Chelsea Green Was Informed She’d Lose Women’s U.S. Title at Last Minute

Chelsea Green had no idea she was losing the Women’s United States Championship until just hours before stepping through the curtain.

In the January 20, 2026 episode of WWE Unreal Season 2, Green revealed that she was informed of the title change only two hours before the April 25, 2025 episode of SmackDown, where she ultimately dropped the belt to Zelina Vega. The news came as a surprise, especially after what she described as the best five months of her career.

“It’s been the greatest five months of my career, honestly. But I get to work and something has changed. I found out a couple of hours before showtime that I was dropping the title to Zelina Vega. And I just felt like this wasn’t it. This wasn’t what I imagined.”

Green admitted she expected a longer reign and had much more planned creatively for the title run. Despite being caught off guard, Green chose to handle the situation with professionalism and kept her emotions in check.

“I thought we were going to have a longer run. I thought we were going to do more. At the end of the day, I had so much more planned for that reign, and that was really upsetting, especially with it being sprung on me like that. It can go one of two ways. You can react out of emotion and be angry. I refused to let that happen because this is not real life. So the conversation goes, ‘You’re losing the title,’ and I go, ‘Okay!’”

This comes after Zelina Vega previously admitted she wasn’t informed of her win until roughly three hours before the same show. The short notice for both women adds new context to the spontaneity of the title change and reflects WWE’s often fluid creative process.

While Vega’s win was celebrated by fans — and made even more memorable with the surprise return of her husband, Aleister Black, that same night — Chelsea Green’s side of the story offers a rare look into the emotional toll of sudden creative changes.

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