Zelina Vega Breaks Silence On Accidentally Breaking Chelsea Green’s Nose At WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event
Zelina Vega breaks her silence.
On May 24, Vega and Green clashed over the Women’s United States Championship in a singles contest.
During the match, Vega messed up her 619 attempt, accidentally breaking Green’s nose in the process. Green went on to finish the match, taking a top rope Code Red from Vega to lose the bout.
Speaking with Chris Van Vliet for a new interview, Vega spoke about the spot for the first time, saying that the middle rope was loose. Vega was also open about the backlash she got, questioning if those people have ever made a mistake in their own lives.
“Let me just say that 619. It’s so funny to me, because it was as if the world just freaking lost their sh*t on me. Because I had never botched that move not one time until that day, and it’s because the ropes were freaking loose okay. The middle rope, whenever the middle rope is loose, I can’t get a good push, and then I just kind of flip-flop, whatever the f*ck that was, and it just kind of weird, and it was just like a wonky thing that just happened. I didn’t think it was going to be like pitchforks, ‘Oh no! I can’t believe she botched this iconic, legendary move, and just so happened to break our Queen’s nose.’ I’m like, Yes, it was very sh*tty, because I had never hurt anybody in my career, not one time, not once until that moment happened. So I felt like such sh*t, yes, because you botched the move, of course, but more so because I had never hurt anybody before, and in character, of course, I’m like, you know, ‘Good, shut your ass up.’ But at the same time, I was like, Oh my God, this never happened. It broke my heart into a million pieces, because I didn’t want that for her at all. She didn’t care. Because as you know, for her, she’s just like, ‘I broke this thing five times, you flick it and it’ll start bleeding.’ And I’m like, okay, but that’s not the point. That’s not the point. She’s one of the most hardcore bitches I know. Because as far as Chelsea Green goes, we’ve seen her fall through tables at Money in the Bank. We’ve seen her do all these amazing things, all these hardcore matches and all the things that she did in TNA or Lucha Underground. She’s pretty indestructible. So a little flick, kick to the nose and a little bloody nose wasn’t gonna turn that girl around at all. So of course, what she did is make it funny, because that’s what she does, and she makes it funny. But for me, it was just like, Okay, this sucked. I don’t think I ever spoke on it, but it was one of those things that people really came for me for, and I was just like, Okay, I hope that you guys never f*ck up anything in your life, ever. Because I will make sure that I will find you John Williams at 217 blah, blah, blah Street, and I’ll knock on your door and be like, Hey, you remember when you f*cked this up?”
Zelina Vega went on to lose the Women’s United States Championship to Giulia in June.
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