Chelsea Green has addressed comments made about her in WWE: Unreal, specifically by veteran producer Michael Hayes.
In the second season of the behind-the-scenes documentaries, Green was once again one of the stars, heavily featured in the series. Along with Green commenting on her nose being broken and her history with Penta, one scene sees the creative team pitching ideas for the former Women’s United States Champion, which sees them struggle with what to do next with Green.
Hayes is seen telling the camera that Green is entertaining, but she is not on the same level as other stars such as Charlotte Flair or Tiffany Stratton. The producer also noted that Green’s role is to make the likes of Flair and Stratton into stars.
While appearing on Reality Checked on SiriusXM, Green noted that Hayes’ comments “really ruffled some feathers” and admitted that she was upset at being told that there is a ceiling for her on a major show:
“Okay, this is tea ladies, because I have not done media since this came out. This really, really ruffled some feathers. So one of the head producers of WWE, his name is Michael Hayes. He works very closely with our boss, Triple H, and he basically said [on Unreal] ‘Chelsea makes the most out of her time, so we don’t need to give her 30 minutes. We give her 30 seconds, and she does the same work, which is great because she’s not meant to be here for 30 minutes. She’s not meant to be the top girl. She’s meant to elevate all those girls to be in that top position, to be a main eventer.’ It’s crazy because I’m a self-aware human being, so I know my kind of place on the totem pole in this fake hierarchy that is wrestling. But to actually hear it, to actually hear that there was a ceiling put on me, it’s different,” she continued. “You can’t help but be pissed off and a little upset and just aggravated at the fact that you thought that there was maybe a chance that there wasn’t that ceiling, that maybe it was all in your head and that it was confirmed and it wasn’t confirmed to me, it was confirmed on national television.”
Chelsea Green Pitch Was Major Talking Point Of WWE: Unreal Season 1
Non-wrestling fans were given an extended insight into Green as a wrestler and a person during the first season of the Netflix show. Green herself noted that she didn’t mind making a fool of herself on TV as it creates moments and consistently gives her TV time on weekly tapings and at Premium Live Events. One scrapped pitch regarding Green would have seen the first-ever Women’s United States Champion win the Women’s Royal Rumble in a very unique way.
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