Chelsea Green knew that Michael Hayes’ comments about her on WWE Unreal would backfire
During the second season of WWE: Unreal, Producer Michael Hayes said the following about Chelsea Green: “Chelsea is so entertaining. But she is not built for, nor should she be in the Charlotte Flair role or Tiffany Stratton. Because Chelsea’s job is to help make those people.”
As seen during the 2026 WWE SummerSlam Sunday PLE, Chelsea Green became the Interim WWE Women’s Champion by winning a five-way ladder match. While speaking to Sam Roberts afterwards, Hayes’ comments from Unreal were brought up…
Sam Roberts: “Do you think in hindsight that that clip from Unreal that went everywhere where they said this wasn’t going to be you [Chelsea interrupted with ‘screwed them’]? I wasn’t going to be quite that frank about my observation.”
Chelsea Green: “Do you think that I should dedicate my title win to to old Michael Hayes… Freebird himself?”
Sam Roberts: “Do you think it rallied the fans though? Do you think that it gave them a thing where we go we don’t agree with that?”
Chelsea Green: “Yes. I have thought that since the minute that season 1, episode three of Unreal came out. I thought, ‘Oh, this is not going to be good for the office. But I love it.’ I’m getting all this love for just being me, for doing nothing out of the ordinary, for literally just showing up to work, doing my job, and going home. Unfortunately, for the office, that aired, everyone loved it, and now here we are three seasons later. I mean, like, Unreal season 3 just came out, and it reignited that passion from the fans. Like, I know it did. I felt it. I have felt it all weekend. I have felt it all year. I felt it for three years. I really felt it when I won the US title, but it it has like exploded since then. Exploded. I thank Michael Hayes for that.”