{"id":60787,"date":"2020-01-12T17:20:38","date_gmt":"2020-01-12T22:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/?p=60787"},"modified":"2020-01-12T17:20:38","modified_gmt":"2020-01-12T22:20:38","slug":"tessa-blanchard-lallegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2020\/01\/12\/tessa-blanchard-lallegations\/","title":{"rendered":"Tessa Blanchard Loses First Booking Due to Past Allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was supposed to be her golden hour. With the world expecting her to claim the IMPACT World Championship on Sunday night at <em><strong>IMPACT Hard To Kill<\/strong><\/em>, following <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2020\/01\/12\/match-point-tessa-blanchard-vs-sami-callihan-in-history-making-impact-world-championship-bout-1-12-19\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a months-long feud with <strong>Sami Callihan<\/strong><\/a>, a simple tweet from <strong>Tessa Blanchard<\/strong> on the weekend stirred up a series of allegations from many of the peers she&#8217;s wrestled with\/against.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tess_Blanchard\/status\/1216038823932649473<\/p>\n<p>A simple enough statement, trying to rally the women&#8217;s wrestlers around the world to support and pick each other up, it ended up backfiring, as multiple top women&#8217;s wrestlers from a diverse range of promotions came out of the woodwork to call hypocrisy on her tweet. WWE Superstar <strong>Chelsea Green<\/strong> was one of the first to call B.S. on Tessa&#8217;s statement, as she was victim first hand of bullying from Tessa in the past.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You\u2019ve consistently put down, bullied, and belittled countless female coworkers, including me. Is that support? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MrOOksiijk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/MrOOksiijk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CHELSEA GREEN (@ImChelseaGreen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ImChelseaGreen\/status\/1216058204238630912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 11, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Remember publicly putting me down on twitter last year for something that didn\u2019t involve you whatsoever, then continuing to drag my name to other people for it? <\/p>\n<p>Pepperidge Farm Remembers.<\/p>\n<p>You should probably delete this tweet. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MnsHVnwavU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/MnsHVnwavU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Priscilla Kelly (@HellsFavoritePK) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HellsFavoritePK\/status\/1216073625977217024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 11, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/IslaDawn\/status\/1216088241688010752<\/p>\n<p>Tessa initially responded to the allegations, particularly Chelsea Green&#8217;s, saying that they were &#8220;silly decisions&#8221; she made in the past. The allegations all seem to stem from several years ago when Tessa was still a teenager learning the craft.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tess_Blanchard\/status\/1216078836212944897<\/p>\n<p>But while several wrestlers discussed Tessa&#8217;s alleged bullying, it was NWA Women&#8217;s World Champion <strong>Allysin Kay<\/strong> (formerly Sienna in IMPACT Wrestling) who opened a new can of worms &#8211; that Tessa used a racial slur against a black wrestler while in Japan (she toured Stardom in 2016 and 2017).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Remember when you spat in a black woman\u2019s face and called her the N-word in Japan? Was that you \u201csupporting women\u201c? The AUDACITY of this tweet <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P49uNWsqIH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/P49uNWsqIH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Allysin Kay (@TheAllysinKay) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAllysinKay\/status\/1216057780395827200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 11, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Kay&#8217;s announcement opened up more women who had been privately confided in the racial slur, which was revealed to be against Puerto Rican wrestler <strong>La Rosa Negra<\/strong>. Newly signed AEW talent <strong>Big Swole<\/strong> (aka Aerial Monroe) fired the first shot to support the racial slur allegations, on behalf of La Rosa.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/SwoleWorld\/status\/1216109022216146944<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/SwoleWorld\/status\/1216109023407300608<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/SwoleWorld\/status\/1216109024451661824<\/p>\n<p>Another AEW wrestler, recent signee <strong>Shanna<\/strong>, also chimed in on her time in Japan with Tessa and showed support to La Rosa.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">She did more nasty stuff in Japan&#8230; Never forget. Practice what you preach sweetheart. I standby @LaAbusadoradePR, she&#39;s a fun loving person who would never disrespect anyone. Much love to you Rosa. \u2764\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gldMcAzwJD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/gldMcAzwJD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Shanna \u30b7\u30e3\u30ca (@Shannanjii) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Shannanjii\/status\/1216096885674594304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 11, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Another indie star (and wife of WWE Superstar Drake Maverick) <strong>Renee Michelle<\/strong> also recounted her own story of the La Rosa incident.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The day I got the call from my gf La Rosa Negra of the incident- she made me promise to keep my mouth shut because she was afraid of being blacked ball by her. As promised, I did. So I helped her get into Marvelous which is another Japanese promotion.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Renee Michelle \ud83d\udc8b \u30ec\u30cd\u30fc \u30df\u30c3\u30b7\u30a7\u30eb (@1ReneeMichelle) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/1ReneeMichelle\/status\/1216100034737033217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 11, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Tessa Blanchard Loses First Booking Due to Past Allegations<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>But now it appears that promoters are taking notice of the situation, with Tessa losing her first booking since the allegations surfaced online &#8211; Texas indie <strong>Heavy Metal Wrestling<\/strong> announced on Sunday morning that they were pulling Tessa from their upcoming January 24 event due to the allegations.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tessa Blanchard has been removed from our scheduled event on January 24th, 2020. <\/p>\n<p>We take these allegations levied against her very seriously. <\/p>\n<p>An updated card will be released shortly. <\/p>\n<p>For refund information, please contact Walt@HeavyMetalWresting.com<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; HEAVY METAL WRESTLING (@HeavyMetalPro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HeavyMetalPro\/status\/1216393571802263552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 12, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Hopefully, these were just the actions of a young woman finding her way in the world and not a deeper ingrained problem, as Tessa Blanchard is poised to be one of the top stars of 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to the<a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was supposed to be her golden hour. 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