Charlotte Flair on retirement: ‘I’m gonna quit when I want to quit’
Just days after her 40th birthday, WWE veteran Charlotte Flair has opened up about retirement talks.
Speaking to Katie Nolan on Casuals, Charlotte Flair was asked when she might start thinking about hanging up her boots. However, confident and determined, Flair opened up and dismissed the idea of a retirement in the near future.
“None of that. It’s unfortunate that those sentences happen because I feel like in our industry, men don’t reach their prime until 40. I started late. I didn’t win my first title until I was 30. Where the girls are now, which is awesome, a lot of people are in their younger 20s,” Flair said.
“But I graduated, had the awkward 20s of not knowing what to do, and then wrestling came later in life. But saying that the men don’t hit their prime until 40, why am I not hitting my prime now? I think it would be easier for people to label me in that box, but I’m not gonna let anyone put me in that box. And I hope women in any profession who are about to turn 40 don’t think that is a slowdown or an endgame.“
Now, 40-year-old Flair is far from calling it over on her despite the rise and emergence of WWE’s younger generation.
“But if anything, whatever industry that you’re in and sport like Lindsey Vonn did, it’s whatever you are capable of and are willing to do and put in the time. I’m very fortunate. I started out on top, so it might seem like my career is longer, but I just have had the opportunity to be at the top of the game. And now I’m not gonna say sorry anymore for winning. I’m not gonna age out of my career. I’m gonna quit when I want to quit,” she concluded.
Ric Flair’s daughter, Flair, has also made a name for herself on the WWE roster. Arguably one of the most popular names in the women’s division, she is also a 14-time World Champion, which is just a couple of reigns behind her father’s record.
She is now scheduled to tag with Alexa Bliss and compete in a potential 4-way women’s tag team championship match at WWE WrestleMania 42.
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