Charlotte Flair: "We Have Normalised Women Main-Eventing"
"Man or woman, anyone can be the main event," says WWE's Charlotte Flair.
WWE's Charlotte Flair says WWE's women's wrestlers have normalised their division main-eventing shows, doing so in a new interview with Arroe Collins.
Flair, who is currently feuding with Rhea Ripley for the Raw Women's Championship, spoke on how the scene's efforts have closed any perceived gap between men and women's wrestling in WWE (h/t Fightful for the transcriptions):-
"No one says, ‘that was a great women’s match.’ No, it was just a great match. We are equals all around. The women right now have put so much time and effort into the style, the character, taking pieces from the past, growing with the future, and laying it all out there and having the mindset that just because it’s female, it’s any less."
Charlotte went on, pointing out, correctly, that such matches headlining shows is no longer unusual:-
"We’re storytellers and that’s what we do, that’s why everyone is talking about it. There is no difference, man or woman. Anyone can be the main event and if we are the main event, no one is going ‘oh my gosh, women are the main event.’ We’ve normalized it."
Flair partook in the first ever women's pay-per-view main event in WWE history when she defeated Sasha Banks at Hell In A Cell 2016. She was also part of WrestleMania's first women's main event, wrestling Becky Lynch and Ronda Rousey for the Raw and SmackDown Women's Titles at WM 35.
WrestleMania 37's first night was the last time WWE's women headlined a pay-per-view, with Bianca Belair taking on Banks. A total of eight main roster PPVs have been headlined by women's bouts since Banks vs. Flair in 2016.