A WWE Hall of Famer has given their brutally honest opinion on Charlotte Flair, and it is not a positive one.
Fans’ opinion on Flair has remained divisive throughout most of her career. While on one hand, the second-generation star is the most decorated women’s wrestler in WWE history and has had classic matches against the likes of Becky Lynch, Sasha Banks and Rhea Ripley, others view The Queen differently. Despite the 14 reigns as Women’s Champion among her many accolades, detractors still see her as Ric Flair’s daughter and someone who has been booked too strongly in her career due to her Hall of Fame father, often to the detriment of their opponent’s momentum.
A sure-fire Hall of Famer regardless of how fans see her, it is inevitable that The Queen will win another Women’s Championship, adding to her accomplishments. If this were to happen soon, Flair could be in danger of losing the title to Naomi, who is currently Miss Money in the Bank.
During the June 19th episode of his Off The Top podcast, the possibility of a match between Flair and Naomi was pitched to Hall of Famer Rikishi, who was also asked if he views Flair as one of the all-time greats. In response, the former Intercontinental Champion stated that others were more worthy of the honour:
“No, I wouldn’t. Okay. No, I wouldn’t,” Rikishi answered bluntly. “There’s so many other wrestlers before her, before her time. You know, had they been young to be able to go… they can keep up with her. It wasn’t built like her, as far as pushing her as far as in superstar status. But there was these… there’s a few of them.”
Rikishi then listed off names whom he felt were superior performers:
“There’s Miss Jackie, Miss Texas. Yeah, Miss Texas. Can you imagine Miss Texas [Jacqueline Moore] was young and in this era right now? The way that she worked,” he said. “Ivory back in the day, right? She again, you know, these names that I’m throwing out there were kind of, like, never really pushed, pushed, but they were so good of workers that they were able to make other superstars.”
“Yeah, I would love to see Jazz, you know, missing Jazz that was in my head… Jazz will be another good contender to kind of rock with some of these new… chicks that’s out,”
Charlotte Flair Unmatched In WWE Accolades
On top of her 14 reigns as Women’s Champion, Charlotte Flair is also the first and only 2-time Women’s Royal Rumble winner, 2-time NXT Women’s Champion, and 1-time Women’s Tag Team Champion with Asuka and headlined the first all-women’s WrestleMania main event in 2019.
H/t to Wrestling News.co for use of transcriptions.
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