Charlotte Flair

I've had a connection this year with the audience that I've never had before because I didn't have, I didn't think like, okay, you can be a champ, but you can also be vulnerable.

You can also have bad days.

You don't have to be perfect.

And like showing what it has taken to be on top for nine years instead of like hiding the pressures and pretending you're OK when you're not really OK in those years.

And now it's like, OK, I am all those things.

But like, hey, guys, I am far from perfect.

Actually, I'm faking it half the time.

And then taking on that journey journey has been like.

I've never connected with the audience the way I have connected this year.

And yes, I've been a bad guy for nine years.

But at the same time, when you can't decipher between who Charlotte Flair is and who Ashley Flair is, that was like the problem.

My dad is my dad.

Ric Flair.

Because he's so authentic.

He's timeless.

And I think that's his crossover appeal to pop culture and sports.

No.

And he's never apologized for who he is.

He said, hey, I've done this wrong, but that's what I admire so much about him.

Don't get me wrong, I put my dad in timeout every day.