WWE superstar Charlotte Flair was the latest guest on the NotSam Wrestling podcast to discuss a number of different topics, including how she's mentally preparing for WrestleMania season and how her attempts to connect with the audience as a babyface may have come off as whiny. Highlights are below.
Feeling positive after her promo last Monday and mentally prepping for WrestleMania season:
I've gotten a lot of positive feedback on Monday's promo segment. I love the fact that people are throwing around the word 'shoot' because that meant it touched home for some people. Where it goes, I don't know. Obviously, there is going to be a different direction now. My step-mom [Lacey Evans] can't wrestle me. It took a different twist and I'll be interested to see where it goes after Monday. I hope nowhere near my dad. I know he feels the same way. It's Mania season. I hope I'm at WrestleMania.
Says her babyface promos are something she hopes to improve at as currently she feels like she's coming off whiny:
I definitely thought him and Lacey worked well together. I understood and got it. My struggle was, I'm the daughter of the dirtiest player in the game, why can't I be the dirtiest player in the game? How or why would I fall for his antics if I've already been on camera with him and he was my manager? That was tremendous and I grew as a performer and it took me to the next level, but why am I not the dirtiest player in the game? I was basically throwing a fit. I didn't understand. I can't fall for these things. It didn't make sense. Whatever emotions came through on-screen, it definitely brought out a different side of me so it did exactly what it was supposed to. I wear my heart on my sleeve and that's the one thing I've never been able to do with my character. I like babyface promos and I told myself I need to get better at promos and want to get better. Sometimes I felt when I was trying to connect with the audience as a babyface, I felt, 'Man, they probably just think I'm whining' because they don't understand where I'm coming from or the pressure I put on myself or what it's like to be Ric's kid. No one puts more pressure on me than I do. I don't need anyone to criticize me, I criticize myself. People can empathize with an argument with your parents saying, 'Let me do this on my own.' I felt like I was past being Ric's kid because of everything I had accomplished, but it was a different twist. I'll never get past it. I tried to explain this to my dad, even on live events, telling him how relevant he still is. Before live events, they have this incredible [video] package playing before the show. Even in 2021, arenas are 'woooing' before the show. I never want it to go away but it's hard to articulate that amount of pressure to people in babyface promos.
(H/T and transcribed by Fightful)
