Charlotte Flair recently appeared as a guest on the "Shan & RJ Show" on 105.3 The Fan this week to talk about the women's evolution in WWE, the fact that women might potentially headline a WrestleMania for the first time ever this year and more. Featured below are some of the highlights from the interview.
On the women having more to prove than the men in WWE being one of the reasons for the growth of the women's evolution: "I don't want to take away from what the men are doing, it's just, right now the women, I think it boils down to [women] have a lot more to prove. Even though, I mean we've proven ourselves, but it's always like, every time you're on TV you want the audience to be at the edge of their seat buying what they're seeing, soaking in to the storyline. And you've got, for instance on SmackDown, you've got two women that want that spot. And you can feel that, and that competition creates, I think, a better product. So I don't want to take away from what the guys are doing, it's just, right now, it just seems like everyone's really invested in the women."
On women possibly headlining WrestleMania 35: "It looks like [women will main event WrestleMania]. I think that would be the pinnacle of the women's evolution, and I've said this before, you can't just main even that show and be like, 'That's it.' You have to continue that momentum. So say it is we main event WrestleMania 35, that momentum has to continue. You can't be like, 'Okay! We've done it all.' No, you have to continue to work for that spot. You have to continue to work. You know I still want to main event RAW, SmackDown, other PPVs - that never goes away. I think it will be the pinnacle but that's just gonna be that much more expectation and pressure."
On whether or not women should compete against men in WWE, the way Nia Jax has been doing lately: "So at first when I was asked that question, 'Do you want to wrestle the guys?' I'm like, no, because I just think it's harder storytelling-wise. I mean, it's easy to wrestle a guy. It's easy entertainment, it's an easy - it's whatever, it's harder to tell a good story when you're wrestling all female talent. But I thought Nia looked like a star and killed it on Sunday, and she added a lot to the men's Rumble. She really did.
"Now I don't think they could have just thrown anyone in there. I think a lot of it was Nia's presence, her size. She could handle it. So now I don't know, maybe it will open the doors, but I don't think it's something that should be every week. I think it's something that has to be once every year, a novelty. Or else it takes away from the special uniqueness of it. I don't want to see that every week. I'm sorry, I don't."
Check out the complete Charlotte Flair interview from The Shan & RJ Show on 105.3 The Fan below, or at Omny.fm.
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