The backstage fallout from the Tiffany Stratton and Charlotte Flair promo segment from SmackDown continues, where both women went off-script. Tiffany brought up Charlotte’s divorce and 3 failed marriages, while Charlotte said Tiffany’s real-life boyfriend, Ludwig Kaiser, is in her DMs.
Fightful Select reports that at least one source close to Stratton alleges Charlotte deviated from the script first, prompting Stratton to respond in kind. This source also claimed that Stratton’s decision to leave the ring after delivering a pointed remark about Flair’s divorce was an attempt to de-escalate the situation, suggesting that underlying tensions had been building.
“At least one source close to Stratton claimed that Charlotte went off script first, then Stratton fought back. The claim was that rolling out of the ring after dropping the marriage line was to try to avoid the situation escalating. The belief was that this situation has been boiling over for a while.”
However, management’s reaction was reportedly negative towards both women involved. “Management wasn’t happy with either woman from what we’re told.”
The backstage reaction during the segment was also noteworthy. “We’ve heard that when the back and forth happened to close the promo, there were some audible ‘oohs’ and ‘woahs’ and general surprise that it unfolded that way.” This indicates that the segment’s conclusion was unexpected, even to WWE Officials backstage.
As we noted before, Ludwig Kaiser tagged Charlotte in his tweet, which was an old WWF video of Shawn Michaels saying:
“Please, do not flatter yourself.”
. @MsCharlotteWWE pic.twitter.com/4yDCw1Cnux
— ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ซ (@wwe_kaiser) April 5, 2025
Ludwig later posted the following on Instagram:
“Me waking up in Europe last Saturday to 1566273 notifications on my phone.”
Tiffany commented the following under Ludwig’s post:
“Lolz.”
On Busted Open Radio, Ric Flair said the following about this infamous promo segment:
“I have an opinion, but I donโt really want to voice it. I can say this, itโs very sensitive. I didnโt like it, but wrestling is wrestling.”
