The Gold Standard: The Case for a Chelsea Green WWE Main Title Push

The Main Event Discussion

Green kicked off 2026 on a hot streak, holding both the WWE Women’s United States Championship and the AAA World Mixed Tag Team title. Fast forward to today, however, and Green currently holds no championships; she lost the United States Championship to Giulia on the January 2, 2026, episode of SmackDown, ending her second reign at 56 days.

This past Saturday, she also lost her AAA title after Mr. Iguana and Lola Vice dethroned her and Ethan Page. The loss followed a severe ankle bruise Green suffered on SmackDown the day prior, which prevented her from competing and forced a last-minute replacement in La Hiedra. 

With the leader of “The Green Regime” currently titleless and recovering from an injury, she has certainly lived up to her “Hot Mess” persona as she navigates this recent string of bad luck. However, with no title belt currently around her waist, the timing is prime for a Green main title push once she returns from injury. 

Despite the fans recently rallying behind a Chelsea Green main title run, it appears the office still doesn’t view her as a main-event player. Michael Hayes, Senior Producer and Vice President of Creative Writing and Booking for WWE, made his feelings on Green clear during Season Two of Netflix’s WWE: Unreal.

Although he praised her, stating that she “shows more personality in 30 seconds than most wrestlers can in 30 minutes,” he appeared to confirm suspicions that there is currently a ceiling on Green’s WWE career.  

Hayes stated that:

“Chelsea is so entertaining. But she is not built for, nor should she be, in the Charlotte Flair role or Tiffany Stratton. Because Chelsea’s job is to help make those people.”  

Upon hearing those comments, many fans were left angry and frustrated, as they believe, contrary to what Hayes suggested, that Green belongs in the main event discussion as one of the most talented and entertaining performers on the main roster. They also argue that WWE creative cannot truly know if Green is main-event material unless they actually grant her the opportunity to be part of those top-tier storylines. 

Echoing the frustration of her fanbase, Green expressed her own displeasure regarding Hayes’ comments during an interview on SiriusXM. She admitted she had always suspected she wasn’t part of the top superstar plans, remarking,

“But to actually hear it, to actually hear that there was a ceiling put on me, it’s different. You can’t help but be pissed off and a little upset and just a little aggravated at the fact that you thought that there was maybe a chance that there wasn’t a ceiling, that maybe it was all in your head, and then it was confirmed. It wasn’t confirmed to me; it was confirmed on national television.”