Charlotte Flair has mostly been a lone wolf in her years in WWE.
The 14-time world women’s champion spoke to The Post to promote Friday’s official ticket release for WWE’s WrestleMania XL at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia next Apr. 6-7.
Charlotte’s father, Ric Flair, led the Four Horsemen, one of the legendary stables in pro wrestling history.
Charlotte was asked to pick which current women’s wrestlers she’d want in a current incarnation of the group.
After saying she’d want one competitor apiece from NXT, Raw and SmackDown, Charlotte wound up selecting Tiffany, Trish Stratus and Asuka.
Asuka was an interesting choice as the two have been rivals for years, including being two of three combatants (along with Bianca Belair) in a triple-threat match for the WWE women’s championship, plus a one-on-one match this past week on “SmackDown” that wound up getting interrupted.
“I think I’m always going to have some competition with Asuka, whether she’s champion or not, because iron sharpens iron,” Flair said.
As far as the J.J. Dillon-esque manager of the Horswomen, Flair said that she would like a “guy” for the role.
She first would have wanted to choose Paul Heyman; pressed that Heyman is busy with the Bloodline angle, Flair agreed that The Miz would make an excellent manager.
“He’d be fantastic,” Flair said.
“He’s so in-your-face. He doesn’t mind being the bad guy, and he’s entertaining whether he’s in or out of the ring, and that’s what you need in a manager.”
Pro wrestling is a surreal genre where people’s real-life personas blend into their characters, and vice versa.
Given that Charlotte has virtually always been around the title picture in her years in WWE, The Post wondered if she feels differently in real-life when she’s the storyline champion versus not.
“No, I just have less luggage to carry,” she laughed.
“I think that’s what kept me in the title picture for all these years, is because when I do have the title I work the same as I do without it — like the amount of effort that I put into my character, my gear, my training and still wanting to have the best match is the same whether I’m champion or not.
“I think that’s what separates me from the rest.”
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