Chelsea Green

Chelsea Anne Cardona (née: Green; born April 4, 1991) is a Canadian professional wrestler.

She is currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Chelsea Green.

Green is a former WWE Women's Tag Team Champion.

She is also known for her time in Impact Wrestling, where she is a former Impact Knockouts Champion and Impact Knockouts World Tag Team Champion.

Green has appeared extensively on the independent wrestling circuit in North America and Asia.

In addition, she has appeared for the National Wrestling Alliance, Ring of Honor, and World Wonder Ring Stardom.

During her first run in Impact Wrestling, Green performed under the ring name Laurel Van Ness.

She also played Reklusa on the Lucha Underground TV series.

Under the ring name Jaida, she wrestled on for Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling (ECCW).

Her first match on May 31, 2014, at ECCW Better Than You.

She teamed with Brady Malibu and MR2 in a losing six-man tag match against Billy Suede, Kenny Lush & Nicole Matthews.

She next joined a Women's title tournament, winning the first round against Kaitlin Diamond.

On December 8, 2014, at the conclusion of the Women's title tournament held at ECCW Payoff, she defeated Kate Carney in the semi-finals.

In 2016, Green toured Japan twice for World Wonder Ring Stardom (WWRS).

Her first tour was three months long, but was cut short by a broken collarbone while wrestling in India.

Green's second tour of Japan was in late 2016, where she teamed with Santana Garrett for the 2016 Goddesses of Stardom Tag League.

During this tour, Green also challenged Wonder of Stardom Champion Kairi Hojo to a match but lost.

Green was undefeated in singles bouts in Japan, prior to her loss to Hojo.

On January 7, 2016, Green made her Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) debut under the ring name "Chelsea," losing to Jade.

The following night on January 8 at TNA One Night Only: Live!, she wrestled in a number one contenders gauntlet battle royal match for the TNA Knockouts Championship, entering the ongoing match at number four before being eliminated by Awesome Kong.

In June 2016, Green officially signed with Impact.

She made her televised debut as a heel on the September 29 episode of Impact Wrestling under the new ring name Laurel Van Ness, defeating Madison Rayne.

On the October 20 episode of Impact Wrestling, Van Ness attacked Allie which led to a match between the two where Van Ness was victorious.

She attacked Allie again the following week, which led to another match between the two on the December 8 episode of Impact Wrestling, Van Ness was defeated.

In late 2016, Van Ness formed an on-screen relationship with Braxton Sutter.

Queens of Combat 17 on February 18, 2017 saw the start of the QOC Tag Team Championship tournament to crown the first QOC Tag Team Champions.

Van Ness teamed with Taeler Hendrix and defeated Aja Perera and Kiera Hogan in the first round.

At Queens of Combat 18, also on February 18, they defeated Nevaeh and Rachael Ellering in the semi-finals.

Hendrix and Van Ness defeated The Lucha Sisters (Leva Bates and Mia Yim) to become the first QOC Tag Team Champions.

On February 23, 2017, the two were set to marry until Van Ness got rejected by Sutter during their wedding when he professed that he was in love with Allie (who is Sutter's legitimate wife).

The following week of Impact Wrestling, the Lady Squad quietly disbanded when former leader Maria's contract expired.

In March, Van Ness started a maniacal gimmick, wrestling with a severely disheveled appearance (including a messy, damaged wedding dress and chaotic-looking make-up), barefoot, and carrying a wine bottle to the ring.

Grado tried to propose to her on July 27, however he was interrupted by Kongo Kong.

On the August 24 episode of Impact, Van Ness came out, all cleaned-up, during Grado's deportation farewell address.

She took out a wedding ring, asked Grado if he wanted to marry her and he said yes, establishing herself as a babyface for the first time in Impact.

However, after Grado found out that Van Ness was Canadian, not American, he called off the wedding on the September 7 episode of Impact.

Van Ness began turning heel when she reverted to her emotionally chaotic gimmick, which later included going out in the crowd and campaigning for a husband.

On November 5, at Bound for Glory, Van Ness attacked Grado during his Monster's Ball match against Abyss, completing her heel turn, only to be on the receiving end of Rosemary's mist.

In September 2018, Green performed on the All In pay-per-view show, the first independent wrestling event in the U.S. to draw a live attendance of at least 10,000 fans.

Green wrestled Britt Baker, Madison Rayne, and Tessa Blanchard in a Four corner survival match.