What The WWE Locker Room REALLY Thinks Of Charlotte Flair

Charlotte Flair remains near the center of the pro wrestling news cycle one week after sparking controversy at WWE latest SmackDown tapings, from which she was reportedly asked to leave following an argument with Becky Lynch (and Sonya Deville) after their gone-wrong belt exchange segment.

It was reported in the aftermath that Flair had become something of a locker-room pariah in WWE, with peers no longer willing to work with the "isolated" SmackDown Women's Champion. Dave Meltzer has now released a story citing a handful of specific incidents that have led to the apparent gulf between Flair and her fellow wrestlers.

Writing in this week's Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Meltzer confirmed there has been discord between Charlotte and other WWE performers for a while, with some complaints revolving around match structure.

One is that even as a heel, Flair wants to do babyface moves like dives and Moonsaults to the outside. Pulling off these spectacular, crowd-popping techniques makes it harder for the faces she wrestles to get over, say those on the opposite side, though Meltzer correctly points out that there are many modern male heels who use similarly stunning moves.

On top of this, Rhea Ripley is reportedly seen as somebody who cooled off after her feud with Flair, and someone who should have been elevated as Raw Women's Champion, not a Tag Team Champion. Ripley dropped the Raw singles title to Charlotte at Money In The Bank 2021. She and Nikki A.S.H. have since taken the tag belts, doing so on 21 August.

Whether or not Flair will appear on tonight's episode of SmackDown remains to be seen.