NXT star Chelsea green was the latest guest on Sam Roberts Not Sam Wrestling show talking about all things pro-wrestling. Highlights are below.
Begging for her last WWE tryout:
Well, the funny thing is that I didn’t have to get to that place [of considering life without WWE] because this has always been my goal, so I wanted to make sure that whatever happened after I got here, I didn’t mind as much. But I needed to get here for myself. I also didn’t exactly see the light at the end of the tunnel. There is more of that hope maybe now that we have AEW, but that wasn’t the case right before I got here. We’re talking about two years ago, right? So Lucha Underground was kind of diminishing a little bit, and at Impact, I was at the highest point in my career, and I still kept thinking about WWE and NXT and I couldn’t get it off my mind. And I actually had to beg for my last tryout at NXT. Yeah, I actually had to send multiple emails to say, ‘I want another tryout and there’s no reason you will not hire me after this tryout.’ And that was the tryout that they hired me from.” Green noted, “that was my third or fourth tryout.
How her character has evolved:
I’m so happy it happened this way because now I know who I am and I’m so confident in what I bring to the table. And, I mean, even if you would have brought me here a year-and-a-half [or] two years before, I would not have had that same confidence. I wouldn’t have walked in the door knowing I belong here and that I deserve this spot. I know what I bring to the table and I’m totally okay with that. I would not have been that way three or four years ago.
Hoping to feud with Candice LeRae and Rhea Ripley:
Who would I want my competitor to be? Rhea, Rhea Ripley. I would like Candice as well. Candice and I, we have some history together, so I’d like that. But I just think Rhea, ‘if you want to be the man, you have to beat the man.’ I really do think that is Rhea. And so, I think going toe-to-toe with her would show everybody that I can represent NXT. Rhea knows who she is. She doesn’t stray away from that visually, in her character, everything. The way she looks is completely opposite from me. And I know who I am and I don’t stray away from that. And I don’t shy away from the fact that I look like a diva and that’s how I always wanted to look. And that’s how I will always want to look. And so, I kind of like that difference.
Her biggest influences:
Well, just watching [pro] wrestling, it would be Trish, of course. But the people that have influenced me, there are three people right off the bat: Lance Storm, of course; Billy Gunn because Billy Gunn was my coach on Tough Enough and people don’t realize, but that then kind of then trickled into real life, and him and his wife really helped me get settled, and helped me kind of get back into wrestling after Tough Enough; and, Gail Kim, of course, because Gail Kim is absolutely amazing, and she really pushed for me at Impact, and had my back, and she has been amazing.
Full interview here. (H/T and transcribed by Wrestling Inc.)
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