Subhojeet Mukherjee on April 9, 2025
Charlotte Flair and Tiffany Stratton caught fans off guard during the April 4 episode of SmackDown when they went off script during their promo. Since then, the segment has been a big topic of discussion among fans and now Flair has been blamed for letting the crowd reactions affect her during the promo.
While speaking on his YouTube channel, Jim Cornette talked about Charlotte Flair and Tiffany Stratton’s SmackDown promo and how it fell apart. He pointed to Charlotte as the reason things broke down, saying she let the crowd get to her. Instead of staying focused on the promo, she reacted to the audience’s boos and let them slow her down, which threw off the entire segment.
The show was in Chicago, and the crowd decided to cheer for Tiffany and boo Charlotte. Cornette said this wasn’t real hate, it was just fans having fun, like they do with Dominik Mysterio. However, Cornette noted that Charlotte made it clear the boos were bothering her, and once the crowd saw that, they kept going even harder.
“I don’t know what ill will there is between these two women, but the reason this whole thing went sideways and off the rails was because Charlotte let the crowd get to her. She made it obvious, and that threw off what they were trying to do.
Meanwhile, here comes Charlotte, and the crowd doesn’t like her. They’re in Chicago, not Charlotte, and the people started booing her—just like they do with Dominik, just like they do when they randomly decide. This time, they decided they like Tiffany, so now they don’t like Charlotte, and they boo the hell out of her. But she made it clear that it was bothering her. She was trying to do her part, saying things like, ‘Tiffany wanted a moment,’ or asking if she had done any charity work lately. She was trying to talk down to the rookie.
In this program, you heard the guys in the last segment keep going even when the people were booing, because it’s stuff that needs to be said. Sure, you can milk it, but the issue was Charlotte started reacting to the crowd more than staying in the moment. She let them slow her down. Worse, they saw they were getting to her, and that only made them go harder.”
Cornette pointed out that experienced wrestlers should know how to deal with this kind of thing. Charlotte repeating her lines after getting interrupted made it look like she was reading a script instead of speaking naturally. That told the crowd they were throwing her off, and they took advantage of it.
Cornette also mentioned that other wrestlers earlier in the show kept going strong even when the crowd was loud. They stayed focused. However, Charlotte Flair let the noise distract her and even started talking back to the fans instead of keeping the promo on track.
Cornette felt she should have known better, especially given her experience, and compared the situation to how Ric Flair would have handled it, using the heat to his advantage rather than letting it derail him.
“Here’s something I’ve noticed lately: someone will start a sentence, the crowd reacts or boos, and they stop and milk it—but then go back and start the same sentence again. That shows it wasn’t natural, it was scripted. And when the crowd sees that, they know they’ve thrown you off, and they’ll do it more. Charlotte should know better by now—she’s been around long enough to handle being booed during promos.
Goddamn it, enjoy it. Do you think Flair would’ve stopped when he was yelling at Dusty and the crowd was hot? Hell no. He would’ve just thrown in a line like, ‘Shut up, fat boy! My shoes cost more than your house!’ and kept going.”
Charlotte Flair’s comment, “Why is Ludwig Kaiser in my DMs?” during her promo with Tiffany Stratton quickly went viral and but Kaiser handled it like a champ. According to Fightful Select, Charlotte didn’t look happy after the segment, while some people felt Tiffany did the right thing by standing up for herself, especially since Charlotte had taken over their last promo a few weeks ago.
Backstage, the whole thing was described as a “wreck.” Both women got some blame, Charlotte for starting it and Tiffany for going too far in her response. One person said people were confused when Charlotte copied Tiffany’s voice, and everyone realized things had gone off-script when it got tense.
We’ll have to wait and see how WWE continues to build the feud between Charlotte Flair and Tiffany Stratton in the weeks leading up to WrestleMania 41. There’s clearly a lot of drama between them, and fans are hoping things settle down so the storyline can stay on track.
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What did you think about Charlotte Flair’s performance during the SmackDown promo with Tiffany Stratton? Do you think the fans went too far, or was this just part of the live show experience? Let us know your thoughts in the comments—we’d love to hear your feedback!
April 9, 2025 9:11 am
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