{"id":158254,"date":"2023-05-04T14:12:48","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T19:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=158254"},"modified":"2023-05-04T14:12:48","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T19:12:48","slug":"charlotte-flair-says-she-enjoyed-the-challenge-of-wrestlemania-39-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/05\/04\/charlotte-flair-says-she-enjoyed-the-challenge-of-wrestlemania-39-match\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlotte Flair says she enjoyed the challenge of WrestleMania 39 match"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1567113242\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Charlotte Flair says that working with Rhea Ripley was a challenge she enjoyed.<\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/boardroom.tv\/charlotte-flair-wwe-champion\/\">interview with Boardroom<\/a>, Flair talked about her mindset in working against Ripley at WrestleMania 39 and Ripley&#8217;s character pushing her performance during the match.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I find it as a challenge \u2014 and that\u2019s what I was so invested in, the challenge \u2014 because it\u2019s easy for me to just go out there and be an arrogant you-know-what,&#8221; Flair said of working with Rhea Ripley at WrestleMania 39. &#8220;Rhea\u2019s character isn\u2019t necessarily arrogant; it\u2019s edgy. It\u2019s cool. She\u2019s not a heel. You want to portray her as a star; you don\u2019t want to label her as a good or bad guy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Knowing that I could make that come to life was such a great challenge for me as a performer and where I\u2019m at. That\u2019s when it gets fun, I\u2019m outta my head just changing some of the things up that I would naturally do in a match. It was a great challenge; I don\u2019t know how else to put it without giving away the magic.<\/p>\n<p>At WrestleMania 39, Flair lost the Smackdown Women&#8217;s Championship to Ripley. 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