“I wouldn’t be here today” – Charlotte Flair reveals the defining moment of her WWE career

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The Queen has competed in numerous marquee matches on the biggest stages, but recently she mentioned that one bout on NXT was the defining moment for her.

Speaking on the Busted Open Podcast, Charlotte Flair reflected on the NXT TakeOver match against Natalya in 2014 to crown the NXT Women’s champion. She said she wouldn’t be here if the match hadn’t happened.

“If that match hadn’t happened, I wouldn’t be here today. Were they going with me? But I don’t know if it was more like, ‘Okay, she’s easily the brand for whatever we need (Ric) Flair’s kid. We’re bringing in Ric. We’re bringing in Bret (Hart).’ But in that moment, if you go back and watch that match, no one gave a sh*t about my dad and Bret,” she said.

Flair said that she often watches that match and believes that a lot of people would not have taken her seriously if she wasn’t in that match.

“It was the longest match that had ever been televised or produced in WWE up until that time. I go back and watch that match, and I still think, out of a lot of my matches to this day, that one still is timeless and a classic. But had that match not happened, I don’t think people would have taken me serious. It launched everything. You know when you have defining moments, I’d say that was a defining moment,” she added.

The match saw Flair come out on top after hitting a Natural Selection on Nattie and winning the NXT Women’s championship for the first time.

Charlotte Flair explains why she isn’t in the WWE main event picture

For the majority of her career, Charlotte Flair has either held the top prize in the WWE women’s division or chased it. But since last year, she has taken a different direction.

Flair began teaming up with Alexa Bliss, and the duo even won the Women’s tag team championship. Her absence from the main event scene has been questioned by some fans.

Speaking on the Busted Open Podcast, she addressed this situation. Charlotte Flair agreed that she should be one of the promotion’s main attractions but believes that her being in a tag team is part of a bigger picture.

If you use quotes from this article, please credit Busted Open Podcast and give an H/T to Sportskeeda Wrestling for the transcription.