Chelsea Green comments on her in-ring status with WWE after suffering a broken orbital bone
As seen during the August 14th 2026 edition of SmackDown, General Manager Nick Aldis attempted to have Chelsea Green relinquish the WWE women’s championship due to her broken orbital bone. However, Chelsea pleaded with Aldis, which led to him giving her 30 days to receive medical clearance. As a result, Chelsea will remain champion during that period.
While speaking to Chris Van Vliet, Chelsea commented on continuing to wrestle while wearing a mask…
“I’ve got a mask. I bedazzled it. Obviously, a second mask. I bedazzled a different color this time. So you have to wait and see.
But if you don’t take care of yourself, and you don’t push to get answers medically, you could be out for as long as you want to be out for. You could be out for ages, just rehabbing. We’ve got so many things wrong with us, all of us do. So I just always want to make sure I get ahead of it.
‘No, no, no. Give me a date now. If I can beat the date, great.’ [It’s] rare, but if I can beat the date, great.
So I got a date in Philly that night, and then I went back home. I had a couple of very rough days at home after flying, after coming down from the adrenaline, after swelling, all that stuff. It was a rough few days, and then I found a surgeon in Orlando.
I went to him, and then I doubled down and made sure I had a written note that said when I could come back, because WWE, they are so careful. They have to be.
This is my eyeball, and if I break it anymore, if I break my orbital bone anymore, that means my eyeball drops down an inch. That’s disgusting. It means a plate in my eye. That’s a big deal.
So they are always going to be more cautious and careful with us, and make sure that they’re taking care and that we’re 100%. Whereas I’m thinking, yeah, but how can I make this story work, and how can we not drag this out?
When’s the soonest I can get in the ring to give the people what they want, so that we can continue to feed this storyline?”
Thanks to ChrisVanVliet.com for the quote.
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