16 Things You Probably Missed From WWE SmackDown (Aug 13)

4. Just “Charlotte”

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Michael Cole paused to pimp out a SummerSlam meet and greet involving Drew McIntyre, The Miz and Charlotte Flair before The Mysterio clan battled Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode in tag action. The incredible thing about this is that, well, Cole refused to say Flair's surname.

She was just called "Charlotte".

Some fans may recall that WWE did this before a few years back. Surely they're not going to ditch the Flair name entirely now that Ric is out of the promotion? Charlotte has made the name her own with younger fans anyway, so it'd be weird.

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