This moment from Netflix’s ‘WWE Unreal’ left star ‘gobsmacked’

The Netflix docuseries “WWE Unreal” showed plenty behind the scenes of the wrestling company, but one idea brought up in the show was so stunning, it even shocked the wrestler it was about.

As part of the inside look in the creative process of WWE, viewers got to see some of the pitches producers made as the writers tried to come up with stories and shows. One that caught the attention of fans was the pitch for the 2025 women’s Royal Rumble match.

After chief content officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque asked for any underdog picks, a writer proposed an idea: entrant No. 29 enters and another star is the only one left in the ring. They do a double elimination, so whoever is the 30th and final entrant automatically wins.

The pick? Chelsea Green.

It was certainly a curveball and an idea that surprised nearly everyone – even Green. She said she watched the show like everyone else, and when she saw the scene, her “jaw was on the floor.”

“I was gobsmacked,” Green told USA TODAY Sports. “I think that could have been a hilarious moment, a moment that our audience would have never forgotten, a moment that would have gone down in history.”

The inaugural Women’s United States Champion added a part of her wish that wasn’t shown because it likely takes it off the table. The 2025 edition ended with Charlotte Flair winning the match.

Still, while it seems unlikely it would be done now that fans could easily anticipate it, she said not to entirely rule it out, or forget about her possibly winning.

“That’s the beauty of wrestling,” Green said. “Is that anything can happen, and by the time we hit 2026, we might have 10 more incredible ideas or ways for me to win a Royal Rumble, or for a newcomer, for someone in NXT to come up and surprise the fans.”

Green is still one of several women trying to win the Royal Rumble for the first time; she made her Royal Rumble debut in 2020 and has participated in the iconic match four times. 

She also owns a Royal Rumble record, although it isn’t the ideal achievement; Green owns the record of shortest time in the match at five seconds, which happened when she returned to WWE in 2023.