During a recent interview with Barstool Sports, WWE SmackDown! Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair discussed her WrestleMania 34 match with Asuka and more. You can check out some highlights below:
On her dental surgery and missing SmackDown! Live last week: “I’m good. They just kept me off TV because it was so swollen and I was talking funny from the stitches. They cleared me to wrestle, but I just looked a mess. So, I’ll be back next week.”
On how she didn’t know Asuka would face her until Fastlane: “[At the Royal Rumble] I was standing there hoping that everyone in ‘Gorilla’ or the writing team watching going, ‘She has to pick me. I’m the only logical pick. She has to pick me!’ and then Ronda [Rousey’s] music hits, and I’m like, ‘No, she still has to pick me’ because I wanted to face Asuka that bad and I didn’t know. I didn’t know – I kind of heard rumblings – but I didn’t know for sure until Fastlane.”
On why she wants to face Asuka: “She has so much respect from the WWE Universe and fans worldwide, and she’s different. For me it’s more because I’ve never faced her. No one’s even seen a singles, a tag, nothing from NXT. I mean, we have never crossed paths and that is very special in our industry. Because, I mean, you’ve at least wrestled once, right? How have we never touched?”
On her hint at her WrestleMania 34 entrance gear: “My gear is always very much the same shape, but the robe and the entire look is very much inspired from Triple H’s [WrestleMania 30] entrance.”
