{"id":135152,"date":"2025-05-13T07:00:24","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T11:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=135152"},"modified":"2025-05-13T02:42:02","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T06:42:02","slug":"why-charlotte-flairs-new-character-can-work-for-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/05\/13\/why-charlotte-flairs-new-character-can-work-for-her\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Charlotte Flair&#8217;s New Character Can Work for Her"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At WrestleMania 41, Tiffany Stratton faced Charlotte Flair for the WWE Women\u2019s Championship. Stratton ended up winning the match, meaning Flair would have to wait for another opportunity at championship gold. On the May 9, 2025 episode of Friday Night SmackDown, Flair returned for the first time since WrestleMania.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She got in the ring and was immediately met with a chorus of boos. Instantly, she got mad and wanted to know why she wasn\u2019t getting a warm reception. She wondered why people were booing the greatest of all time and threatened to walk out.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The booing was too much for her, as she walked out, but not before Jade Cargill told her to move to the back of the line. It seems like her new character is threatened by fading popularity. Given her career so far, that\u2019s the perfect character for her to portray right now.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Charlotte Flair walks off SmackDown after Jade Cargill confrontation: SmackDown, May 9, 2025\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QOHIUueJM5g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Charlotte Flair is Having an Identity Crisis<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s no secret that Charlotte Flair\u2019s character is arrogant and demanding. However, her career speaks for itself. She has won 14 world championships in WWE and is the only woman to have won the Royal Rumble twice.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s clear that she is going to be in the WWE Hall of Fame at some point. However, she\u2019s used to challenging for and winning championships. When she doesn\u2019t get her way, she starts melting down.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As everyone saw on Friday, the loss against Stratton really affected her. Normally, she takes down talent with ease. But at WrestleMania, Stratton had her beat, something that doesn\u2019t normally happen.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When a sudden change happens in life, people can change for the worse. That\u2019s what&#8217;s happening with Charlotte Flair at this point in time. She\u2019s no longer the dominant champion she once was, so she\u2019s taking her anger out on the fans instead of herself.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>The Women\u2019s Divisions are Always Changing<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before Charlotte Flair returned at the Royal Rumble in February, she last appeared on SmackDown in December 2023. The Raw and SmackDown women\u2019s divisions have drastically changed in that time frame.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jade Cargill debuted, Tiffany Stratton got called up, among other moves. Giulia, Roxanne Perez, and Stephanie Vaquer are super close to joining the main roster. There are a lot of women that she hasn\u2019t worked with that are younger than her.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She\u2019s no longer the main attraction like she was years ago. With the draft coming up this year, there might be a chance that she\u2019ll switch to Monday Night Raw. That\u2019s where her new character comes in.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She\u2019s realizing that there are new women who are popular with the fans. Their attention isn\u2019t solely towards her anymore. She either has to accept that or try to win back the fans by climbing to the top once again.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Asuka gets help from Bayley in win over Charlotte Flair: SmackDown highlights, Dec. 8, 2023\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kvUMrHBvRiM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Flair\u2019s New Character Will Help Her in the Long Run<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the biggest complaints about Charlotte Flair by fans is the fact that she is always in the title picture. They say that she is handed opportunities, and she doesn\u2019t have to work for them. Based on Friday\u2019s events, that will no longer be the case.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She\u2019ll have to earn her title shots instead of automatically being inserted as the challenger. She\u2019s used to being a star with preferential treatment. However, she\u2019s no longer one of the top women anymore.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the year she\u2019s been out, several women have cemented their place as top stars in WWE, with many coming up in the next few months. Having a heroic rise to a title shot will help her greatly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Going from rock bottom to champion once again will make the whole arena cheer. When that happens, Charlotte Flair\u2019s character switch will have paid off in a great way.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More From LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>Header photo \u2013 WWE \u2013 Stay tuned to the\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\"><i>Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/i><\/a><i> for more on Charlotte Flair, WWE, and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>You can check out WWE programming on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/81788927\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i>Netflix<\/i><\/a><i>\u00a0(Raw),\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usanetwork.com\/wwe-friday-night-smackdown\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i>USA Network<\/i><\/a><i>\u00a0(SmackDown),\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cwtv.com\/shows\/wwe-nxt\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i>The CW<\/i><\/a><i>\u00a0(NXT),\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/tubitv.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i>Tubi<\/i><\/a><i>\u00a0(WWE Evolve),\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aetv.com\/wwe\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i>A&amp;E<\/i><\/a><i>\u00a0(WWE Superstar Sunday \u2013 Rivals, WWE LFG, and Greatest Moments) and\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/watch\/home\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i>Peacock<\/i><\/a><i>\u00a0(WWE Main Event as well as archives and premium live event streaming). Follow WWE on social media to relive top moments and matches on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/wwe\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i>YouTube<\/i><\/a><i>, and catch fast-paced action on X (<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/i\/events\/1773457579022155776?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i>WWE Speed<\/i><\/a><i>).<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At WrestleMania 41, Tiffany Stratton faced Charlotte Flair for the WWE Women\u2019s Championship. Stratton ended up winning the match, meaning Flair would have to wait for another opportunity at championship gold. On the May 9, 2025 episode of Friday Night SmackDown, Flair returned for the first time since WrestleMania. 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