10 Things We Learned From Charlotte Flair On Stone Cold’s Broken Skull Sessions Podcast

4. When She Started Wrestling ‘On Instinct’

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Austin asked a great question about when Charlotte was able to stop overthinking every little part of her performance and start wrestling on instinct alone. According to Flair, that didn't happen until Survivor Series 2018. There, she worked an incredibly-physical bout vs. Ronda Rousey, and it changed Charlotte's career.

For the better.

In retrospect, Flair cringes whenever she looks back on her 2016 feud with Sasha and watches bouts like their Hell In A Cell stunner or 'Iron Man' effort. Charlotte wonders to herself why she worked the style she did, and she's hyper-critical of even the tiniest little details.

Being honest, she didn't like the short build towards her match vs. Ronda either, but Charlotte still brought everything she had to Survivors because it felt like she was about to lose a WrestleMania spot if she didn't. Flair went into that showdown with a clear mission statement: Become undeniable to WWE and Vince McMahon.

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