Charlotte Flair Addresses Criticism Of Current SmackDown Women's Title Reign

While Charlotte Flair has been SmackDown Women's Champion since exchanging belts with Becky Lynch on October 22, 2021, The Queen has only defended the title twice in the last 157 days, defeating Toni Storm in December and Naomi in February. 

This has led to criticism of Flair's current reign, which the 13-time Women's Champion addressed while speaking to Bleacher Report. 

"For me, I think I would've liked to have more title defences on pay-per-views, but under certain circumstances... It was cool being champion going into the Royal Rumble because that's never happened before [with the women]. Having that match with Naomi, I've been waiting for that match for five years now and we were finally able to have it on SmackDown last month. I thought that was incredible. It's so cliche, but that was only a taste of what we can do. It was only one match. That was special for me," Flair said.

"With Survivor Series [vs. Lynch], all I can say is that number one doesn't talk about number two, but it was fun to revisit that bitter best friend [storyline]." 

Flair is set to defend her gold against Ronda Rousey at WrestleMania 38 and the 35-year-old ultimately believes her current run as SmackDown Women's Champion will be forgotten about after the show.

"I think whatever I've done throughout this entire run will be forgotten about after WrestleMania. I hate to say that because I loved working with Naomi and it was a pleasure being able to face Toni. I wish her the best. She has so much talent and is a star. I think, for me, everything will be forgotten once WrestleMania happens," she added.