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Charlotte Flair recalls controversial WrestleMania 41 faceoff with Tiffany Stratton that 'rocked' her
Charlotte Flair earned a shot at Tiffany Strattons WWE Womens Championship at WrestleMania 41 when she made her illustrious return to the Royal Rumble and won it.The temperature between the two competitors was turned up a notch on the road to WrestleMania. One of the last faceoffs between Flair and Stratton got personal when the two brought up their real-life relationships into the center of the ring.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMAs the back-and-forth began to fizzle out on the April 4 episode of "Friday Night SmackDown," Stratton went hard saying that after WrestleMania Flair was going to be just as "alone" inside of the ring as she was on the outside and suggested she was "0-3" in her love life an apparent reference to the divorces shed gone through. Not to mention that Flair was only months removed from her most recent divorce from fellow pro wrestler Andrade.The moment was widely talked about and analyzed in the days leading up to their WrestleMania 41 match, which saw Stratton retaining the title. The two have appeared together scantly since then.On Tuesday, Flair published a piece in The Players Tribune recalling the controversial moment. She suggested the slight left a mark on her."And I think in those times when people have seen me appear rattled by the booing, those are just the times when Ive felt like at least for a moment the boos arent for Charlotte. Theyre for Ashley," she wrote referencing her real name, Ashley Fliehr. "Theyre for me. Theyre because of the way I look. Or because of the energy Im giving off as a woman. Or because of real trauma Ive gone through in real life.WWE CHAMPION GUNTHER ADMITS GOLDBERG IS STILL 'VERY INTIMIDATING PERSONALITY' AS HE GEARS UP FOR TITLE MATCH"So when it got mentioned in Chicago that I have an 03 record at marriages yeah, it rocked me legit. Im not too proud to tell you that. I dont need everyone thinking Im playing 5-D chess all of the time. My reaction to that line was as genuine as it gets. Because and maybe this makes me naive in my head?? Charlotte hasnt been divorced. So I wasnt expecting it to come up in that promo.. and then all of a sudden I had an entire arena cheering as I got mocked for something that was (and frankly still is) devastating to me."Flair admitted that the personal stuff hits harder than any of the injuries or bumps and bruises that shes attained over her WWE career.Flair is a 14-time womens champion on the WWE main roster. Shes also one of only a few who have won the NXT Womens Championship multiple times.She will have her sights set on tag-team gold on Sunday when she teams up with Alexa Bliss in a fatal four-way tag-team match to take the tag belts off of Roxanne Perez and Raquel Rodriguez at WWE Evolution 2.Follow Fox News Digitalssports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
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