Charlotte Flair addresses current relationship with Four Horsewomen

Charlotte Flair says she fell in love with wrestling because she fell in love with the Four Horsewomen.

Flair addressed her current relationship with Becky Lynch, Mercedes Mone, and Bayley in a new article for The Players’ Tribune published on Tuesday.

She wrote:

“We’ve definitely had our ups and downs over the years. I won’t pretend we’re best friends…… or that we’re all even friends at the moment. I won’t pretend there’s a 4HW group chat I’ll send this article to when it publishes. And thinking about it that way, it does make me sad sometimes. But I also think it’s part of life, you know? Especially at the highest levels of professional competition. And on a professional level?? The respect between the four of us is absolute — and the bonds we share are f***ing indestructible. There’s not another person alive who knows what we’ve been through as a group, or what it’s taken for us to all still be active, and to all still be at the top of our games, as women working in a business that’s still learning how to treat women.“

Lynch and Flair’s friendship developed during their time in NXT, but they had a falling out in 2021 that led to a backstage confrontation following the infamous “title exchange” segment on SmackDown. Last year, however, Lynch said in an interview promoting her autobiography that things were “good” between the two.

Flair continued to say of the Horsewomen:

“I have a different, perfect chemistry with each of them — and if I wrote about them individually, I’d be writing forever. So instead I’ll just say this one thing, that is very meaningful for me, and that will always tie them together in my heart as a trio: I grew up in wrestling because of my dad … I got into wrestling because of my brother. But I fell in love with wrestling because of the Horsewomen. 

I fell in love with wrestling because I fell in love with Becky, Bayley and Mercedes as wrestlers.

And nothing will ever change that.“

Also in the article, Flair addressed her brother Reid and the impact his death in 2013 at age 25 has had on her.

“Maybe this will sound strange, but in a way it feels harder to talk about Reid’s death now than ever. And I think that’s because I keep getting older, I keep experiencing things, I keep living — and the more I keep doing all of that, the more aware I am of how Reid isn’t doing the same.‘

She went on to describe her little brother as “the only person in my life who’s ever known me, fully, and loved me anyway.“

Flair also addressed facing confidence issues during her career, tying them into the criticism some fans have that she “wins all the time.”

“Actually….. I lose pretty often. I’ve spent a lot of my life losing. And if I’m being really real — I’ve spent a lot of my life feeling like a loser.”

“I’ve lost at just about everything there is to lose at: I’ve flaked on promises. I’ve cut and run from challenges. I’ve quit on dreams. I’ve had my childhood home foreclosed on. I’ve alienated friends. I’ve disappointed family. I’ve given up on myself. I’ve lost people I love. And yeah, let’s just get it out of the way: I’ve gotten divorced three times.”

Elsewhere in the article, Flair addressed her controversial segment with Tiffany Stratton from the April 4 edition of WWE SmackDown, when Stratton commented on Flair having been divorced three times.

“So when it got mentioned in Chicago that I have an “0–3 record at marriages” … yeah, it rocked me legit. I’m not too proud to tell you that. I don’t need everyone thinking I’m playing 5-D chess all of the time. My reaction to that line was as genuine as it gets.”

She continued, “honestly, that stuff hits me harder than any bump I’ve taken. Like, it’s tough enough to play a queen on your BEST day, you know?? On your worst day, it’s even tougher.”

The full article from the Player’s Tribune is available here.