worried about what
everyone thought of me.
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I was a little leery of having to work
with a second -generation performer
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because sometimes they can come in with
preconceived notions of how things
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should be done here.
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But with her, it was zero ego.
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She was so timid and just a sweet little
angel. And, like, I just felt like I
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just wanted to hug her and just, like,
protect her.
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John's being her right now. The kids ask
for him more than they do Michael
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Jordan. The athletic part of it, like,
she got, and she thrived.
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Charlotte probably struggled most with
promos and, you know, just her kind of
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insecurities about herself came through.
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You can't beat someone who never gives
up.
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My most redeeming qualities?
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Yes, I know.
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She would just be overthinking it
constantly. Well, what do I do next
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should I try and partner up with someone
to do something?
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Mirror, mirror on the wall.
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Who's the fairest of them all?
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I stuck out like a sore thumb.
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But I do remember I was like, whatever
you do, you're going to be fine
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athletically. And I did really well in
this drill with the guys and girls.
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And Dusty pulled me aside and was like,
you're going to be okay.
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And I just remember thinking like, okay.
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At the same time, Reed had been in and
out of rehab.
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The drug was heroin.
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Unfortunately, there's kind of a
stereotype of what a heroin addict looks
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And Reed did not fit that. I mean, he
looked like a million bucks.
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There was a big push for him to get into
WWE at that time.
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He failed the first drug test to get
into the WWE.
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Reed left for Japan, I think, right
after Thanksgiving.
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He had gotten a contract to wrestle
there, hoping that would turn into
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bigger, eventually WWE.
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He really struggled with Ashley being in
Tampa and him not being there.
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That was not working out for him.
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Can you believe I'm not there and Ashley
is?
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So he wanted to go to WrestleMania, so I
brought him back.
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A group of us were going to WrestleMania
for the first NXT access.
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I was going to get to wrestle Paige, not
for the title or anything, but just
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have like an exhibition match.
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My dad had just brought Reed home from
Japan.
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And the night before they were supposed
to leave to meet me in New York, New
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Jersey, Reed died.
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Police confirmed Rick Flair's 25 -year
-old son was found dead at this South
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Park hotel.
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Reed Flair was found dead inside a room
at the residence inn around 10 .30 this
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morning. And so far, investigators have
not revealed the cause of death.
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The morning that my dad called me to
tell me that Reed had
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OD'd, I don't know. Even to this day, I
still think I put it in a
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drawer and I just closed the drawer.
Like, how do you?
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Your brother, right?
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I think for Ashley especially, there was
guilt for her.
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She was less there for him, not
intentionally. She was fixing her life
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growing, but I think there was a lot of
guilt.
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These things were like playing over in
my head. I didn't go home for
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Thanksgiving to see him. I didn't go
home for Christmas to see him.
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Happy birthday to you.
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She was paralyzed.
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They were like this.
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But they competed and they argued and
that, but boy, they were close.
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That whole year, I'd started to make
friends, figure out, like,
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oh, I really like this. I fit in.
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This is really cool. But at the same
time, like, this is everything that he
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wanted to be doing.
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Like, how selfish and unfair that I'm
living his dream and he never got to be
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there.
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Did I cause my brother to OD? Like, was
the pressure, like, not, like, was that
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too much on him? Like, did I make him,
like, was I not there for him? Like, was
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I off doing that instead of being there?
Like, you can't blame yourself. Yes,
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I've taken many years to know that. But,
like, that is very hard at the time to
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not think about those things, you know,
happening.
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At that time.
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In Reed's passing, Ashley assumed that
mantle and carried his spirit with her
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everywhere she went.
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Make no mistake about it, what you see
in Ashley Flair is not an individual
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performance.
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Everything she does is tag -teaming with
her brother.
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Once you understand that, you understand
the enormous inspiration that
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propels Ashley to such greatness.
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And I just remember a week later coming
back to work and Dusty just looked at me
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and was like, you got to move on.
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You got to move forward. You have to
keep going.
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You don't have a choice.
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So I was like, okay.
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So I just kept working. And when Reed
passed away, I guess it was just
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my focus was
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I'm going to do this.
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I don't know how, but I will.
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In July, we moved
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from Tampa to Orlando, officially now
NXT.
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When she came back, she was just so
focused on getting better in every
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and creating that character, just taking
in every bit of information she could
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and applying it.
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And competition only brings success.
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And how is Sasha and I supposed to be
successful when there's no competition
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NXT? We were all still trying to find
ourselves. I think during that time in
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first few months at the Performance
Center is when everybody started to nail
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down their character because we had no
other choice.
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I tell people all the time, sometimes
it's just a switch with WWE, you know,
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when it comes to promos and, like, self
-love. It's just a switch that goes off,
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and then all of a sudden you're just
like, no, I feel comfortable. Like, this
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it. Ladies and gentlemen, my daughter,
Charlotte.
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The NXT debut of Charlotte.
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I debuted on NXT TV against Bayley,
which you couldn't pick a better debut
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partner.
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Look at that move.
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And then she just completely took over.
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This for the NXT Women's Championship.
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Down to the queen, Charlotte, the NXT
Women's Champion.
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Charlotte, she's one of the originals to
help change the perception of what
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women's wrestling could be just by
physically what she could do.
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The girls were definitely capable of it.
They were just kind of never allowed to
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do it, especially on the main rosters.
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Charlotte has a recognizable name and an
unbelievable skill set.
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Now, as you're ushering in a new era of
women, it was the perfect fit.
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There hasn't been that level of
competition that I'm looking for, that I
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everybody here is looking for.
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And it is time for us to make a change
right now.
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Allow me to introduce the woman who was
bred for this business.
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Women are making their mark and it is
time for us to make a change right
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now.
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Charlotte, I could tell she was nervous.
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What if they don't like me? I'm like,
you have to forget that. Whether they
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you or not, like, this is your house.
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So joining forces with Paige will be a
woman who was bred for this business.
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Charlotte!
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I just didn't know what it was going to
be like.
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Like, am I really going to stay up here?
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I had wanted it so bad at that point.
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And I kept wondering, like, what was
wrong with me, why we hadn't debuted?
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Because there was so much buzz.
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I was just ready for it.
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What an opportunity tonight for
Charlotte.
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She looks to become just the second
woman to hold the NXT Women's title and
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Divas title.
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I didn't have that confidence as a
performer to just go with the flow.
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It was just like,
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Wow, Nikki Bella's such a star.
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Nikki Bella, her record -setting reign
as Divas champions at 301 days tonight.
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I did not feel comfortable in my
wrestling boots.
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It was like fake it till you make it.
That's basically, you know, what I was
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doing.
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Figure four first. She's got a bridge
going to the figure eight. There's the
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bridge into the figure eight.
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Nikki Tab.
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Charlotte wins the title.
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I'll tell you how important her brother
is in her life.
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Every time she wins a match, she goes
like this.
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She goes point and goes read.
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I was so happy for her.
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It was like I couldn't believe this was
happening moment. Like I felt like many
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pieces missing.
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I didn't feel like the champion.
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They decided to put my dad as my
manager.
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Charlotte, the Davis champion,
accompanied by her Hall of Fame father,
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nature boy, Ric Flair.
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He only knows how to be a showman. He
only knows how to steal the show. I
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didn't. So I took it as, I'm either
going to sink or I'm going to swim. I'm
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either going to use this as a platform
or I'm going to fall behind in his
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and just be Ric Flair's daughter.
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The pro was reconnecting with him
because there was kind of a lull between
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school and then.
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Our dynamic is super special.
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I know she struggled with it a lot.
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For any WWE superstar, trying to find
where your comfort level is and where
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can excel the most is so difficult.
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So I can't imagine having to be Ric
Flair's daughter. People are going to
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high expectations of her. I'll make you
proud. You always do.
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You can tell Charlotte has much more of
a concern with perfection and legacy
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than anybody else here.
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It's a huge shadow to grow up under, and
she didn't just have to follow his act,
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but she had to follow his act and be a
woman.
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Tonight is the biggest WrestleMania in
history.
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This is just a fraction of the nearly
100 ,000 members of the WWE Universe
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are waiting to make their way inside to
witness history.
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When I pulled up and I saw the graphics
on the stadium, I was like, ooh, the men
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look like the eye candy and we're front
and center. I have goosebumps just
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thinking about it. This is what I've
worked for every single day.
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WrestleMania 32 was the most high
-profile women's match at that point in
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The Divas Championship became the
women's championship.
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Charlotte had enough time at that point
that she was ready to take the reins and
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usher in this new era of performer.
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WrestleMania 32 was a shift.
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When I walked out, I was like, I'm
exactly where I'm supposed to be.
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This is for the WWE Women's
Championship.
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I think we're seeing the greatest era of
the women's division. These superstars
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digging deep into the playbook.
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Charlotte going to... Where's she going?
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Charlotte going... Oh, no. Going up top.
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Oh! Moonsault!
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Moonsault by Charlotte!
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When she did that Moonsault, I died.
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I never saw her do it.
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She's an old girl, all grown up.
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She's better than I was.
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Man, she left me in the dirt long ago.
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We got a new title, and we got a great
champion in Charlotte.
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That was like whatever the biggest thing
in women's wrestling that had ever
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happened was like right here. And that
was like right there.
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For me, I felt like it was my brother's
dream. But what's the
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Super Bowl of our company?
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And this is really the beginning.
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Like this is where the hard work starts.
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One, two, three.
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The WWE Network was being launched in
China, and I was sent to do an
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international tour.
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Yeah, so I was on my flight back from
Hong Kong to Boston.
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I got a phone call from Talent
Relations.
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The dad's in the hospital. He's sick.
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We need to get you home as soon as
possible.
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There was so much going on that first
two years.
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I'm trying to travel the world and
become a superstar, and my dad's, you
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having health issues.
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Just a lot to deal with.
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When someone's septic and then they go
into organ failure,
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He really don't know, so there was a
process where we can't fix the heart
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we fix the kidney.
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Can't do the surgery until we get him
whatever.
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And the surgeons came in and they said
there's probably about 15 % chance he's
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going to make it through this.
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When, you know, the nurses were
explaining to me and my sister and my
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you know, that my dad might not make it.
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I could not mentally wrap my mind around
that there was a chance that he
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wouldn't make it. I just couldn't
process that.
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They gave us all an opportunity to say
goodbye to him, and I didn't even really
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say anything.
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I just wasn't going to take goodbye as
an answer.
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I compartmentalize by just throwing
every ounce of energy I
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have into work.
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All hail the queen, gentlemen.
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I personally want to thank everyone for
their thoughts and prayers while my
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dad's been sick.
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Yeah. Man, Charlotte handles everything,
like, incredible.
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If I were to go through something like
that, it's very private, and nobody
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even know that that was happening, and I
can deal with it on my own and
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privately, but with her, the whole world
knows.
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Life is fragile.
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And that's why you have to make the
moments count.
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So from here on out, I'm going to make
every moment as big as possible
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for me and my dad.
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And there I go. I'm working again.
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I don't know. On to the next, right?
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Just another bump in the road.
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Natalya's championship is in danger.
It's this Charlotte's moment.
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Charlotte wins.
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The queen sits on the throne of
SmackDown Live.
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In her hometown, Charlotte.
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All of you know that my dad,
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for the last couple months, has had a
really hard time.
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I love you, Dad.
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This was for you tonight.
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Woo!
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Proud father, victorious daughter. An
emotional night in Flair country.
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Charlotte, in many ways, is nothing like
her dad.
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And in other ways, there are
similarities.
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And if anyone knows anything about Ric
Flair, they know that...
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There was a time later in his career
when he lost his confidence and needed
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lean on people like Triple H to find
himself.
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And the apple doesn't fall far from the
tree.
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Charlotte's been very public about the
fact that she struggles with her
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confidence.
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Overthinking is the worst thing
possible, and I think I overthink a lot.
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Just like today, I was getting ready for
the shoot, and this guy walks over who
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owns the salon, and he's like, you're
Ric Flair's daughter.
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Like, I get it every day.
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And I'm not jealous.
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I'm, like, super proud, but I just, I'm
just like, dang.
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I still feel like I have to be a certain
way because of the expectation that I'm
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Ric's daughter.
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You know, it was super hard.
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Her resume speaks for itself, you know.
She's done things that Ric hasn't even
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done before.
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She's main evented WrestleMania.
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I hope she can see now that she is not
her dad and she's completely different
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legacy than her dad.
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I think Ashley's the only person in any
conversation that doesn't realize just
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how great Charlotte is or can be.
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Charlotte can be a hundred miles above
Ric Flair's shadow and Ashley will still
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be struggling.
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to escape from.
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Once Charlotte got on top, she stayed on
top. She ran that division.
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Charlotte Flair called herself the Iron
Woman of WWE.
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All the emotional trauma she's dealt
with has made her stronger and more
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focused.
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I've seen the difference of Charlotte,
the character, from Ashley, the person.
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Charlotte is strictly business, and
she's focused on being number one and
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focused on being superior.
466
00:30:24,390 --> 00:30:27,730
Where, like, Ashley doesn't hide things
well.
467
00:30:28,530 --> 00:30:31,950
We've had moments where, like, I could
tell something's bothering her, and, you
468
00:30:31,950 --> 00:30:35,790
know, you just have one of those things
where you have to talk to a friend, and
469
00:30:35,790 --> 00:30:38,490
it has nothing to do with wrestling. It
has nothing to do with work.
470
00:30:41,230 --> 00:30:46,770
When I quit volleyball in college, I had
nothing to be passionate for, and I
471
00:30:46,770 --> 00:30:50,590
think that manifested in other ways.
Like, maybe I wasn't good enough.
472
00:30:51,310 --> 00:30:56,410
Maybe body dysmorphia, but I was more
hurting myself mentally than physically.
473
00:30:57,510 --> 00:31:04,490
I was 20 when I got my first breast
augmentation, because I thought, okay,
474
00:31:04,490 --> 00:31:09,130
had, you know, a bigger chest, that
would make me...
475
00:31:09,740 --> 00:31:13,520
more beautiful. That really, like,
affected me.
476
00:31:15,500 --> 00:31:19,240
Online, I've gotten so much criticism
over the years.
477
00:31:19,820 --> 00:31:24,220
Charlotte's built like a man. Charlotte
looks like an iPhone. She has no ass.
478
00:31:24,360 --> 00:31:26,340
Like, constant every day.
479
00:31:26,820 --> 00:31:31,980
Why aren't we talking about my athletic
ability? Why are we talking about my
480
00:31:31,980 --> 00:31:32,980
look?
481
00:31:34,240 --> 00:31:37,360
There was a few times backstage where
she just...
482
00:31:37,680 --> 00:31:41,880
I continuously try on different outfits,
and she's like, does this one make me
483
00:31:41,880 --> 00:31:42,719
look chunky?
484
00:31:42,720 --> 00:31:47,240
Does this one make me look like a man?
I'm like, you're beautiful. What are you
485
00:31:47,240 --> 00:31:49,760
talking about? Like, what are you seeing
right now?
486
00:31:50,520 --> 00:31:54,420
When you're still, like, trying to
figure out who you are, it affects who
487
00:31:54,420 --> 00:31:55,420
think you are.
488
00:31:57,320 --> 00:32:00,420
She's not just going to be judged on her
wrestling ability.
489
00:32:00,720 --> 00:32:04,460
She's also going to be constantly judged
on her looks.
490
00:32:05,610 --> 00:32:09,830
I've learned that over a course of time,
that like your self -worth doesn't
491
00:32:09,830 --> 00:32:14,570
depend on what you look like. Like being
an athlete is cool.
492
00:32:14,930 --> 00:32:18,390
Being strong is cool. Lifting weights is
cool.
493
00:32:19,510 --> 00:32:23,510
Women come in all shapes and sizes. And
it's so important for someone to be a
494
00:32:23,510 --> 00:32:27,210
face of a certain body type too. And
Charlotte just has like this beautiful,
495
00:32:27,330 --> 00:32:31,390
athletic, strong body. And you need
someone like Charlotte to have a
496
00:32:31,650 --> 00:32:32,650
It's so important.
497
00:32:35,600 --> 00:32:39,620
So this is an actual copy of the body
issue that came out in stores.
498
00:32:40,020 --> 00:32:42,540
This is my layout.
499
00:32:43,340 --> 00:32:44,400
Super proud of it.
500
00:32:45,320 --> 00:32:51,540
When you do ESPN body, this is you
showing all of your vulnerabilities and
501
00:32:51,540 --> 00:32:54,660
the things that you're most insecure
about. I think she looks absolutely
502
00:32:54,660 --> 00:32:55,660
beautiful.
503
00:32:56,080 --> 00:32:59,780
This was like, we want athletic bodies
because they're beautiful.
504
00:33:00,300 --> 00:33:02,540
As an athlete, I want to be put in that
category.
505
00:33:03,370 --> 00:33:07,310
Like these that show like my backside
because I knew the comments were coming
506
00:33:07,310 --> 00:33:11,270
But anyone that's commenting can't do
what I can do and that's how I looked at
507
00:33:11,270 --> 00:33:17,150
it She was one that I gravitated towards
because we are the bigger frame like
508
00:33:17,150 --> 00:33:21,590
big shoulders. We've got muscle I think
it's very important to show girls that
509
00:33:21,590 --> 00:33:23,110
that's feminine as well
510
00:33:24,560 --> 00:33:31,460
A woman being unapologetic, being
dominant, being physical, being strong,
511
00:33:31,460 --> 00:33:37,060
in control in a male -dominated world is
what the most important message for me
512
00:33:37,060 --> 00:33:38,019
is right now.
513
00:33:38,020 --> 00:33:41,080
You look amazing, queen!
514
00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:43,820
Oh my goodness!
515
00:33:44,340 --> 00:33:49,320
I've always wanted that superhero in my
real life, and for little girls, it's
516
00:33:49,320 --> 00:33:55,810
just... having a role model can i get a
video and switch out the title you just
517
00:33:55,810 --> 00:33:58,910
want to like wrap your arms around them
like you want to be everything that they
518
00:33:58,910 --> 00:34:05,250
see you as remembering that like that
little girl doesn't see you the way you
519
00:34:05,250 --> 00:34:09,130
see you and that's what's most important
is like she sees you as larger than
520
00:34:09,130 --> 00:34:10,530
life she sees you as that superhero
521
00:34:13,710 --> 00:34:19,150
My natural form is what got me to where
I am, being strong, being 5 '10", being
522
00:34:19,150 --> 00:34:20,150
muscular.
523
00:34:20,810 --> 00:34:25,870
Rise above it all. Don't give in to
negativity, the social media or the
524
00:34:26,270 --> 00:34:28,090
Follow your own path.
525
00:34:30,489 --> 00:34:37,170
I think over the last few years,
Charlotte has started to believe in
526
00:34:37,170 --> 00:34:38,170
Flair.
527
00:34:39,050 --> 00:34:45,170
Since I started in 2012 in Tampa, I've
never really taken the time to display
528
00:34:45,170 --> 00:34:49,449
all the wonderful things that I've done
along the way. And I just moved into
529
00:34:49,449 --> 00:34:54,949
this new house and I've collected a lot
of these plaques and my gear. And now
530
00:34:54,949 --> 00:34:58,770
I'm looking back, I'm like, dang, I've
done some pretty cool things.
531
00:35:00,370 --> 00:35:07,150
That is when I won my first main roster
title, the Divas Championship at
532
00:35:07,150 --> 00:35:08,150
WrestleMania.
533
00:35:08,460 --> 00:35:12,700
34 plaque, and this is the robe I wore
in that match.
534
00:35:13,120 --> 00:35:19,400
I believe it was the first women's
single match on WrestleMania since Trish
535
00:35:19,400 --> 00:35:20,440
Stratus and Mickie James.
536
00:35:22,140 --> 00:35:25,920
Here is a piece of the ring and the
plaque from WrestleMania 32.
537
00:35:27,220 --> 00:35:31,920
Here's versus Trish at SummerSlam. That
match needed to be like how people
538
00:35:31,920 --> 00:35:36,500
remember her because that's her
technically last match. She turned out
539
00:35:36,500 --> 00:35:37,500
well.
540
00:35:37,960 --> 00:35:42,460
You have to enjoy the journey to get to
the destination, and it goes by fast.
541
00:35:42,640 --> 00:35:46,420
And I feel like for a couple years, I
was just go, go, go, go, go, and not
542
00:35:46,420 --> 00:35:50,460
really taking a second to look and see
what I'd accomplished and done.
543
00:35:50,680 --> 00:35:54,240
And this was, like, part of that process
to be like, wow, I've done all these
544
00:35:54,240 --> 00:35:55,240
things.
545
00:36:02,340 --> 00:36:03,340
What, baby?
546
00:36:04,620 --> 00:36:06,480
Do you want to stay with me forever?
547
00:36:10,940 --> 00:36:11,940
Oh, okay.
548
00:36:12,380 --> 00:36:13,380
Okay.
549
00:36:15,060 --> 00:36:21,340
You're a fan of wrestling. Like, you
know what I've done. But if you don't,
550
00:36:21,340 --> 00:36:25,000
stigma is there. Like, okay, the dad's a
wrestler. She's a wrestler. Ric Flair's
551
00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:25,959
daughter.
552
00:36:25,960 --> 00:36:28,260
No matter what I do, I'm always compared
to you.
553
00:36:28,540 --> 00:36:30,860
No matter, I mean. I don't believe that
anymore.
554
00:36:31,240 --> 00:36:32,500
I do. You far exceeded me.
555
00:36:33,200 --> 00:36:35,060
Do you know what people forget about me?
556
00:36:35,700 --> 00:36:37,520
I've been on TV for 50 years.
557
00:36:38,500 --> 00:36:39,560
She's been on for 10.
558
00:36:40,140 --> 00:36:42,160
She's already set a bar so high.
559
00:36:42,880 --> 00:36:45,400
Anything she does more will just be
adding to her legacy.
560
00:36:46,020 --> 00:36:50,700
But see, that's where I get frustrated
because it's like I feel like I'm just
561
00:36:50,700 --> 00:36:51,700
now getting good.
562
00:36:51,860 --> 00:36:53,420
I feel like I'm just getting started.
563
00:36:53,780 --> 00:36:57,640
I've been saying it for a long time in
different ways, but to be the best,
564
00:36:57,640 --> 00:37:01,740
you've got to be the best. And she's the
best professional wrestler I've ever
565
00:37:01,740 --> 00:37:03,200
seen in my entire life.
566
00:37:04,060 --> 00:37:08,240
I get annoyed when he says that, but I
only feel like I can get there, and I
567
00:37:08,240 --> 00:37:09,240
feel that within myself.
568
00:37:09,720 --> 00:37:14,840
Like, I look at my work from, like,
2015, I'm like, oof, that's no good.
569
00:37:15,140 --> 00:37:20,000
16, 17, oof, 18, I started to, like,
really figure it out. And now I'm like,
570
00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:21,520
right, it's game time.
571
00:37:24,040 --> 00:37:25,560
So it really is our Super Bowl.
572
00:37:26,900 --> 00:37:31,460
What makes this mania so special is this
is where I kind of, like, put myself on
573
00:37:31,460 --> 00:37:33,040
the map, where I made a name for myself.
574
00:37:34,500 --> 00:37:38,020
I had everything to prove then at
WrestleMania 32.
575
00:37:38,960 --> 00:37:43,920
I feel like I've proved myself all these
years and now I have to prove that I'm
576
00:37:43,920 --> 00:37:45,140
now as good as they say.
577
00:37:45,760 --> 00:37:52,120
I met Manny in 2018.
578
00:37:52,700 --> 00:37:58,320
He's been so supportive. His biggest
thing is I need to always know my worth.
579
00:37:58,600 --> 00:38:02,580
You're Charlotte Flair. Don't lower
yourself to what you're not.
580
00:38:06,420 --> 00:38:08,280
This is her Olympics.
581
00:38:08,730 --> 00:38:14,030
And she treats it as such. She trains
and thinks and commits like an Olympic
582
00:38:14,030 --> 00:38:20,330
athlete. I think that as many
accomplishments as she's had, she can
583
00:38:20,330 --> 00:38:25,810
way of herself and she can be her own
worst enemy and not let herself enjoy
584
00:38:25,810 --> 00:38:30,550
of the successes that she's had, all of
the history that she's made, and just
585
00:38:30,550 --> 00:38:31,810
how damn good she is.
586
00:38:33,690 --> 00:38:35,110
Charlotte is...
587
00:38:35,610 --> 00:38:39,430
So far removed from Ric Flair's shadow
is not even a freaking joke.
588
00:38:39,690 --> 00:38:43,810
She has built such an important legacy.
Like, she has a Hall of Fame career.
589
00:38:43,910 --> 00:38:45,530
Like, I have chills thinking about it,
too.
590
00:38:47,270 --> 00:38:48,370
You get goosebumps.
591
00:38:48,570 --> 00:38:53,050
You know that you're watching someone
who is a generational talent.
592
00:38:53,950 --> 00:38:54,970
She's the real deal.
593
00:38:56,430 --> 00:38:57,430
And a cover!
594
00:38:59,090 --> 00:39:03,790
Flair retakes the title! There's a
reason why queens stay queens.
595
00:39:08,580 --> 00:39:09,620
I can't believe it's over.
596
00:39:09,980 --> 00:39:11,680
I want to do it all over again.
597
00:39:12,680 --> 00:39:16,140
I feel like a grown -up now, versus when
I was here last time.
598
00:39:20,820 --> 00:39:22,880
I feel
599
00:39:22,880 --> 00:39:29,880
like I've been
600
00:39:29,880 --> 00:39:33,520
playing catch -up all these years, and I
finally get the hang of it. But I've
601
00:39:33,520 --> 00:39:35,100
already had, like, such an incredible
career.
602
00:39:36,670 --> 00:39:40,030
If I could do it all over again, now I'm
just learning and now having fun in
603
00:39:40,030 --> 00:39:44,270
there, like feeling them and the crowd,
the emotions and enjoying the moment.
604
00:39:45,930 --> 00:39:52,270
When I hear woo, like the arena does, I
just hope one day that all those little
605
00:39:52,270 --> 00:39:54,370
kids grow up and that's my woo.
606
00:39:54,830 --> 00:39:57,750
They're not doing it because I'm Flair's
daughter. They're doing it because I'm
607
00:39:57,750 --> 00:39:58,750
Charlotte Flair.
608
00:40:10,540 --> 00:40:12,760
It's been a while since I've come to see
him.
609
00:40:18,720 --> 00:40:20,780
He'd probably be loving all the
attention.
610
00:40:22,940 --> 00:40:29,740
I talk to him sometimes, but I think
it's just hard that I'm getting older
611
00:40:29,740 --> 00:40:30,678
he's not.
612
00:40:30,680 --> 00:40:33,420
Like, he's the same age.
613
00:40:35,400 --> 00:40:37,640
So I just wonder what he'd be like
older.
614
00:40:42,359 --> 00:40:45,960
my success, I had hoped that it had
gotten him on the right path.
615
00:40:46,420 --> 00:40:47,720
Like, he was proud of me.
616
00:40:48,740 --> 00:40:51,160
I always get upset when I say this.
617
00:40:53,600 --> 00:40:58,620
When he was in Japan, he sent me a
Facebook message when I'm tired and I
618
00:40:58,620 --> 00:40:59,620
feel like going.
619
00:40:59,800 --> 00:41:03,560
He said he didn't give up because he
would think of me and how hard I worked.
620
00:41:04,900 --> 00:41:06,440
That's how he thought of me.
621
00:41:07,440 --> 00:41:12,260
That I inspired him when ultimately,
like, I'm here because of him.
622
00:41:13,720 --> 00:41:17,520
I think it's just a reminder not to get
caught up in the wrong things and
623
00:41:17,520 --> 00:41:18,640
remember why you started.
624
00:41:20,040 --> 00:41:21,380
Don't take it so serious.
625
00:41:22,300 --> 00:41:26,180
I didn't take it serious when I started
and it got me this far. So don't
626
00:41:26,180 --> 00:41:27,180
overthink it now.
627
00:41:30,260 --> 00:41:36,720
After WrestleMania, married the love of
my life, everything is perfect right
628
00:41:36,720 --> 00:41:37,720
now.
629
00:41:38,860 --> 00:41:41,400
I think Charlotte Flair is just a
standalone name.
630
00:41:41,840 --> 00:41:46,220
She's able to do things that other women
aren't able to do. So she's just done
631
00:41:46,220 --> 00:41:48,760
so much that brings attention to the
WWE.
632
00:41:49,480 --> 00:41:53,580
The 13 -time women's champion.
633
00:41:54,240 --> 00:42:00,960
I love her so much and that I want her
to know that nobody could
634
00:42:00,960 --> 00:42:05,440
ever carry it on a legacy for anybody
better than she is right now.
635
00:42:07,070 --> 00:42:11,270
Charlotte Flair was built for the
spotlight, built for the grand stage.
636
00:42:12,010 --> 00:42:15,650
I would have never in a million years,
never thought I'd be here.
637
00:42:16,150 --> 00:42:19,950
Sometimes it hits me like that I made it
on my own.
638
00:42:20,650 --> 00:42:26,990
To see my progress growing into my own
boot, it's a good feeling, rewarding to
639
00:42:26,990 --> 00:42:28,670
watch yourself and not criticize
yourself.
640
00:42:29,290 --> 00:42:30,610
Like, wow, that's awesome.
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