10 Things You Didn't Know About Charlotte Flair

7. Her Dad Wasn't Her Favourite Wrestler

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No great surprise there, Ric Flair was the dirtiest player in the game after all. You aren’t supposed to like him. When a child watches wrestling, they are supposed to cheer for the hero, to support the good guy or girl as they rise above the odds to vanquish the villain. For much of Charlotte’s adolescence, Ric Flair was the bad guy.

But come on Charlotte, you can’t root for your father’s greatest opponents, surely? Charlotte has gone on record in the past and said that Sting was her favourite wrestler as a kid, which is no great shock. This is Hollywood Sting here, the colourful Venice Beach babyface who had all the energy and the charisma in the world. Continuing that trend, Charlotte was also a fan of early ‘90s Macho Man Randy Savage, because obviously.

The discussion about Charlotte’s favourite wrestlers growing up always (if podcast appearances and interviews are the standard-bearers) seems to include a reference to Randy Orton, with Ric noting that he paid attention to who Charlotte had a crush on. What price a Charlotte Flair/Randy Orton super duo on WWE TV in the future? Fantasy bookers, have at it…

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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.