{"id":17082,"date":"2023-03-04T02:47:46","date_gmt":"2023-03-04T02:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/04\/charlotte-flair-celebrates-her-title-with-a-heartfelt-gesture-ahead-of-wwe-smackdown\/"},"modified":"2023-03-04T02:47:46","modified_gmt":"2023-03-04T02:47:46","slug":"charlotte-flair-celebrates-her-title-with-a-heartfelt-gesture-ahead-of-wwe-smackdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/04\/charlotte-flair-celebrates-her-title-with-a-heartfelt-gesture-ahead-of-wwe-smackdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlotte Flair celebrates her title with a heartfelt gesture ahead of WWE SmackDown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"article-content\" class=\"keeda_widget\" data-postid=\"3876843\" data-slug-id=\"1421267\">\n<p>Current SmackDown Women&#8217;s Champion Charlotte Flair shared her title with a small kid before tonight&#8217;s show.<\/p>\n<p>Flair is working hard to prepare for her match against Rhea Ripley at WrestleMania 39. The two women squared off for the NXT Women&#8217;s Title at WrestleMania 36. However, at the time, Flair defeated Rhea Ripley to win the championship.<\/p>\n<p>The Queen returned for the final SmackDown of 2022, challenging Ronda Rousey for the title and quickly defeating her.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sportskeeda-embed\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/wwe\/twitter\">\n<div class=\"tweet-outer-container\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"tweet-container\">\n<p>This moment was great. <br \/>I can&#8217;t wait to see Rhea Ripley and Charlotte Flair square off!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"app-tweet-blockquote\"><p>This moment was great. I can&#8217;t wait to see Rhea Ripley and Charlotte Flair square off! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OkNadp61J4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/OkNadp61J4<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Meanwhile, The Eradicator won the women&#8217;s Royal Rumble match in 2023. She started at number one, and outlasted 29 other women to earn her spot at WrestleMania 39.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of tonight&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/go\/smackdown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">SmackDown<\/a>, Charlotte Flair celebrated her title with a small kid that was heartwarming to see. The 36-year-old took to Twitter to thank the fan for the special day.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Thank you for a special day! #SmackDown,&#8221; she wrote.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>You can check out Flair&#8217;s tweet below:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Before losing to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/player\/ronda-rousey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Ronda Rousey<\/a> at WrestleMania Backlash last year, the champion was a heel. When Flair returned to the blue brand in December, she received a major pop from the audience, making it difficult to determine whether she was a babyface or a heel.<\/p>\n<p>However, this gesture by The Queen makes her potentially lean towards being a babyface.<\/p>\n<p><em>What did you think of Charlotte Flair&#8217;s heartfelt gesture? 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