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WWE Superstar made her return to the ring at this year’s Royal Rumble on Feb. 1. She would not only return, but become the first-ever woman to win the Rumble match a second time.
Flair was out of action for over a year due to a terrible knee injury that happened in a match against Asuka in December 2023. During her time away, she obviously rehabbed physically but also quietly divorced fellow WWE Superstar Andrade. The two had been married since 2022 and together for several years before that.
While speaking on the Sheri Shepherd Show, Flair opened up and got very personal.
“I didn’t. I felt like I was failing at my job. I felt like I was failing in my personal life and the embarrassment of being divorced again and being compared to my father. Let me gather myself. When I made the decision to file for divorce, the only thing I kept thinking was I just didn’t want anyone to know. ‘Oh my gosh, I have failed again.’ Then, my knee. As women, I think men too, but everyone is probably thinking, ‘She’s going to come back a year older. She’s going to come back less than. She’s coming back off this knee injury.’ Unfortunately, the WWE audience hasn’t gotten to see the come back of Charlotte Flair. This wasn’t a Charlotte Flair redemption story, but for me it’s a redemption story for me because everything I have feared or been scared of or embarrassed of, publicly, because everyone has an opinion, even though they don’t know the facts.
“I found my worth. It’s okay to not be okay. That’s what I learned. It’s okay to take a moment, take a breather, to start over. I was able to keep the divorce a secret until I came back, won the Royal Rumble, and then I was on Monday Night Raw, ‘Hearing from Charlotte Flair after her Rumble win and epic return.’ Boom. Everything hits. Everything that I had been scared of hit that day. The fight is over. I have nothing to fight. This is me, this is who I am, I’m standing in my worth. People can have their opinions. To the audience who watches wrestling, they don’t know what Charlotte has been through to get to where she is, but I know. For Ashley, this is my biggest comeback yet.” (Transcript: Fightful)
Flair will be facing the WWE Women’s Champion Tiffany Stratton in a few weeks at WrestleMania 41.
