1 00:00:03,437 --> 00:00:05,806 - My best childhood memories are right here. 2 00:00:05,939 --> 00:00:12,613 The house that I grew up in is literally 75 yards behind us. 3 00:00:12,746 --> 00:00:16,216 It's kind of weird to be sitting here where I am now, it just 4 00:00:16,350 --> 00:00:19,620 feels so far away, almost like it didn't happen, 5 00:00:19,753 --> 00:00:21,722 it wasn't real. 6 00:00:21,855 --> 00:00:23,323 My dad's Ric Flair. 7 00:00:23,457 --> 00:00:27,694 It never dawned on me that I would have the opportunity to 8 00:00:27,828 --> 00:00:32,966 mean something to his business where I am today knowing that 9 00:00:33,100 --> 00:00:37,571 I've carved out my own history and paved the way with 10 00:00:37,704 --> 00:00:38,972 the women that I came up with. 11 00:00:39,106 --> 00:00:42,009 I could never imagine being a part of something 12 00:00:42,142 --> 00:00:43,944 that was like that. 13 00:00:44,077 --> 00:00:49,516 - Charlotte Flair. 14 00:00:49,650 --> 00:00:53,320 - When Ashley walks in a room you know that's a star. 15 00:00:53,453 --> 00:00:55,956 - When she commits to something she commits to it on a different 16 00:00:56,089 --> 00:00:58,525 kind of level, man. 17 00:00:58,659 --> 00:01:01,461 - She had to follow his act and be a woman. 18 00:01:01,595 --> 00:01:03,297 - I'm going to fall behind in his shadow and just be 19 00:01:03,430 --> 00:01:04,731 Ric Flair's daughter. 20 00:01:04,865 --> 00:01:07,734 - She would just be overthinking it constantly. 21 00:01:07,868 --> 00:01:10,637 - Why aren't we talking about my athletic ability? 22 00:01:10,771 --> 00:01:13,740 Why are we talking about my looks? 23 00:01:14,408 --> 00:01:16,843 - There was guilt for her. 24 00:01:16,977 --> 00:01:18,612 - She was paralyzed. 25 00:01:18,745 --> 00:01:20,714 They were like this. 26 00:01:20,847 --> 00:01:24,518 - I'm going to do this, I don't know how, but I will. 27 00:01:24,651 --> 00:01:26,586 Woo. 28 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:27,888 - She's got an aura to her. 29 00:01:28,021 --> 00:01:31,458 - There can only be one queen. 30 00:01:31,592 --> 00:01:34,695 - I've become the very best. 31 00:01:34,828 --> 00:01:37,497 - Her resume speaks for itself, is a completely different 32 00:01:37,631 --> 00:01:38,832 legacy than her dad. 33 00:01:38,966 --> 00:01:40,167 - Oh. 34 00:01:40,300 --> 00:01:41,568 [yelling] 35 00:01:41,702 --> 00:01:44,004 - All hail the queen. 36 00:01:44,438 --> 00:01:49,409 - I want to go down as one of the greats, male or female. 37 00:02:00,754 --> 00:02:06,226 - I was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, April 5th, 1986. 38 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:07,794 I'm the middle child. 39 00:02:07,928 --> 00:02:11,298 My oldest sibling is my sister, Megan, then my big brother, 40 00:02:11,431 --> 00:02:14,401 David, then my little brother, Reid. 41 00:02:14,534 --> 00:02:16,536 Reid is a freak. 42 00:02:16,670 --> 00:02:17,504 Reid, aren't you a freak? 43 00:02:17,638 --> 00:02:19,106 - I'm a freakazoid. 44 00:02:19,239 --> 00:02:20,607 - Thank you. 45 00:02:20,741 --> 00:02:23,443 Well, since Reid and I were so close in age, I guess you could 46 00:02:23,577 --> 00:02:26,913 say we were inseparable. 47 00:02:27,047 --> 00:02:29,182 Rollerblading through the neighborhood, riding our 48 00:02:29,316 --> 00:02:30,917 mountain bikes. 49 00:02:31,051 --> 00:02:33,787 We just did everything together. 50 00:02:33,920 --> 00:02:35,455 - We love you, darling. 51 00:02:35,589 --> 00:02:36,723 - Love you, daddy. 52 00:02:36,857 --> 00:02:38,291 - We love you. 53 00:02:38,425 --> 00:02:39,726 Hey, handsome. 54 00:02:39,860 --> 00:02:43,797 - So my dad is just dad to me, but to everyone else, 55 00:02:43,930 --> 00:02:45,799 he is Ric Flair. 56 00:02:45,932 --> 00:02:48,068 - I'm a kiss-stealing, wheel-and-dealing, 57 00:02:48,201 --> 00:02:52,506 limousine-riding, jet-flying son of a gun. 58 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:55,909 - I knew he was special and I knew he was famous growing up 59 00:02:56,043 --> 00:02:58,345 because everywhere we went in Charlotte, you know, 60 00:02:58,478 --> 00:03:00,113 everyone always wanted his autograph. 61 00:03:00,247 --> 00:03:01,715 - Driving the women wild. 62 00:03:01,848 --> 00:03:04,184 Woo. 63 00:03:04,317 --> 00:03:07,454 - But growing up, it was drink your milk, eat your vegetables, 64 00:03:07,587 --> 00:03:08,922 clean your plate. 65 00:03:09,056 --> 00:03:11,725 He was very much just dad. 66 00:03:11,858 --> 00:03:15,328 In kindergarten, it was show and tell day and I brought my dad 67 00:03:15,462 --> 00:03:17,464 and his original gold belt. 68 00:03:17,597 --> 00:03:20,967 I remember just being so fascinated with the red rubies 69 00:03:21,068 --> 00:03:23,403 that were on the front of the title. 70 00:03:23,537 --> 00:03:24,704 [crowd cheers] 71 00:03:24,838 --> 00:03:28,408 - "Nature Boy" Ric Flair. 72 00:03:28,542 --> 00:03:30,343 - As I was working I took them with me. 73 00:03:30,477 --> 00:03:32,412 Like if I was working in Florida for the week, 74 00:03:32,546 --> 00:03:34,181 I'd stay in Disney World. 75 00:03:34,314 --> 00:03:36,416 I wasn't on vacation, but at least I was with them 76 00:03:36,550 --> 00:03:38,418 for an hour in the morning. 77 00:03:38,552 --> 00:03:43,490 Diamonds are forever and so is Ric Flair. 78 00:03:43,623 --> 00:03:45,992 Woo. 79 00:03:46,126 --> 00:03:49,096 - Being around the business when I was young really meant like, 80 00:03:49,229 --> 00:03:51,998 oh, I go get to see my dad wrestle, I get to sit front row, 81 00:03:52,132 --> 00:03:55,769 I get to cheer for him, but I didn't think at that moment or 82 00:03:55,902 --> 00:03:57,637 when we were doing all those things that I was going to be in 83 00:03:57,771 --> 00:03:59,973 the business or that I wanted to be a wrestler. 84 00:04:00,107 --> 00:04:02,909 - She never expressed any interest in wrestling, ever, 85 00:04:03,043 --> 00:04:04,678 neither one of us did. 86 00:04:04,811 --> 00:04:08,315 It was like, well, it's kind of what dad does, it's cool. 87 00:04:08,448 --> 00:04:11,351 - She had an early start in athletics and excelled even 88 00:04:11,485 --> 00:04:13,653 at a young age. 89 00:04:13,787 --> 00:04:16,123 - I did jazz, tap and ballet, 90 00:04:16,256 --> 00:04:17,557 - Come on Ashley. 91 00:04:17,691 --> 00:04:20,293 - And then I started at international gymnastics. 92 00:04:20,427 --> 00:04:23,563 - In first place, Ashley Fliehr. 93 00:04:23,697 --> 00:04:24,431 [applause] 94 00:04:24,564 --> 00:04:25,732 - Go Ashley. 95 00:04:25,866 --> 00:04:28,001 - I was also in all-star cheerleading. 96 00:04:28,135 --> 00:04:29,970 - The glam and the glitz and all of that kind of stuff 97 00:04:30,103 --> 00:04:31,338 was not Ashley. 98 00:04:31,471 --> 00:04:34,541 So volleyball I felt was more comfortable for her and she was 99 00:04:34,674 --> 00:04:35,809 great at that. 100 00:04:35,942 --> 00:04:38,411 - Ashley Fliehr is just a junior on the Panther High School 101 00:04:38,545 --> 00:04:41,381 Volleyball Team and she already has the college recruiting 102 00:04:41,515 --> 00:04:44,918 letters that are starting to arrive in the mailbox. 103 00:04:46,019 --> 00:04:49,122 - Yeah. 104 00:04:49,256 --> 00:04:50,857 I would have to say she was the best athlete in the state 105 00:04:50,991 --> 00:04:54,728 for the last two years of high school, boy or girl. 106 00:04:56,696 --> 00:05:00,100 - There is something called the Presidential Test. 107 00:05:00,233 --> 00:05:02,702 So I remember always competing with the boys or wanting 108 00:05:02,836 --> 00:05:05,105 to be better than the boys. 109 00:05:05,238 --> 00:05:07,974 I remember being called Beast. 110 00:05:08,108 --> 00:05:11,411 I don't know why it affected me so much, but it did. 111 00:05:11,545 --> 00:05:15,515 And then the boys making fun of having like hairy blond arms. 112 00:05:16,983 --> 00:05:19,152 - She has never struggled with her weight, but she's always 113 00:05:19,286 --> 00:05:23,223 has been tall, so I think she always felt bigger. 114 00:05:23,356 --> 00:05:25,625 Bigger is not always better when you're a woman, 115 00:05:25,759 --> 00:05:28,261 or it doesn't feel better. 116 00:05:28,695 --> 00:05:31,965 - I just never felt comfortable in my own skin from an early 117 00:05:32,098 --> 00:05:38,471 age, but it didn't stop me from having a great childhood 118 00:05:38,605 --> 00:05:40,907 or playing sports. 119 00:05:41,041 --> 00:05:43,777 - I saw unlimited potential for her. 120 00:05:43,910 --> 00:05:45,245 She could've gone anywhere. 121 00:05:45,378 --> 00:05:47,447 I took her to Indiana, I took her to Michigan State, 122 00:05:47,581 --> 00:05:49,749 I took her to Wake Forest. 123 00:05:49,883 --> 00:05:54,521 - I went to Appalachian State on a full ride for volleyball. 124 00:05:54,654 --> 00:05:57,157 Around the time I went on my first recruiting visit to 125 00:05:57,290 --> 00:06:00,427 Appalachian State, my dad took me on two different tours when 126 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:02,429 he was with WWE. 127 00:06:02,562 --> 00:06:04,164 - Smile, you're on camera now, honey. 128 00:06:04,297 --> 00:06:09,202 Pretend you're having a good time, loading the bus. 129 00:06:09,336 --> 00:06:10,470 I'm good, thank you. 130 00:06:10,604 --> 00:06:11,838 - I'm good too, thank you. 131 00:06:11,972 --> 00:06:15,542 I was just in awe of the ladies because they're so cool. 132 00:06:15,675 --> 00:06:17,143 They're superstars, they're rockstars. 133 00:06:17,277 --> 00:06:19,679 Like how do they get their hair that long? 134 00:06:19,813 --> 00:06:20,714 Like how they dress. 135 00:06:20,847 --> 00:06:22,282 They're just so glamorous. 136 00:06:22,415 --> 00:06:26,186 Like I could never picture myself in their shoes. 137 00:06:26,319 --> 00:06:28,421 Oh, they get to travel the world and have fun? 138 00:06:28,555 --> 00:06:30,757 This is pretty cool. 139 00:06:31,558 --> 00:06:35,061 I remember getting home and I just remember my dad backing out 140 00:06:35,195 --> 00:06:38,064 of the driveway and was like, "I'm not coming home." 141 00:06:40,567 --> 00:06:43,737 - Even though I knew things weren't perfect in my mom and 142 00:06:43,870 --> 00:06:47,073 dad's marriage growing up, they still played the perfect 143 00:06:47,207 --> 00:06:50,277 part for Reid and I. 144 00:06:50,410 --> 00:06:51,645 It was a lot. 145 00:06:51,778 --> 00:06:56,182 A very confusing time and being done with high school and then 146 00:06:56,316 --> 00:06:59,519 leaving for App at the end of the summer, I think there was a 147 00:06:59,653 --> 00:07:02,922 lack of guidance or direction. 148 00:07:04,090 --> 00:07:05,959 Any time the coach would throw me in the game. 149 00:07:06,092 --> 00:07:10,897 I would be so nervous I degressed as a player, 150 00:07:11,031 --> 00:07:13,333 but I don't know if there was so much mental stuff 151 00:07:13,466 --> 00:07:14,267 going on at home. 152 00:07:14,401 --> 00:07:18,371 I remember that being frustrating. 153 00:07:18,505 --> 00:07:22,242 I had quit volleyball and I just remember, I don't know, 154 00:07:22,375 --> 00:07:30,984 just not really having anything to be proud of and then being 155 00:07:31,117 --> 00:07:33,119 so proud of my dad. 156 00:07:33,253 --> 00:07:35,488 - The time has come for the "Nature Boy" Ric Flair to put 157 00:07:35,622 --> 00:07:37,390 his career on the line. 158 00:07:37,524 --> 00:07:40,460 - It was a retirement match for my dad between him 159 00:07:40,593 --> 00:07:42,462 and Shawn Michaels. 160 00:07:42,595 --> 00:07:46,700 - And there's Ric Flair's family right here at ringside. 161 00:07:46,833 --> 00:07:51,771 - That was such an overwhelming, positive feeling, like look at 162 00:07:51,905 --> 00:07:53,406 this organization that he's a part of and it seems like such 163 00:07:53,540 --> 00:07:56,743 a big happy family. 164 00:07:56,876 --> 00:08:01,414 - If you can read lips, "I'm sorry, I love you." 165 00:08:01,548 --> 00:08:04,451 - The emotion and the respect, the feeling of the audience 166 00:08:04,584 --> 00:08:05,919 and the passion. 167 00:08:06,052 --> 00:08:11,224 - Over 70,000 fans paying their respects to the greatest 168 00:08:11,358 --> 00:08:14,127 to ever lace a pair of boots. 169 00:08:14,260 --> 00:08:16,730 - Then seeing my dad emotional. 170 00:08:16,863 --> 00:08:17,864 I was like, "Oh, this is so cool. 171 00:08:17,998 --> 00:08:19,366 This is amazing. 172 00:08:19,499 --> 00:08:22,502 I want to be a part of this, but in what capacity? 173 00:08:22,635 --> 00:08:23,603 I don't know." 174 00:08:29,476 --> 00:08:32,645 - It's definitely crossed my mind. 175 00:08:32,779 --> 00:08:36,082 I would like to finish school first and I hope 176 00:08:36,216 --> 00:08:38,618 the opportunity's still there when I'm done. 177 00:08:38,752 --> 00:08:41,955 I think it'd be fun if I said, "Dad, I want to try to take on a 178 00:08:42,088 --> 00:08:43,790 role somewhere in WWE." 179 00:08:43,923 --> 00:08:48,395 I think he would support me and be my biggest fan. 180 00:08:48,528 --> 00:08:50,096 I knew I had to graduate because that's what you do. 181 00:08:50,230 --> 00:08:52,432 You go to college and you graduate, right? 182 00:08:52,565 --> 00:08:54,868 It's like, "What do I do?" 183 00:08:55,001 --> 00:08:56,336 I moved back home. 184 00:08:56,469 --> 00:09:00,673 I was working as a personal trainer for a couple years, and 185 00:09:00,807 --> 00:09:03,243 then we went to Miami for the Four Horsemen 186 00:09:03,376 --> 00:09:04,978 Hall of Fame induction. 187 00:09:05,111 --> 00:09:08,114 It was I think the first time that me, Reid, and my dad had 188 00:09:08,248 --> 00:09:10,383 like gone and done something in a really long time. 189 00:09:10,517 --> 00:09:12,385 - Ashley, one more time, baby. 190 00:09:12,519 --> 00:09:15,755 Stand up, Reid. Come on, buddy. 191 00:09:15,889 --> 00:09:19,926 - Reid's goal was to be in the WWE. 192 00:09:20,060 --> 00:09:23,029 We were at dinner at the hotel and he was like, 193 00:09:23,163 --> 00:09:26,032 "We can do this together. You've go to do this." 194 00:09:26,166 --> 00:09:29,869 So I was like, "Okay." 195 00:09:30,003 --> 00:09:30,970 - I said, "Oh, God. 196 00:09:31,104 --> 00:09:32,138 Please don't. 197 00:09:32,272 --> 00:09:33,840 "Dad, I want to wrestle. 198 00:09:33,973 --> 00:09:36,476 I can do it. I know I can," 199 00:09:36,609 --> 00:09:39,379 That was it, and that was in April. 200 00:09:39,512 --> 00:09:42,916 In July, she was in Tampa. 201 00:09:43,049 --> 00:09:47,320 [crowd chants "FCW"] 202 00:09:47,454 --> 00:09:49,889 - Florida Championship Wrestling at that time was the 203 00:09:50,023 --> 00:09:51,991 developmental system for the WWE. 204 00:09:57,797 --> 00:10:00,567 Triple H and Vince McMahon had their eyes on the new upcoming 205 00:10:00,700 --> 00:10:04,204 stars, so it was very important to make an impact there. 206 00:10:04,337 --> 00:10:06,940 - I remembered talking to Hunter on the phone. 207 00:10:07,073 --> 00:10:09,876 He was like, "This life is difficult, Ashley. 208 00:10:10,009 --> 00:10:11,244 This life is very difficult. 209 00:10:11,377 --> 00:10:12,946 Like you're on the road. 210 00:10:13,079 --> 00:10:14,914 Is this really something that you want to do? 211 00:10:15,048 --> 00:10:16,950 This a full-time job." 212 00:10:17,083 --> 00:10:18,518 I'm like, "Yes, yes, yes. 213 00:10:18,651 --> 00:10:19,853 This is what I want to do." 214 00:10:19,986 --> 00:10:21,621 I remember him being like, "You're not going to get 215 00:10:21,754 --> 00:10:23,623 handouts because your Ric Flair's kid." 216 00:10:23,756 --> 00:10:26,059 I'm like, "I'm not asking for handouts. 217 00:10:26,192 --> 00:10:29,529 I didn't say I wanted a handout." 218 00:10:32,365 --> 00:10:35,969 Why does this make me upset every time? 219 00:10:40,940 --> 00:10:43,710 I don't think anyone that was hiring me heard that I was going 220 00:10:43,843 --> 00:10:46,246 was like, "She's going to be a WWE Superstar and follow 221 00:10:46,379 --> 00:10:48,982 in her dad's footsteps." 222 00:10:49,115 --> 00:10:51,518 Something in my life needs to change. 223 00:10:51,651 --> 00:10:56,289 And had I not taken that leap of faith, I wouldn't have gone, 224 00:10:56,422 --> 00:11:01,661 and that's just overwhelming to think about. 225 00:11:01,794 --> 00:11:05,231 That's why I don't even think about it. 226 00:11:10,803 --> 00:11:13,640 I remember getting to Tampa. 227 00:11:13,773 --> 00:11:17,810 I just remember telling one of the boys, "My dad's Ric Flair, 228 00:11:17,944 --> 00:11:19,712 but please don't tell anybody." 229 00:11:19,846 --> 00:11:21,414 Which everyone already knew. 230 00:11:22,382 --> 00:11:25,318 The entire building already had opinions of me 231 00:11:25,451 --> 00:11:27,220 before I even came. 232 00:11:27,353 --> 00:11:29,155 Everyone has tryouts and you meet each other, 233 00:11:29,289 --> 00:11:31,424 and there's this whole independent scene and, 234 00:11:31,558 --> 00:11:34,661 "Well, here's Ric Flair's kid and she didn't have a tryout." 235 00:11:34,794 --> 00:11:38,831 I just was so worried about what everyone thought of me. 236 00:11:38,965 --> 00:11:42,101 - I was a little leery of having to work with a second-generation 237 00:11:42,235 --> 00:11:45,772 performer because sometimes they can come in with preconceive 238 00:11:45,905 --> 00:11:48,841 notions of how everything should be done here. 239 00:11:48,975 --> 00:11:51,978 But with her, it was zero ego. 240 00:11:52,111 --> 00:11:55,448 - She was so timid and just this sweet little angel. 241 00:11:55,582 --> 00:11:58,051 I just felt like I just wanted to hug her and just 242 00:11:58,184 --> 00:11:59,285 like protect her. 243 00:11:59,419 --> 00:12:02,956 - John Cena right now is the-- The kids ask for him more 244 00:12:03,089 --> 00:12:04,824 than they do Michael Jordan. 245 00:12:04,958 --> 00:12:07,794 - The athletic part of it, she got and she thrived. 246 00:12:07,927 --> 00:12:10,763 Charlotte probably struggled most with promos, 247 00:12:10,897 --> 00:12:13,099 and you know just her kind of insecurities 248 00:12:13,232 --> 00:12:15,668 about herself came through. 249 00:12:15,802 --> 00:12:21,541 - You can't beat someone who never gives up. 250 00:12:21,674 --> 00:12:25,712 My most redeeming quality is-- Yes, I know. 251 00:12:25,845 --> 00:12:28,181 - She would just be overthinking it constantly, 252 00:12:28,314 --> 00:12:30,483 "What do I next week or should I try and partner up 253 00:12:30,617 --> 00:12:32,118 with someone and do something. 254 00:12:32,252 --> 00:12:39,125 - Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all? 255 00:12:39,258 --> 00:12:42,228 I stuck out like a sore thumb, but I do remember. 256 00:12:42,362 --> 00:12:43,563 I was like, "Whatever you do, 257 00:12:43,696 --> 00:12:45,498 you're going to be fine athletically." 258 00:12:45,632 --> 00:12:49,836 I did really well in this drill with the guys and girls, and 259 00:12:49,969 --> 00:12:53,740 Dusty pulled me aside and was like, "You're going to be okay." 260 00:12:53,873 --> 00:12:57,777 I just remember thinking like, "Okay." 261 00:12:58,311 --> 00:13:02,815 At the same time, Reid had been in and out of rehab. 262 00:13:02,949 --> 00:13:05,985 The drug was heroine. 263 00:13:06,119 --> 00:13:08,755 - Unfortunately, there's kind of a stereotype of what a heroine 264 00:13:08,888 --> 00:13:11,824 addict looks like, and Reid did not fit that. 265 00:13:11,958 --> 00:13:14,193 I mean he looked like a million bucks. 266 00:13:14,327 --> 00:13:18,931 There was some big push for him to get into WWE at that time. 267 00:13:19,065 --> 00:13:22,835 - He failed the first drug test to get into the WWE. 268 00:13:22,969 --> 00:13:26,673 Reid left for Japan I think right after Thanksgiving. 269 00:13:26,806 --> 00:13:29,676 He had gotten a contract to wrestle there. 270 00:13:29,809 --> 00:13:31,878 Hoping that would turn into something bigger. 271 00:13:32,011 --> 00:13:34,147 Eventually, WWE. 272 00:13:34,280 --> 00:13:36,582 - He really struggled with Ashley in Tampa 273 00:13:36,716 --> 00:13:38,518 and him not being there. 274 00:13:38,651 --> 00:13:40,620 That wasn't working out for him. 275 00:13:40,753 --> 00:13:43,222 Can you believe I'm not there and Ashley is? 276 00:13:43,356 --> 00:13:44,824 So he wanted to go to WrestleMania, 277 00:13:44,957 --> 00:13:47,260 so I brought him back. 278 00:13:47,393 --> 00:13:49,295 - A group of us were going to WrestleMania 279 00:13:49,429 --> 00:13:52,165 for the first NXT Axxess. 280 00:13:52,298 --> 00:13:53,833 I was going to get to wrestle Paige. 281 00:13:53,966 --> 00:13:55,568 Not for the title or anything but just have 282 00:13:55,702 --> 00:13:57,603 like an exhibition match. 283 00:13:57,737 --> 00:14:05,178 My dad had just brought Reid home from Japan and- 284 00:14:05,311 --> 00:14:07,547 The night before they were supposed to leave to meet me in 285 00:14:07,680 --> 00:14:12,719 New York, New Jersey, Reid died. 286 00:14:12,852 --> 00:14:17,090 - Police confirmed, Ric Flair's 25-year-old son was found dead 287 00:14:17,223 --> 00:14:19,025 at this South Park hotel. 288 00:14:19,158 --> 00:14:21,661 Reid Flair was found dead inside a room at the residence in 289 00:14:21,794 --> 00:14:22,995 around 10:30 this morning. 290 00:14:23,129 --> 00:14:26,899 - And so far, investigators have not revealed the cause of death. 291 00:14:27,033 --> 00:14:31,437 - The morning that my dad called me to tell me that Reid had 292 00:14:31,571 --> 00:14:38,711 OD'd, I don't know, even to this day, I still think I put it in a 293 00:14:38,845 --> 00:14:40,313 drawer and I just close the drawer. 294 00:14:40,446 --> 00:14:45,418 How do you-- Your brother, right? 295 00:14:47,019 --> 00:14:53,292 - I think for Ashley especially there was guilt for her. 296 00:14:53,426 --> 00:14:56,396 She was less there for him, not intentionally. 297 00:14:56,529 --> 00:14:58,765 She was fixing her life and growing, 298 00:14:58,898 --> 00:15:01,934 but I think there was a lot of guilt. 299 00:15:02,068 --> 00:15:04,237 - These things were like playing over in my head. 300 00:15:04,370 --> 00:15:06,072 I didn't go home for Thanksgiving to see him, 301 00:15:06,205 --> 00:15:07,607 I didn't go home for Christmas to see him. 302 00:15:07,740 --> 00:15:10,243 [indistinct] 303 00:15:10,376 --> 00:15:13,913 - Happy birthday to you. 304 00:15:14,046 --> 00:15:16,449 - She was paralyzed. 305 00:15:16,582 --> 00:15:19,819 They were like this, but they competed and they argued 306 00:15:19,952 --> 00:15:23,322 and that, but boy they were close. 307 00:15:24,524 --> 00:15:28,795 - That whole year, I had started to make friends, 308 00:15:28,928 --> 00:15:31,731 figure out like, "Oh, I really like this. 309 00:15:31,864 --> 00:15:33,299 I fit in. 310 00:15:33,432 --> 00:15:34,834 This is really cool, but at the same time, 311 00:15:34,967 --> 00:15:37,670 this is everything that he wanted to be doing." 312 00:15:38,805 --> 00:15:42,375 How selfish and unfair that I'm living his dream 313 00:15:42,508 --> 00:15:44,510 and he never got to be there. 314 00:15:45,111 --> 00:15:48,614 Did I cause my brother to OD? 315 00:15:48,748 --> 00:15:53,085 Was the pressure like not-- was that too much on him? 316 00:15:53,219 --> 00:15:55,621 Did I make him-- Was I not there for him? 317 00:15:55,755 --> 00:15:57,456 Was I off doing that instead of being there? 318 00:15:57,590 --> 00:15:59,358 Like, you can't blame yourself. 319 00:15:59,492 --> 00:16:03,129 Yes, I've taken many years to know that, but that is very hard 320 00:16:03,262 --> 00:16:06,566 at the time to not think about those things you know 321 00:16:06,699 --> 00:16:09,635 happening at that time. 322 00:16:11,737 --> 00:16:15,208 - In Reid's passing, Ashley assumed that mantle 323 00:16:15,341 --> 00:16:18,678 and carried his spirit with her everywhere she went. 324 00:16:18,811 --> 00:16:22,014 Make no mistake about it, what you see in Ashley Flair 325 00:16:22,148 --> 00:16:24,183 is not an individual performance. 326 00:16:24,350 --> 00:16:27,386 Everything she does is tag teaming with her brother. 327 00:16:27,520 --> 00:16:31,557 Once you understand that, you understand the enormous 328 00:16:31,691 --> 00:16:37,363 inspiration that propels Ashley to such greatness. 329 00:16:37,496 --> 00:16:39,532 - I just remember a week later coming back to work, 330 00:16:39,665 --> 00:16:42,201 and Dusty just looked at me and was like, 331 00:16:42,335 --> 00:16:44,871 "You got to move on. You got to move forward. 332 00:16:45,004 --> 00:16:48,608 You have to keep going. You don't have a choice." 333 00:16:48,741 --> 00:16:51,811 So I was like, "Okay." 334 00:16:51,944 --> 00:16:52,945 I just kept working. 335 00:16:53,079 --> 00:16:59,852 And when Reid passed away, I guess it was just-- 336 00:16:59,986 --> 00:17:07,260 My focus was I'm going to do this. 337 00:17:07,393 --> 00:17:10,396 I don't know how, but I will. 338 00:17:10,530 --> 00:17:12,064 - Back up. 339 00:17:12,198 --> 00:17:13,266 Take another. 340 00:17:13,399 --> 00:17:14,300 [Grunting] 341 00:17:14,433 --> 00:17:16,202 - Take her knees 342 00:17:16,335 --> 00:17:18,371 [Grunting] 343 00:17:18,504 --> 00:17:20,273 - Then July, we moved from Tampa to Orlando. 344 00:17:20,406 --> 00:17:22,408 Officially now NXT. 345 00:17:22,542 --> 00:17:25,611 - When she came back, she was so focused 346 00:17:25,745 --> 00:17:28,314 on getting better in every aspect, 347 00:17:28,447 --> 00:17:29,615 and creating that character. 348 00:17:29,749 --> 00:17:31,284 Just taking in every bit of information she could 349 00:17:31,417 --> 00:17:32,919 and applying it. 350 00:17:33,052 --> 00:17:36,656 - In competition only brings success. 351 00:17:36,789 --> 00:17:39,525 How are Sasha and I supposed to be successful 352 00:17:39,659 --> 00:17:43,062 when there's no competition at NXT? 353 00:17:43,195 --> 00:17:44,897 - We were all still trying to find ourselves. 354 00:17:45,031 --> 00:17:47,166 I think during that time in the first few months at the 355 00:17:47,300 --> 00:17:50,670 Performance Center is when everybody started to nail down 356 00:17:50,803 --> 00:17:54,607 their character because we had no other choice. 357 00:17:54,740 --> 00:17:56,175 - I tell people all the time, sometimes it's just 358 00:17:56,309 --> 00:17:58,244 a switch with WWE. 359 00:17:58,377 --> 00:18:01,981 You know when it comes to promos and like self-love. 360 00:18:02,114 --> 00:18:03,416 It's just a switch that goes off, and then all of a sudden 361 00:18:03,549 --> 00:18:04,317 you're just like, 362 00:18:04,483 --> 00:18:05,952 "No, I feel comfortable. This is it." 363 00:18:06,085 --> 00:18:10,723 - Ladies and gentlemen, my daughter, Charlotte. 364 00:18:10,856 --> 00:18:12,391 [Charlotte Flair's music plays] 365 00:18:12,525 --> 00:18:16,696 - The NXT debut of Charlotte. 366 00:18:17,163 --> 00:18:20,600 - I debuted on NXT TV against Bayley, which you couldn't 367 00:18:20,733 --> 00:18:24,203 pick a better debut partner. 368 00:18:24,337 --> 00:18:26,238 - Look at that move. 369 00:18:26,372 --> 00:18:28,608 - Then she just completely took over. 370 00:18:28,741 --> 00:18:31,110 - This is for the NXT Women's Championship. 371 00:18:31,243 --> 00:18:32,545 Bow down to the queen. 372 00:18:32,678 --> 00:18:35,481 Charlotte's the NXT Women's Champion. 373 00:18:35,614 --> 00:18:37,216 - Charlotte, she is one of the originals. 374 00:18:37,350 --> 00:18:40,553 She helped change the perception of what women's wrestling could 375 00:18:40,686 --> 00:18:44,090 be just by physically what she could do. 376 00:18:45,725 --> 00:18:46,692 The girls were definitely they were just 377 00:18:46,826 --> 00:18:49,128 capable of it, never really allowed to do it, 378 00:18:49,261 --> 00:18:52,598 especially on the main roster. 379 00:18:53,966 --> 00:18:55,835 - Charlotte has a recognizable name 380 00:18:55,968 --> 00:18:58,404 and an unbelievable skillset. 381 00:18:58,537 --> 00:19:01,340 Now, as you're ushering in a new era of women, 382 00:19:01,474 --> 00:19:03,175 it was the perfect fit. 383 00:19:03,309 --> 00:19:06,078 - There hasn't been that level of competition that I'm looking 384 00:19:06,212 --> 00:19:09,815 for that I think everybody here is looking for. 385 00:19:09,949 --> 00:19:15,988 It is time for us to make a change right now. 386 00:19:16,122 --> 00:19:19,658 Allow me to introduce the woman who was bred for this business. 387 00:19:24,296 --> 00:19:28,100 - Women are making their mark, and it is time for us to make 388 00:19:28,234 --> 00:19:32,538 a change right now. 389 00:19:32,672 --> 00:19:35,207 - Charlotte, I could tell she was nervous. 390 00:19:35,341 --> 00:19:36,142 "What if they don't like me? 391 00:19:36,275 --> 00:19:37,309 What if they-- I'm like, 392 00:19:37,443 --> 00:19:38,477 "You have to forget that. 393 00:19:38,611 --> 00:19:40,146 Whether they like you or not, this is your house." 394 00:19:40,279 --> 00:19:45,618 - Joining forces with Paige will be a woman who was bred 395 00:19:45,751 --> 00:19:50,289 for this business, Charlotte. 396 00:19:50,423 --> 00:19:51,991 [crowd cheers] 397 00:19:52,124 --> 00:19:55,161 - I just didn't know what it was going to be like. 398 00:19:55,294 --> 00:19:57,797 "Am I really going to stay up here?" 399 00:19:57,930 --> 00:20:01,500 I had wanted it so bad, at that point, and I kept wondering, 400 00:20:01,634 --> 00:20:05,671 what was wrong with me, why we hadn't debuted? 401 00:20:05,805 --> 00:20:07,206 Because there was so much buzz. 402 00:20:07,339 --> 00:20:10,009 I was just ready for it. 403 00:20:10,142 --> 00:20:13,913 - What an opportunity tonight for Charlotte. 404 00:20:14,046 --> 00:20:16,816 She looks to become just the second woman to hold the NXT 405 00:20:16,949 --> 00:20:21,854 Women's Title and WWE Divas Title. 406 00:20:23,389 --> 00:20:26,592 - I didn't have that confidence as a performer to just 407 00:20:26,726 --> 00:20:29,862 go with the flow. 408 00:20:29,995 --> 00:20:34,200 It was just like, "Wow, Nikki Bella is such a star." 409 00:20:34,333 --> 00:20:35,267 - Nikki Bella. 410 00:20:35,401 --> 00:20:37,203 Her record-setting reign as Divas Champion 411 00:20:37,336 --> 00:20:40,106 is at 301 days tonight. 412 00:20:40,239 --> 00:20:42,908 - I did not feel comfortable in my wrestling boots. 413 00:20:43,042 --> 00:20:44,777 It was like fake it till you make it. 414 00:20:44,910 --> 00:20:47,780 That's basically what I was doing. 415 00:20:47,913 --> 00:20:49,148 - Figure-Four first. 416 00:20:49,281 --> 00:20:50,783 She's got to bridge through into the Figure-Eight. 417 00:20:50,916 --> 00:20:52,084 There is the bridge. 418 00:20:52,218 --> 00:20:53,986 Into the Figure-Eight. 419 00:20:54,120 --> 00:20:55,421 - Nikki tapped. 420 00:20:55,554 --> 00:20:56,322 [bell rings] 421 00:20:56,455 --> 00:20:57,490 - What? 422 00:20:57,623 --> 00:20:58,791 - Charlotte wins the title. 423 00:20:58,924 --> 00:21:00,392 - I'll tell you how important her brother is, I'm like, 424 00:21:00,526 --> 00:21:04,396 "Every time she wins a match, she goes like this." 425 00:21:04,530 --> 00:21:07,166 She was pointing to Reid. 426 00:21:07,299 --> 00:21:10,469 I was so happy for her. 427 00:21:10,603 --> 00:21:11,971 - It was like, 428 00:21:12,104 --> 00:21:14,006 "I couldn't believe this is happening" moment. 429 00:21:14,140 --> 00:21:15,941 I felt like many pieces missing, and I didn't feel like 430 00:21:16,075 --> 00:21:18,778 the champion. 431 00:21:18,911 --> 00:21:25,518 [applause] 432 00:21:25,651 --> 00:21:27,853 - They decided to put my dad as my manager. 433 00:21:27,987 --> 00:21:29,922 - Charlotte, the Divas Champion, accompanied by her 434 00:21:30,055 --> 00:21:33,058 Hall of Fame father, ''The Nature Boy" Ric Flair. 435 00:21:33,192 --> 00:21:35,027 - He only knows how to be a showman. 436 00:21:35,161 --> 00:21:36,862 He only knows how to steal the show. 437 00:21:36,996 --> 00:21:39,765 I didn't, so I took it as "I'm either going to sink 438 00:21:39,899 --> 00:21:41,133 or I'm going to swim." 439 00:21:41,267 --> 00:21:43,202 I'm either going to use this as a platform, or I'm going to fall 440 00:21:43,335 --> 00:21:47,573 behind in his shadow and just be Ric Flair's daughter. 441 00:21:47,706 --> 00:21:51,110 The pro was reconnecting with him because there was kind of a 442 00:21:51,243 --> 00:21:53,546 lull between high school and then. 443 00:21:53,679 --> 00:21:56,615 Our dynamic is super special. 444 00:21:56,749 --> 00:21:59,218 - I know she struggled with it a lot. 445 00:21:59,351 --> 00:22:04,056 For any WWE Superstar trying to find where your comfort level is 446 00:22:04,190 --> 00:22:07,426 and where you can the excel the most is so difficult. 447 00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:10,196 so, I can't imagine having to be Ric Flair's daughter. 448 00:22:10,329 --> 00:22:12,765 People are going to have high expectations of her. 449 00:22:12,898 --> 00:22:13,499 - I'll make you proud. 450 00:22:13,632 --> 00:22:14,934 - You always do. 451 00:22:15,034 --> 00:22:18,003 - You could tell Charlotte has much more of a concern with 452 00:22:18,137 --> 00:22:21,607 perfection and legacy than anybody else here. 453 00:22:21,740 --> 00:22:24,944 It's a huge shadow to grow up under. 454 00:22:25,077 --> 00:22:28,080 And she didn't just have to follow his act, 455 00:22:28,214 --> 00:22:31,584 but she had to follow his act and be a woman. 456 00:22:32,885 --> 00:22:36,021 - Tonight is the biggest WrestleMania in history. 457 00:22:36,155 --> 00:22:39,692 This is just a fraction of the nearly 100,000 members of the 458 00:22:39,825 --> 00:22:42,361 WWE Universe that are waiting to make their way 459 00:22:42,494 --> 00:22:46,365 inside to witness history. 460 00:22:46,498 --> 00:22:49,134 - When I pulled up, and I saw big graphics on the stadium, 461 00:22:49,268 --> 00:22:51,103 I was like, "Ooh, the men look 462 00:22:51,237 --> 00:22:53,439 like the eye candy, and we're front and center." 463 00:22:53,572 --> 00:22:55,341 I have goosebumps just thinking about it. 464 00:22:55,474 --> 00:22:58,110 This is what I've worked for every single day. 465 00:22:58,244 --> 00:23:02,681 - WrestleMania 32 was the most high-profile women's match, 466 00:23:02,815 --> 00:23:05,150 at that point in time. 467 00:23:05,284 --> 00:23:10,022 The Divas Championship became the Women's Championship. 468 00:23:10,155 --> 00:23:13,259 Charlotte had enough time, at that point, that she was ready 469 00:23:13,392 --> 00:23:18,697 to take the reigns and usher in this new era of performing. 470 00:23:18,831 --> 00:23:21,000 - WrestleMania 32 was a shift. 471 00:23:21,133 --> 00:23:23,902 [fireworks] 472 00:23:24,036 --> 00:23:26,238 My walkout, I was like, "I am exactly where 473 00:23:26,372 --> 00:23:28,107 I'm supposed to be." 474 00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:32,044 - This is for the WWE Women's Championship. 475 00:23:32,177 --> 00:23:34,179 - I think we're seeing the greatest era 476 00:23:34,313 --> 00:23:35,914 of the women's division. 477 00:23:36,048 --> 00:23:40,019 - These superstars digging deep into the playbook. 478 00:23:40,152 --> 00:23:43,455 - Charlotte is going to-- Oh, no. 479 00:23:43,589 --> 00:23:45,858 Going up top. 480 00:23:45,991 --> 00:23:46,992 - Whoa. 481 00:23:47,126 --> 00:23:48,227 - Moonsault. 482 00:23:48,360 --> 00:23:50,296 Moonsault by Charlotte. 483 00:23:50,429 --> 00:23:53,065 - When she did that moonsault, everyone died. 484 00:23:53,198 --> 00:23:54,967 I never saw her do it. 485 00:23:55,100 --> 00:23:56,969 Just a little girl all grown up. 486 00:23:57,102 --> 00:23:58,637 - Yes. 487 00:23:58,771 --> 00:24:00,039 - She's better than I was. 488 00:24:00,172 --> 00:24:02,908 Man, she left me in the dirt long ago. 489 00:24:03,042 --> 00:24:05,844 - We've got a new title, and we've got a great champion 490 00:24:05,978 --> 00:24:09,381 in Charlotte. 491 00:24:13,252 --> 00:24:14,853 - That was like whatever the biggest thing in women's 492 00:24:14,987 --> 00:24:17,189 wrestling that had ever happened was right here, 493 00:24:17,323 --> 00:24:19,792 and that was like right there. 494 00:24:19,925 --> 00:24:20,759 - The match was okay? 495 00:24:20,893 --> 00:24:22,294 - Yes. 496 00:24:22,428 --> 00:24:23,462 - Hey. 497 00:24:23,595 --> 00:24:25,097 - For me, I felt like this was my brother's dream. 498 00:24:25,230 --> 00:24:28,400 But, was the Superbowl of our company, 499 00:24:28,534 --> 00:24:31,236 and this is really the beginning. 500 00:24:31,370 --> 00:24:32,871 This is where the hard work starts. 501 00:24:33,005 --> 00:24:35,307 - One, two, three. 502 00:24:35,441 --> 00:24:37,843 [crowd yells "Woo"] 503 00:24:37,976 --> 00:24:42,982 - The WWE Network was being launched in China, and I was 504 00:24:43,115 --> 00:24:47,386 sent to do an international tour. 505 00:24:50,956 --> 00:24:57,930 Yes, so I was on my flight back from Hong Kong to Boston. 506 00:24:59,465 --> 00:25:03,502 I got a phone call from talent relations. 507 00:25:03,635 --> 00:25:06,372 "Your dad's in the hospital. He's sick. 508 00:25:06,505 --> 00:25:10,242 We need to get you home as soon as possible." 509 00:25:16,048 --> 00:25:18,550 There was so much going on that first two years. 510 00:25:18,684 --> 00:25:23,055 I'm trying to travel the world and become a superstar, 511 00:25:23,188 --> 00:25:27,993 and my dad's you know, having health issues. 512 00:25:28,127 --> 00:25:31,263 It's just a lot to deal with. 513 00:25:31,397 --> 00:25:34,032 - When someone's septic, and then they go into organ failure, 514 00:25:34,733 --> 00:25:35,734 you really don't know. 515 00:25:35,868 --> 00:25:38,904 So there was a process where we can't fix the heart 516 00:25:39,038 --> 00:25:40,372 until we fix the kidney. 517 00:25:41,140 --> 00:25:44,643 We can't do the surgery until we get him whatever. 518 00:25:44,777 --> 00:25:47,880 The surgeons came in, and they said, 519 00:25:48,013 --> 00:25:49,782 "There's probably about 15% chance he's going to make 520 00:25:49,915 --> 00:25:52,518 it through this. 521 00:25:53,552 --> 00:25:56,355 - When you know the nurses were explaining to me, 522 00:25:56,488 --> 00:25:58,957 my sister, and my brother, you know that my dad 523 00:25:59,091 --> 00:26:02,661 might not make it, 524 00:26:02,795 --> 00:26:06,265 I could not mentally wrap my mind around that there was 525 00:26:06,398 --> 00:26:07,966 a chance that he wouldn't make it. 526 00:26:08,100 --> 00:26:11,103 I just couldn't process that. 527 00:26:11,236 --> 00:26:14,640 They gave us all an opportunity to say goodbye to him, 528 00:26:14,773 --> 00:26:19,178 and I didn't really like say anything. 529 00:26:19,311 --> 00:26:23,549 I just wasn't going to take goodbye as an answer. 530 00:26:23,682 --> 00:26:29,855 I compartmentalized by just throwing every ounce of energy 531 00:26:29,988 --> 00:26:32,991 I have into work. 532 00:26:33,125 --> 00:26:35,861 - All hail the Queen, gentlemen. 533 00:26:35,994 --> 00:26:39,731 - I personally want to thank everyone for their thoughts 534 00:26:39,865 --> 00:26:43,869 and prayers while my dad's been sick. 535 00:26:44,002 --> 00:26:45,537 [crowd cheers] 536 00:26:45,671 --> 00:26:46,672 - Yeah. 537 00:26:46,805 --> 00:26:48,874 - Man, Charlotte handles everything incredible. 538 00:26:50,275 --> 00:26:51,410 If I were to go through something like that, 539 00:26:51,543 --> 00:26:52,744 it's very private. 540 00:26:52,878 --> 00:26:54,780 Nobody would even know that that was happening, and I can deal 541 00:26:54,913 --> 00:26:57,116 with it on my own and privately. 542 00:26:57,249 --> 00:26:59,718 But with her is the whole world knows. 543 00:26:59,852 --> 00:27:02,554 - Life is fragile, and that's why you have to make 544 00:27:02,688 --> 00:27:05,424 the moments count. 545 00:27:05,557 --> 00:27:08,293 So from here on out, I'm going to make every moment as big as 546 00:27:08,427 --> 00:27:13,866 possible for me and my dad. 547 00:27:13,999 --> 00:27:17,402 [crowd cheers] 548 00:27:17,536 --> 00:27:20,105 - There I go, I'm working again. 549 00:27:20,239 --> 00:27:21,073 I don't know. 550 00:27:21,206 --> 00:27:23,175 Onto the next, right? 551 00:27:23,308 --> 00:27:26,612 It's just another bump in the road. 552 00:27:26,745 --> 00:27:28,347 [crowd cheers] 553 00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:30,649 - Natalya's championship is in danger. 554 00:27:30,782 --> 00:27:34,319 - Is this Charlotte's moment? 555 00:27:34,453 --> 00:27:35,420 [bell rings] 556 00:27:35,554 --> 00:27:36,855 - Charlotte wins. 557 00:27:36,989 --> 00:27:41,093 - The queen sits on the throne of SmackDown Live. 558 00:27:41,226 --> 00:27:45,664 - In her home town, Charlotte. 559 00:27:45,797 --> 00:27:51,403 [crowd chants "You deserve it"] 560 00:27:51,537 --> 00:27:54,873 - All of you know that my dad, for the last couple of months, 561 00:27:55,007 --> 00:27:56,842 has had a really hard time. 562 00:27:56,975 --> 00:27:58,210 I love you, Dad. 563 00:27:58,343 --> 00:28:00,546 This was for you, tonight. 564 00:28:00,679 --> 00:28:01,880 Woo. 565 00:28:06,685 --> 00:28:09,655 - Proud father, victorious daughter. 566 00:28:09,788 --> 00:28:15,627 An emotional night in Flair Country. 567 00:28:15,761 --> 00:28:18,196 - Charlotte, in many ways, is nothing like her dad, 568 00:28:18,330 --> 00:28:19,865 and in other ways, there are similarities. 569 00:28:20,666 --> 00:28:22,868 And if anyone knows anything about Ric Flair, 570 00:28:23,001 --> 00:28:25,270 they know that there was a time later in his career when he lost 571 00:28:25,404 --> 00:28:28,907 his confidence and needed to lean on people 572 00:28:29,041 --> 00:28:32,010 like Triple H to find himself. 573 00:28:35,514 --> 00:28:37,916 - And the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. 574 00:28:38,050 --> 00:28:39,384 - Any critiques other than I'm going fast? 575 00:28:39,518 --> 00:28:40,619 - No, no, no. 576 00:28:40,752 --> 00:28:42,521 - Charlotte's been very public about the fact that she 577 00:28:42,654 --> 00:28:44,523 struggles with her confidence. 578 00:28:46,458 --> 00:28:47,893 - Yes, sir. 579 00:28:48,594 --> 00:28:51,330 Overthinking is the worst thing possible, 580 00:28:51,463 --> 00:28:54,199 and I think I overthink a lot. 581 00:28:54,333 --> 00:28:56,635 Just like today, I was getting ready for the shoot and this guy 582 00:28:56,768 --> 00:28:59,271 walks over who owns a salon, and he is like, 583 00:28:59,404 --> 00:29:00,906 "You're Ric Flair's daughter." 584 00:29:01,039 --> 00:29:02,808 I get it every day. 585 00:29:02,941 --> 00:29:04,710 I'm not jealous. 586 00:29:04,843 --> 00:29:08,547 I'm super proud, but I'm just like, "Dang." 587 00:29:09,381 --> 00:29:12,417 I still feel like I have to be a certain way because of the 588 00:29:12,551 --> 00:29:15,387 expectation that I'm Ric's daughter. 589 00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:18,056 That was super hard. 590 00:29:18,190 --> 00:29:19,791 - Her resume speaks for itself, you know? 591 00:29:19,925 --> 00:29:23,228 She's done things that Ric hasn't even done before. 592 00:29:23,362 --> 00:29:25,697 She's main evented WrestleMania. 593 00:29:25,831 --> 00:29:28,767 I hope she can see now that she is not her dad 594 00:29:28,900 --> 00:29:32,838 and she's a completely different legacy than her dad. 595 00:29:34,239 --> 00:29:37,676 - I think Ashley's the only person in any conversation that 596 00:29:37,809 --> 00:29:44,249 doesn't realize just how great that Charlotte is or can be. 597 00:29:44,383 --> 00:29:49,321 Charlotte can be a hundred miles above Ric Flair's shadow, 598 00:29:49,454 --> 00:29:53,258 and Ashley will still be struggling to escape from it. 599 00:29:57,929 --> 00:30:00,599 - Once Charlotte got on top, she stayed on top. 600 00:30:00,732 --> 00:30:02,968 She ran that division. 601 00:30:03,101 --> 00:30:08,006 - Charlotte Flair called herself the Iron Woman of WWE. 602 00:30:08,140 --> 00:30:10,409 - All the emotional trauma she's dealt with has made her stronger 603 00:30:10,542 --> 00:30:12,844 and more focused. 604 00:30:12,978 --> 00:30:15,347 - I've seen the difference of Charlotte, the character 605 00:30:15,480 --> 00:30:17,215 from Ashley the person. 606 00:30:17,349 --> 00:30:19,851 Charlotte is strictly business and she's focused on being 607 00:30:19,985 --> 00:30:25,657 number one and focused on being superior, where Ashley 608 00:30:25,791 --> 00:30:28,827 doesn't hide things well. 609 00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:30,762 We've had moments where I could tell something's 610 00:30:30,896 --> 00:30:33,699 bothering her, you know, and you just have one of those things 611 00:30:33,832 --> 00:30:36,568 where you have to talk to a friend and it has nothing 612 00:30:36,702 --> 00:30:40,238 to do with wrestling, it has nothing to do with work. 613 00:30:41,807 --> 00:30:44,676 - When I quit volleyball in college, 614 00:30:44,810 --> 00:30:46,978 I had nothing to be passionate for. 615 00:30:47,112 --> 00:30:49,881 And I think that manifested in other ways like, maybe, 616 00:30:50,015 --> 00:30:51,883 I wasn't good enough. 617 00:30:52,017 --> 00:30:54,953 Maybe body dysmorphia, but I was more hurting myself 618 00:30:55,087 --> 00:30:58,190 mentally than physically. 619 00:30:58,323 --> 00:31:03,295 I was 20 when I got my first breast augmentation because I 620 00:31:03,428 --> 00:31:08,467 thought, okay, if I had a bigger chest that would 621 00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:11,636 make me more beautiful. 622 00:31:11,770 --> 00:31:15,407 That really affected me. 623 00:31:16,174 --> 00:31:20,112 Online, I've gotten so much criticism over the years, 624 00:31:20,245 --> 00:31:21,613 "Charlotte's built like a man. 625 00:31:21,747 --> 00:31:23,181 Charlotte looks like an iPhone. 626 00:31:23,315 --> 00:31:25,450 She has no ass." 627 00:31:25,584 --> 00:31:27,386 Like constant, every day. 628 00:31:27,519 --> 00:31:31,189 Why aren't we talking about my athletic ability? 629 00:31:31,323 --> 00:31:34,226 Why are we talking about my looks? 630 00:31:35,193 --> 00:31:37,829 - There was a few times backstage where she'd just 631 00:31:37,963 --> 00:31:41,433 continuously try on different outfits, and she's like, 632 00:31:41,566 --> 00:31:43,068 "Does this one make me look chunky? 633 00:31:43,201 --> 00:31:45,170 Does this one make me look like a man?" 634 00:31:45,303 --> 00:31:47,239 I'm like, "You're beautiful. 635 00:31:47,372 --> 00:31:48,707 What are you talking about? 636 00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:51,009 What are you seeing right now?" 637 00:31:51,143 --> 00:31:53,578 - When you're still like trying to figure out who you 638 00:31:53,712 --> 00:31:56,047 are, it affects who you think you are. 639 00:31:56,181 --> 00:31:57,849 - "Oh, no, no." 640 00:31:57,983 --> 00:32:01,219 - She's not just going to be judged on her wrestling ability, 641 00:32:01,353 --> 00:32:06,191 she's also going to be constantly judged on her looks. 642 00:32:06,324 --> 00:32:08,293 - I've learned that over a course of time, 643 00:32:08,426 --> 00:32:13,064 that your self worth doesn't depend on what you look like. 644 00:32:13,198 --> 00:32:17,068 Being an athlete is cool, being strong is cool, 645 00:32:17,202 --> 00:32:20,305 lifting weights is cool. 646 00:32:20,438 --> 00:32:22,874 - Women come in all shapes and sizes and it's so important for 647 00:32:23,008 --> 00:32:25,844 someone to be a face of a certain body type, too. 648 00:32:25,977 --> 00:32:27,579 Charlotte just has this beautiful, 649 00:32:27,712 --> 00:32:29,414 athletic, strong body. 650 00:32:29,548 --> 00:32:32,217 You need someone like Charlotte to have a platform. 651 00:32:32,350 --> 00:32:34,920 It's so important. 652 00:32:36,254 --> 00:32:38,824 - So this is an actual copy of the body issue that 653 00:32:38,957 --> 00:32:40,792 came out in stores. 654 00:32:40,926 --> 00:32:43,762 This is my layout. 655 00:32:43,895 --> 00:32:45,864 Super proud of it. 656 00:32:45,997 --> 00:32:50,268 - When you do ESPN Body, this is you showing all of your 657 00:32:50,402 --> 00:32:52,437 vulnerabilities and all the things that you're 658 00:32:52,571 --> 00:32:53,705 most insecure about. 659 00:32:53,839 --> 00:32:56,441 I think she looked absolutely beautiful. 660 00:32:56,575 --> 00:32:59,144 - This was like, "We want athletic bodies 661 00:32:59,277 --> 00:33:00,745 because they're beautiful." 662 00:33:00,879 --> 00:33:03,582 As an athlete, I want to be put in that category. 663 00:33:03,715 --> 00:33:06,551 I like these that show my backside because I knew 664 00:33:06,685 --> 00:33:09,454 the comments were coming, but anyone that's commenting 665 00:33:09,588 --> 00:33:11,189 can't do what I can do. 666 00:33:11,323 --> 00:33:12,824 That's how I looked at it. 667 00:33:12,958 --> 00:33:15,827 - She was one that I gravitated towards because we have 668 00:33:15,961 --> 00:33:19,097 the bigger frame, like big shoulders, 669 00:33:19,231 --> 00:33:20,632 we've got muscles. 670 00:33:20,765 --> 00:33:22,434 think it's very important to show girls that 671 00:33:22,567 --> 00:33:25,103 that's feminine as well. 672 00:33:25,237 --> 00:33:29,274 - A woman being unapologetic, being dominant, being physical, 673 00:33:29,407 --> 00:33:34,613 being strong, being in control in a male dominated world is 674 00:33:34,746 --> 00:33:38,583 what the most important message for me is right now. 675 00:33:38,750 --> 00:33:44,022 "You look amazing, Queen. 676 00:33:44,155 --> 00:33:45,156 Oh my goodness." 677 00:33:45,290 --> 00:33:48,093 I've always wanted that superhero in my real life 678 00:33:48,226 --> 00:33:51,930 and for little girls, it's just having a role model. 679 00:33:52,063 --> 00:33:56,067 Can I get a video of you and switch out the title?" 680 00:33:56,201 --> 00:33:57,469 You just want to wrap your arms around them. 681 00:33:57,602 --> 00:34:03,241 You want to be everything that they see you as 682 00:34:03,375 --> 00:34:05,310 and remembering that little girl doesn't see you 683 00:34:05,443 --> 00:34:06,711 the way you see you. 684 00:34:06,845 --> 00:34:08,713 That's what's most important is she sees you as 685 00:34:08,847 --> 00:34:10,148 larger than life. 686 00:34:10,282 --> 00:34:11,816 She sees you as that superhero. 687 00:34:11,950 --> 00:34:14,419 Cheese. 688 00:34:14,552 --> 00:34:17,989 My natural form is what got me to where I am, being strong, 689 00:34:18,123 --> 00:34:21,393 being 5'10", being muscular. 690 00:34:21,526 --> 00:34:24,396 Rise above it all and don't give in to negativity, 691 00:34:24,529 --> 00:34:27,065 to social media or the haters. 692 00:34:27,198 --> 00:34:31,169 Follow your own path. 693 00:34:31,303 --> 00:34:34,539 - I think over the last few years Charlotte has started 694 00:34:34,673 --> 00:34:39,477 to believe in Charlotte Flair. 695 00:34:39,611 --> 00:34:43,748 - Since I started in 2012 in Tampa, I've never really taken 696 00:34:43,882 --> 00:34:46,518 the time to display all the wonderful things 697 00:34:46,651 --> 00:34:48,653 that I've done along the way. 698 00:34:48,787 --> 00:34:52,524 And I just moved into this new house and I've collected 699 00:34:52,657 --> 00:34:56,695 a lot of these plaques and my gear, and now I'm looking back 700 00:34:56,828 --> 00:35:00,598 and I'm like, "Dang, I've done some pretty cool things." 701 00:35:01,199 --> 00:35:05,236 That is when I won my first main roster title, 702 00:35:05,370 --> 00:35:07,339 the Diva's Championship. 703 00:35:07,472 --> 00:35:10,075 The WrestleMania 34 plaque. 704 00:35:10,208 --> 00:35:13,845 This is the robe I wore in that match. 705 00:35:13,979 --> 00:35:17,782 I believe it was the first women's single match on 706 00:35:17,916 --> 00:35:22,821 WrestleMania since Trish Stratus and Mickie James. 707 00:35:22,954 --> 00:35:27,659 Here is a piece of the ring in the plaque from WrestleMania 32. 708 00:35:27,792 --> 00:35:30,595 Here's versus Trish at SummerSlam. 709 00:35:30,729 --> 00:35:34,165 That match needed to be how people remember her because 710 00:35:34,299 --> 00:35:36,034 that's her technically last match, 711 00:35:36,167 --> 00:35:38,503 which turned out really well. 712 00:35:38,636 --> 00:35:41,806 You have to enjoy the journey to get to the destination, 713 00:35:41,940 --> 00:35:43,508 and it goes by fast. 714 00:35:43,642 --> 00:35:46,444 I feel like for a couple years, I was just, "Go, go, go." 715 00:35:46,578 --> 00:35:49,314 and not really taking a second to look and see what 716 00:35:49,447 --> 00:35:51,416 I'd accomplished and done. 717 00:35:51,549 --> 00:35:53,618 This was like part of that process to be like, 718 00:35:53,752 --> 00:35:55,120 "Wow, I've done all these things." 719 00:36:03,194 --> 00:36:05,296 "What, baby? 720 00:36:05,430 --> 00:36:10,502 Do you want to stay with me forever?" 721 00:36:10,635 --> 00:36:11,736 - [laughs] 722 00:36:11,870 --> 00:36:15,640 - Oh, okay. Okay. 723 00:36:15,774 --> 00:36:19,277 If you're a fan of wrestling, you know what I've done, 724 00:36:19,411 --> 00:36:22,914 but if you don't, that stigma is there like, 725 00:36:23,048 --> 00:36:24,983 "Okay, the dad's a wrestler, she's a wrestler, 726 00:36:25,116 --> 00:36:27,152 Ric Flair's daughter." 727 00:36:27,285 --> 00:36:29,421 No matter what I do, I'm always compared to you. 728 00:36:29,554 --> 00:36:30,655 - I don't believe that anymore. 729 00:36:30,789 --> 00:36:31,456 - I do. 730 00:36:31,589 --> 00:36:33,725 - You've far exceeded me. 731 00:36:33,858 --> 00:36:36,261 Do you know what people will forget about me? 732 00:36:36,394 --> 00:36:38,797 I've been on TV for 50 years. 733 00:36:38,930 --> 00:36:40,598 She's been on for 10 years. 734 00:36:40,732 --> 00:36:44,169 She's already set the bar so high, anything she does more 735 00:36:44,302 --> 00:36:46,404 will just be adding to her legacy. 736 00:36:46,538 --> 00:36:49,774 - See, that's where I get frustrated because it's like 737 00:36:49,908 --> 00:36:52,343 I feel like I'm just now getting good. 738 00:36:52,477 --> 00:36:54,179 I feel like I'm just getting started. 739 00:36:54,312 --> 00:36:56,548 - I've been saying it for a long time in different ways, 740 00:36:56,681 --> 00:36:59,050 but to be the best you got to beat the best. 741 00:36:59,184 --> 00:37:01,619 She's the best professional wrestler I've ever 742 00:37:01,753 --> 00:37:04,756 seen in my entire life. 743 00:37:04,889 --> 00:37:06,858 - I get annoyed when he says that, but I only feel like I can 744 00:37:06,991 --> 00:37:09,928 get there and I feel that within myself. 745 00:37:10,061 --> 00:37:13,231 I will look at my work from 2015 and I'm like, 746 00:37:13,364 --> 00:37:15,633 "Oh, that's no good." 747 00:37:15,767 --> 00:37:17,702 16, 17, "Oh." 748 00:37:17,836 --> 00:37:19,738 18, I started to really figure it out and now I'm like, 749 00:37:19,871 --> 00:37:24,609 "All right. It's game time." 750 00:37:24,742 --> 00:37:27,512 It really is our Super Bowl. 751 00:37:27,645 --> 00:37:29,080 What makes this Mania so special is this is where I put myself 752 00:37:29,214 --> 00:37:36,187 on the map where I made a name for myself. 753 00:37:36,321 --> 00:37:39,390 I had everything to prove then, at WrestleMania 32. 754 00:37:39,524 --> 00:37:42,093 I feel like I've proved myself all these years, 755 00:37:42,227 --> 00:37:45,897 and now I have to prove that I'm now as good as they say. 756 00:37:46,030 --> 00:37:47,699 - Go do it, kid. 757 00:37:47,832 --> 00:37:50,368 Kill them. 758 00:37:50,502 --> 00:37:53,171 - I met Manny in 2018. 759 00:37:53,304 --> 00:37:55,006 He's been so supportive. 760 00:37:55,140 --> 00:37:59,177 His biggest thing is I need to always know my worth. 761 00:37:59,310 --> 00:38:00,745 "You're Charlotte Flair. 762 00:38:00,879 --> 00:38:04,849 Don't lower yourself to what you're not." 763 00:38:07,218 --> 00:38:11,289 - This is her Olympics, and she treats it as such. 764 00:38:11,422 --> 00:38:15,927 She trains and thinks and commits like an Olympic athlete. 765 00:38:16,060 --> 00:38:19,130 - I think that as many accomplishments as she's had, 766 00:38:19,264 --> 00:38:21,599 she can get in the way of herself. 767 00:38:21,733 --> 00:38:25,203 She can be her own worst enemy and not let herself enjoy all 768 00:38:25,336 --> 00:38:29,040 of the successes that she's had, all of the history that she's 769 00:38:29,174 --> 00:38:34,212 made, and just how damn good she is. 770 00:38:34,345 --> 00:38:38,216 - Charlotte is so far removed from Ric Flair's shadow. 771 00:38:38,349 --> 00:38:40,485 It's not even a freaking joke. 772 00:38:40,618 --> 00:38:42,754 She has built such an important legacy. 773 00:38:42,887 --> 00:38:44,355 She has a Hall of Fame career. 774 00:38:44,489 --> 00:38:47,959 I have chills thinking about that. 775 00:38:48,092 --> 00:38:49,394 - You get goosebumps. 776 00:38:49,527 --> 00:38:51,162 You know that you're watching someone 777 00:38:51,296 --> 00:38:54,399 who is a generational talent. 778 00:38:54,532 --> 00:38:56,968 She's the real deal. 779 00:38:57,101 --> 00:38:59,637 - And a cover. 780 00:38:59,771 --> 00:39:01,439 Flair retains the title. 781 00:39:01,573 --> 00:39:06,010 - There's a reason why queens stay queens. 782 00:39:07,145 --> 00:39:09,480 [applause] 783 00:39:09,614 --> 00:39:11,015 - I can't believe it's over. 784 00:39:11,149 --> 00:39:13,518 I want to do it all over again. 785 00:39:13,651 --> 00:39:15,186 I feel like a grown-up now versus when 786 00:39:15,320 --> 00:39:16,621 I was here last time. 787 00:39:29,567 --> 00:39:31,536 - I feel like I've been playing catch-up all these years. 788 00:39:31,669 --> 00:39:34,105 I'm finally getting the hang of it, but I've already had such 789 00:39:34,239 --> 00:39:37,041 an incredible career. 790 00:39:37,175 --> 00:39:39,244 But if I could do it all over again, now I'm just learning it. 791 00:39:39,377 --> 00:39:42,981 Now having fun in there and feeling them and the crowd, 792 00:39:43,114 --> 00:39:46,451 and the emotion, and enjoying the moment. 793 00:39:46,584 --> 00:39:50,588 When I hear "Woo" like the arena does, I just hope one day that 794 00:39:50,722 --> 00:39:55,560 all those little kids grow up and that's my "woo". 795 00:39:55,693 --> 00:39:57,428 They're not doing it because I'm Flair's daughter. 796 00:39:57,562 --> 00:40:01,099 They're doing it because I'm Charlotte Flair. 797 00:40:02,600 --> 00:40:10,942 ♪ 798 00:40:11,075 --> 00:40:15,246 - It's been a while since I've come to see him. 799 00:40:19,484 --> 00:40:22,720 - He'd probably be loving all the attention. 800 00:40:22,854 --> 00:40:25,623 [laughs] 801 00:40:26,424 --> 00:40:28,893 I talk to him sometimes, but I think it's just hard that 802 00:40:29,027 --> 00:40:31,162 I'm getting older and he's not. 803 00:40:31,296 --> 00:40:38,603 He's the same age, so I just wonder what he'd be like older. 804 00:40:42,740 --> 00:40:45,310 My success, I had hoped that it had gotten him 805 00:40:45,443 --> 00:40:46,811 on the right path. 806 00:40:46,944 --> 00:40:50,181 He was proud of me. 807 00:40:50,315 --> 00:40:53,651 I always get upset when I say this. 808 00:40:54,252 --> 00:40:57,622 When he was in Japan, he sent me a Facebook message, 809 00:40:57,755 --> 00:41:00,858 "When I'm tired and I don't feel like going or--" 810 00:41:00,992 --> 00:41:02,794 He said he didn't give up because he would 811 00:41:02,927 --> 00:41:05,263 think of me and how hard I worked. 812 00:41:05,396 --> 00:41:09,400 That's how he thought of me, that I inspired him when 813 00:41:09,534 --> 00:41:13,471 ultimately I'm here because of him. 814 00:41:14,772 --> 00:41:16,841 I think it's just a reminder not to get caught up in the wrong 815 00:41:16,974 --> 00:41:20,478 things and remember why you started. 816 00:41:20,611 --> 00:41:22,980 Don't take it so serious. 817 00:41:23,114 --> 00:41:25,950 I didn't take it serious when I started and it got me this far, 818 00:41:26,084 --> 00:41:27,819 so don't overthink it now. 819 00:41:27,952 --> 00:41:30,455 [laughs] 820 00:41:31,556 --> 00:41:35,193 - After WrestleMania, I married the love of my life, 821 00:41:35,326 --> 00:41:39,497 everything is perfect right now. 822 00:41:39,630 --> 00:41:42,200 - I think Charlotte Flair is just a standalone name. 823 00:41:42,333 --> 00:41:45,870 She's able to do things that other women aren't able to do. 824 00:41:46,004 --> 00:41:50,074 She's just done so much that brings attention to the WWE. 825 00:41:50,208 --> 00:41:54,846 - The 13-time Women's Champion. 826 00:41:54,979 --> 00:42:00,651 - I love her so much and I want her to know that 827 00:42:00,785 --> 00:42:04,489 nobody could ever carry on a legacy for anybody better 828 00:42:04,622 --> 00:42:05,890 than she could carry on mine. 829 00:42:07,792 --> 00:42:10,328 - Charlotte Flair was built for the spotlight, 830 00:42:10,461 --> 00:42:12,697 built for the grand stage. 831 00:42:12,830 --> 00:42:14,565 - I would never in a million years, 832 00:42:14,699 --> 00:42:16,534 never thought I'd be here. 833 00:42:16,667 --> 00:42:21,372 Sometimes it hits me that I made it on my own. 834 00:42:21,506 --> 00:42:24,942 To see my progress, it's like growing into my own boots. 835 00:42:25,076 --> 00:42:27,712 It's a good feeling, rewarding to watch yourself 836 00:42:27,845 --> 00:42:29,614 and not criticize yourself. 837 00:42:29,747 --> 00:42:32,850 Like, wow, that's awesome.