Charlotte Flair

credits: @meganeclaire and @katerina.makeupartist

Real name: Ashley Elizabeth Fliehr
Height: 5’10″
Weight: 144 lbs.
Date of birth: April 5, 1986
Hometown: Charlotte, NC
Pro debut: 2012
Trained by: NXT, Ric Flair, George South, Lodi
Finishing move: Figure Four Leglock

Biography

– Fliehr is the real-life daughter of WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair
– Her sporting life began with volleyball. She holds two NCHSAA 4 A-State Championships in the sport
– On May 17, 2012, Fliehr signed a WWE development deal and was assigned to FCW. She was given the ring name ‘Charlotte’
– On June 20, 2013, Charlotte made her televised in-ring debut, defeating Bayley

– In early May 2014, Charlotte competed in the tournament for the vacant NXT Women’s Championship, defeating Emma in the first round, Alexa Bliss in the semi-finals and Natalya in the finals at NXT Takeover to win the NXT Women’s Championship for the first time
– At NXT Takeover: Fatal 4-Way, Charlotte defeated Bayley to retain the NXT Womens Title
– On December 8, 2014, Charlotte made her main roster debut, losing to Natalya on Raw
– At NXT Takeover: R-Evolution, Charlotte defeated Sasha Banks to retain the NXT Womens Title
– At NXT Takeover: Unstoppable, Charlotte & Bayley defeated Emma & Dana Brooke
– On July 13, 2015, Charlotte made her official main roster debut, aligning with Paige & Becky Lynch in a 3-Way feud against Team Bella (Nikki, Brie & Alicia Fox) and Team BAD (Naomi, Tamina & Sasha Banks)
– At Battleground ’15, Charlotte defeated Brie Bella & Sasha Banks in a Triple Threat Match
– At Summerslam ’15, Team PCB defeated Team Bella & Team BAD in a 3-Way Match
– At Night of Champions ’15, Charlotte defeated Nikki Bella to win the WWE Divas Title
– At Hell In A Cell ’15, Charlotte defeated Nikki Bella to retain the WWE Divas Title
– At Survivor Series ’15, Charlotte defeated Paige to retain the WWE Divas Title
– At TLC ’15, Charlotte again defeated Paige to retain the WWE Divas Title
– At Royal Rumble ’16, Charlotte defeated Becky Lynch to retain the WWE Divas Title
– At Fastlane ’16, Charlotte defeated Brie Bella to retain the WWE Divas Title
– At WWE Roadblock, Charlotte defeated Natalya to retain the WWE Divas Title
– At WrestleMania 32, Charlotte defeated Becky Lynch & Sasha Banks in a Triple Threat Match to become the first (revived) WWE Womens Champion. The Divas Title was retired earlier that night.
– At Payback ’16, Charlotte defeated Natalya in a screwjob finish to retain the WWE Womens Title. Referee Charles Robinson signalled that Natalya had tapped out, when she clearly hadn’t. Surely it was only coincidence that Bret Hart was ringside?
– At Extreme Rules ’16, Charlotte defeated Natalya in a Submission Match with an assist from Dana Brooke to retain the WWE Womens Title
– At Money In The Bank ’16, Charlotte & Dana Brooke defeated Natalya & Becky Lynch
– In the 2016 WWE draft, Charlotte was allocated to Raw
– At Summerslam ’16, Charlotte defeated Sasha Banks to regain the WWE Womens Title
– At Clash of Champions ’16, Charlotte defeated Banks & Bayley in a Triple Threat Match to retain the WWE Womens Title
– At Hell In A Cell ’16, Charlotte defeated Sasha Banks inside the cell to regain the WWE Raw Womens Title that she had lost less than a month earlier. In the build-up to the event, Charlotte revealed that her new ringname was ‘Charlotte Flair’
– At Survivor Series ’16, Charlotte led Team Raw to victory over Team Smackdown. She and Bayley were the last women standing
– At Roadblock ’16, Charlotte defeated Sasha Banks in an Iron Man Match to regain the Raw Womens Title
– At Royal Rumble ’17, Charlotte defeated Bayley to retain the Raw Womens Title
– Charlotte moved to the Smackdown roster on April 11, 2017
– At Hell In A Cell ’17, Charlotte defeated Smackdown Womens Champion Natalya by DQ
– On the November 14 episode of Smackdown, Charlotte defeated Natalya to win the Smackdown Womens Title. In doing so, she became the first (and potentially, only) woman to hold the NXT, Divas, Raw and Smackdown Womens Titles
– At Survivor Series ’17, Charlotte defeated Alexa Bliss
– At Clash of Champions ’17, Charlotte defeated Natalya to retain the Smackdown Womens Title
– At Fastlane ’18, Charlotte defeated Ruby Riott to retain the Smackdown Womens Title
– At WrestleMania 34, Charlotte ended Asuka’s streak to retain the Smackdown Womens Title
– Following Money In The Bank ’18, Charlotte underwent surgery to replace a ruptured breast implant
– She returned to action in July, helping Becky Lynch stave off an attack from Carmella
– At Summerslam ’18, Charlotte defeated Lynch & Carmella in a Triple Threat Match to win the Smackdown Women’s Title
– On August 28, Charlotte defeated Carmella to retain the Smackdown Womens Title
– On March 26, 2019, Charlotte defeated Asuka to regain the Smackdown Womens Title, but would lose it to Becky Lynch in her first defense at WrestleMania 35
– At Money In The Bank 2019, Charlotte defeated Becky Lynch to regain the Smackdown Womens Title, but immediately lost it to Bayley, who cashed in her Money In The Bank
– At Summerslam ’19, Charlotte defeated Trish Stratus
– At Hell In A Cell ’19, Charlotte defeated Bayley to regain the Smackdown Womens Title, but would lose it back to Bayley later that week on Smackdown
– Charlotte was drafted to Raw in October 2019
– Charlotte won the 2020 Royal Rumble
– At WrestleMania 36, Charlotte defeated Rhea Ripley to win the NXT Womens Title
– At TLC ’20, Charlotte & Asuka defeated Nia Jax & Shayna Baszler to win the WWE Womens Tag Team Titles
– On December 22, Charlotte & Asuka defeated Bayley & Carmella and Sasha Banks & Bianca Belair to retain the WWE Womens Tag Team Titles
– At Hell In A Cell ’21, Charlotte defeated Rhea Ripley to regain the Raw Womens Title, but would lose it to Nikki ASH the next day
– At Summerslam ’21, Charlotte defeated Nikki ASH & Rhea Ripley to win the Raw Womens Title
– On September 6, Charlotte defeated Nia Jax to retain the Raw Womens Title
– At Extreme Rules 2021, Charlotte defeated Alexa Bliss to retain the Raw Womens Title
– The following night on Raw, Charlotte defeated Doudrop to retain the Raw Womens Title
– In the 2021 Draft, Raw and Smackdown Womens Champions Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch were moved to the other shows. The two swapped their championships in October 2021. Charlotte received criticism for seemingly going off-script in the segment to put herself over at Lynch’s expense
– On the December 24, 2021 episode of Smackdown, Charlotte defeated Toni Storm to retain the Smackdown Womens Title. Of interest, this was Storm’s last match before quitting the company
– On the February 11, 2022 episode of Smackdown, Charlotte defeated Naomi to retain the Smackdown Womens Title
– At WrestleMania 38, Charlotte defeated Ronda Rousey to retain the Smackdown Womens Title
– At Backlash 2022, Charlotte suffered a kayfabe broken arm in a defeat to Ronda Rousey. This ‘injury’ allowed her to take time away from WWE to marry fellow wrestler Andrade
– On her return to action on December 30, 2022, Flair defeated Ronda Rousey in under a minute to win the Smackdown Womens Title
– On the January 6, 2023 Smackdown, Flair defeated Sonya Deville to retain the Smackdown Womens Title
– On the February 3 Smackdown, Flair again defeated Sonya Deville to retain the Smackdown Womens Title
– At Survivor Series 2023, Flair, Becky Lynch, Bianca Belair, & Shotzi defeated Damage CTRL (Bayley, Asuka, Kairi Sane & IYO SKY) in a War Games Match