
As Brie recovers, Nikki holds it down with newly crowned WWE Women’s Champion Chelsea Green, fresh off the biggest win of her career at SummerSlam. Chelsea opens up about the emotion of finally reaching the top, proving the doubters wrong, and what this championship means after years of grinding, sacrifice and refusing to take no for an answer. Plus, she and Nikki talk what comes next, life beyond wrestling, and why Chelsea is fully embracing her world domination era. Press play for a fun, emotional and very Chelsea Green championship celebration.
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Nikki Bella
What up everyone? Welcome back to the Nikki and Bri show. So I thought I would do something fun. As you could see, I am back here in Philadelphia. Go birds. Just came back actually from training camp which was really good, I have to say. I think I saw a Super bowl team in the making out there. But we are very honored because today's guest, I mean she has survived ladders, chaos and complete destruction to leave SummerSlam as the interm. Which I kind of want to drop that just as the women's champion. Please welcome back to the Nikki and Brie Show. Chelsea Green.
Chelsea Green
How crazy.
Nikki Bella
Crazy.
Chelsea Green
Like you saw me chills again. Right? Like you saw me on my very first day at WWE in 2014.
Nikki Bella
I mean how wild is that? Did you see how that was going everywhere again?
Chelsea Green
Like they said, Megan Miller, Daniel Bryan's physical therapist wins the title. It's so good. I love it.
Nikki Bella
So good.
Chelsea Green
Yeah.
Nikki Bella
Wow. Like just so full circle. I feel like there's so much I want to get into around the championship because you know you've, you came here and we got to really know your journey.
Chelsea Green
Yeah.
Nikki Bella
But to like just talk to you a few months ago and hear your journey. And now we're here, your champion. One of the biggest championships as a woman you can win, right? The wwe right now we're on the
Chelsea Green
top of Mount Everest.
Nikki Bella
We are. And you literally were on the Top of Mount Everest. Go into the Feeling one being at SummerSlam, coming out because you're so over the crowd. You are literally one of the most fan favorites out of the men and the women on both shows right now. What was it like coming out there? Take us through the match. Take us through the win.
Chelsea Green
Okay, so I feel like, for some reason, I wasn't nervous. I thought I would be nervous when this moment came, if it ever came. I thought I would be so nervous. I felt very at peace. I was like, whatever happens, happens. Going out there and going out, like, I've been doing this long enough where I can see every face in the audience. I can take everything in. I can usually hear what's going on, what people are screaming from ringside. I'm. But in that moment when I was making my entrance, I do feel like I kind of blacked out, and I turned into, like, a little bit of, like, a pop star. And it was like. It felt like my concert, you know? Like, as I'm walking down to the ring and, like, you'll see, like, I get into the ring and I'm having so much fun. I'm, like, talking shit to Tiffany. I'm waving at my mom and my dad. Like, I felt like it was like I was truly so at peace. And then it changed throughout the match. I started getting more emotional as the match went on because I knew what was inevitably coming. And when I was dangling from the. The ladder and Charlotte and Jade took that last bump, I felt, like, electric. Yeah. Like, I was getting chills. Like, I felt just like the whole crowd started, like, rumbling, just like, oh, my God, this is our moment. And when I got to the top, like, not to skip past everything, because that. I did that at record speed. I just hauled ass up there. But when I got to the top, you see on my face this. That I'm, like, almost about to cry before I take the title down, because it did feel like. It felt like this was all worth it. Like, 12, 13 years. All the things I've missed. I've missed all my best friends, weddings, their births of their kids, who they all call me Auntie. I missed my dad's wedding. I've broken bones. I had heart surgery. So much has led me to. To, like, scurrying up that ladder.
Nikki Bella
Yeah.
Chelsea Green
And Bailey texted me the other day and said, girl, I've never seen someone climb a ladder so fast. And I was like. Like, part of me in that moment was, like, if I don't get up there and climb that ladder and Grab that title down. They could change the finish. Anything could happen. If I stand there, they could. Someone could push me off this ladder.
Nikki Bella
We've been deprived so much. It's crazy, right? It's like, this is.
Chelsea Green
All these thoughts going on. I'm like, the trauma. Nope, not today. It's gonna still be my moment. So, like, I feel like I'm still on cloud nine. I'm riding a high, as you know. I've had no sleep, but, like, it doesn't even matter.
Nikki Bella
Yeah.
Chelsea Green
Like, I'm trying to make the most out of every single second.
Nikki Bella
And you should.
Chelsea Green
I have to.
Nikki Bella
You have to.
Chelsea Green
I have not ever been handed anything. I have to.
Nikki Bella
Yes, you have to. And you weren't, though, handed this either, because you've worked so hard. And, you know, there's some of us that understand where. How we have to really get ourselves.
Chelsea Green
Like the grind of not being a chosen one.
Nikki Bella
Exactly.
Chelsea Green
I always use that term. A chosen one.
Nikki Bella
Yes. And you're so right.
Chelsea Green
It's not like, look, if I was a chosen one, oh, my God, I would love that. Yeah, it's great for them. It's no shade on them. But there are chosen ones and there aren't. And fans are privy to that now.
Nikki Bella
They are. And there's something to be said about us that work really hard to have a connection, but then we just naturally have a connection, and that is Bri and I with the Bella army and moments that we had. And they do feel so meaningful.
Chelsea Green
But it's because you're authentic. Yeah.
Nikki Bella
And you.
Chelsea Green
And you don't, like, you just say how you feel, and they connect with that.
Nikki Bella
They do.
Chelsea Green
And they connect with, like, seeing. Seeing you on social media, doing real life things, wearing no makeup, like, being a real human being. Because at the end of the day, like, yes, we live luxurious lives. Like, you know, we. We. We get paid great, great amounts to do what we do, but, like, at the end of the day, like, I'm still just a girl who wants to be on my couch without her makeup on, with my dogs.
Nikki Bella
Right. Oh, I love that. And, you know.
Commercial Narrator
Yeah.
Chelsea Green
Yeah, sometimes.
Nikki Bella
Yeah, mostly, you know, I want to go to the moment when you were dangling from the ladder, and the minute by the way you get up like Undertaker. Like, that was so good, Brian. I loved it.
Chelsea Green
Nikki, I have the biggest look.
Nikki Bella
I keep getting chills for you.
Chelsea Green
I have the biggest bruises on the back of my legs.
Nikki Bella
You.
Chelsea Green
I have to show you. It's so.
Nikki Bella
I want to see. But. And I know, like you said, you just. You had all these emotions. But when you first, like, sat up to hear the crowd, like, what was that like?
Chelsea Green
I mean, I was actually just telling some of the production team because everyone has been so kind. Like, so many people were like, I cried. Like, it felt like you were doing this for me too. Like, for everyone who hasn't been seen or like, has tried to get that, like, promotion and hasn't. And so I was just telling the production team that it was even better than I had dreamt of. And when I dreamt of it, it was so. It was so far fetched.
Nikki Bella
Yeah.
Chelsea Green
It was so, like, I hope this happens. I wish it would happen, but, like, it probably won't. And I've come to terms with that too. Like, I've come to terms with, like, the fact that I've done enough to make myself proud and my future family proud.
Nikki Bella
Yeah.
Chelsea Green
And. And then when it happened, it was so much better. Like, every face in the crowd was smiling. Everyone was cheering, everyone was screaming. I heard my mom from across the ring. Get up, Chels. Like, everything. I heard it all. And I was actually upside down. And a referee was, like, saying sweet nothings to me as I was upside down. Yeah. And I have to figure out who it was.
Nikki Bella
You remember that stuff with the refs? Like, it's crazy. What the refs say means so much.
Chelsea Green
And the way that they treat you.
Nikki Bella
Yes.
Chelsea Green
I have some of the greatest relationships with the referees who are so kind and, like, understanding to us in the ring.
Nikki Bella
Yeah. Like, when they're like, keep going, you're doing so great. Or all those. I. I remember even Scotty Armstrong would tell me to breathe and like. But there's. When they're encouraging, it helps so much.
Chelsea Green
Whereas on the. On the other hand, it's like when they're screaming at you.
Nikki Bella
Oh, that's.
Chelsea Green
It's very frustrating. Yeah. So it's hard. Them, like, like, one of them was like this. And like, you got this. Girl, look around. Take this moment in, like, okay, girl, go. And normally, like, I don't need those cues, but it was so nice. Like, man.
Nikki Bella
Cause you probably did. You probably took it in, Right.
Chelsea Green
I forced myself to look around and, like, have that moment that I'm sure on camera for the television audience, like, made all the difference.
Nikki Bella
Yes. All the difference. And, you know, you touched on it a little bit. And I. I feel the same. It's. It's so hard to explain the feeling when you win a championship, because, yes, we have predetermined finishes and as we've seen on Unreal there's discussions about who wins, but that feeling is not scripted of what it is. It's the, it's so emotional and, and I think it's because everyone's energy and then just being with the girls when they won the tag titles at WrestleMania. There's a difference in a stadium winning. Big difference. I was so emotional and I didn't even win the tag tit. So when those, when they were crying, I could only imagine your feeling. But it is weird because everything like in your thoughts, everything that you've done does flash before your eyes.
Chelsea Green
You've got like a movie playing. You do in front of you.
Nikki Bella
Yes.
Chelsea Green
And that's exactly it. Like, man, it just like it was all worth it in like the biggest way. Because I just feel like we do go through so much. We never get time off. This job is 365 days. Even when it's not like, even when you're only on smackdown and you're not doing appearances and stuff like that, this job takes over. Whether it's coming up with outfits or designing gear or practicing your moveset, like whatever it is. And so to then be in a stadium and I felt like they all felt it too. And they all knew my history, which is why they were cheering the way they were cheering.
Nikki Bella
Exactly.
Chelsea Green
Cause they know what I've been through and they know I'm not a chosen one. They're like, Michael Hayes made that very clear.
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Chelsea Green
Or Michael Hayes. Honestly, poor Michael Hayes is never gonna live this.
Nikki Bella
He's never gonna live it down until
Chelsea Green
the end of time. It's gonna be like me in the history book with like a little picture of him beside it for sure. My number one op, Michael Hayes.
Nikki Bella
I couldn't believe how many people to me were like, oh, what did she say to Michael Hayes? Like I can't believe how many people said that to me that you know, who's ever for the championship. I'm like, that's so wild.
Chelsea Green
Bringing up Michael Hayes isn't that hilarious.
Nikki Bella
Hilarious.
Chelsea Green
And just know that. So first of all, I'm not an emotional person at all. I also don't hold grudges in fact, I forget. And a lot of times my girlfriends have to remind me, like, we don't like that person.
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Chelsea Green
I'm like, oh, yeah. Sorry, sorry, sorry. I was momentarily. I forgotten I was nice to them, but I was so emotional that entire day. And I had seen Michael Hayes and he had given me, like, words of encouragement. But back to unreal. I watched it and I didn't think anything of it.
Nikki Bella
Yeah.
Chelsea Green
And then when I started getting flooded with text, I changed my mind. Like, oh, yeah. That was kind of mean. That was kind of rude. That was like, well, what's sad is you're just.
Nikki Bella
You were all always used to hearing that.
Chelsea Green
Yes.
Nikki Bella
Do you know what I mean?
Chelsea Green
It was so, like, ingrained in me that actually.
Nikki Bella
So you needed, like, people to be like, no, that's not okay.
Chelsea Green
Yeah. And they're putting you in this box when you've constantly, like, fought to get out. And. And so when I went on the post show and I was like, I have to do this. Even though I don't feel any type of way about it, I have to dedicate this win to him because I'm the petty queen that I am. Like, the fans need to see that.
Nikki Bella
They need to.
Chelsea Green
They did this for me.
Nikki Bella
You had to. It would have been such a missed moment if you didn't mention Michael Hayes.
Chelsea Green
Exactly. Like, that's what they wanted to hear. Whether I cared about it or not, they needed the moment of me saying yes. And, like, Michael Hayes is such a good sport.
Nikki Bella
Yo. He's such a good sport.
Chelsea Green
Such a good sport.
Nikki Bella
Hey, sometimes we gotta eat our words and we gotta take accountability. Yes. This is actually a perfect segue for a question I have, because. So whether it's about athletics or someone in their job or what it. Whatever it may be, you were always heard one thing, which is crazy, because now we could see that you weren't even affected by what he said because you heard it so much, but everyone around you was like, that's not okay. Yeah, you come. And now you're a champion. You're one of the top champions for female in this company. What, like, what can you say to people about that journey of, like, giving people middle fingers, the not giving up? Like, how did Chelsea Green do it? Like, take us in your mind?
Chelsea Green
I feel like at the end of the day, I was born into a family that's very much. We're not quitters and we don't cry about things. It is what it is. Like, move on. You didn't get what you wanted. Move on. Nobody's having a pity party for you. My dad always was like, okay, and. Yeah, so what are you gonna do? Like, I don't know why you're telling me, you know, So I. I was, like, instilled with that in me. But I. I truly think it's. It's like, you need to be so happy with yourself and what you're doing outside of work.
Nikki Bella
Yeah.
Chelsea Green
And. Or if you're an actress, like, you need to be. You need to have hobbies, you need to have other things, because at the end of the day, I can turn this off. I can clock out. I go to my acting classes. And that fills my cup in another way. I have a great home life, you know, where I'm, like, able to decorate my home and, like, do things that make me happy, do my landscaping. Like, all that stuff fills my cup. So when I get to work, it's just a bonus.
Nikki Bella
Yeah.
Chelsea Green
And if you don't have other things in life, I know this is people's whole lives. It takes over. I think all of show business does. But, like, there has to be something else that makes you happy, you know? And then also, like, hey, if you want to take no for an answer, like, I'm not going to. I told you the quote Kris Jenner said.
Nikki Bella
Yeah.
Chelsea Green
If someone says no, you're asking the wrong person. I love, and Kris Jenner, she doesn't take no for an answer. So I will not be taking no for an answer.
Nikki Bella
Amen. That's so good. Which is so true. And it. I feel like when you live that way, you end up looking at the glass always half full instead of half empty. Yes. Because you're like, I have so much in life to be grateful for, so why am I like. You're the perfect example. And by the way, you work your ass off and you bump for people and you put your life on the line and you were still being treated in a certain way or said certain shit, and you still were looking at the glass half full.
Chelsea Green
Well, everyone. Everyone acts like I'm an anomaly because I just showed up to work and I did my job and I did it with a smile on my face, but it's because I have another life.
Nikki Bella
Yeah.
Chelsea Green
Like, I'm a whole person. I'm not just wrestling. Yeah, I know it seems like that. And, like, that's what I'm just like. Like, to the girls and the guys, I'm like, you've got to have something else. Because, of course, you're showing up to work miserable because you're not Getting the one thing that you asked for.
Commercial Narrator
Right.
Chelsea Green
But it's never going to happen like that.
Nikki Bella
No.
Chelsea Green
There's just few people in this business that are going to get exactly what they want when they want.
Nikki Bella
So true. So what's. What's next as a champion? What. What do we. What do we have in store in the ring, outside of the ring, in Chelsea's home life? Like, what's. What's all going okay, next?
Chelsea Green
So in terms of the title, I have no idea what's happening tonight. I don't know. I didn't know what was happening this morning when I logged on to do media. You know what I mean? I stayed clueless. I'm designing shirts that are gonna go with my theme of, like, world domination. I love it because I was talking on the post show about I was first, like the ultimate American, which was so hypocritical because I'm Canadian and I love that. I thought it was so funny. Then me and Ethan kind of took over North America. We were claiming we were Canadian, but I already was the president of America. And then we were taking over Mexico.
Nikki Bella
Yeah.
Chelsea Green
And by the way, the Mexican audience, like, they took us in like we were not being absolute gremlins. They were so good. And so now it's like, okay, we did America, we did North America. Now we're going to go for world domination.
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Nikki Bella
Have to.
Chelsea Green
We're going to make that a shtick. We're going to make T shirts, all of the. We're going to try to take the interim out of the. The title.
Nikki Bella
So let's do that.
Chelsea Green
I got a shirt that's dropping today. As of the Philly Smackdown, it will be dropping, so it'll already be out. You can go, you know, on WWE shop and get it and support your. Your girl. But in terms of, like, life.
Nikki Bella
Yeah.
Chelsea Green
I have a. A horror movie called Red Wedding that's coming out. Oh, my God.
Nikki Bella
No way.
Chelsea Green
Yes. So I just filmed it in May. I was actually going between doing night shoots on set in Alabama to Smackdowns. It was insane. I would work from 6pm to 6am Take the 8am flight to Smackdown, go right to the arena, do Smackdown, take the red eye back to Alabama and then start again.
Nikki Bella
Good for you.
Chelsea Green
It was so exhausting and so fulfilling.
Nikki Bella
Oh, my God.
Chelsea Green
I bet, like, I felt like a superhero. It was amazing. And.
Nikki Bella
And you don't get scared on those sets.
Chelsea Green
Like when I absolutely did, it was so terrifying. I had all prosthetics put on. I can't wait to show pictures I had all these prosthetics on, and it. I scared myself. It was so cool. I don't like horror. It brought out, like, a love for that genre that I didn't know I had. So I'm hoping that once that comes out, that maybe the horror genre accepts me in.
Nikki Bella
Yeah.
Chelsea Green
And maybe I get to do more of those, probably.
Nikki Bella
Are you good, screamer?
Chelsea Green
Yes.
Nikki Bella
And in fact, that's important.
Chelsea Green
In fact, they did say, holy shit, you're so loud.
Nikki Bella
Yeah.
Chelsea Green
So. But let's see what the scream actually sounds like, right?
Nikki Bella
Yeah. Oh, my God. I'm excited for that. Yeah.
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Chelsea Green
So I feel like if. If that kind of, like, parlays into other acting jobs, that would be really amazing. I've been. I've been so swamped with acting classes every Wednesday. Like, it's. It's been very overwhelming, but very fulfilling. So I'm hoping that just continues and maybe a day off to visit my dogs would be nice.
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Nikki Bella
I know. I hope you get one soon.
Chelsea Green
My poor babies. I have a little handicapped puppy, and she. When I come home, like, she can't show her emotions the way that the dogs do when they run to you and they jump on you and they lick you and kiss you. She can't do that because she's so. Her brain has been damaged so badly. But I can tell in other ways. And my whole heart just bursts when she, like, shows me a little bit of affection. So I just want to go home and see my baby girl.
Nikki Bella
I get that. There's nothing better than going back to the ones you love.
Chelsea Green
Well. Right. And I'm 35. Nikki, I've told you this. I want to start a family.
Nikki Bella
I don't. I mean, you guys would be the cutest parents, you and Matt.
Chelsea Green
Matt and I have. We've started this new era of, like, when we get annoyed with each other. Like, it's more of, like, no, you need to change this, because when we have kids, you cannot be doing that. Like, I'll do it all the time. This poor man is so sick of it. But, you know, I'm 35. I wanted to have kids five years ago before I came back. And we decided together that I would come back to WWE so that I wouldn't have any resentment towards us and our future family. But now I've done the thing.
Nikki Bella
You've done the thing. You got the big title.
Chelsea Green
So if it happens, like, God willing, I would be so. I would be so happy.
Nikki Bella
I would be so happy for you. I mean, look, you're 35. I had Tao at 37, so I think now is a perfect age.
Chelsea Green
And I feel like, I feel like 35 is such an amazing age. I feel like I'm only getting better.
Nikki Bella
You're only getting better.
Chelsea Green
And people are very afraid of age.
Nikki Bella
They're so afraid of age. And it's. No matter what we age, life just, it keeps going. And we. When you could be in the place of embracing it, you just see the beauty in every decade and the growth of yourself and the new eras of you.
Chelsea Green
And I feel like you and Bri have helped me a lot with like, supplements and like, get your levels tested, get your hormones tested. Like, I've bought all the tests, I've done all the things. And it's just playing this game of, like, aging gracefully while also, like, knowing that we're in this industry and wanting to look my best, feel my best, like, be confident, right?
Nikki Bella
Like, confidence is everything, right?
Chelsea Green
Especially when I'm a mom. Like, I want to be able to instill that, like, naturally too. So I don't know. It's this, it's this fun game that I constantly play of like, okay, no negative self talk. Like, you're aging and you're. And. And we're all aging amazing because. Because we do have these things at our fingertips.
Nikki Bella
Totally.
Chelsea Green
We're eating better, we're working out more. We've got these, like, tests that we can take that tell us, you know, how we're feeling. So I love it.
Nikki Bella
I love it. I'm all for wellness and biohacking and like, we do have all these things. Why not use it to our advantage that they didn't have back then?
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When I really know when dehydration catches up to me, it's when we're traveling and I don't know if you've been feeling this as late. It's like oh no, I'm a window seat and I don't want to drink a lot of water because I don't want to keep getting up or I have a long flight or you're just rushing through an airport or you're rushing to board and those are days that I notice I'm really dehydrated, I'll wake up the next day day and I just feel terrible and I'm like I need hydration quick or I'm not going to last.
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Nikki Bella
And by the way the affirmations to yourself there was a video that just dropped I saw on Instagram a real and it was showing like Ronaldo and Messi and all these other great football or athletes. I think Lebron was on there and they were zooming in on like before either the game starts or during the game how they're constantly saying affirmations and
Chelsea Green
it works, it works.
Nikki Bella
It's so true what you tell your mind. I even at times need to Be better. Sometimes I'll have stuff on my mirror, and then all of a sudden I'll clean one day, take it off, and then it's not there for me. And I'm like, wait, why didn't I put that back on? Because the affirmations just. That's it.
Chelsea Green
You know who's great at. She's good at affirmations, but she's also just good at, like, instilling positivity into everything. Sydney. Maxine.
Nikki Bella
I mean, she seems like she has really such a positive person.
Chelsea Green
She's really shifted my mindset with. Without her even knowing, just us traveling together. She sees the beauty in everything.
Nikki Bella
Because even when I traveled with you guys that one weekend, if there was ever a moment of. And Tina Roberto, she's like, well, but yes. And she always.
Chelsea Green
And I love to bitch and complain.
Nikki Bella
Me, too.
Chelsea Green
And she doesn't allow it, like, in the best way. Not in an annoying way. In a. In a, like, way.
Nikki Bella
In a way that you're like, no, you're right. You're so right. I should have looked at it more that way. The other way. I had a moment. Now I'm better.
Chelsea Green
Yeah. We're back.
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Nikki Bella
I love that. Okay, so you have time to play a game. Yes, I know. I gotta go do champ thing.
Chelsea Green
I know. But, like, this is kind of the end of, like, the yapping part of my day. Now I have to, like, get to work. So, like, let's, like, draw it out as long.
Nikki Bella
Yes, I know. Right.
Chelsea Green
Honestly, before I have to do the hard stuff.
Nikki Bella
Honest. So this game, it's called Red Light, Green light.
Chelsea Green
Okay.
Nikki Bella
Of course. So I have a few scenarios that I'll throw at you, and you have to let us know if it's red light, which is a hard no or a green light. That's okay.
Chelsea Green
Love that. Oh, this will definitely have me yapping for sure.
Nikki Bella
Taking the title everywhere.
Chelsea Green
Oh, green light. 100%. It's actually the only reason that I feel like people started acknowledging me was at the beginning, when I won the tag titles. I took that fucker everywhere. I took it to every game. I got myself booked on things that WWE was like, what is this?
Nikki Bella
Yeah.
Chelsea Green
I'm like, it matters to about 10 people.
Nikki Bella
Yeah.
Chelsea Green
And like, those 10 people will tell their family and friends. Yeah, I took it everywhere. And I acted like that was the world title.
Nikki Bella
I love it.
Chelsea Green
Definitely green light. And I think you should be obnoxious because otherwise nobody will know and nobody will care. No, we've seen it happen a million times.
Nikki Bella
Yes. Got to put equity into that. Yes. Celebrating your birthday for an entire month.
Chelsea Green
Oh, I'm. I'm a red light with that. But, like, with age, I. I've never been like an over the top birthday gal, but I love to host and I have a big group of friends. So inevitably, like, we did all make my birthday a thing and we still kind of do. But, like, it doesn't need to be a birthday. No, it's just a party. We're just getting together for fun. And it was the same with my wedding. Like, I had my wedding on New Year's Eve. Like, come and dress in the hottest outfit you can find and just know, like, yes, you have to quickly watch me get married for like 15 minutes. But then it's a party.
Nikki Bella
Yeah.
Chelsea Green
We do not need to make this about me.
Nikki Bella
Totally.
Chelsea Green
As long as we're all drinking.
Nikki Bella
Yes. I'm actually very much the same vibes. Like, I have a hard time when everything's on me.
Chelsea Green
It's awkward.
Nikki Bella
Like Nicole, Nikki, Bella, that's a different story. But as Nicole, I'm like, okay, but
Chelsea Green
don't you think it's because we are like, public facing probably so it gets so cringe because you're like, oh, my God, like, life is already so much about me. Like, so true. Yeah, I feel that way, like deeply
Nikki Bella
taking 100 photos to post one.
Chelsea Green
So I don't do that. However, just know that I. I do it for everyone else. Yeah, I do it for Sydney. I do it for Tiffany. I do it for Kathy. So, like, I'm red light or.
Nikki Bella
Yeah, you're red.
Chelsea Green
I'm red, but they are green. And I'm okay with doing that. I just. It couldn't be me. It's like I'm like a five to eight photox.
Nikki Bella
I'm the same.
Chelsea Green
And then my, my smile starts looking weird. I'm making strange faces. I actually get uglier. So I won't do that.
Nikki Bella
And then I don't even want to post because there's too many to look at. That too.
Chelsea Green
I pick one. I go through one. I'm like, well, that was cute. And it's in the first three and then I don't look at the rest.
Nikki Bella
Yeah, for sure. Matching outfits at Disneyland.
Chelsea Green
Okay, so, like, I probably. And you know, I'm. I'm a. Like, Matt and I will go to Disney. We've never matched. My sister and I one time wore matching jerseys. There's this brand called Park Friends and they're so great and they'll make me like, like they actually just made a jersey that says Patre Hats on it. Oh, yes. And they'll probably send it to me. I will probably wear it.
Nikki Bella
Hmm.
Chelsea Green
It's a yellow for me. Because, like, I'm not laughing at the people that are matching. But it wouldn't be me. No, it wouldn't be me. And Matt would not allow it. We never did it. We've gone there for every occasion. It's just never been something I need to do.
Nikki Bella
No. Maybe you'll do it the day you guys have kids, but.
Chelsea Green
Yeah, but, like, will we? Or will I just have my kids wear matching things?
Nikki Bella
Exactly.
Chelsea Green
I don't know that I need to do that with them.
Nikki Bella
No, but Gay.
Chelsea Green
If in five years you see me doing it, please say, I told you so.
Nikki Bella
Yeah, you told me you weren't gonna do it.
Chelsea Green
And there you are in those matching outfits. Matt's wearing the sleeveless version of my matching outfit.
Nikki Bella
Oh, my God, I love it. Custom title gear,
Chelsea Green
like, tricks. Fuzzy belt.
Nikki Bella
Yeah.
Chelsea Green
I mean, I think it's green because it's like, you should do whatever. Whatever, like, is you.
Nikki Bella
Yeah.
Chelsea Green
Like, whatever is so your character. You should lean all the way.
Nikki Bella
Totally.
Chelsea Green
Like the briefcase. It being pink for Tiffany. Yes. Yes, it should. You should always be doing. Being the most.
Nikki Bella
Totally.
Chelsea Green
Because if you're not being the most in wwe, where are you gonna be the most?
Nikki Bella
This is free.
Chelsea Green
Reign Free.
Nikki Bella
And it's so fun.
Chelsea Green
Yes.
Nikki Bella
So fun.
Chelsea Green
Yes.
Nikki Bella
Leaving a party without saying good.
Chelsea Green
Oh, I love that.
Nikki Bella
I love good Irish Goodbye is the best.
Chelsea Green
I will Houdini every day of the week if it means I get to go to bed earlier.
Nikki Bella
Yeah.
Chelsea Green
Matt is the worst, like, in terms of. So Matt, like, well, Houdini at work. And I'll be waving at everyone, like, leaving early, like, bye. Getting myself in trouble. But at a party, Matt never wants to leave.
Nikki Bella
Oh, yeah.
Chelsea Green
Once he gets a couple of Wobbly Pops in him, he will stay till the end of the party. And I'm like, we will get divorced if you don't leave with me right now. So we do. It's a green for me for sure. But I don't know what Matt would say about that.
Nikki Bella
Yeah, that's so cute. Rewatching the same comfort movie over and over.
Chelsea Green
I do that with Gilmore Girls.
Nikki Bella
Oh, really?
Chelsea Green
So Sydney and I in. I keep going back and forth between Sydney and Maxine. It really messes me up a whole lot.
Nikki Bella
Messes me up, too.
Chelsea Green
So Syd and I, we travel together a lot. And if we're sharing a room, we'll Put on friends.
Nikki Bella
Oh, cute.
Chelsea Green
Yeah. And then my best friend Diana and I, we will rewatch. Every time that autumn rolls around, we will rewatch Gilmore Girls and we'll talk about it all season.
Nikki Bella
Really?
Chelsea Green
And we'll buy each other, like, because then our algorithm says Gilmore Girls. Things like mugs, cookbooks, candles, you name it. We'll buy each other random stuff that, like, we're definitely not keeping.
Nikki Bella
Yeah.
Chelsea Green
We'll give it to each other, and then we'll talk about it.
Nikki Bella
And that's super cute.
Chelsea Green
Yeah. I'm not a movie girl, but I definitely will watch Gilmore Girls until the day I die.
Nikki Bella
That's so cute. I actually have never watched from beginning to end.
Chelsea Green
Just know that I had neither. And Diana made me, like, three years ago.
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Chelsea Green
I was like, why did I never watch this?
Nikki Bella
Okay, I'm going to start.
Chelsea Green
Oh, my gosh, Nikki. It's the most feel good show that you ever fall asleep to.
Nikki Bella
Oh, see, that was me with. Was it the Good Witch? Yeah, I rewatch that all.
Chelsea Green
You just need something to shut your brain off.
Nikki Bella
Yes. Shut my brain off. Comfort refusing interviews after a loss.
Chelsea Green
Oh, ew. I hate that. Like, I just want to talk. Win, lose.
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If.
Chelsea Green
If I refused interviews every time I lost, you'd never hear me speak. I would have only spoken once in the past four years. Honestly, that's a big red.
Nikki Bella
Yeah.
Chelsea Green
I mean, look, maybe if I was Brock Lesnar.
Nikki Bella
Yeah.
Chelsea Green
And I never lost.
Nikki Bella
And then I feel you got to give it to the fans in any sport. You know, I get. You know, we lose. It's a part of the game. Every game. Right, I agree. That's.
Chelsea Green
You gotta have something in your head to say if you lose. Yeah, I know. Like, you don't want to think about that, but you. You have to think about, like, every possibility for sure. Especially in this business. Come on.
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Come on.
Chelsea Green
Yeah.
Nikki Bella
Dressing up for something everyone else is casual for.
Chelsea Green
Well, my mom always said, like, it's better to be overdressed than underdressed. And I do really feel that way. Like, I would rather walk into a room and be wearing something that's not necessarily over the top, but, like, so dressed up than looking like a slob. Honestly, like, it's just. And I've been in situations where I'm like, damn, I should have followed my own rule book with that one being the appearance we had the other day. Like, I didn't have an extra outfit. So, I mean, definitely green.
Nikki Bella
Yeah.
Chelsea Green
And hey, if people are, like, making fun of you, they're probably jealous.
Nikki Bella
They're totally jealous. You just gotta own it. Be confident, Chelsea. This has been such an amazing conversation. I'm so, so quick. I know. It's so quick. Well, you have to leave us. Even though you've been giving us a lot of inspiration throughout this episode. But before we really let you go and go do your thing on Smackdown tonight, any quotes, motto? I know you've given us some stuff before.
Chelsea Green
I think mostly first of all, I mean, I know I said it, but it's like no is never a full sentence. Okay. There is always a way to get some form of what you want if you want it hard enough. Like, if you are so passionate about it and you believe that that is where you belong, you might have to modify the way that you're thinking of that position or that job or that company. It might be a different way in whatever. But like, there's a way for you to get there.
Nikki Bella
Yes.
Chelsea Green
You just have to be creative. You also have to make sure that you think of yourself as a whole person, a well rounded human being. You need other things in your life to make you happy. And then I guess my last thing is just like, I'm so grateful and I want to give a shout out to, like the fans in those arena and the fans around the world. The fans that had watch parties and, and sent me clips. Like, I saw everything. I spent hours going through every clip and trying to comment on every single clip that I saw of people supporting me because I don't want anyone to think that I didn't notice it because when I was upside down on that ladder, I noticed it. I felt it.
Nikki Bella
Yes, you did.
Chelsea Green
And I wanted to like, flip the bird to every single person who didn't believe in me.
Commercial Narrator
Yeah.
Chelsea Green
So thank you.
Nikki Bella
I am into that. And it's true. We wouldn't be here without our fans, especially you and me. We wouldn't be really be who we are without our fandoms.
Chelsea Green
Yeah. We have nobody to thank but ourselves and our fans.
Nikki Bella
Exactly.
Chelsea Green
And I love that for us 100.
Nikki Bella
I love that. All right, everyone, well, make sure to check videos of this episode on our YouTube channel, Instagram, all our social media steps stuff, TikTok, Facebook and make sure to check Chelsea out on Instagram. Remember, her new shirts are now on WWP.com so go just deck yourself out and keep tuning in to Chelsea every Friday night to see where this championship run goes. All very. Yes, very excited. Stay tuned, guys. Bye.
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When I really know when dehydration catches up to me, it's when we're traveling and I don't know if you've been feeling this as late. It's like, oh no, I'm a window seat and I don't want to drink a lot of water because I don't want to keep getting up or I have a long flight or you're just rushing through an airport or you're rushing to board. And those are days that I notice I'm really dehydrated. I'll wake up the next day and I just feel terrible and I'm like, I need hydration quick or I'm not going to last.
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Date: August 10, 2026
Guest: Chelsea Green
Theme: Overcoming odds, authenticity, career resilience, and Chelsea Green’s evolution as WWE Women’s Champion
In this empowering episode, Nikki Garcia welcomes Chelsea Green—fresh off her huge title win at SummerSlam—to unpack her underdog journey from overlooked wrestler to top WWE Women's Champion. Together, they talk about surviving the grind, dealing with doubters, finding balance outside of wrestling, and world domination (“take the interim out!”). The conversation flows with candid, funny, and motivating moments, giving listeners raw insights into Chelsea’s personal growth, wrestling career, and her next big adventures inside and outside WWE.
Notable Quote:
“When I got to the top, you see on my face… I’m, like, almost about to cry before I take the title down, because… it felt like this was all worth it. Like, 12, 13 years. All the things I’ve missed… I’ve broken bones. I had heart surgery. So much has led me to, like, scurrying up that ladder.”
—Chelsea Green (03:50)
“Everyone acts like I’m an anomaly because I just showed up to work and did my job and did it with a smile… but it’s because I have another life. I’m a whole person. I’m not just wrestling.”
—Chelsea Green (18:24)
“There’s just few people in this business that are going to get exactly what they want when they want.”
—Chelsea Green (18:52)
Chelsea gives her takes—yay or nay—on everyday scenarios:
For more inspiration from Chelsea Green, check out her WWE run, upcoming film ‘Red Wedding’, and new merch.
Catch new episodes of The Nikki & Brie Show every Monday and Thursday!