Victoria's Chelsea Green has solidified her place in World Wrestling Entertainment history by becoming the first-ever women's United States champion.
Green captured the crown with a win tonight (Dec. 14) over Michin in the title's tournament final match at WWE's Saturday Night's Main Event show, which occurred on Long Island, New York and aired live on NBC.
She scored the win after hitting Michin with a modified double underhook facebuster 鈥� a move she calls the "Unpretty Her" 鈥� at 8:08.
There has been a men's United States title since 1975 when the National Wrestling Alliance created it. The WWE began featuring the title in 2001 and officially adopted it in 2003.
The women's United States title was initially unveiled on Nov. 8 and Green won two tournament matches to reach the final match.
"I always knew this was going to happen," she said, following the match. "I've been doing this for 10 years and I worked my entire life to be an overnight success. This is my time, this is my night."
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Green was trained at Calgary鈥檚 Storm Wrestling Academy by legendary Canadian wrestler Lance Storm and made her B.C. independent debut in 2014. She competed for both Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling and Vancouver Island Pro Wrestling initially and also had a tour of Saskatchewan.
She had interest from WWE early on, and also appeared on the . However, they chose not to sign her after those appearances.
Green鈥檚 first title win occurred in 2015 when she captured the women鈥檚 title by winning the Girls Gone Wrestling tournament in Cloverdale.
Green鈥檚 abilities continued to gain attention and she began making appearances for Impact Wrestling, known as one of the largest promotions in North America. She officially signed with the company in June of 2016 and that year also saw her compete in a handful of matches for the Japanese women鈥檚 promotion known as Stardom.
Her Impact persona was Laurel Van Ness and she portrayed a rich snob-type character before gaining a love interest and then eventually was left at the altar. Her character then morphed into a jilted bride and was often wrestling in disheveled wedding clothes and smeared make-up.
In the years that followed Green competed in Mexico, the United Kingdom, Spain and Australia internationally, while continuing to appear on Impact鈥檚 TV product and for other major independent promotions in North America.
She went on to capture her first Impact Knockouts title in 2018 and also appeared on the Lucha Underground television show. Green officially signed with WWE in August of 2018 and joined the developmental NXT brand. Just before joining the NXT roster she also wrestled at the historic All In independent show in Chicago, which helped form the basis for the All Elite Wrestling promotion.
She went on to make her WWE main roster debut on Dec. 23, 2019 in a losing effort to Charlotte Flair on Monday Night Raw and also competed in the 2020 Royal Rumble event. She then joined the Smackdown roster later in 2020, but suffered an injury and was released from her contract in April of 2021.
Following her release, Green joined Ring of Honor and rejoined Impact for 2021 and 2022. She also competed at independent promotions all across the globe. She returned to WWE as a surprise entrant at the 2023 Royal Rumble.
Green competed at both the WrestleMania and Money In The Bank pay-per-views this year and in recent months has seen her fan following grow despite her portraying a "heel" character.
Canadian viewers in 2025 can catch Green and the rest of WWE programming on Netflix. They debut on the streaming platform on Jan. 6.
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