Chelsea Green discusses how she went from WWE’s ‘biggest failure’ to winning titles

Chelsea Green should not be a winner. He left WWE for the first time, and his great comeback lasted only a few seconds. However, Green was successful, becoming a multiple-time champion in the promotion. His secrets? To check his ego and increase the minutes.

Green’s first WWE stint was a series of blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moments: playing Daniel Bryan’s physical therapist, finishing fourth on “Tough Enough,” and NXT and SmackDown, both of which were interrupted by broken wrists.

Green spent the next two years gaining experience in the private sector. When WWE finally came around again, he was sure the second go would be different. Instead, Green, who stars in Season 2 of the Netflix reality show “WWE Unreal”, got a tough reality check.

“When you get released, the No. 1 goal is to get back to WWE…” Green told CBS Sports before the start of the January reality show. 20. “I think everybody’s going to say they think they’re going to go straight in. They’re going to win the Royal Rumble and come back with glory. All the things they didn’t have in their prime.

“I quickly realized when I got to the Royal Rumble that I was going to be out and in. No one really talked about me. It’s not what I dreamed of. It’s not what I thought.”

Undeterred, Green went to work, finding small windows to make himself visible and taking advantage of every opportunity.

“I had to stop the way I was thinking and the way I was going. ‘Okay, so I’m not going straight up. They don’t think I’m up here.’ Now we have to work hard to show them in double time why I should be there.”

Green made the most of a bad situation. He found a silver lining when he was eliminated from his first Royal Rumble in 14 seconds, ensuring that WWE’s social and digital teams were waiting so he could deliver his best on-camera freakout. Within a week, he was working with the founders while continuing to record content with the social media team, making assets in real time.

“I did my best to control my narrative,” Green explained. “You really don’t know in WWE, but I think, for the most part, over the last three years, I’ve controlled my narrative as much as possible. At the end of the day in wrestling, there will always be forks in the road. There will always be speed bumps. There will be deadends. When you get to where you’re going, you realize that those twists and turns are what make your story unique.”

Green is the background star, a nod to the trashy Attitude Era and the dolled-up WWE Divas that followed. There is a magnetism to his highest performance. He’s not afraid to make a fool of himself or end up banging his head against a barrel if it leaves an impression.

“That’s what I knew when I came back. I wanted to make sure I couldn’t be denied,” said Green. “I’m not saying I’m the best player, but I’m going to make sure that if you give me something, I’m going to do my best to get people talking about it. That’s the point. If you can’t do that, you’re not going to have a spot.”

In a few years, Green went from a 14-second Rumble finisher to a multi-time champion. She is the first female United States champion and the first two-time champion, accomplishments she has accomplished while maintaining her positive personality. It’s a sub-story told about a character who is constantly cheating.

“For me, that’s what connects me. That’s what people talk to me about,” Green said. “I wasn’t chosen. I didn’t aim high. You’ve seen me struggle many times. You’ve seen other people get things that I thought I deserved.

“That’s special since I’m here. I’m a former tag team champion, two-time United States champion, and mixed tag team champion. I’ve won four to five titles in three years. That’s pretty amazing, all things considered, for a big loser like me.”

Green stole hearts with his flamboyant nature and vulnerability in the first season of “WWE Unreal.” Her joy after winning the United States women’s title and grief over not being booked in front of her family in “Survivor Series: WarGames” revealed the relatable artist behind the evil, cunning character.

“My willingness to share and be open is something many of my colleagues like to talk about,” Green said. “I think that’s what the fans are thinking too. In the end, it’s just the camera following me. I try not to think too much about it because I don’t want to do it for myself.

“I don’t want to watch myself in the first or second season, or listen to what people say, and change the way I am. I don’t want to wander. All of that is important in unscripted television. It needs to be true, or it shows. It really shows.”

Check out the full interview with Chelsea Green below.

Some stars guard their on-camera personas fiercely, protecting them from outside influences. That’s a personal choice. Even worse are those who destroy others in order to succeed. Green is the opposite of both.

“Some people can’t do that. Some people think that to get to the top you have to step on people,” Green said. “I was talking to Bianca Belair yesterday. We were talking about how you don’t need to step on people to get to the top. In fact, the people at the top should come down, hold your hand, pull you and lift you up.

“That’s the whole thing about being a tall girl. You didn’t get there because you stepped on all the little people. You lifted us up. We were all pulling you up one by one and lifting you up.”