WWE Divas Champion Charlotte recently spoke to Brian Fritz of Sporting News to promote WWE’s ‘Rise Above Cancer’ campaign and more. During the interview Charlotte reflected on the past year of her career and said that it doesn’t feel real.
“Holy moly, I can’t believe it’s only been a year. (Laughs.) No, I was just telling somebody that it’s crazy to think that a year ago when I was the NXT women’s champion and Sasha and I were teaming up and we faced Nikki (Bella) and Nattie at MSG. Then a year later, to come back and face Nikki and Brie (Bella) and to have Becky (Lynch) as my partner but to be the Divas Champion, it almost doesn’t feel real. It just goes to show what or how much can change in a year because ever since I got to FCW and then I was in NXT, you obviously work towards a goal. I wanted to be NXT champion. I wanted to get to the main roster. One day, I wanted to be Divas Champion. It happened so fast that I hope I’m just taking every opportunity to step back and think like, holy, holy cow, I’m the Divas Champion. ”
Being told she’s too emotional for TV:
“One person one day told me I was emotional but it was funny because I cut this promo in promo class, I think it was like two weeks later, because it really got to me. And thinking of where the character Charlotte has come from and my personal story, no, I’m human. And the fact that I can feel all of those emotions and use them to harness energy, strength and compassion, absolutely not. I think some people go through their whole life not being able to feel and for me Charlotte would not be here, I wouldn’t be where I am today, if I didn’t use a little bit of my personal life in Charlotte’s character.”
Her thoughts on the Divas Revolution:
“Well, I think people always want to find something to be negative about instead of just being positive that there’s three NXT girls that debuted. I know that we all feel that the Divas Revolution isn’t something that just started when the three of us came up. I think the Divas Revolution has been around for along time, even since Trish (Stratus) and Lita. It’s just as of right now in this moment in time, there’s a bigger focus on our in-ring ability. Catching the phrase — even with Bayley — The Four Horsewomen, people want to pick fun and say, “What’s making a revolution? They’re this, they’re that.” But people are also getting to know who we are on the main roster. Just because we were popular on NXT and then bringing us up to the main roster, it’s kind of like a slogan: Divas Revolution. It’s not saying that the revolution begins or it ends or we’re the revolution or this and that. It’s more of just a catch phrase. We’ve revolutionizing women’s wrestling. We have been for years now. It’s just now there’s new faces, new characters, more demand for women’s wrestling. That’s all it is.”
