5 things Bayley has done in WWE that Charlotte Flair has not

When it comes to female WWE Superstars, Charlotte Flair is considered by many to be the best female performer. She's already had 12 reigns as a Champion between her time in NXT and on the main roster in WWE. The Queen has also won a Royal Rumble match. Part of that success is due to genetics and athleticism but some has to be attributed to her last name.

Bayley, on the other hand, started on the independent scene and has had a different path to success in both NXT and WWE. Her fun-loving "Hugger" persona was a fan favorite and it epitomized her as the ultimate face.

But even though Flair might be considered the greatest female WWE Superstar of All Time, there are some things that she hasn't accomplished in her career. A lot of the gimmick matches like Hell in a Cell and Money in the Bank have only recently been utilized for the women over the last five years. Here are five things that Bayley has done in WWE that Charlotte Flair has not.

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#5 Compete in a WWE Elimination Chamber match

Boss and Hug won the Women's Tag titles in the Chamber.

There have been three total Elimination Chamber matches featuring women in WWE. In the first match, Alexa Bliss defended her RAW Women's Championship against five other women. In the second such match, Bayley and Sasha Banks became the Women's Tag Team Champions after outlasting five other teams.

It was during this run that Flair held the SmackDown Women's Championship and was slated to face Asuka at WrestleMania 34. The Empress of Tomorrow had won the first-ever Women's Royal Rumble and chose to challenge the Queen for the SmackDown title.

The most recent Chamber contest also featured women from RAW but not Flair. She had won the 2020 Women's Royal Rumble match and already had a spot at WM 36. Instead of challenging for the RAW or SmackDown Women's Championships, Rhea Ripley essentially goaded the Queen into a title match for the NXT Women's Championship at WM 36. Shayna Baszler, on the other hand, eliminated the entire field in this year's Chamber match.

Flair mostly missed out on these types of matches because she was a Champion at the time. While it helps her mystique and keeps her out of these dangerous types of showdowns, it still counts as something that Bayley has done that Flair hasn't.

#4 Win the WWE Women's Tag Team titles

Two-time Champs

Bayley has the distinction of being in the record books twice regarding the Women's Tag Team titles. Along with her bestie Banks, the former Hugger is a part of the first-ever WWE Women's Tag Team Champions. That accolade cannot be erased or eclipsed. She's also in the record books for that Championship for being a two-time holder of the belts. Nikki Cross and Alexa Bliss have also accomplished the feat of holding those titles twice.

Since she's been featured atop whichever brand she has been on much like Becky Lynch, Flair has rarely competed for the WWE Women's Tag Team belts. She did team with Lynch to oppose the Kabuki Warriors at one point but they fell to Kairi Sane and Asuka.

There's usually a big separation as to which stars compete for the main titles in WWE and which performers compete for tag team gold. While most of the women in WWE have competed for and/or won the tag team titles, Flair has usually spent her time battling for either the RAW or SmackDown Women's titles. It's just a sign of the hierarchy of Superstars within the WWE.

Competing for the tag titles is also a way to keep a top star active, like how both Alexa Bliss, Asuka and Banks have had runs in the division while not competing for a major singles title. You have to think that Flair will win the tag titles at some point in her career so that her WWE Hall of Fame resume will not have any unchecked boxes on it. It could even be a storyline of the one Championship that she hasn't won.

#3 Alter her character

Bayley's heel turn came with a new look.

This entry isn't a criticism of Charlotte Flair but is more so an observation of her time in as a WWE Superstar. In order to switch things up for a character that may be floundering or in need of a big change, they often undergo a gimmick change or heel/face turn. Flair and Bayley have done both during their time on the WWE main roster.

The main difference, however, is that Bayley's persona drastically changed when she turned heel last year. She cut her hair, ditched her "Bayley Buddies" and used a new entrance theme. It's easy to do when you don't have a legendary father, but Bayley has been able to try a completely different character from what she initially portrayed in WWE.

Flair, like Randy Orton, has switched sides when the need has arisen. The main difference, however, has been who they target rather than what they say. Both Orton and Flair still have the same promos but target heels if they are faces and vice versa. Nothing drastic has changed in either's presentation but they are acknowledged as face or heel due to whom they are feuding with.

Bayley has had a clear-cut persona as both a face and a heel. The heel character is almost as if she's "grown up" and stopped relying on fan accolades. Instead, she thinks she's a role model for the fans. While Flair is consistently going to be considered the Greatest Female WWE Performer of All Time, she hasn't really altered her character that much. It's likely due to how management wants to handle her but she's still basically the same performer if she's sneak attacking Lynch or getting blindsided by Nia Jax.

#2 Win a WWE Money in the Bank briefcase

Bayley cashed in on Flair on the same night she claimed the briefcase.

As mentioned on other slides, the main reason why Flair hasn't competed in some of the gimmick matches in WWE is because she is likely the Champion. If she isn't the current RAW or SmackDown Women's Champ, she's probably challenging for the title at one of WWE's gimmick PPVs like Elimination Chamber or MITB.

That is exactly what happened at Money in the Bank last year. WWE had Flair face Becky Lynch for the SmackDown Women's title after the Man won both belts at WM 35. She vowed to defend both belts after winning them at WM 35. Flair would eventually defeat Lynch for the title but she lost it minutes later after Bayley cashed in her MITB briefcase.

It's not to say that Flair hasn't competed for briefcase. WWE has had four MITB matches featuring women. The number increases to five if you count the second one they had after James Elsworth won the briefcase in 2017 for Carmella.

Flair competed in those matches in 2017 and was also among eight women to go for the briefcase in 2018. That year, Bliss won the ladder match and the RAW Women's title on the same night. As already mentioned, Flair didn't compete in the match in 2019 due to challenging Lynch for a title.

She also didn't compete in this year's contest due to being the NXT Women's Champion. Just like eventually winning the WWE Women's Tag Team titles, it's likely a foregone conclusion that the Queen will eventually hoist a briefcase before she calls it a career. It would be an easy way to add another reign to her resume.

#1 Hold the WWE RAW/SmackDown Women's Championship for over 200 days

Bayley is currently the longest-reigning titleholder in WWE.

Bayley's current reign as the SmackDown Women's Champion has eclipsed 260 days. Her prior run with the title after cashing in her briefcase lasted for 140 days. Charlotte Flair did have a combined title reign of over 300 days when she dethroned Nikki Bella as Divas Champion. WWE renamed the belt as the RAW Women's Championship after Flair won a Triple Threat at WM 32. She would hold the belt for another 113 days before she would enter in a series of trading the title with Sasha Banks.

After her first run as RAW Women's Champion, Flair's longest run on Monday as Champ on Monday nights was 58 days. She would eventually move over to SmackDown during one of the WWE Drafts. When she won the SmackDown Women's title for the first time, she enjoyed a reign of 147 days.

But once again, every ensuing run as the blue brand's Champion was extremely brief, even more so than when she was a part of RAW. Her other four runs with the top prize for the women on SmackDown lasted 28 days, 13 days, five minutes and 5 days respectively.

The constant turn around for Flair's runs as Champion is to fast-track her towards breaking her father's record of 16 World title reigns. She's currently sitting at 12 title wins in her entire NXT/WWE career. But even though she's had more title runs on RAW/SmackDown than any other woman on the roster, she still hasn't held either of those titles for over 200 days. The Role Model and former Hugger has.