Okay, so I was wondering the other day, you know, where’s Charlotte Flair? Haven’t seen her around on SmackDown much lately. It got me curious, so I decided to do a little digging myself, just see what was up.
First thing I did was just think back. When was the last time I actually saw her wrestle on TV? Felt like a while. Sometimes wrestlers just take a break, you know, schedule stuff or whatever. But it felt longer than usual.
So, my next step, I went online. Didn’t go anywhere fancy, just popped open my browser and searched something simple like “what happened Charlotte Flair” or “Charlotte Flair injury update”. You gotta start broad sometimes.
Finding Out the Main Story
Right away, a bunch of headlines popped up. Seemed like the main story was pretty consistent across the board. Injury. Okay, that makes sense.
I clicked on a couple of the sports news sites, the ones that usually cover wrestling pretty reliably. Just wanted to get the details straight from sources that seemed okay. Didn’t want just forum rumors.
- The Incident: Found out it happened back in December 2023.
- The Match: It was during her match against Asuka on SmackDown.
- The Injury: Looked like she landed awkwardly or something during the match. Reports said she tore her ACL, MCL, and meniscus. Man, that sounds really rough. Like, a triple whammy for the knee.
The Recovery Part
Then I looked for what happens next. Obviously, with that kind of injury, you’re looking at surgery. Found confirmation that she did have surgery pretty soon after the injury happened.
The big question was how long she’d be out. Most places were saying around 9 months. That’s a long time in wrestling. It basically means she’s likely out for most of 2024, maybe the whole year, depending on how recovery and rehab go. You can’t rush that stuff.
So yeah, that’s what I found out just by poking around online for a bit. Started with just noticing she was gone, did a quick search, read a few articles from places I halfway trust, and got the picture. She had a really bad knee injury during a match, needed surgery, and now she’s on the long road to recovery. Explains everything. Hope she heals up well.
