Nothing fazes me anymore.
Laurel Van Ness
Every single year, I go through once the new year hits, I go through this moment where I kind of think about how far I've come and what's changed.
The name Laurel is such a strange choice because I think when you look at me there's not one person that says 'Oh yeah, I could see you as a Laurel.'
I swear to you, any question you can have about moves, psychology, gimmicks, the history of Pro Wrestling, he knows. Lance Storm is an encyclopedia of wrestling knowledge.
I'm the best. I should win everything.
In wrestling, I don't consider it acting because it's improv.
Everything in Asia is a culture shock, it's very different from North America, but it's great to be forced into a situation to meet new people and learn new techniques.
I'm going to give it my all, but I'm also going to know my worth, know that I have options, and that's the best feeling in the world.
It's very hard when you start working as a wrestler to try and stop doing things that are second nature. For me, when I take a move and start selling, that is second nature for me.
I don't think you can understand everything that goes into being a superstar because even I don't understand everything. I think we're all learning as we go.
I go to the gym at least 6 times per week.
The one consistent character in all of this is Chelsea Green, and that's how people know me, even as all else changes. I can go out and be the hot mess, or go hard in matches or be silly, and that's still all me.
I think as females, we always want to have more air time, more room time, more - longer matches and more main events. But, at the end of the day, we're going in that direction, and I'm happy with that, and I'm happy with the side everyone has taken in women's wrestling.
The people that have made a name for themselves and really just can wrestle have worked their butts off to get to that place. They definitely deserve a lot of respect.
I always thought Magic Kingdom was supposed to be the happiest place on Earth - where everything smells like waffle cones and cotton candy - but when I first went to Diagon Alley, I knew that was where I belonged.
Harry Potter' is my favorite movie of all time.
I love experiencing new cultures and new foods.
When I first started out wrestling in front of 100 people, I thought, 'Chelsea, you're better than this. You should be working in front of thousands!' But I was crazy.
That's always the bucket list for me: Different countries, different experiences, different food. To be able to do that through work? I'm the luckiest person alive.
I've seen some amazing independent wrestling shows. I've seen high quality matches, I've seen high level talent.
I think - for female or male, it is very challenging on the independent scene.
I don't have any influences, I influence people. People watch me.
I knew I wanted to be a wrestler, so I became the best wrestler in wrestling history.
As Laurel Van Ness it's so much fun, and with that comes a creative outlet. You can be who you wanna be and be that particular character. I'm so thankful that Impact allows me to do that.
I always love to share my workout routines on my social media.
I love the U.K., and I think a lot of people don't realise that I actually went to primary school in England.
I don't know if anyone can say, 'oh, I know I'm going to get signed.' You don't know what they're looking for. You might have excelled in-ring but you might not have excelled at promos. It's about giving it 110 percent, and then having NXT want you in their family.
I was lucky to find a way to get a visa as an independent worker, which is hard to do. On top of that, I do live in the States, which means I'm not 'taking my skills back to Canada.'
I love wrestling, but now wrestling is a job, it's my livelihood. Sometimes the job takes over and you forget to have fun and you forget to be creative and try new things.
I am glad the world opened their eyes to female Japanese stars. I think people for so long paid attention to Mexico, Canada, Australia and England and never Japan.
There's no offseason in this business. I'm just going to make sure I train my butt off in and out of the ring.
I had never seen a Pro Wrestling ring until I was maybe around grade 11.
Lance Storm taught me everything that I know.
I worked on trying to get to Mexico, which was the first thing that I really wanted to do, but a couple of my girlfriends thought that I should learn how to wrestle before I go to Mexico, so I should try out in Japan. That is how I kind of got over there in Japan.
Bound for Glory' week was such a whirlwind. With it being filmed in Canada, it was really exciting for me. Although it was on the East Coast and I'm from the West Coast, still felt like I was kind of in my hometown, I don't know.
I knew nothing about wrestling! Sometimes that's a great thing, and sometimes that really annoys people in this industry but that's the truth. I had no clue how to wrestle. I had to learn everything, absolutely everything. To start from the bottom.
On 'Tough Enough' you're in a house with your competitors, living, eating and breathing with them. That's really tough.
I used to live in Devon when I was 8 years old. My mum, my grandma, and grandpa are all British.
I found that when I went to the ring as a bad guy, people hated that I took care of myself. That I went to the gym, that I had hair extensions, that I put makeup on. They hated that I was a girly-girl. I thought, OK, I'm going to crank that up to 110 percent and make people really annoyed.
As you progress in your career, your character progresses and evolves.
I'd say I'm friends with 90 percent of the girls I meet.
It's like any normal job. There are people you butt heads with. The main thing is that while you might have difference of opinion, when you get into the ring you take care of each other and you don't try to hurt the other person.
I want to continue to wrestle nonstop whether I have the title or not, and I'm not afraid of whoever it is that wants to step up.
I can compete anywhere. I can compete on 'Raw,' on 'SmackDown,' on 'Main Event.' I can compete on 205 Live if they want me to.
At the end of the day, if you're passionate about something, be passionate about it. And be totally and ridiculously passionate about it.
And I actually had to beg for my last tryout at NXT. Yeah, I actually had to send multiple emails to say, 'I want another tryout and there's no reason you will not hire me after this tryout.' And that was the tryout that they hired me from.
I have never been a massive fan of intergender wrestling.
I could never see myself getting in a ring and wrestling Zack Ryder.
I might be able to high fly when I'm wrestling Pentagon, at the end of the day, Pentagon won that match. At the end of the day, I took 10 package piledrivers, so I don't really want to do that again.
I was always very interested in fitness, I played a lot of sports growing up.
