Chelsea Green is in a match with a 14-time champion in it, and the thing keeping her up is the furniture.
Green is one of the competitors in the ladder match at SummerSlam to crown an interim WWE Women’s Champion, with Rhea Ripley sidelined by injury. Asked on TMZ Inside The Ring who she is most worried about, she did not name a person.
“I’m most worried about the ladders. Okay, the last time that I was in a WWE ladder match was Money in the Bank in Toronto, Ontario, and I fell off the ladder through a table.”
“So ladders aren’t really my friend. They’re actually my biggest op at the moment. So we’re going to work on that currently for the next week. We are going to work on the ladders and the fear of ladders and heights.”
Asked directly whether she is afraid of heights, she answered in the third person.
“Chelsea Green is.”
Why she thinks she cannot lose
Green framed the match as one she gets something out of either way, and said her opponents are the ones who should be uncomfortable.
“My mindset going into this is it’s a win win for me. For everybody else, they should be afraid, because if I lose, it’s okay. I’m losing to champions. I’m losing to a 14 time champion. I’m losing to the baddest B in wrestling. I’m losing to a multi time champion in Tiffany Stratton. If I win, then the underdog did the impossible.”
She also explained what winning would actually get her, given the title is an interim one.
“As far as I know, it means that you are the WWE Women’s Champion for the time being, but when Rhea comes back, she will be automatically challenging you for said title. And so it means that you already have an opponent that you’re going to have to face whether you continue to beat the entire roster or not.”
One spot still open
The field is not complete. Green expects that to change before the weekend.
“Yes, we’ve got one more competitor that’s going to be announced hopefully on Friday. I mean, when else can they do it?”
She signed off with a correction she would like to make next time.
“Hopefully, the next time we speak, I am your new WWE not interim champion.”
Green is the inaugural Women’s United States Champion. She is joined in the match by Charlotte Flair, Jade Cargill and Tiffany Stratton, with a fifth entrant to be named.
