Former United States Champion backs Chelsea Green to win new Women’s title

A former champion has recently backed Chelsea Green to win the newly unveiled WWE United States Women's Championship. The Hot Mess has lately emerged as a crowd favorite thanks to her impressive character work.

On the latest edition of Friday Night SmackDown, the blue brand's General Manager, Nick Aldis, unveiled the Women's United States Championship. Following the announcement, former WWE Superstar Matt Cardona (FKA Zack Ryder) backed his wife, Chelsea Green, to win the gold. Many fans also push the former Women's Tag Team Champion's name to become the inaugural champion.

Earlier today, Green took to her X/Twitter account to share a picture of herself with Cardona. The latter reshared his wife's post, stating the picture features a future and a former United States Champion. The 39-year-old has held the title once during his time in WWE.

"A future and former US Champion," she wrote.

You can check out Matt Cardona's Instagram post below:

Chelsea Green opens up about Matt Cardona's potential WWE return

Matt Cardona was released from WWE in 2020 after being with the wrestling promotion for fifteen years. After parting ways with the Stamford-based company, he wrestled in multiple promotions and became one of the top names on the independent circuit, winning several championships along the way.

While speaking with Chris Van Vliet on his Insight podcast, Chelsea Green claimed she is patiently waiting for her husband to return to the global juggernaut. The former Women's Tag Team Champion stated she wanted to team up with Cardona for a Mixed Tag Team match inside a WWE ring.

Green further pointed out that she believes the former Zack Ryder will rejoin one day.

"I am patiently waiting. Because not that I want to be partnered up with him [Matt Cardona] in WWE. That would be great. I think we could have an amazing mixed match, tag team division, whatever it is. But I don’t know. I don’t know why, I would love to know why. I would love to be a fly on the wall of kind of like the meetings of the top guys in WWE. But I do feel like in my heart of hearts, it’s only a matter of time. It feels crazy that he wouldn’t be," Chelsea Green said.

You can check out the entire conversation below:

Chelsea Green's latest televised in-ring action was at WWE Crown Jewel. She teamed up with Piper Niven to challenge Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill for the Women's Tag Team Championship in a Fatal Four-Way match, which also featured Lash Legend & Jakara Jackson and Damage CTRL's IYO SKY and Kairi Sane. The EST pinned Green to retain the title.