1. Tessa Blanchard was born on July 26,1995 and is an American professional wrestler.
43 Facts About Tessa Blanchard
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Tessa Blanchard is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where she is a former Impact World Champion, and a former Impact Knockouts Champion.
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Tessa Blanchard previously performed for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, where she was a former one-time CMLL World Women's Tag Team Champion.
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Tessa Blanchard was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, on July 26,1995.
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Tully Tessa Blanchard would visit his children at least once a month after the divorce.
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Tessa Blanchard has three siblings from her father and twin half-siblings from her stepfather.
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Tessa Blanchard considers herself a musical-theater enthusiast, having enrolled at the Children's Theatre of Charlotte, joining Shakespeare recitation contests, and acting in all of her high school's amateur productions.
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Tessa Blanchard left home after high school and briefly attended the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, lived off income from working in a nightclub, and stopped communicating with members of her immediate family for a prolonged stretch.
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Tessa Blanchard was bartending and waiting tables and partying with her college friends when her interest in wrestling was piqued.
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Tessa Blanchard went with her father for the Four Horsemen's 2012 induction into WWE's Hall of Fame in Miami.
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Tessa Blanchard kept her wrestling plans unknown from her family as she was then still only slowly reconciling with her mother and stepfather.
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Tessa Blanchard went to Highspots Wrestling School in Charlotte when she turned 18 in 2013.
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Tessa Blanchard informed her father and stepfather about her wrestling training upon the insistence of South and Highspots owner Michael Bochicchio around six months into her training.
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Tessa Blanchard tried out for WWE in 2014 but a formal offer never materialized.
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Tessa Blanchard won the tournament by eliminating successively Tina San Antonio, Renee Michelle, and finally, Jenny Rose.
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On November 8,2014, Tessa Blanchard debuted for Women Superstars Uncensored and was defeated by Niya in a match for the WSU Spirit Championship at Breaking Barriers III.
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On February 21,2015, Tessa Blanchard picked up her first victory in WSU when she defeated Sassy Stephie.
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Tessa Blanchard debuted for Shine Wrestling as a villain at the Shine 26 event on April 3,2015, and was defeated by Evie.
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Later in the evening, Tessa Blanchard attacked Leva Bates, causing her and Jessicka Havok to be defeated by Saraya Knight and Su Yung, and later became the newest member of Valkyrie.
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On January 9,2016, Tessa Blanchard made her Lucha Underground debut losing to Ivelisse Velez in a dark match.
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Tessa Blanchard began wrestling intergender matches following the spring of 2016, after working for SHIMMER, Stardom, Lucha Underground, and NXT.
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Tessa Blanchard had a singles match against NXT signee Dominik Dijakovic and a mixed-tag team match with Ricochet, Bea Priestley, and Will Ospreay.
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On June 16,2018, Tessa Blanchard defeated Mercedes Martinez to win the WSU Championship.
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Tessa Blanchard won the Phoenix of Rise Championship, in a 30-minute Iron Woman match against Mercedes Martinez to win the previously vacated title.
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In 2016, Tessa Blanchard appeared in WWE, making her in-ring debut for NXT on April 2,2016, in a match won by Alexa Bliss.
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On July 13,2017, Tessa Blanchard returned as part of the Mae Young Classic, and was eliminated from the tournament in the first round by Kairi Sane.
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Tessa Blanchard made her debut for Impact Wrestling on April 22,2018, at Redemption, when she joined the commentary team during a match between Kiera Hogan and Taya Valkyrie.
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On Slammiversary XVI, Tessa Blanchard scored her first pay-per-view win, when she defeated Allie.
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At One Night Only: Bad Intentions, which aired the following night, Tessa Blanchard made her first successful title defense, defeating Gisele Shaw.
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On January 6,2019, at Homecoming, Tessa Blanchard lost the championship to Valkyrie, after special guest referee Gail Kim performed Eat Defeat on Tessa Blanchard, ending her reign at 147 days.
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Tessa Blanchard thanked Kim and returned her respect, turning her face in the process for the first time in her career.
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At the Hard to Kill pay-per-view on January 12,2020, Tessa Blanchard defeated Callihan to win the Impact World Championship, becoming the first woman in history to win the title.
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Tessa Blanchard made only one successful title defence against Taya Valkyrie who was the second woman to challenge for the world title the first time to feature two women competing for the company's main championship.
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On September 5,2018, it was announced that Tessa Blanchard had signed with Women of Wrestling, and would make her debut through the TV tapings from October 2018.
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On January 18,2019, when WOW premiered on AXS TV, Tessa Blanchard made her televised debut, where she confronted the WOW World Champion Santana Garrett, establishing herself as the villain, as the two would feud over the championship.
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At the second-season finale, Tessa Blanchard lost her championship to The Beast, ending her reign at 217 days.
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However, Tessa Blanchard had a falling out with the company and left before the new season began.
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On October 4,2023, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre announced that Tessa Blanchard would be competing in the promotion for their Grand Prix tournament.
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Tessa Blanchard won the CMLL Women's Tag Team Championship with Lluvia, but Blanchard left CMLL on December 13,2024, vacating the titles.
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Tessa Blanchard signed a contract with TNA and made her return at Final Resolution on December 13,2024, by attacking Jordynne Grace following her match against Rosemary, establishing herself as a heel for the first time since 2019.
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Tessa Blanchard was the stunt double for actress Florence Pugh in the film Fighting with My Family, produced by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, about former WWE wrestler Paige.
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On November 20,2019, Tessa Blanchard confirmed her engagement to fellow wrestler Miguel Olivo, better known by the ring name Daga.
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In January 2020, multiple female wrestlers came forward with bullying and racism allegations against Tessa Blanchard, including an incident involving Tessa Blanchard spitting in the face of a Puerto Rican wrestler and calling her a racial slur.