Charlotte Flair: When My Injury First Happened, I Thought My Life Was Over

Charlotte Flair discusses what fuels her on her road to recovery.

Charlotte Flair discusses what fuels her on her road to recovery.

On the December 12th edition of WWE Friday Night SmackDown last year, Charlotte Flair would suffer a serious injury to her knee during a match with Asuka. Flair has been out of action since then, but has provided updates on her recovery over the past ten months.

While recently speaking on the Forever Young Podcast with Dr. John Layke and Dr. Payman Danielpour, Charlotte spoke about her initial reaction to getting injured and how she has learned to cope with the injury.

“When it first happened, I thought my life was over. I was like, ‘oh my gosh, a perfect storm’. My husband had just come back to the company or was on his way back. I knew he was going to be debuting soon. From the moment I was taken out, I just have kept telling myself that I’m going to come back the best version of the Queen when I do come back, and you never like to be sidelined due to an injury. But then again, I’m not sure if I would have ever sidelined myself had it not been for the injury. So it’s been a challenge, but a challenge I know that’s going to make me in the long run because I’ve had the opportunity over these, I think it’s been like nine, eight months now to go back and see things that I would have done over. What can I do over? Look at the landscape of the division and try to figure out where I can add character layers when I come back. I think the biggest struggle for me mentally is I’ve never not been able to rely on my athleticism. So like where I might not be the best on the mic or a certain look, or I’ve always been so proud of like how physical I am and not having that feel a hundred percent has been an adjustment for me where like before I was like, Llke, I know the girls respected me for being tough and, you know, not being injured. When this happened, I was like, I can be injured. So it really, like, it’s been a mixed blessing. For me, it feels very vulnerable. But I know that in the long run, it’s going to be better for me.”

Fightful Select recently reported that Flair was not cleared for a return to the ring at this time. You can read more about that here.

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