Charlotte Flair

Charlotte Flair is an American Wrestler born in North Carolina. Charlotte signed with WWE in 2012. She is a Multi-time Women's Champion. And also she's the former and last Divas Champion. She has also held the RAW and SmackDown Women's titles various times during her nine years of a professional wrestling career. She is the daughter of the WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair. It is no secret that she has managed to stand tall on the expectations of fans and critics alike.

Early Life

Ashley Elizabeth Fliehr known as Charlotte Flair was born on April 5, 1986, in North Carolina, to the couple of Ric Flair and Elizabeth Harrell. She had a brother named Reid but he died in 2013. Elizabeth completed her school at Providence High School.

She also won the NCHSAA 4 A-State Volley Ball championships during high school. She attended college at Appalachian State University and later transferred to North Carolina State University. During her young days, she had an interest in Volley Ball and as well as Wrestling. But she pursued wrestling during the latter part of his career.

Professional Wrestling Career

Ashley Elizabeth Fliehr is an American professional wrestler and former personal trainer currently signed to WWE, performing on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Charlotte Flair. She is a second-generation wrestler in her family. Her father, Ric Flair, is known as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time.

Flair is a fifteen-time Women's World Champion in WWE, which is recognized by the company as being the record. Her accomplishments include being a former (and final) Divas Champion, the first and a record-tying six-time Raw Women's Champion, and a record six-time SmackDown Women's Champion. Prior to joining the main roster, she had a reign as NXT Women's Champion. She is the first and only wrestler to hold all four championships in WWE as well as the longest-reigning SmackDown Women's Champion in WWE history.

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Charlotte Flair WWE Feuds

NXT

Charlotte made her debut on NXT last summer as a babyface; defeating Bayley in her debut match. She would later team with Bayley in a tag team match against main roster Divas Alicia Fox and Aksana. She defended Bayley from being bullied by the Beautiful Fierce Females (Summer Rae and Sasha Banks). Despite this, however, Charlotte seemed to be annoyed with Bayley's upbeat attitude and began displaying a heel persona. A week later, Charlotte teamed with Bayley in a tag team match against the BFFs. During the match, the evil Charlotte attacked Bayley, allowing Sasha to pin her for the victory and officially cementing Charlotte as a heel. In May 2014, she competed in an eight-woman tournament for the vacant NXT Championship. And won in the finals against Natalya. On May 29, 2014, she became the NXT Women's Champion for the first time making it her first title win in WWE. Charlotte then successfully defended her titles against Bayley. She lost the title to Sasha Banks later on in a Fatal 4-Way match involving Bayley and Lynch. Thus ending her 258 day reign.

Charlotte Flair run on Main Division

Charlotte's babyface run would see her called up to the main roster in the summer of 2015, where she captured the Divas Championship against Nikki Bella at Night of Champions. She engaged in a feud with Paige after her heel turn a night later on Raw, which led to Charlotte successfully defending her title against Paige at Survivor Series. After months as a babyface, Charlotte began assuming her role as a heel when she cheated to defeat her PCB partner Becky Lynch; faking an injury and a distraction by Ric Flair. Three nights later on SmackDown, Charlotte attacked Brie Bella while Becky had Brie in the Dis-Arm-Her, doing so after Brie accidentally struck her. The involvement caused Becky to lose via disqualification. Charlotte defeated Paige to retain Divas Championship at TLC, doing so by sending Paige head-first into an exposed turnbuckle that was originally undone by Ric Flair.

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On the January 4, 2016 episode of Raw, the evil Charlotte attacked Becky from behind after she lost to her in a non-title match despite her father's interference, cementing her as a villainess once again. Reanimating her rivalry with Sasha Banks and Becky Lynch both women went on to compete in two matches to determine the number one contender for Charlotte's WWE Divas Championship at WrestleMania 32, with the first bout ending as a no contest, after a double pin occurred, and the second as well, after both Banks and Lynch were attacked by Charlotte. As a result, a triple threat match between Banks, Lynch, and Charlotte for the Divas Championship was announced for WrestleMania. At Clash of Champions on September 25, Charlotte retained the title (which had been renamed Raw Women's Championship after the creation of the SmackDown Women's Champion in a triple threat match against Banks and Bayley. However, Charlotte dropped the title to Banks once again in the main event of the October 3 episode of Raw. At Hell in a Cell on October 30, Flair regained the title from Banks in the first-ever women's Hell in a Cell match to become a three-time women's champion.

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WrestleMania 35 had the first-ever female main event match in WrestleMania history. At the pay-per-view event, Flair lost her championship in a Winner takes all for both her SmackDown and Ronda Rousey's Raw Women's Championships when Lynch pinned Rousey to win both titles. After Wrestlemania she continued her feud with Becky Lynch. At the Money in the Bank pay-per-view Flair defeated Lynch to win the SmackDown Women's title. On the same day, she lost the title to the Money in the Bank winner Bayley after cashing in her briefcase. It was considered to be the shortest reign of Charlotte at 4 minutes and 52 seconds.

Flair then had a short storyline feud with Trish Stratus. And they both clashed in a match at the Summerslam. Both had a spectacular match, resulting in Charlotte winning the match. Charlotte re-ignited her feud with Bayley. After failing in a bout at the Hell in a Cell PPV. Finally, Flair dethroned Bayley to become Five-time SmackDown Women's Champion.

In 2020, Flair entered the Royal Rumble match and became the winner that night after eliminating Shayna Baszler.

Flair NXT Return

Charlotte Flair then appeared at NXT after weeks of teasing. Flair appeared at the NXT Takeover: Portland and confronted Rhea Ripley and challenged her for the NXT Championship. At Wrestlemania 36, they both fought for the NXT title only for Flair to become the two-time NXT Champion. Flair then lost her title in a triple threat match to IO Shirai.

Flair Return

In December 2020, Flair returned to TLC PPV and teamed up with Asuka. They took on the team of Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler. And become the WWE Women's Tag Team Champion for the first time in her career. As the audience was not much invested in her Tag title run it made her to quickly drop the title and she lost her Tag Team title to Nia and Shayna at the Royal Rumble PPV. At Wrestlemania 35 she was planned to have a match with Asuka for the RAW Women's Champion. But those plans were scrapped as she was suffering from COVID-19. Charlotte won the title after defeating Rhea Ripley at the Money in the Bank 2021. Becoming the RAW Women's Champion for the fifth time. After her win, she lost her title the next day on RAW to Nikki A.S.H. Charlotte then regained her title at SummerSlam.

As a part of the 2021 Draft, Charlotte was drafted to SmackDown. And this led to Becky Lynch exchanging her titles with the SmackDown Women's Champion Lynch. Currently, Charlotte is the SmackDown Women's Champion. At WrestleMania 38, she defended her title against Ronda Rousey and won. However, she lost the gold to Rousey at WrestleMania Backlash in an "I Quit" match.

Charlotte returned after a 6-month hiatus on the December 30th, 2022 episode of SmackDown, and challenged Rousey for a title shot. Rousey agreed much to Baysler's dismay and lost, making Charlotte the Smackdown women's Champion for the 7th Time.

Flair became a 14th-time World Champion following this victory and is just two counts away from matching the record set by her father Ric Flair. Flair would go on to defend the belt at SmackDown against Sonya Deville before being challenged by Rhea Ripley. Ripley won the 2023 Women's Royal Rumble and decided to challenge Flair for the SmackDown Women's Championship.

The two then battled it out at WrestleMania Hollywood. The event saw two stars taking each other to hell and back. After a hard-fought match, it was Ripley who walked of the ring as the champion, avenging her loss to Flair at WrestleMania 36. Flair then went on a brief hiatus before returning during the Road to SummerSlam where she challenged WWE Women's Champion Asuka.

Flair is faced Asuka and Bianca Belair in a triple threat match at SummerSlam for the title, which Belair won. She then challenged Iyo Sky for the title at Fastlane in a Triple Threat match also involving Asuka, which Sky won. Frustated by the antics of Damage CTRL, she teamed up with Becky Lynch, Bianca Belair and Shotzi against Bayley, Sky, Asuka and Kairi Sane at WarGames in the eponymous match.

Ric Flair's Legacy

Wrestling fans all are aware of the bond between Ric Flair and his daughter. He has stated many times how proud he is when he witnesses the excellent work and success of his beautiful daughter. Charlotte has also said how proud she is of the legacy that her father has created in the professional wrestling industry. However, one fact that may not be surprising is that Charlotte and Ric Flair were hardly together when she was young. This is not shocking since Ric was in the prime of his career, traveling around the world for WCW and WWE, winning championships, and living a jet-setting lifestyle. This made it very difficult for him to get the opportunity to spend a lot of time with his daughter.

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Charlotte actually referred to this fact in a promo during a TV segment with her father in 2016. Charlotte's mother and Ric eventually got divorced, driving them even further apart. However, the two seem to have kept a pretty close relationship over the years despite his travel schedule and the divorce.

Charlotte Flair Championships and Accomplishments

Ring Name

Charlotte

Charlotte Flair

Nicknames

The Queen

Billed Weight

144 lbs (65 kg)

Place of Birth

Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

Charlotte Flair's Net Worth

According to celebritynetworth, WWE Superstar Charlotte Flair has an estimated net worth of around USD 1 Million as of 2023. Do click here to read about Flair's net worth in detail.

Charlotte Flair's Family

Ric Flair (Father)

Every WWE fan who has watched The Queen on the programming is well aware of the fact that Charlotte Flair is the daughter of the wrestling legend Ric Flair. Ric Flair, also known as The Nature Boy, is a two-time WWE Hall of Famer and a sixteen-time world champion, the most number of world titles won by any WWE Superstar, tied with John Cena.

As of 2023, Charlotte is a 14-time Women's Champion, which makes her just two titles away from matching her father's all-time record of world title reigns. Considering the length of the career still left with The Queen, it is safe to assume that she might do the unthinkable and actually surpass the tally set by her father.

Charlotte Flair's Husband

In May 2010, Flair married Riki Johnson, and the two parted ways in February of 2013. She then married English wrestler Thomas Latimer whom his fans might know by the name Bram. The two stayed together from 2013 up until October 2015.

In February 2019, Flair started dating a fellow WWE star, Manuel Andrade Oropeza. He now works with WWE's rival brand All Elite Wrestling under the ring name Andrade El Idolo. The couple got engaged in 2020 on the 1st of January and finally married in Mexico in 2022 on May 27th.