Charlotte Flair opens up after her return.
Flair made her return at WWE Royal Rumble. She suffered a torn ACL, MCL, and meniscus in December 2023, and she was sidelined for over a year. Flair competed in the Women's Royal Rumble, and she ultimately emerged victorious.
At the WWE Royal Rumble Post-Show, Denise Salcedo of Instinct Culture asked Charlotte Flair about her win and her recovery from injury.
"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," Flair said.
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