10 Ups & 7 Downs From Last Night's WWE SmackDown (Feb 19)
5. Battered & Bruised
Charlotte Flair being an absolute bastard is always going to be an Up, no matter how long her segment runs for. Last night's was one of her shorter offerings, but no less effective than the longer diatribes she has been cutting in recent weeks, as 'The Queen' followed up on Becky Lynch's crutch-assisted assault at Elimination Chamber.
Beaten black and blue, Charlotte showed off a particularly nasty-looking bruise on her left arm. She claimed Becky's suspension means she doesn't exist, but, in true Lynchian fashion, she decided to show up at the pay-per-view and make everything worse for herself. Flair then referred to her as "the most selfish person I know," and that she'll have Becky arrested for trespassing should it happen again, signing off with a promise that her bout with Ronda Rousey will stay a one-on-one, and that "its the main event... because I'm in it."
This might be the best version of Charlotte WWE has ever seen. She's operating at a different frequency, both inside the ring and out, and that she's able to come off so well in short, succinct segments like this shows how powerful her personality has become.