In an interview with Bloomberg Talks, Charlotte Flair talked about the manner in which her mental health might have played a role in a recent knee injury.
Looking back to the ACL, MCL, and meniscus tear sustained in December 2023, Flair addressed not being in a good place mentally:
I definitely think when I hurt my knee — I tore my ACL — I don’t think I was in the right state of mind, meaning whether it was imposter syndrome, that dialogue [of] how we talk to ourselves, that inner self-talk. I feel like I was in a very negative space and not opening up about it and the anxiety of, you know, being a woman that’s approaching 40, what that looks like, the demands. I want to be able to say, ‘I’m a woman and what I want more of is time.’ And all that pressure adding up, I feel like the reason I hurt my knee is because I wasn’t all there performing.
And for someone who has — I always looked at myself as the iron woman, and when my knee took me out, I was like, all I viewed myself was as a professional wrestler. Like, that’s all I am. And that’s not all I am. And I do have a voice and maybe this is the start of something bigger for me. Like, I love being Charlotte, but taking Charlotte to the next level and making these conversations more accessible or not taboo for people in any kind of industry, I think is so important.
A focus on self-care and mental wellness recently became a priority for the former WWE Women’s Champion, who is an investor in apparel company Self-Care is for Everyone.
Flair and Alexa Bliss defeated Giulia and Kiana Jams on the March 6 edition of SmackDown, now setting their sights on Nia Jax and Lash Legend in their hunt to regain the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship.
Source: F4WOnline