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Ex-WWE star Chelsea Green debuts at Ring of Honor: Best In The World days before non-compete clause expires
The Hot Mess is in ROH (Photo: Ring of Honor)
Former WWE star Chelsea Green debuted for Ring of Honor at Best In The World this weekend.
The Hot Mess herself made a surprising appearance at the company’s stacked pay-per-view on Sunday night (July 11) days before her 90-day non-complete clause was due to expire on July 13.
She came out during the show as Maria Bennett-Kanellis confirmed her as the final entrant for the upcoming Women’s Championship Tournament.
Stepping out onto the stage, Green teased: ‘This is what freedom looks like!’
Although the former Knockouts Champion explained she isn’t yet cleared from broken arm – which she has been recovering from at WWE’s Performance Center – she confirmed she will be fit to face Mandy Leon in the first round.
Other stars in the tournament includes the likes of Angelina Love, who has a bye to the second round, plus Allysin Kay and Holidead.
According to Fightful Select, Green secured her deal over a month ago, and she had to get permission from WWE to appear on Best In The World because her non-compete clause hadn’t quite ended.
It’s said she’ll be working the ROH TV tapings on commentary, although as of Sunday night she didn’t have a contract with the company.
Chelsea previously admitted she was taking inspiration from AEW star Cody Rhodes’ approach after he left WWE and spent some time touring the world ticking off dream matches in plenty of different promotions.
‘My ideal, my vision would be to pull a Cody Rhodes and do a little bit of everything,’ she exclusively told Metro.co.uk, noting that IMPACT, AEW and ROH were all top of her wish list.
‘I would love that! I think that was genius of him, to get himself out there and to wrestle people he would never have been able to wrestle. That’s what I really wanna do.’
She’s also been open about her goals outside of wrestling, and the host of the Green With Envy podcast told us about her Playboy and horror movie dreams.
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She said: ‘I have a bucket list of things I wanna do… Definitely I wanna be killed in a horror movie. I’ve always wanted that, I always found it so hilarious where you see the girl running and they always trip and fall, and then they get killed.
‘It’s just how it works! So I wanna be that girl. Right now, I’m trying to work at making contacts in Playboy to hopefully do that.’
There’s since been some contact with Playboy, and it seems ROH is her next step as she looks to get back into the ring.
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