Charlotte Ashley Elizabeth Fliehr ( April 5 , 1986 ) is an American professional wrestler and former personal trainer currently signed to WWE under the ring name Charlotte Flair , where she performs on the Raw brand . She is a four - time WWE Women ' s Champion and also a former NXT Women ' s Champion , and the final recognized WWE Divas Champion . She is the daughter of former professional wrestler Ric Flair and the sister of David Flair and Reid Flair . In 2014 , she was named Rookie of the Year by " Pro Wrestling Illustrated " . Early life . Fliehr was born in Charlotte , North Carolina to Ric Flair and his then - wife Elizabeth . She has an older half - sister , Megan , and an older half - brother , David , while her younger brother Reid died in March 2013 . Fliehr holds two NCHSAA 4 A - State championships for volleyball during her time at Providence High School , including being a team captain and player of the year from 2004 – 2005 . She attended Appalachian State University in Boone , North Carolina before transferring to North Carolina State University , where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science in public relations in Spring 2008 . Fliehr was a certified personal trainer prior to becoming a wrestler . Professional wrestling career . World Wrestling Entertainment / WWE . NXT ( 2012 – 2014 ) . On May 17 , 2012 , Fliehr signed a developmental contract with WWE , and was assigned to their developmental territory , WWE NXT . She adopted the ring name Charlotte , and had her first televised match on the July 17 , 2013 , episode of " NXT " , where she defeated Bayley . In late 2013 , Charlotte formed a tag team with Bayley , and the two defeated Aksana and Cameron on the September 4 episode of " NXT " . On the October 9 episode of " NXT " , Bayley accompanied Charlotte to a match against Santana Garrett , which she won , and during the match , the BFFs ( Beautiful , Fierce Females ) " ( Summer Rae and Sasha Banks ) came to the ring and attempted to convince Bayley to join them , to Charlotte ' s annoyance . However , on the November 13 episode of " NXT " , Charlotte attacked Bayley and joined the BFFs , establishing herself as a villainess in the process . After a two – month absence due to an injury , Charlotte returned , on the January 8 , 2014 , episode of " NXT " , and began accompanying Rae and Banks to their matches . In February , Charlotte confronted NXT Women ' s Champion Paige during an interview with Renee Young , announcing herself as her next challenger . Following Rae ' s elevation to WWE ' s main roster , Charlotte and Banks went on to feud with Bayley , who formed an alliance with Natalya . On the March 27 episode of " NXT " , Charlotte was defeated by Natalya by disqualification after Banks interfered . The feud between Charlotte and Paige ended on the April 24 episode of " NXT " , when Charlotte and Banks defeated Emma and Paige , with Charlotte scoring the pinfall over Paige . In early May , Charlotte competed in the tournament for the vacant NXT Women ' s Championship , defeating Emma in the first round , Alexa Bliss in the semi – finals , and Natalya in the final at NXT TakeOver , to win the NXT Women ' s Championship for the first time . After a four – month absence from the show , Summer Rae returned on the June 5 episode of " NXT " , distracting Bayley and allowing Charlotte to defeat her . After the match , The BFFs attempted to attack Bayley , only to be chased away by Emma and the returning Paige . The altercation prompted a six - woman tag team match on the June 12 episode of " NXT " , which The BFFs lost after Bayley pinned Charlotte . On the July 3 episode of " NXT " , Charlotte got a measure of retribution over Bayley in a tag team match , where she and Banks defeated Bayley and Becky Lynch . After the match , Charlotte left Banks to get attacked by Bayley , with Banks officially disbanding the BFFs in a backstage segment later that night . On the July 24 episode of " NXT " , Charlotte successfully defended her championship against Summer Rae . Charlotte then went on to defeat Bayley at to retain the championship . After the match , she stopped Banks from attacking Bayley afterwards , and after defeating Bayley in a rematch on October 2 , she raised Bayley ' s arm before they shared a hug and shook hands . Following this , Charlotte and Bayley feuded with Banks and her partner Becky Lynch throughout the following several weeks . Charlotte made her first appearance on WWE ' s main roster on the Slammy Awards special episode of " Raw " on December 8 , where she lost to Natalya in a non - title match . Charlotte retained her championship against Banks at on December 11 , and in rematches that took place on the December 25 and the January 21 , 2015 episodes of " NXT " , respectively . At , Charlotte lost the championship to Banks in a fatal four - way match that also involved Bayley and Becky Lynch , ending her reign at 258 days . She failed to regain the championship in a rematch against Banks that took place on the March 4 episode of " NXT " . At on May 20 , Charlotte teamed up with Bayley to defeat Emma and Dana Brooke . After defeating Emma and Brooke again on the July 8 episode of " NXT " , this time teaming with her rival Sasha Banks , Charlotte challenged Banks to an NXT Women ' s Championship match , which Banks accepted . They had their championship match the following week on the July 15 episode of " NXT " , in which Banks retained the championship . Afterwards , the two shared a hug and Banks raised Charlotte ' s hand as a sign of respect . Championship reigns ( 2015 – present ) . Charlotte made her official debut on the main roster on the July 13 , 2015 episode of " Raw " along with Sasha Banks and Becky Lynch , after Stephanie McMahon called for a " revolution " in the WWE Divas division and while Charlotte and Lynch allied with Paige , who was feuding with Team Bella ( Alicia Fox and Brie and Nikki Bella ) , Banks allied with Tamina and Naomi and a brawl between the three teams started . The trio of Charlotte , Lynch and Paige , which was originally dubbed the " Submission Sorority " , was renamed to " Team PCB " , after the first – name initials of each wrestler . In her pay - per - view debut , on July 19 at Battleground , Charlotte defeated Banks and Brie Bella in a triple – threat match . The three teams would ultimately face off at SummerSlam in a three team elimination match , which PCB won after Lynch pinned Brie Bella . On the August 31 episode of " Raw " , Charlotte overcame fellow PCB members ' records in the first ever " Divas Beat the Clock challenge " , and was named the new number one contender to Nikki Bella ' s Divas Championship . Her title match with Nikki , initially advertised for Night of Champions , took place on the September 14 episode of " Raw " , so Charlotte could stop Bella from surpassing AJ Lee ' s record and becoming the new longest – reigning Divas Champion . Charlotte won the match by disqualification , but not the title , since Brie and Nikki switched places and Charlotte pinned Brie . On September 20 , at Night of Champions , Charlotte received a rematch , where she defeated Nikki to win the Divas Championship for the first time . During Charlotte ' s celebration , the following night on " Raw " , Paige cut a worked shoot promo and turned on her partners , berating them and the Divas division . Throughout October , Paige appeared to have reconciled with Lynch and Charlotte , only to attack them and solidify her heel turn , the night after Charlotte successfully retained her championship against Nikki Bella at Hell in a Cell . Charlotte successfully defended her title against Paige , on three different occasions , at Survivor Series , on November 22 , in a rematch , the following night on " Raw " , and at TLC , on December 13 . On the November 30 episode of " Raw " , Charlotte began displaying villainous traits , after defeating Becky Lynch by feigning a leg injury , followed by a distraction provided by her father . Throughout December , the relationship between Charlotte and Lynch continued to strain , and after losing to her on the January 4 , 2016 episode " Raw " , Charlotte attacked her and solidified her heel turn . Charlotte successfully retained the Divas Championship against Lynch , with help from her father , three days later on " SmackDown " , and at the Royal Rumble on January 24 . On the February 1 episode of " Raw " , after Charlotte lost to Brie Bella in a non – title match , the two competed again at Fastlane , on February 21 , where Charlotte once again prevailed . She also retained the title against Natalya at Roadblock , on March 12 . Reanimating her rivalry with Sasha Banks and Becky Lynch , both women went on to compete in two matches to determine the number one contender for Charlotte ' s WWE Divas Championship at WrestleMania 32 , with the first bout ending as a no contest , after a double pin occurred , and the second as well , after both Banks and Lynch were attacked by Charlotte . As a result , a triple threat match between Banks , Lynch and Charlotte for the Divas Championship was announced for WrestleMania . At the event , after it was announced during transmission that the Divas Championship would be withdrawn and it would be replaced with the new Women ' s Championship , with all three women competing for it in the triple threat match , in which she defeated Lynch and Banks , with help of her father , to become the inaugural champion in her WrestleMania in - ring début . After being confronted by Natalya during Charlotte ' s championship celebration the following night , Charlotte made her first successful title defense against her on the April 11 episode of " Raw " . On the April 18 episode of " Raw " , Charlotte was confronted by Natalya during an interview where Natalya revealed that Shane McMahon had booked them in a rematch for the Women ' s Championship at Payback and that her uncle Bret Hart would be at her corner . At the event , she defeated Natalya after match referee Charles Robinson , ended the match as Charlotte held Natalya in the Sharpshooter submission hold , Natalya ' s signature finishing move , even though she had not submitted making reference to the infamous " shoot screwjob " the Montreal Screwjob . After the match , both Natalya and Hart applied their finishing maneuver the " Sharpshooter " on Charlotte and Ric Flair . The following month at the Extreme Rules pay - per - view , Charlotte once again retained her title against Natalya in a submission match in which Ric Flair was banned from ringside , however , she was helped by Dana Brooke while dressed as Flair to provide a distraction on her . The following night on " Raw " , Charlotte turned on her father by claiming he was no longer needed , and aligned herself with Dana Brooke . They would then defeat Becky Lynch and Natalya at Money in the Bank . Charlotte would reignite her feud with Sasha Banks , starting with the Draft when Charlotte , Brooke and Banks would be drafted to " Raw " . Her first PPV loss came at the hands of Banks and her mystery opponent Bayley at Battleground . She would lose the title to Banks on July 25 episode of " Raw " . Charlotte then regained the title on August 21 at SummerSlam , and retained it against Banks and Bayley at Clash of Champions , however she lost it again to Banks on the October 3 episode of " Raw " . At Hell in a Cell , Charlotte regained the title again from Banks in the first ever female Hell in a Cell match to become a three - time champion . Other media . Fliehr appeared in the January 2016 issue of " Muscle & Fitness " . Personal life . Fliehr was married to Thomas Latimer , a fellow wrestler better known by his ring name Bram , in 2013 . Their divorce was finalized on October 29 , 2015 , in the state of Florida . Fliehr was arrested on September 5 , 2008 in Chapel Hill , North Carolina , for assaulting a police officer after a fight involving Fliehr , her then – partner Riki Johnson , and her father . She pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 45 days in jail , which was suspended to supervised probation and a $ 200 fine .