Charlotte Flair says forming a tag team with Alexa Bliss was bigger than winning the Royal Rumble

While appearing on the Survivor Series: War Games Recap podcast, Charlotte Flair reflected on her accomplishments in 2025…

“[John] Cena pulled me aside after WrestleMania and was like, ‘You don’t have to be perfect all the time,’ and then, I wrote The Players’ Tribune piece… For so long, I felt all this pressure of always having to be perfect, and wanting to be perfect. When I truly realized after everything I just kind of been through and in front of the audience, I feel like I always had to be indestructible when really, like, getting to know my flaws and my insecurities… who Ashley is as a person allowed me to connect with them and all those things that I was scared of of them knowing, or failing or not being good enough or my age or whatever it is, I was like, ‘You know what? This is me.’

I don’t know, it was like, what made me special were all those things that I’ve been through and letting the audience see that, and they’ve just been on this rollercoaster with me and then getting to pair with Lexi [Alexa Bliss] and kind of bringing me back, like, a softer side and having an on-camera friendship. I’ve been a solo act for so long, and I felt like was a bigger moment for me than Rumble… I’ve won the title how many times? But that felt special and organic and no one had that on their bingo card, and it’s been awesome being able to let go of the pressure and just enjoy the WWE universe. Being like, hey, I grew up in front of you guys, I love you guys. I want to enjoy this as much as you do. So maybe I won’t try to be — being perfect isn’t cool. It took me a long time to learn that.” (quote courtesy of Andrew Thompson)