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SportsMoney WWE SummerSlam 2026 Night 2 Results: Triple H Gives The People What They Want, Chelsea Green Wins By Alfred Konuwa ,
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about men in tights & the billions they make for men in suits. Follow Author Aug 02, 2026, 07:23pm EDT Aug 02, 2026, 09:52pm EDT --:-- / --:-- This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more . This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more . Summary Chelsea Green dramatically won the WWE Women's Interim Championship in a thrilling ladder match, upsetting heavy favorite Charlotte Flair. The fan-favorite Green secured a career-defining victory, capitalizing on a chaotic finish involving top contenders like Jade Cargill, Tiffany Stratton, and Lash Legend. This interim title was established due to current champion Rhea Ripley's injury. Green's win, a popular and feel-good moment for fans, is seen as a strategic move by WWE, potentially addressing criticisms aimed at Triple H regarding the promotion of new talent. Her triumph resonated deeply with the audience, showcasing her character and charisma in a pivotal moment.
Chelsea Green won the WWE Women’s Interim Championship as the biggest fan favorite of the match. Embattled by a combination of (mostly) fake and real outrage, Triple H has come under fire for booking the same people in the main event. The sportsbooks had familiar face Charlotte Flair winning her 15th world championship, but Chelsea Green upset the applecart while exciting WWE’s fickle fanbase with a career-defining win. Chelsea Green will likely feud with Rhea Ripley assuming Ripley is able to return soon.
Earlier this month, WWE announced a rare WWE Interim Women’s Championship while Ripley recovered from injury. The chase for the WWE Women’s Championship intertwined multiple feuds during qualifying matches, but no feud cast a bigger shadow than Jade Cargill vs. Charlotte Flair (-500), who was the biggest favorite to win her 15th world championship, one behind her legendary father Ric Flair.
Cargill and her best friend Alexa Bliss have been at war with Jade Cargill, B-Fab and Michin, and in a ladder match, that feud was more than guaranteed to culminate in a significant spot in the match, if not decide this contest outright.
With only so many spots for fan favorites to succeed, the likes of LA Knight, Jacob Fatu, Carmelo Hayes, Ilja Dragunov, Giulia and even Chelsea Green have been subjects of “glass ceiling” talk. This was brought up during last night’s press conference after WWE SummerSlam Night 1.
“You really have to do something. The narrative of, ‘It’s my turn.’ There are no turns. That’s not how it works,” said Triple H. "You earn the spot. If somebody is getting over more than somebody else, we’d move that person into the spot and move the other person down."
Green is often the most popular woman in any match she competes in—due to a powerful combination of character work, charisma and wrestling—but she usually comes up short.
WWE shrewdly booked this ladder match to look like another close-but-no-cigar moment for Chelsea, and it worked. Some fans chanted “BS” as it looked like either Charlotte Flair or heel Jade Cargill was going to take the interim title. In the end, Chelsea Green finally prevailed with a feel-good win in Minnesota.
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