9 Things We Learned From WWE Chronicle: Charlotte Flair
"I've done so much for this company and that's what they f*cking call me?"
As we gear up for WrestleMania 35's for once legitimately historic all-female main event between Charlotte Flair, Becky Lynch and Ronda Rousey, WWE have dropped another of their usually excellent Chronicle episodes onto the Network, documenting one of the trio's journey to Sunday's incredible apex.
After featuring a rising Becky Lynch a few months back, the focus this time is on SmackDown Women's Champion Charlotte Flair, with the film crew tagging along from this year's Royal Rumble right up to the eve of WrestleMania.
As has been the case with recent Chronicles, it's a strange mixture of reality and the work, with The Queen's (very convincing) reactions to storyline happenings spliced in with scenes of genuine reflection. At times it's a little hokey, and at others, legitimately heartbreaking - but it's all good.
Fact or fiction, the show once more succeeds in generating legitimate sympathy and interest for its subject, and like the Dean Ambrose documentary a while ago, is something WWE's regular TV writers could learn a lot from.
They didn't in that scenario. Maybe they will this time? We certainly did. Here's the most interesting tidbits.
9. Her Motivations For Succeeding
The documentary opens in heartbreaking fashion, as Charlotte visits the memorial dedicated to her younger brother Reid, who tragically passed away in 2013 of a drug overdose at the age of just 25.
Placing an action figure of herself next to Reid's plaque, Charlotte wistfully recounts how she thought the merchandise would be the biggest thing to happen in her career, before retelling the devastating story of learning the news of her brother's death.
Charlotte only began training to wrestle in 2012, meaning Reid sadly never had the chance to see his sister perform. Although she notes that there are "a lot of reasons why I need to succeed," she cites fulfilling her brother's ambitions as the most important.