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Bear in mind this has been reported by Meltzer however with the timing seemingly confirmed by Luchablog the report may be accurate:

TNA is slated to bring back a former star who had a rocky end to her previous run in the promotion for a big feud with one the company’s biggest stars.

During the pandemic, Tessa Blanchard was the Impact World Heavyweight Champion but had a falling out with the promotion, leading to her being stripped of the title and departing. Following her TNA run, she had a run in WOW Women of Wrestling but also had issues with her departing.

In the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer reported that the belief is “Blanchard has signed here, which explains her not being in CMLL the last few weeks.” She and Lluvia are the CMLL women’s tag team champions.

Meltzer wrote, “The belief is that she’ll debut in Atlanta, do a quick program with Jordynne Grace, with Grace then leaving for WWE when her current contract expires. At least that’s the talking point going around. But I was told Blanchard having signed is confirmed.”

TNA runs Final Resolution tonight before holding TV tapings on Saturday in Atlanta.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I see LOLTNA came back with the TNA name.

Seriously, what can possibly be gained with giving Tessa Blanchard, of all fucking people, a spotlight again?

[–] GeekFTW 9 points 1 week ago

I wish I fucking knew.

You have tons of women on the roster, there's a million women on the indies who would love a chance, why take the fucking bigot who already fucked on your company. Twice.

[–] GeekFTW 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

At least this means she absolutely will not be at Wrestle Dynasty.

[–] GeekFTW 6 points 1 week ago

True and thank shit for that!

[–] GeekFTW 5 points 1 week ago

SRS: https://bsky.app/profile/seanrosssapp.bsky.social/post/3ld73ktp35s23

Regarding Tessa Blanchard, there was a lot of talent that got word she was signing with TNA this week. When I asked higher ups and others, they claimed they didn't know.

I'm told Jordynne Grace had pushed back on working with her.

[–] Neon_Carnivore 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I rolled my eyes so hard that I almost broke my freakin' neck. On the bright side: new bathroom breaks/segments to fast forward through.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Poor or fitting choice of words.

[–] Brain 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Third time's the charm I guess.

For those wondering why... I posted a few weeks ago about TNA's US ratings and they are getting a 0.01 to 0.02 on average... Nobody outside of us nerds is going to know or care and with their viewership so low they have almost nothing to lose because diehards likely won't leave over Tessa.

Also, they apparently want a powerhouse on the knockouts and she does fit that.

[–] GeekFTW 4 points 1 week ago

Also, they apparently want a powerhouse on the knockouts and she does fit that.

Not wrong.

TNA was on such a come up..this year has still been hard as fuck to believe how quickly they LOLTNA'd.