Charlotte Flair Isn’t Among All-Time Greats According to WWE Legend

A WWE Hall of Famer doesn’t see Charlotte Flair as an all-time great.

At least statistically, Charlotte Flair is the greatest female wrestler in WWE history.

Flair has won more championships than anyone on the roster, past or present, as well as winning the Royal Rumble twice. She’s also one quarter of WWE’s famed “Four Horsewomen,” who helped force the company to change its whole approach to women’s wrestling.

So her place as one of the all-time greats is assured, right? Not according to one Hall of Famer.

Rikishi Shares Thoughts On Charlotte Flair And WWE Legends

On the most recent episode of his Off the Top podcast, Rikishi was asked about the possibility of Naomi (his daughter-in-law) working with Charlotte Flair on SmackDown. This brought the conversation to Flair and the subject of her legacy in WWE.

However, when questioned about whether Flair should be considered one of the greatest female wrestlers of all time, Rikishi bluntly disagreed.

“No, I wouldn’t. There’s so many other wrestlers before her time. Had they been young enough to be able to go, they could have kept up with her. They weren’t built like her, as far as pushing her as far as Superstar status.

There’s a few. Miss Jackie, Miss Texas (Jacqueline Moore). Can you imagine if Miss Texas was young and in this era? Ivory, back in the day. These names that I’m throwing out there were never really pushed, but they were so good of workers that they were able to make other Superstars.

They danced a lot with Trish Stratus. Danced a lot with Lita. All these guys are still relevant today, but you don’t hear too much about women legends like that… If they were in this era, I would love to see Jazz — she would be another good Contender to rock with some of these new chicks,”

During the same episode, Rikishi called out the booking of Jey Uso as “backwards,” questioning his participation in the King of the Ring tournament. The veteran had previously called for WWE’s creative team to be fired for their booking of his son’s World Heavyweight Title reign.

H/t to Fightful