WWE Royal Rumble Winner Charlotte Aptitude Is Formally Divorcing Fellow Wrestler Andrade
WWE celebrity Charlotte Aptitude is at the moment using excessive after her incredible and historic victory at the 2025 Royal Rumble, however behind the scenes, her private life has taken a special flip. After almost six years collectively, Charlotte and fellow wrestling star Andrade have formally referred to as it quits. In response to courtroom paperwork obtained by TMZ, Charlotte, whose actual title Ashley Elizabeth Fliehr, filed for divorce from Andrade (actual title Manuel Alfonso Andrade Oropeza) in June 2024 in Florida. The divorce was formally finalized in October 2024, which marked the top of their two-year marriage.
The pair started courting six years in the past after attending to know one another as colleagues at WWE, and that finally led to them getting engaged in 2020 earlier than marrying in a lavish ceremony in Mexico in 2022, attended by a number of star wrestlers. Charlotte hasn’t had her troubles to hunt throughout their relationship — not that it was of the couple’s making, however reasonably, her personal struggles with critical damage — and infrequently praised her husband in public, crediting his assist throughout her restoration from a critical knee damage that sidelined her for a 12 months.
Charlotte Returns to the Squared Circle
Regardless of the private upheaval, Charlotte made a triumphant return to the WWE highlight over the weekend, triumphing in the 2025 Royal Rumble at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, throwing NXT standout Roxanne Perez excessive rope, and outlasting 29 different rivals to say victory, totally recovered from her devastating knee damage.
It additionally made Charlotte — the daughter of wrestling icon Ric Aptitude — the first lady to win the Royal Rumble twice—cementing her legacy as one of many best feminine wrestlers of all time. It additionally secured her a championship alternative at WrestleMania 41 in Las Vegas, the place she’ll have the selection of going through both Rhea Ripley or Tiffany Stratton for one of many two Girls’s World Championship titles. Charlotte additionally opened up within the post-show press convention about how tough the final 12 months has been, however vowed to profit from her likelihood.
“I spent the final 12 months questioning, ‘Is it going to occur to me once more?’ It was actually laborious to course of. However listening to my music tonight and seeing the indicators, I wanted to get the primary match beneath my belt. Right here’s the factor: I’m going to work smarter, not more durable.”
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