Chelsea Green on WWE adding more women’s titles: ‘I’m hoping and praying that’s true’

Chelsea Green would love to see WWE add more championships to its women’s division.

Earlier this week, Dave Meltzer confirmed that WWE is talking about creating Women’s Intercontinental and United States titles for the main roster. Green told The Masked Man Show that she doesn’t know anything past what has been reported, but she’s “hoping and praying” that it’s true. She thinks it would be a game-changer if the titles are introduced.

“I don’t know that it’s been confirmed because I don’t know it, I only saw it on the internet. So whatever you guys are reading, I’m also reading too,” Green said. “I mean, of course I’m like hoping and praying that that’s true. Because any more spotlights that the women can get would be amazing. I do think it’s long overdue. Again, it’s just another step in the right direction. I didn’t even think this could happen two years ago, and then now, I’m like, ‘Yeah, of course it’s happening. It has to happen. Now that it’s on the internet, we need this to happen.’ Obviously, I think it would be amazing to showcase the women that could be the champions in the future but maybe we don’t see them in that light right now. Maybe we see them as kind of floaters, or maybe they haven’t locked down their character, or maybe they’re a funny girl — maybe me [laughs]. There’s all these women that I just feel like — we have so much talent, and we’re not able to showcase it all the time. And so putting another title in the mix I think would just up the ante for that kind of mid-level girl who, we know we can elevate them, we know they can get there, but maybe the fans don’t believe in them yet. Maybe they need that championship to showcase that they can really lead a division. I think, if this comes to fruition, this will be a game-changer for the women’s locker room on Raw and SmackDown.”

While it remains to be seen if WWE will go through with introducing the belts, a new title was added to NXT recently. Kelani Jordan became the inaugural NXT Women’s North American Champion at Battleground this June.

Green took part in WWE’s women’s Money in the Bank ladder match last weekend. She was the fan-favorite in her home country of Canada but was thwarted by Tiffany Stratton at the end of the match. Stratton pushed Green’s ladder over, sending her crashing through two tables on the outside. Stratton then retrieved the Money in the Bank briefcase to win the match.