Zelina Vega won the Women’s United States Championship after beating Chelsea Green during the April 25 episode of WWE SmackDown. Fans were surprised to see her win, but now it appears she has claimed she didn’t know about the title win until the last moment.
While speaking on Ten Count Media, Zelina Vega was asked to share her thoughts on winning Women’s United States Title and whether she was nervous on the day of her big win.
Zelina Vega revealed that she didn’t know she was going to win the Women’s United States Title until about three hours before the show began. She had no idea ahead of time, saying, “So I actually didn’t know until—yeah, I didn’t know until like maybe three hours before the show started. So yeah, I had no idea.”
As previously reported, there were a lot of people happy for Zelina Vega following her Women’s United States Championship win on SmackDown. The moment was made even more meaningful by the return of her husband Aleister Black, on the same night.
As for Zelina Vega’s plans as the Women’s United States Champion, she made it clear she wants to defend the title in AAA as well as NXT, so it remains to be seen how she will be booked as the champion going forward.
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