Charlotte Flair on How She Found Out She’d be Facing Asuka at WrestleMania, Discusses Why She Wants to Face Asuka so Badly, and a Hint for Her Entrance Gear for the Event

– Barstool Sports recently interviewed Smackdown Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair ahead of her WrestleMania 34 match with Asuka. Below are some highlights.

Charlotte Flair on her dental surgery and missing Smackdown last week: “I’m good. They just kept me off TV because it was so swollen and I was talking funny from the stitches. They cleared me to wrestle, but I just looked a mess. So, I’ll be back next week.”

Charlotte on how she didn’t know Asuka would face her until Fastlane: “[At the Royal Rumble] I was standing there hoping that everyone in ‘Gorilla’ or the writing team watching going, ‘She has to pick me. I’m the only logical pick. She has to pick me!’ and then Ronda [Rousey’s] music hits, and I’m like, ‘No, she still has to pick me’ because I wanted to face Asuka that bad and I didn’t know. I didn’t know – I kind of heard rumblings – but I didn’t know for sure until Fastlane.”

Charlotte Flair on why she wants to face Asuka: “She has so much respect from the WWE Universe and fans worldwide, and she’s different. For me it’s more because I’ve never faced her. No one’s even seen a singles, a tag, nothing from NXT. I mean, we have never crossed paths and that is very special in our industry. Because, I mean, you’ve at least wrestled once, right? How have we never touched?”

Her hint at her WrestleMania 34 entrance gear: “My gear is always very much the same shape, but the robe and the entire look is very much inspired from Triple H’s [WrestleMania 30] entrance.”