10 Things You Didn't Know About Charlotte Flair

by John Bills

1. 'Macho Man' Was Her Show And Tell

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While many in the UK continue to believe that American school tradition ‘Show & Tell’ is as mythical as Jesus or the Easter bunny, the idea of bringing in an actual professional wrestler is too good to ignore. Not just any pro wrestler, but the most ‘pro wrestler’ of all pro wrestlers. Who? ‘Macho Man’ Randy Savage, obviously.

That’s the story. Young Charlotte (Ashleigh, technically) was unsure what to take into first grade for show and tell, before coming to the genius idea of dragging in one of her father’s work colleagues. Savage was chosen. Why the ‘Macho Man’? If you need that question answering, you’re on the wrong website.

This happened in 1992, so it is quite interesting to think about other potential options that Charlotte had. The Nature Bay was actually in the cartoon world of WWF at the time, during what was a very hit and miss year for the company. For Show and Tell, Charlotte could have gone for the hard work and commitment to technique of Bret Hart, the multi-discipline talents of The Undertaker, the financial savvy of I.R.S, or even the recently rehabilitated Nailz. She had options, to say the least.

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Born in the middle of Wales in the middle of the 1980's, John can't quite remember when he started watching wrestling but he has a terrible feeling that Dino Bravo was involved. Now living in Prague, John spends most of his time trying to work out how Tomohiro Ishii still stands upright. His favourite wrestler of all time is Dean Malenko, but really it is Repo Man. He is the author of 'An Illustrated History of Slavic Misery', the best book about the Slavic people that you haven't yet read. You can get that and others from www.poshlostbooks.com.