On the recent edition of Friday Night SmackDown, we have seen the Championship Exchange segment between the Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair to swap Raw and SmackDown Women’s championships. But that segment didn’t go as planned and both stars threw the titles, which were unplanned.
Mike Johnson of PWInsider first reported that Charlotte Flair’s concerns about not wanting to ‘look weak’ in the segment, and that unplanned and awkward nature of the championship exchange led to backstage confrontation between the champions.
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Alex McCarthy of talkSPORT reported that Charlotte Flair left the gorilla position without talking to Vince McMahon after her dispute with Becky Lynch and WWE Chairman wasn’t happy with that.
“Flair walked away and Vince McMahon wasn’t happy Charlotte left gorilla without talking to him. Flair is now heading to Orlando to support Andrade at AEW Dynamite,” wrote Alex McCarthy of talkSPORT.
This report from talkSPORT additionally added that source told them that Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch friendship had strained for some time. It also noted that people close to this situation stated that Flair wasn’t happy about being called ‘plastic’ during a promo two years back and it’s tense since then.
“The Flair/Lynch friendship has been strained for some time.” McCarthy further wrote, “People close to the situation say Flair didn’t appreciate being called ‘plastic’ during a promo a couple of years ago and it’s been tense since.”
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