Chelsea Green remains interim women's champion while recovering from injury

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She deserves it. That’s the message the fans had for Chelsea Green as she stood in the ring, opposite SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis on this week’s episode of Friday Night SmackDown, sporting a broken orbital bone and the facial bruising to go with it. She is the WWE women’s champion, something she’s worked her entire life for, despite all the talk of being a comedy wrestler, or being the woman who works against the big stars. She appealed to Aldis, that he should understand where she’s coming from, because he, too, proved a lot of people wrong at SummerSlam. He was going to strip her of the title and she couldn’t believe he would do such a thing. And then he had a change of heart. He told Green she has 30 days to get cleared, get a face mask, do whatever it is she needs to do to defend her championship. But until someone takes it from her, she is indeed the champion. WOW 👏 Nick Aldis is giving @ImChelseaGreen 30 days to get healthy and defend the Women's WWE Title! pic.twitter.com/CsH8FDQTa1 — WWE (@WWE) August 15, 2026 That got a thunderous pop. GUNTHER hit the scene just after to start up an issue, leading to Matt Cardona rushing out to defend his wife. That’s certainly one way to keep Green from having to get physical but keeping the title on her! Get complete SmackDown results and coverage of this week’s entire episode by clicking here.

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When Chelsea Green climbed that ladder in Minnesota a couple weeks ago to become the interim WWE Women’s champion, most of the wrestling fans I know were pretty excited about it. WWE seemed to sense that… … but then Green confirmed she suffered a broken orbital bone in her tag match on SmackDown last Friday (Aug. 7). But via Fightful Select, WrestleVotes reports that as of yesterday (Aug. 12) WWE planned to keep the Women’s belt on Chels while she’s out of action the next few weeks. What’s more, they’ll keep her on television with the title and involved in storylines until cleared. While WWE fans know why the company would do that, because they know how entertaining Green is — there’s another detail from Votes latest that probably explains why she’ll remain Women’s champ. Her SummerSlam title win apparently did big numbers on social media. Big enough they caught decision makers at WWE and parent company TKO’s attention, and impressed them. And how couldn’t they be impressed by someone so beloved in her home country their lone NBA team has her unveil its 2026-2027 schedule… … right?

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A backstage update on Chelsea Green's status following her orbital bone injury reveals that the Interim Women's Champion will remain on TV while recovering