Chelsea Green Got a Heads-Up from Matt Cardona About Her WWE Release in 2021
Chelsea Green revealed that her husband, Matt Cardona, warned her just minutes before WWE officially released.
In April 2021, WWE released Chelsea Green along with several other talents. While reflecting on that moment during an appearance on the Lightweights Podcast, Green explained that Cardona called her shortly before she received the news. The news gave her a brief moment to mentally prepare.
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'Matt called me, like, three minutes before I was fired, and said, 'You're about to get fired.' I don't know how,' Green recalled. 'I'm so glad he did, because it just gave me a split second in my kitchen… to, like, regroup, and be like, 'How am I gonna handle this?''
Chelsea Green immediately went into planning mode
After the call, she immediately shifted into planning mode. She made a list of promotions she hadn't had the chance to work with before joining WWE. 'I immediately wrote down all the companies that I had not been able to get to before I got signed the first time. So that was like Ring of Honor and NWA.'
She then contacted WWE to request an early release from her contract. 'Then I called WWE back and asked if I could be released from my contract early. So usually we have, you know, 90 days. I asked if I could be released, I believe, like on day 60 or 70, and forego my pay so I could get onto the indies earlier than the group… WWE said yes.' [H/T: Wrestlingnews]
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In the same interview, Chelsea Green mentioned that there was another name set to be part of the Secret Hervice before her release.
Read More: Chelsea Green Replaced In Queen Of The Ring On WWE SmackDown
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