TNA Wrestling could have some new faces soon.
Tessa returned to TNA at Final Resolution in December of 2024, and has been very vocal about being the face of the company and in a league of her own.
Tessa teases some surprises coming into the company.
Speaking on Straight Talk Wrestling, Tessa Blanchard was asked to comment on potentially crossing over to NXT. She noted that she was focused on TNA, and the company had some surprises coming in.
“Who knows? I always thought that that would be my path in my career, but right now, it feels like my story kind of paused in TNA Wrestling, and I’ve kind of got to hit the resume button, and to mix it up with some of the knockouts right now is something incredibly special. You’ve got Knockouts such as Masha Slamovich. You’ve got Heather by Elegance, who I’m personally a fan of. I would love to have a singles contest against her. We’ve got new surprises coming in. I’m confident in my abilities, but I’m more excited about the possibilities that I could have competing against these women. Who knows? Maybe because I’ve been training the past year in lucha libre action, I’ve been under Ultimo Guerrero and Tony Salazar out at Arena Mexico, training and training my hind end off, I would love to mix it up in maybe tag team action because that became my normal over there, those multi-woman matches. So maybe that’s in my future. But as far as this crossover, I am completely focused on TNA Wrestling right now, but I will also seize any and every opportunity,” Blanchard said.
H/T Colin Tessier for Fightful.
Although she hasn’t actually wrestled much, Tessa claims to be the best in the company. She defeated Jordynne Grace at the TNA Genesis PPV in January, and has only wrestler local Orlando talent Kelsey Heather since then.
Tessa is scheduled to wrestle TNA Knockout Lei Ying Lee this Friday night at Sacrifice, but before that she teams with NXT star Cora Jade to take on the team of TNA Knockouts World Champion Masha Slamovich and Lei Ying Lee on Thursday night in a tag team bout.
The “new surprises” could be anybody, especially with the TNA-WWE partnership. We’ll have to keep tuning in to see who shows up.
Get your tickets to TNA Sacrifice here.
Matches announced for TNA Sacrifice PLE on 3/14:
TNA Knockouts World Title
-Masha Slamovich (c) vs. NXT star Cora Jade
Ladder Match for the TNA X Division Title
-Moose (c) vs. Jeff Hardy
Street Fight
-Sami Callihan vs. Mance Warner (w/SDL)
6 Man Tag Team Match
–Ace Austin & The Rascalz vs. NXT stars Wes Lee, Tyson DuPont, Tyrieke Igwe
Singles Match
-Mustafa Ali (w/The Great Hands & Tasha Steelz) vs Mike Santana
Knockouts Match
-Tessa Blanchard vs. Lei Ying Lee
5 on 5 Steel Cage Match
-The System (JDC, Brian Myers, Eddie Edwards w/Alisha) & The Colons (Eddie & Orlando) vs. Joe Hendry, Matt Hardy, Elijah, Leon Slater, Nic Nemeth
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