Since her return to WWE at the Royal Rumble, from a character perspective, Chelsea Green just hasn’t missed. Her record-setting five-second elimination at the hands of Rhea Ripley jumpstarted her “Karen”-esque persona and she hasn’t looked back since. Her success is also coming despite some adversity, with a rotating door of tag partners thanks to pregnancy (yay, Carmella!), injury (boo, Sonya!), and hostile takeovers (for which, Piper, you’re perfect).

Backstage tonight, Byron Saxton tried to inquire about the chemistry between Green and Niven as WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions to which Green informed “Brian” that the two were best friends. Niven, only now entering the frame to ask, if they’re such good friends, to tell her what country she was from, set the stage for the Green gold we’ve gotten used to.

“Eng … Ire … Florida!”

One, as a resident of the great country of Florida myself, it’s always nice for us to get the rub when we get dumped on so much on account of a handful (okay, millions) of Neanderthals. And two, sometimes, something so simple can be funny and effective without any overthinking. (Just like the “Brian” bit. So easy. So good.) Now then, with “Brian” reminding Chelsea that “her bestie” is from Scotland, she’s off to the ring for the pair to take on another odd couple team of sorts in Zoey Stark and Shayna Baszler.

I wondered aloud where this one might be going and, never a fan of non-title matches, was a bit concerned it would just be another pointless loss for Green and Co. But this was all about another invasion by the returning Nia Jax, who plowed through Niven, Baszler, Stark, and finally, a frantic Green, whose heelish screams and begging-off mannerisms are also right on point.

This part of the take won’t win me any fans but I dig what’s going on with Jax so far. Re-introducing her as a beast, here to attack anyone she pleases, and putting the division on notice, as she verbalized tonight, is just perfect. A big bad in the women’s division is a great touch, with Jax posing a threat to everyone from Ripley, as we’ve already seen, on down. Hell, if she embraces it, I could see Jax getting “Dirty” Dom-level heel heat before too long – and hey, maybe there’s something to that down the road given the recent interactions with Mami.