Ranking All 24 WWE Debuts & Returns In 2023
3. Chelsea Green
When Chelsea Green returned to WWE at the Royal Rumble – and
was promptly eliminated – it produced an eyeroll moment. Did WWE really bring
Green back to be little more than a jobber who can’t get it done in the ring?
In a manner of speaking, yes. And it’s actually worked really well. Green’s “Karen” character felt very forced and fake initially, but she’s refined it throughout the year and played off Adam Pearce, her various tag partners, and her opponents extremely well, portraying an entitled, delusional champion who repeatedly talks herself into trouble and is forced to either have her partner bail her out or take her medicine.
Chelsea gets high marks because of the camera time she
steals every week and the fact that she’s one of only two wrestlers on this
list to win a title during their return or debut this year. Regardless of what
one thinks of the Women’s Tag Team Championship, that still merits some consideration.