Chelsea Green

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling / Impact Wrestling (2016–2018) On January 7, 2016, Green made her Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) debut under the ring name Chelsea, losing to Jade. The following night on January 8 at TNA One Night Only: Live!, she wrestled in a number one contenders gauntlet battle royal match for the TNA Knockouts Championship, entering the ongoing match at number four before being eliminated by Awesome Kong.

In June 2016, Green officially signed with Impact. She made her televised debut as a heel on the September 29 episode of Impact Wrestling under the new ring name Laurel Van Ness, defeating Madison Rayne. On the October 20 episode of Impact Wrestling, Van Ness attacked Allie which led to a match between the two where Van Ness was victorious. She attacked Allie again the following week, which led to another match between the two on the December 8 episode of Impact Wrestling, Van Ness was defeated.

In late 2016, Van Ness formed an on-screen relationship with Braxton Sutter. On February 23, 2017, the two were set to marry until Van Ness got rejected by Sutter during their wedding when he professed that he was in love with Allie (who is Sutter's legitimate wife). The following week of Impact Wrestling, the Lady Squad quietly disbanded when former leader Maria's contract expired.

In March, Van Ness started a maniacal gimmick, wrestling with a severely disheveled appearance (including a messy, damaged wedding dress and chaotic-looking make-up), barefoot, and carrying a wine bottle to the ring. Grado tried to propose to her on July 27, however he was interrupted by Kongo Kong.

On the August 24 episode of Impact, Van Ness came out, all cleaned-up, during Grado's deportation farewell address. She took out a wedding ring, asked Grado if he wanted to marry her and he said yes, establishing herself as a babyface for the first time in Impact. However, after Grado found out that Van Ness was Canadian, not American, he called off the wedding on the September 7 episode of Impact. Van Ness began turning heel when she reverted to her emotionally chaotic gimmick, which later included going out in the crowd and campaigning for a husband. On November 5, at Bound for Glory, Van Ness attacked Grado during his Monster's Ball match against Abyss, completing her heel turn, only to be on the receiving end of Rosemary's mist.

On November 8, which aired on a tape delay on December 14, Van Ness defeated Rosemary in a tournament final for the vacant Impact Knockouts Championship. During that time she also returned to her 'normal' ring gear instead of the ruined wedding dress, but retaining her chaotic/'drama' gimmick. At Genesis, Van Ness defeated Allie to retain the title. on the February 8 episode of Impact, Van Ness defeated Kiera Hogan to retain the title. Behind the scenes, Green planned to leave Impact Wrestling upon her contract's expiration, believing WWE would then immediately hire her, but Impact's producers cast her as champion before Green notified them she intended to leave. So, Green asked for her contractual release from the company while one of its onscreen titleholders; management, predictably, refused to release her while she was still champion in its storylines. On January 15, 2018, Impact officially released Green after she had completed her matches in the television tapings (where she ensured a smooth storyline continuity by losing the Knockouts Title to Allie).

Lucha Underground (2018) Green debuted in Lucha Underground at the season four tapings of Lucha Underground on February 25, 2018, under the stage name Reklusa. Green wrestled a fatal four-way with Jeremiah Crane, XO Lishus, and Marty "The Moth" Martinez. On October 10, Reklusa lost to Pentagón Dark in the main event.

WWE

Sporadic appearances and Tough Enough (2014, 2015)

Green made her first WWE appearance before signing for the company on the August 11, 2014 episode of Raw during the feud between Brie Bella and Stephanie McMahon, portraying Bella's real-life husband Daniel Bryan's physical therapist "Megan Miller," confessing that the two had been having an affair before an infuriated Bella stormed the ring and slapped her. In 2015, Green reappeared under her real name, as a contestant on the sixth season of the re-launched Tough Enough, finishing in fourth place for the females.

NXT (2018–2020) Green took as part in a WWE tryout in 2018 and was signed on August 3, and reported to the WWE Performance Center on October 8. She made her NXT in-ring debut at a live event on October 26, competing under her familiar "psychotic" gimmick. However, she suffered a broken wrist during her first TV match on the March 13, 2019 NXT tapings and underwent surgery the following day on March 14. Green returned to the ring on June 29 at a NXT live event. Green appeared on the December 23, 2019 edition of Raw, competing in a losing effort against Charlotte Flair. On January 8, 2020, she returned to NXT alongside her new manager Robert Stone. On January 26, Green competed in the women's Royal Rumble match at the pay-per-view of the same name, which was eventually won by Flair. On the March 4 episode of NXT, Green defeated Shotzi Blackheart to qualify for a Ladder match at Takeover: Tampa Bay to determine the #1 contender for the NXT Women's Championship. The ladder match was moved to the April 8 episode of NXT where the match was won by Io Shirai. On the May 27 episode of NXT, she fired Robert Stone. Following the wind-up of Green's partnership with Stone, WWE had planned to call her up to Raw, but after the show's executive director Paul Heyman left the position, the plan was scrapped.

SmackDown (2020–2021) Green made her SmackDown debut on the November 13, 2020 edition of SmackDown, where she participated in a fatal four-way qualifying match against Liv Morgan, Natalya, and Tamina to earn a spot at Survivor Series as part of the women's team, which Morgan won. Following the match, it was revealed that Green had broken her wrist again and that the planned finish which saw Green winning had to be changed to Morgan. After months of inactivity, on April 15, 2021, WWE released Green from her contract alongside other wrestlers.

Ring of Honor (2021) On July 11, 2021, Green made her surprise debut at Ring of Honor (ROH)'s Best in the World pay-per-view event, introduced by Maria Kanellis-Bennett (who was an onscreen personality and behind-the-scenes producer for ROH). Originally, Green was scheduled to wrestle in the ROH Women's World Championship tournament; however, Green suffered an arm/wrist fracture prior to the date of her first round match, and the Maryland Athletic Commission (every match except the final was taped for ROH's weekly TV show in Baltimore, Maryland) didn't medically clear her in time to participate. While recovering from injury, Green appeared as one of the onscreen commentators for the tournament's first round matches.

Return to Impact Wrestling (2021–2022) On July 17, 2021, at Slammiversary, Green returned to Impact Wrestling, but under her real name, wrestling in an intergender tag team match with real-life fiancé Matt Cardona, defeating Brian Myers and Tenille Dashwood. In October, Green entered the tournament to crown the first Impact Digital Media Champion: she defeated Madison Rayne in the first round, and lost to Jordynne Grace in the finals at the Bound for Glory pay-per-view show.

On January 8, 2022, at Hard to Kill, Green participated in the inaugural Knockouts Ultimate X match, which was won by Tasha Steelz. On the March 24, 2022 episode on Impact Wrestling, Green and Cardona attacked Mickie James after James was defeated by Steelz in a street fight match, turning heel in the process.

On the July 21 episode of Impact!, Green alongside Deonna Purrazzo, now dubbed as "VXT", faced the Knockouts World Champion Jordynne Grace and Mia Yim, which they were victorious. On August 12, at the pre-show of Emergence, VXT defeated Rosemary and Taya Valkyrie to win the Impact Knockouts World Tag Team Championship. They lost the title on October 7 at Bound for Glory to The Death Dollz (Jessicka, Rosemary and Valkyrie), ending their reign at 56 days. Green had her last match with the company against Mickie James on the November 11 episode of Impact in a losing effort. After her loss to James, Green and Purazzo would have a backstage segment where Green would say she was "going home". It would then be reported that Green had left Impact officially.

Return to WWE (2023–present) WWE Women's Tag Team Champion (2023–2024) On January 28, 2023, Green made her surprise return to WWE at Royal Rumble as a participant in the Women's Royal Rumble match. Entering the match at number 20, Green was quickly eliminated by Rhea Ripley in five seconds, a Women's Royal Rumble record. Upon her return, she became a member of the Raw brand, and would soon adopt the gimmick of a "Karen".

On the March 27 episode of Raw, Green teamed up with Sonya Deville and defeated the team of "Michin" Mia Yim and Candice LeRae to qualify for the Women's WrestleMania Showcase match. At WrestleMania 39, Green and Deville were unsuccessful, with the match being won by Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler. Green and Deville were drafted to the Raw brand as part of the 2023 WWE Draft. On the July 3 episode of Raw, after a five-match losing streak, Green and Deville won a tag team turmoil match for a WWE Women's Tag Team Championship opportunity and defeated Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez for the titles on the July 17 episode of Raw to win her first championship in WWE. Green and Deville became the first Tough Enough female competitors to win the titles as well as the second WWE women's tag team to originate in Tough Enough history.

On August 7, Deville was reported to have suffered an ACL injury and had to relinquish her half of the tag team title. A week later, despite Green wanting to hold auditions for a new tag team partner, a returning Piper Niven took one half of the tag team titles and declared she would be Green’s new partner. Although Green touted herself as a two-time champion, WWE recognizes this change as a continuation of Green's original title reign with Deville, ending Green's reign with Deville at 28 days. On the October 30 episode of Raw, Green won her first singles match on the main roster where she defeated Natalya in a Trick-or-Street Fight match. The following night, Green and Niven returned to NXT to successfully defend the tag team titles against Chase University (Thea Hail and Jacy Jayne) at Week 2 of NXT: Halloween Havoc. On December 11, it was announced that Green and Niven would defend their tag team titles against new number one contenders Kayden Carter and Katana Chance. The following week on Raw, Green and Niven lost the tag team titles to Carter and Chance, ending their reign at 126 days and Green's individual reign at 154 days. On the January 8, 2024 episode of Raw, Green and Niven were unsuccessful in regaining the titles in a rematch.

At Royal Rumble, Green entered at #14 in the women's Royal Rumble match, lasting over 17 minutes before being eliminated by Becky Lynch. At Night 2 of the 2024 WWE Draft, Green and Niven were drafted to the SmackDown brand. Green made a surprise appearance at Week 2 of Spring Breakin on April 30 where she was announced as NXT Women's Champion Roxanne Perez's next title challenger but failed to defeat Perez the following week. Green then competed in the women's Money In The Bank ladder match at Money in the Bank on July 6 in her home country of Canada, but was unsuccessful after the match was won by Tiffany Stratton. On November 2 at Crown Jewel, Green and Niven completed in a fatal four-way tag team match for the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship in a losing effort.

Inaugural Women's United States Champion and The Green Regime (2024–2026)

On the November 22, 2024 episode of SmackDown, Green entered the tournament to crown the inaugural Women's United States Champion, defeating Blair Davenport and WWE Women's Tag Team Champion Bianca Belair in a triple threat match in the preliminary round. After defeating Bayley in the semifinals, Green advanced to the finals at Saturday Night’s Main Event on December 14, where she defeated Michin to become the inaugural Women's United States Champion, her first singles title win in WWE. Additionally, Green and her husband Matt Cardona (who performed in WWE under the ring name Zack Ryder) became the first husband and wife duo to win the women's and men's United States Championships. After the title win, Green took on the gimmick of America's "head of state" with Niven acting as Green's bodyguard (dubbed as Green's Secret Hervice, a pun on Secret Service).

On the January 10, 2025 episode of SmackDown, Green successfully defend the title against Michin in a rematch. At Royal Rumble on February 1, Green competed in the Royal Rumble match entering at number 5 where she lasted over 26 minutes, eliminating Lash Legend and B-Fab in the process before inadvertently being eliminated by Piper Niven. On the March 7 episode of SmackDown, Green again defeated Michin in a Philadelphia Street Fight to retain the title when Alba Fyre interfered on her behalf and joining The Secret Hervice. On the March 18 episode of NXT, Green successfully defended the title against Sol Ruca. Her new stable with Niven and Fyre was then named The Green Regime. On the April 25 episode of SmackDown, Green lost the title to Zelina Vega, ending her reign at 132 days. On May 24 at Saturday Night's Main Event XXXIX, Green failed to regain the Women's United States Championship from Vega while suffering a nose injury.

On the August 19 episode of NXT, The Green Regime appeared to aid the NXT North American Champion Ethan Page in his feud against Tavion Heights and Tyra Mae Steele. Green and Page emerged victorious at NXT Heatwave in a mixed tag team match. At Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) Day of the Dead on November 2, Green and Page defeated La Hiedra and Mr. Iguana to win the AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship. On the November 7 episode of SmackDown, Green defeated Giulia to win her second Women's United States Championship, becoming a double champion in the process. On the January 2 episode of Smackdown, Green lost the title back to Giulia after interference from Kiana James, ending her second reign at 56 days. On the February 7, 2026 episode of AAA on Fox, Page and Green lost the AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship to Mr. Iguana and Lola Vice, ending the pair's reign at 97 days.

Interim WWE Women's Champion (2026–present) After the departure of Fyre from WWE in April 2026 and the injury of Niven in late 2025, Green formed an alliance with Tiffany Stratton, turning face for the first time since 2022. At SummerSlam Night 2 on August 2, 2026, Green defeated Stratton, Jade Cargill, Charlotte Flair and Lash Legend in a five-way Ladder match to win the Interim WWE Women's Championship, due to lineal champion Rhea Ripley being out with an injury. On the August 7 episode of SmackDown, Green and Stratton challenged Fatal Influence (Fallon Henley and Lainey Reid) for the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship in a losing effort. After the match, however, Green suffered a legitimate injury in her orbital bone. The following week on SmackDown, SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis asked Green to relinquish the title as she was not medically cleared to compete, but Green relented. Aldis then gave Green thirty days to get cleared and defend the title.

Early and personal life As a child, Green briefly lived in the UK, attending a primary school in Devon, where she lived for little over a year. Her mother's side is British, and Green stated in 2024 that she holds a British passport.

Green states that Kelly Kelly inspired her to become a professional wrestler. On April 4, 2019, her 28th birthday, Green announced her engagement to American professional wrestler Matt Cardona. The two had been dating since January 2017. They were married on New Year’s Eve 2021 in Las Vegas. Green announced on January 16, 2024, that she attained a United States green card.

Green has supraventricular tachycardia, a condition that causes electrical irregularities in the atrias resulting in cardiac arrythmias. She underwent surgery in May 2026 to correct the condition.

Green is a fan of association football and supports English Premier League club Chelsea F.C..

Filmography Film and television +YearTitleRoleNotes 2015 WWE Tough Enough season 6 Self; contestant 7th place, 4 episodes 2016 Chokeslam! Angel 2018 Heel Kick! Self; cameo 2020 Parallel Minds Alexa 2022 Last Date Kim Short film 2023 American Nightmare: Becoming Cody Rhodes Herself Documentary2024 News Hour Self; interviewee 1 episode A Bluegrass Christmas Claire Crosby Celtic Warrior WorkoutsSelf Episode 1422025 Dimension 20 4 episodes WWE Unreal Self; cast member Documentary Dhar Mann Wrestler 1 episode Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen Self; guest 1 episode

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Championships and accomplishments

All-Star Wrestling ASW Women's Championship (1 time) ASW Women's Championship Tournament (2015)ESPN SummerSlam Night 2 Moment of the Night Champion (2026) Impact Wrestling Impact Knockouts Championship (1 time) Impact Knockouts World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Deonna Purrazzo National Wrestling Alliance NWA Women's Invitational Cup (2021) Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Ethan Page Pro Wrestling Illustrated'' Ranked No. 26 of the top 50 female singles wrestlers in the PWI Female 50 in 2017 and 2019 Pro Wrestling 2.0 PW2.0 Women's Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Santana Garrett Queens of Combat QOC Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Taeler Hendrix QOC Tag Team Championship Tournament (2017) – with Taeler Hendrix WWE''' Interim WWE Women's Championship (1 time, current) WWE Women's United States Championship (2 times, inaugural) WWE Women's Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Sonya Deville / Piper Niven Interim WWE Women's Championship Tournament (2026) WWE Women's United States Championship Tournament (2024)