It’s going to be strange having WrestleMania 40 without Charlotte Flair as she recovers from knee surgery. If The Queen has her way, however, she’ll be back in a WWE ring sooner than originally expected.
Flair tore multiple ligaments on the Dec. 8 episode of SmackDown, and the original prognosis after her January surgery was that she’d be out of action for nine months. That would mean she’d potentially be back late this fall.
But she’s got her eyes on getting back even faster, as she told CNBC in a recent interview (h/t Wrestling Observer for the transcription).
I’m six weeks out Thursday. I’m ahead of schedule and every day all I can think about is returning back to the ring, especially with all the excitement of The Rock, going to Netflix, WrestleMania 40 in Philadelphia, all I can think about is getting back and winning that number 15.
Another reason Flair is likely anxious to return is that her husband Andrade made his way back to WWE from AEW during the time she’s been out. He has yet to start up his first program, but was featured in a vignette on this week’s episode of Raw that made it appear something is in the works for him soon.
The 37-year-old Flair has had relatively good luck with injuries throughout her career, meaning the need to push hard and rehab is somewhat new to her. Happily for her fans, it sounds like she’s attacking it with gusto so she can do what she does best as soon as possible.
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