In Tiffany Stratton's mind, fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
That's the attitude that she took in her most recent promo battles with her opponent at WrestleMania 41, Charlotte Flair. On the March 21, 2025 edition of SmackDown, Stratton and Flair engaged in a pre-taped segment in which many people argued Flair "buried" Stratton.
Stratton herself believes that, arguing that she felt "bullied" and "taken advantage of" by Charlotte Flair. The result of that segment was an in-ring promo battle between the two women two weeks later, where Tiffany upped the verbal ante, referencing Charlotte Flair's personal life in a segment that seemingly went "off-script."
On this week's SmackDown, Stratton spoke with Wade Barrett and peeled back the proverbial curtain about both incidents, arguing that she was fighting fire with fire when it came to her battles with Flair.
"I feel like over the last couple of weeks, I felt bullied. I felt taken advantage of during that split screen interview. I had a moment of insane discouragement. I almost felt like I'm not cut out for this, I'm not made for this. It was a moment of panic for me, but I used that feeling and I turned it into motivation. And I went back to the drawing board and I did my research and I mace sure that me and Charlotte face to face again, I was gonna come prepared. I felt my moment, and I came at her with a kill-shot. I played Charlotte Flair at her own game, and I gave her a taste of her own medicine. She doesn't have to like me, she doesn't have to love me. But she doest have to respect me," Stratton said.
Charlotte will challenge Stratton for the WWE Women's Championship at WrestleMania 41.
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