Charlotte Flair Reacts To Return From Injury

After it had been revealed in vignettes in the lead up to the Royal Rumble 2025 PLE, Charlotte Flair made her official return to the ring after being out of action with injury for over a year, tearing her ACL, MCL and meniscus back in 2023. Flair emerged at number 27, lasting fifteen minutes and eliminating four other wrestlers on her way to winning the match, securing her spot at WrestleMania 41. 

At the post-show press conference, Charlotte Flair reflected on her injury and what it meant to return to in-ring action. 

"I really don’t want to break down. This was the longest I’ve been away from you guys, the fans, since I started in 2012. I got into this business because of my little brother. When my knee injury happened in December and it took me out, I just kept thinking, ‘I can’t go out this way,’ and it made me realize how far I’ve come, and I was doing it because of him. Seeing all the fans keeping up with all of my injury updates throughout the year with rehab, ‘We miss you, Charlotte. We love you, Charlotte.’ As a performer, sometimes you feel like, ‘Do I still have it? What am I coming back to do? I’ve done it all.’ Coming back tonight and winning the Rumble two times, no, I’m coming back to do it all over again. That’s how hungry I am. A little secret, when I came out, I couldn’t get my robe off. I was like, ‘Good thing I remembered how to wrestle because I can’t get this robe off, it had been so long.’ It felt great.”

It was reported this week that WWE were considering putting a championship around the waist of Charlotte Flair in the near future. She is one step in that direction after her Rumble victory. 

H/T Fightful

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