What was supposed to be a simple promo leading into their WrestleMania 41 match turned into something WWE seemingly didn’t sign off on. Credit: WWE on Netflix
By Sam Neumann on

What was supposed to be a simple promo leading into their WrestleMania 41 match turned into something WWE seemingly didn’t sign off on.

During the April 4 SmackDown at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois, Charlotte Flair and Tiffany Stratton appeared to throw the script out the window. According to @WrestleVotes on X (formerly Twitter), the two “said very little of what was in the rundown for them” and went “off script quite a bit.”

Instead, they exchanged personal barbs that crossed a proverbial line, prompting WWE to delete the clip from its official X account shortly after.

In the heated back-and-forth, Stratton took a shot at Flair’s multiple divorces, prompting Flair to fire back by claiming Stratton’s boyfriend, fellow wrestler Ludwig Kaiser, had been sliding into her DMs.

And just in case anyone missed the tension, WWE’s YouTube version of the segment was edited to remove the more controversial, unscripted moments.

WWE can scrub the clip, but the moment’s already out there. What was supposed to be a simple promo turned into something fans won’t forget anytime soon, and WWE’s quick response appears to indicate the company wasn’t expecting it to go this far.

That said, it’ll be interesting to see how WWE handles the fallout. While a lot of the exchange may have been unscripted, it clearly left fans wanting more. And WWE can’t ignore that, even if it got a little too personal.

About Sam Neumann

Since the beginning of 2023, Sam has been a staff writer for Awful Announcing and The Comeback. A 2021 graduate of Temple University, Sam is a Charlotte native, who currently calls Greenville, South Carolina his home. He also has a love/hate relationship with the New York Mets and Jets.

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