Xelina has opened up about a very different direction she and Chelsea Green envisioned for the WWE Women’s United States Championship in 2025, revealing that their plan involved an immediate rematch, a returning title reign for Green, and an angle built around Zoey Stark joining the Secret Hervice.
Known in WWE as Zelina Vega, Xelina made history as the second woman to hold the Women’s United States Championship when she defeated Green for the title in April 2025. The victory delivered Xelina her first singles championship in WWE and gave the relatively new title a champion whose emotional response connected with the audience. Her reign ultimately lasted 63 days before Giulia won the championship.
However, Xelina said the original creative concept that she and Green discussed would have made that championship victory the beginning of a very different feud. Rather than building toward a lengthy run for Xelina, the idea was for Green to regain the championship almost immediately under especially vicious circumstances, establishing a clear hero-and-villain dynamic and giving Xelina a meaningful chase.
The proposed immediate rematch
During an appearance on Ring the Belle, Xelina explained that she and Green were looking for a way to intensify the crowd response around both performers. The goal was not simply to have Xelina win the title and move on. They wanted Green to become more firmly established as the heel while allowing Xelina to earn the kind of audience sympathy that could carry a longer pursuit of the championship.
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“What if we did something where it was like whatever pay-per-view or whatever it is, I win the title, but then, the very next show, we have a rematch?” Xelina said on Ring the Belle.
In Xelina’s description, that next show was to be the setting for a major shift. Zoey Stark was expected to join Green’s group, the Secret Hervice, and her arrival would have directly influenced the title picture. Green would win the Women’s United States Championship back, but the story was meant to center less on a conventional rematch loss and more on the level of physical punishment Xelina would take at the hands of the new alliance.
“Then, at that point, you would win it back, but have Zoey come in, like beat the ever-loving s*** out of me. Make it disgusting, like make it really bad so people will feel for me,” Xelina recalled. “I can get that kind of sympathy back and then you guys are sitting up there, the big heels. You got your title back and it’s great. Now, I have something to chase.”
The proposed scenario would have been a substantial departure from a standard title-change pattern. Xelina’s initial win would still have mattered, particularly as the first singles championship of her WWE career. Yet the quick reversal was intended to create a stronger foundation for the story after the victory. Green and the expanded Secret Hervice would leave with the gold and enhanced villain credibility, while Xelina would have a personal grievance as well as a championship objective.
Xelina said Green was immediately receptive to the idea. The two performers subsequently pitched the program together, but it did not become the direction used on television.
Why the championship stayed with Xelina
Instead of moving the title back to Green in the fashion the pair had outlined, WWE kept the championship on Xelina. She said Paul “Triple H” Levesque had other plans and wanted her Women’s United States title reign to continue.
Xelina suggested that the audience reaction to her championship win may have helped shape that decision. The title win was an emotional moment for her after a lengthy WWE career, and the response from fans provided evidence that the victory had resonated. Keeping the title on Xelina allowed the company to continue presenting that moment as a breakthrough rather than immediately undoing it.
From Xelina’s perspective, though, the altered plan also affected the intended rhythm of the storyline. The concept she and Green developed was designed around the pain of seeing a deeply meaningful first singles championship taken away almost as soon as it was achieved. That loss, combined with Stark’s proposed debut alongside the Secret Hervice, would have made the audience investment in a potential Xelina comeback more immediate.
“It was supposed to go a different way and didn’t, and I think because of that, it almost worked against us,” Xelina said on Ring the Belle. “I didn’t get to defend the title much. It didn’t go the way we wanted to, but ultimately, I’m so glad I got to have it and I had the experience I did with it, but we wanted to do it a little bit differently.”
That perspective underscores a familiar tension in wrestling creative: a championship can be both an important personal milestone and a storytelling tool that performers hope to use in a specific way. Xelina was grateful for becoming champion, but also saw possibilities in a shorter first reign that could have generated a more defined mission afterward.
Road Dogg discussion and the “WWE Unreal” reaction
Xelina also addressed criticism aimed at Road Dogg following a scene from WWE Unreal in which he suggested that the championship should be switched back to Green. In the public discussion around that scene, the proposed return of the title to Green generated negative reactions toward Road Dogg.
But Xelina made clear that his pitch was not an outside attempt to diminish her victory or abruptly cut off her run. She said he was advocating for a direction that she and Green had already discussed and brought forward themselves.
That added context changes the nature of the creative conversation. The idea of Green reclaiming the title was not merely a producer’s preference for a title reversal. It was part of a larger program Xelina believed could have created stronger emotional stakes for everyone involved: Green as champion again, Stark as a threatening new presence in the group, and Xelina as the wrestler fans wanted to see overcome the odds.
The fact that the plan did not happen does not erase the significance of Xelina’s reign. She defeated Green in April 2025, held the Women’s United States Championship for 63 days, and later lost the title to Giulia. Still, Xelina’s remarks provide insight into how differently the reign could have functioned had the Green rematch and Secret Hervice expansion unfolded as pitched.
A workhorse-title ambition
Beyond the abandoned Green storyline, Xelina also shared her hope for how she could have represented the Women’s United States Championship during her time with it. She wanted more opportunities to defend the title and envisioned positioning it as a workhorse championship for WWE’s women’s division.
Her ambitions extended beyond WWE programming. Xelina said she wanted to bring the title to AAA and Stardom, using appearances in those promotions to emphasize the championship’s value and the willingness of its holder to defend it in a variety of environments.
“There’s things that I wish were different. I’m still very thankful that it happened,” Xelina said on Ring the Belle. “Obviously, we are just characters in someone else’s storybook, and being an artist and someone who likes to create, it’s very difficult for us to grasp that sometimes.”
The comments reflect both satisfaction and unfinished creative ambition. Winning the championship marked a major individual accomplishment, especially because it was her first singles title in WWE. At the same time, Xelina wanted the reign to feature more defenses and a broader identity for the belt, one built around frequent competition and visibility beyond a single weekly television framework.
For Green, the scrapped story would have offered a chance to immediately turn the loss into a more forceful villainous chapter. For Stark, it would have provided a proposed entry point into the Secret Hervice. And for Xelina, it would have transformed a celebratory title win into the opening act of a more dramatic, potentially more personal chase.
Instead, Xelina’s WWE Women’s United States Championship reign followed the path that was ultimately selected, ending after 63 days with Giulia as the new champion. Xelina remains appreciative of the opportunity and what the title meant to her, even while making clear that she and Green had a specific alternative story they believed could have elevated their feud and the championship itself.
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