Backstage Reaction To Off-Script SmackDown Promo Between Charlotte Flair & Tiffany Stratton

Charlotte Flair and Tiffany Stratton had a reportedly off-script war of words on this week’s episode of Friday Night SmackDown in a promo segment, following up on an awkward segment in previous weeks that saw Flair seemingly go off-script too, taking Stratton by surprise several times. Stratton seemingly  decided to do the same this week to get some revenge, leading to what many have seen as a disastrous segment. 

Fightful Select have offered up some backstage details and reactions after the segment saw both women interrupting each other, making light of mistakes, personal jibes, and more. The promo was a big topic backstage, with live reactions from those watching bringing about “oohs” and “woahs” when certain back and forth comments were made. The belief among those who watched was that the segment went off the rails, though many were in the camp that Stratton needed to do this in order to not get overrun by Flair again. 

Much of the viewpoint was that going against Flair was “daunting”, but given Flair is known to call audibles in segments, Stratton needed to “fight back”. Some of the opinions shared from talent was that Flair and Stratton should put their differences aside and use this to fuel their feud, though when returning backstage, Flair was reportedly very displeased. 

The segment would end after Stratton gave a line about Flair’s marriages and divorces, before very quickly rolling out of the ring and heading to the back, and the belief over this was that Stratton was exiting swiftly to ensure the segment didn’t further escalate. It was also noted that higher-ups were unhappy with the whole situation.

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