4 Ups & 8 Downs From WWE Raw (Aug 23)

2. Lots Of Words, No Points

Charlotte Flair
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A weird segment from Charlotte Flair played out here, following on from her latest title victory at SummerSlam 2021.

Charlotte's delivery was on point. She put herself over as a 12-time champion, saying nobody was ever going to match her legacy, but felt like she was talking in circles after the first minute or so. The segment was already growing long in the tooth when her music bizarrely hit halfway through, seemingly signalling the end before it cut out and Charlotte continued, repeating the same braggadocious points over and over.

The point, we learned, was to introduce Alexa Bliss as Charlotte's next challenger. The Fiendette told Flair that she and the possessed doll just wanted to say "hi," with the duo gazing across the arena at each other to close.

Calling this a "staredown" would be extremely generous.

Really, this segment could have been 90 seconds long. Flair wasn't detestable enough to compensate for the repetitive content, in which she made the only point that mattered within her first few sentences.

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