Laurel Van Ness

Chelsea Anne Green (born April 4, 1991) is a Canadian stunt woman and professional wrestler, currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) under the ring name Laurel Van Ness. In 2015, Green was a contestant on WWE Tough Enough after being brought on as a replacement for Dianna Dahlgren.

Professional wrestling career

During the feud between Brie Bella and Stephanie McMahon, she made an appearance during a segment on the August 11 episode of Raw as Daniel Bryan's physical therapist, Megan Miller,^[2] who confessed to having an affair with her client. An infuriated Brie stormed into the ring and slapped Megan before attacking Stephanie.^[2]

In 2015, Van Ness appeared as a contestant on the sixth season of the re-launched Tough Enough finishing in seventh place.^[3] Chelsea was the only female professional wrestler on the show, among models, weight lifters and athletes. In a surprise decision, Chelsea was sent packing when Paige saved female contestant Gigi.

Independent circuit (2014–present)

Under her new ring name Jaida, she wrestled on for Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling. Her first match on May 31, 2014, at ECCW Better Than You. She teamed with Brady Malibu & MR2 in a losing six-man tag match against Billy Suede, Kenny Lush & Nicole Matthews. She next joined a Women's title tournament, winning the first round against Kaitlin Diamond. By December 8, 2014, at the conclusion of the Women's title tournament held at ECCW Payoff, she won to Kate Carney in the semi finals.

On January 17, 2015, at ECCW Ballroom Brawl 3, Van Ness teamed with Cat Power to defeat Bambi Hall & Veda Scott. The next month on February 7, at ECCW Blockbuster, she unsuccessfully wrestled Women's Champion Cat Power for the championship.

During the May 22 edition of ASW, Jaida lost to champion Bambi Hall in an ASW Women's title match. Starting on June 26, at ASW Girls Gone Wrestling, Van Ness joined an ASW Women's Championship tournament, defeating Bambi Hall in a semi final match. At the match finals of the event, Jaida defeated Kat Von Heez. At the match finals, she defeated Gisele Shaw to win the vacant ASW Women's Championship. At ASW Girls Gone Wild, Van Ness defended the specialized 'ASW Girls Gone Wild title against the challenger Vixen.

On November 29, at QOC 7, Van Ness debuted and lost to Crazy Mary Dobson.

In 2016, Green toured Japan twice for Stardom Wonder Ring. Her first tour being three months long, cut short by a broken collarbone while wrestling in India. Chelsea's second tour of Japan was in late 2016, where she teamed with Santana Garrett for Stardoms Tag Team Tournament. During this tour, Green also challenged White Belt champion and Wonder of Stardom, Kairi Hojo to a match where Green lost to Kairi's diving elbow in a 15 minute match.

Van Ness joined a team of wrestlers in February 2016 and travelled to India to unveil The a Great Khali's new promotion and wrestling school "CWE". The workers put on two shows around India which drew crowds of more than 50,000 people. In Greens first match in India (a tag match of Green & Garrett vs Forbes & Michelle), she broke her collarbone while taking a hurricurana. Chelsea continued with the match and was airlifted to a hospital in Dehradun for surgery the next day.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2016–present)

On January 7, 2016, Van Ness made her TNA debut, losing to Jade. The following night on January 8 at TNA One Night Only: Live, Green wrestled in a TNA Knockouts Championship #1 Contenders match, entering the ongoing match at number four before her elimination by Kong. On the July 14 Impact Wrestling tapings, Green wrestled her third match, winning a dark match against Mickie Knuckles.

In June, Van Ness officially signed with TNA.^[4] She made her television debut as a heel on the September 29 episode of Impact Wrestling under the ring name Laurel Van Ness, defeating Madison Rayne.^[5] On the October 20 episode of Impact Wrestling, Van Ness would attack Allie which lead into a match between the two where Van Ness won.

In wrestling

• Finishing moves
  • Curb Stomp^[6]
  • Inverted double underhook facebuster
• Signature moves
  • Figure-four headscissors
  • Legsweep DDT
  • Missile dropkick
  • Neck snap
  • Second rope sunset flip
  • Spear
  • Springboard Hurricanrana

• Managers
  • Maria
  • Allie

• Nicknames
  • "LVN"

• Entrance themes
  • "Diva" by Beyoncé (ECCW; June 28, 2014 – May 1, 2015)
  • "Bang Bang by Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj (Independent circuit; March 6, 2015 – February 21, 2016)
  • "Cherry Pie" by Warrant (Independent circuit; April 16, 2016 – present)

Championships and accomplishments

• All-Star Wrestling
  • ASW Women's Championship (1 time)^[7]

References

External links

• Laurel Van Ness on Twitter
• Online World of Wrestling profile