10 Wrestling Facts We Didn't Know Last Week (Jan 3)

8. Charlotte Flair Doesn't Want To Play Babyface

Charlotte Flair
WWE

Whenever Charlotte Flair stands mid-ring, flashes a charlatan smile off at the audience and acts like a babyface, it's pretty awkward. It comes across loud and clear that Flair is much more comfortable as an egotistical, arrogant heel who looks down on the fans rather than trying to get them on side.

That's something she herself has told WWE officials incessantly.

Charlotte admitted to BT Sport that she's no fan of playing baby. To her, being a role model for wrestling crowds doesn't fit her character, and she's right. Flair has warned WWE's creative team against portraying her this way, because she believes her character lacks relatability after winning so many titles and being aloof for years.

Flair put things succinctly by saying she's "the villain in everyone else's story". Why would people want to root for someone born into personal luxury who grew up to become a dominant winner, and then rubs that success in everyone's faces?

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