Chelsea Green is now an achieved WWE star, with multiple title reigns to her name, but like everyone, she had to start out somewhere. Green toiled in relative obscurity for years until a possibility in TNA led to a lift in her profession. Appearing on “Notsam Wrestling,” Green looked back on the moment.
“I believe that is when every thing modified, is once I became the ‘Hot Mess,'” Green said.
This version of Green’s TNA character was the alternative of glamorous, and all of it began with a clip of her singing very poorly. The wrestler credits former TNA backstage figure Dutch Mantell for helping put the presentation together.
“Dutch … sat me down after my … wedding at TNA,” Green stated. “Everyone had gone home and he sat me right down to do a pre-tape, and I used to be like, ‘Ugh, I just wish to go home. This sucks.’ And I had just began dating Matt [Cardona] – I desired to see Matt. And I sat down and he was like, ‘Sing.’ And I’m like, ‘What?’ I am unable to sing. I’m the worst singer.”
Although she was initially mortified, that fact ended up working in Green’s favor. The clip garnered attention across the wrestling world, including by some in WWE, giving Green more exposure than she’d previously had. Because of this, it completely modified the way in which she considered wrestling and her own character.
“I’m like, ‘Oh my gosh. Hold on. Why am I attempting to wrestle? Why am I doing this silly wrestling thing once I can do that theatrical nonsense and folks prefer it more?”
That mentality eventually ensured Green would find success in WWE, where she currently holds the AAA Mixed Tag Team Championship and is a former two-time Women’s United States Champion.
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