Chelsea Green has won championships, climbed to the top of WWE’s women’s division, and become one of the company’s biggest personalities — but there’s one thing she still isn’t satisfied with. The WWE Superstar admits she hasn’t had a single match since returning to the company that she would consider her personal favorite, and she actually believes some of her best work happened on the independent wrestling scene.
During an appearance on Cody Rhodes’ What Do You Wanna Talk About? podcast, Green was asked to name her favorite wrestling match. Her answer might surprise some fans, especially considering how much success she’s enjoyed since returning to WWE in 2023. Green explained that she expected to have the best matches of her career in WWE, but she’s become so critical of her own performances that nothing has met her expectations yet.
“So funny enough, since I came back to WWE, none of those will ever be my favorite wrestling matches, which I thought actually would be the opposite. I thought I would be having all my best and most beloved wrestling matches in WWE, but I’m actually so much harder on myself in WWE. So my standard is raised and I haven’t met my standard yet. Hopefully I will.”
Green wasn’t saying she hasn’t had good matches in WWE. In fact, she previously defended her match against Nia Jax after believing they delivered a great performance despite criticism online. However, when it comes to matches she personally treasures, Green admitted that some of her independent wrestling appearances still mean more to her. She couldn’t even remember every location, but she remembered the opponents and how those matches made her feel.
“Hopefully next time we talk, there’s a match I can say that’s, ‘Oh, that’s the one.’ But I actually just think some of the best matches I ever had were just out there on the indies, and I don’t even know what town or what. I just remember the opponent and the feelings. There’s some in Pittsburgh that I really remember and loved. There’s some in Milwaukee that I remember and loved.”
Green also brought up her match against Penta, calling it life-changing, although she admitted she didn’t realize its importance until after it aired. When Rhodes asked who she’d like to continue working with, Green named Michin as her wrestling soulmate because of their natural chemistry. The two have faced each other in several WWE matches, and Green credited Michin with teaching her important aspects of television wrestling early in her career.
“Well, I will say my wrestling soulmate is actually Mia Yim, Michin. Yeah. That’s like my wrestling soulmate. We could be so lost in the middle of a match and everything’s gone awry or time’s been cut or even worse, time’s been added.”
Green has accomplished plenty since returning to WWE, but apparently winning championships doesn’t automatically mean she’s satisfied with what happens between the ropes. She’s still chasing that one match she can look back on and say she absolutely nailed it. Until then, some of her favorite memories are still from the independent scene — and she’s determined to change that.
Do you think Chelsea Green has already delivered a standout match since returning to WWE, or is her best in-ring performance still ahead of her? Let us know what you think in the comments below.
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