Ric Flair didn’t need an essay after hearing John Cena basically tell Charlotte Flair that he wants her to chase down his biggest record. The Nature Boy saw what Cena said on SmackDown and responded exactly how you’d expect.
After the November 13 episode of WWE SmackDown, the WWE Hall of Famer took to Twitter and thanked Cena for the massive show of respect toward his daughter.
“Thank You @JohnCena! WOOOOO!”
That short reaction came after Cena brought Charlotte to the ring during SmackDown and announced her for the upcoming John Cena Classic. Things quickly got personal when Charlotte talked about the rough period she went through after WrestleMania 41 and how a conversation with Cena helped her get her confidence back. Charlotte recalled Cena giving her one pretty simple piece of advice that changed the way she looked at things.
“Stop trying to be perfect and own who you are.”
Cena returned the love by talking about everything Charlotte has accomplished despite spending her entire career with the Flair name attached to her. Plenty of people assumed being Ric Flair’s daughter gave her an easy road into WWE, but Cena clearly doesn’t see it that way.
“You never had it easy, you made it look easy.”
Then came the part that obviously got Ric’s attention. Cena explained that when he was chasing his record-breaking 17th world championship, he said he wanted to eventually shake the hand of whoever made it to 18. Turns out, Charlotte was the person he had in mind.
The bigger question now is whether WWE actually wants to turn Cena’s words into a long-term story for Charlotte. She suddenly has a very specific number hanging over her career, and every future title win is going to make that race to 18 a little harder to ignore.
Do you want to see Charlotte Flair eventually surpass John Cena’s world championship record? Let us know what you think in the comments.
