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Charlotte Flair's Return Looks Imminent In New Training Photo With NXT Star

Make way for the Queen.

Dariel Figueroa

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The WWE women's rosters on all three brands—Raw, Smackdown, and especially NXT—are stronger than ever.

That's saying a lot, but how can you argue with tenured Superstars like Bayley, Liv Morgan, Rhea Ripley, IYO SKY, and Nia Jax leading the way? Add a bevy of brawling beauties like Stephanie Vaquer, Roxanne Perez, and Giulia to the come-up list, and you have a concoction of the best female talent in the world.

This is the landscape Charlotte Flair is returning to.

So, it's no surprise that Flair posted a new photo showing her in a training session with another young grappler on that come-up list, Lainey Reid. In the image, you can see a brace on Flair's knee. The Queen, a 14-time Women's Champion, tore her meniscus, ACL, and MCL in a match with Asuka last December. In other words, she destroyed her knee.

Flair underwent immediate surgery to repair the damage and begin the recovery process. Now, one year later, "Nature Boy" Ric Flair's progeny looks ready to "woo" her way back onto TV.

"From the moment I was taken out, I just have kept telling myself that I’m going to come back the best version of the Queen when I do come back," Flair said in an October interview.

Rumors that Flair would show up at Saturday Night's Main Event circulated just before the show aired. From all accounts, Flair was backstage but has yet to appear in WWE programming.

Surely, Triple H is waiting for the perfect time to bring back Queen Flair. January 6 sounds like a fine date, no?

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Dariel Figueroa
DARIEL FIGUEROA

Dariel Figueroa joined On SI and The Takedown in 2024. He previously served as senior features writer at Uproxx, and has written for Heavy, Fansided, and Paste. Figueroa graduated with a double bachelor’s from Rowan University in journalism and multimedia production, respectively. You can follow him on X (fmr. Twitter) @figgyflow.

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