I wonder if anyone at TNA is darkly amused that a woman they fired for not dropping the title also didn’t drop a title on her way back to them. Or, you know, worried that nothing has changed, because I’d take that as a sign.
Yeah, I was just thinking that as well. And I don't necessarily mind that she's returning to TNA. Though I thought she fit in with CMLL Amazonas. But in a show of good faith drop the tag title before leaving.
WWE took Punk back after getting into fight with co-workers and making the boss look like an emasculated doofus in public. Let's face it, ppl are being utter hypocrites about this. What Punk did was way worse than anything Tessa did/allegedly did, and yet the internet was happy that WWE was willing to take him back.
@@connerhuston2613 Agreed with you and @samoanjoseph1457 And what's appalling is barely anyone is talking about this. All they're bringing up is the insults towards La Rosa Negra, which was very old news in comparison to Tessa holding the Impact World Title for ransom, which is arguably what blackballed her officially from American/Canadian wrestling
Because it’s in their DNA. This is who TNA is; this is what TNA does. We have 20+ years of evidence that shows they’re gonna do something stupid like this.
I do believe in second chances but I do hope she is fine mentally. It’s a pity that she is feuding against Grace which she is leaving once her contract expires & going to WWE after that. Heard rumors that Grace is against working with Tessa but she’ll have to suck it up & do it.
sounds like the thing of since your leaving prop up the person we wanna push so grace might not wanna work with her but might wanna do right by tna before she is out the door to wwe. just to bad that person they wanna prop up has to be tessa. and look i do agree with second chances but tessa hasn't really earned the benefit of the doubt here she hasn't proven she has changed and seeing the dislikes on her debut almost being 50 50 its clear a lotta of people and not forgetting about everything.
@ You may have a point but so far after the WOW debacle & even though she & that other wrestler have buried the hatchet over what happened, I haven’t heard any information or any backstage drama when she was in CMLL. I’d guess wait & see on what happens during this second chance she’s getting in TNA. I do know this if this works out, she might work at either AEW or WWE but I do not want to see that happening even if she did change. The risk is not worth the reward when it comes to AEW or WWE management.
@emilyjones212 she's already made a mends with the wrestler she had a incident with, there's photos of them online with the peace sign, she's worked in other promotions since with no incidents and right now with Grace supposedly leaving I can't imagine a bigger star heel right now back to TNA
I just don't see TNA losing any viewers over this. There may be some 'online backlash' but I don't see anyone not going to a TNA event because Tessa 'Bah Gawd' Blanchard is back.
@@MrRyanlennie2005Tbf they sell more tickets since getting the old/ real name back (not sure about TV numbers though). But the product is still dull as dishwater imo.
Short version, she's the female CM Punk. Tons of controversy whenever she leaves a big company. Punk has the big charisma, Blanchard the big Hall of Fame level talent.
TNA is one thing, but I can't see how WWE would ever bring her back. She has such a negative reputation with the office and with the other talent that it sounds like it would be a PR nightmare. I mean, you know it's bad when you get your own level of heat aka Tessa Blanchard heat.
She was accused of doing a racism (which Moose came out and denied), but there's also the time she won the TNA World Title only to leave the company without dropping the belt.
Allysin Kay said she spit in La Rosa Negra's face and called her the N bomb while on a Stardom tour in Japan. She also held the TNA world title hostage during the pandemic and has been accused of poor locker room behavior for years going back to 2016 in various companies.
I have seen maybe one match of hers. For me, it's just good to see someone get a chance after being "canceled" my the losers with pitchforks. Next let's get Enzo Amore back in the business - Not exactly a technical wizard in the ring, but another victim of those times.
@@doug2731 Enzo's story is fundamentally different. He was accused of rape, won the case and it was discovered that the person was lying because she admited it. He was fired because he failed to provide information that he had a case against him. Many WWE Superstars had accusations (Theory, Riddle, Devlin) and were not fired because WWE conducted an investigation that led nowhere. Tessa is not the same thing, women from several different locker rooms, companies and countries who don't even know each other have testified to her racism, her insults, her backstage blacklisting policies and even physical attacks. She even recognized it. Whether or not she should be forgiven is up to everyone but it is documented that she is a horrible person (or was, maybe she has changed)
It's would be ridiculous is Tessa loses to women after she beat guys like Brian Cage and Sami Calihan. That why u never give a woman a male world title. Mid card titles and below are fine
I think TNA is just desperate to have something meaningful right now after Scott left. I am not against giving people a second chance but the fact she never publicly apologized till now. Like just give a fake apology so people can move on
@ for the very reason AEW and even NXT haven’t touched her with a 50ft pole the entire time they’ve existed. Her father was employed by AEW and she couldn’t even get a match on Dark as she’s so toxic.
What Dave is saying about Tessa, how she should apologize, that's kinda what the Bucks, Hangman and Jack Perry should be doing, they should be apologizing to everyone in AEW for costing the company a lot of fans and money by causing their only draw, CM Punk to leave.
I won't tolerate any Tessa hate. The woman (probably the most talented of her generation mic work/ ring work) lost almost half a decade of her career without physically harming anyone. It's time for her to get back on track. Her detractors are probably fans on Abdullah the Butcher (a dangerous weirdo), New Jack (a violent threat to his colleagues) and John Cena (horrible backstage politics). Meanwhile, the less talented hacks that made a career out of being on a moral pedestal and dragging Tessa's name (CHELSEA GREEN) were under the spotlight for years.
When savage dropped the ring bell on steamboat, i thought steamboat was done. But steamboat showed he had alot of fight left, and came back to win the ic title from Savage at wrestlemania 3. Tessa Blanchard is in tna
People are criticizing TNA for bringing Blanchard back. I don't know anything about what controversies there were, but I do know who she is, even as someone who never watches TNA. I know she won the World Championship. Basically what I'm saying is, this is getting a lot of attention, and any publicity is good publicity for a small company.
I thought the current ideology was about being kind to people and forgiveness (but we all know you only get that if you follow a certain way of thinking) Tessa deserves a second chance now to prove she has changed and if she hasn't then there is no coming back. She could bend the knee and claim a "lived experience" and spout the usual BS or she can do her talking in the ring and to be honest the latter is what i am sure the majority of wrestling fans care about. She is currently 29 did the main incident not happen long before 2020 when it all came out ? do only certain people get passes for being young and uninformed ???
They don't need to be proven. She's not entitled to a wrestling contract. Multiple accusations from various people across multiple promotions is sufficient enough for anyone to distance themselves from her.
Tessa is getting a second chance to make up for her blunders from 4 years ago but remember AAA gave her another chance so TNA will take the gamble. TNA brought back the Hardy’s after they left TNA and it has worked out. Tessa has already apologize to the person she said those things so he doesn’t have to apologize to anyone else Meltzer. It’s in the past
Apologize, then try to play heel on tv? Seem counterintuitive. Just apologize in private, and if everyone believes you’re really a bully, use that for heat
Was any of the allegations actually proven, or are they just allegations? IF there has been nothing proven, then isn't it innocent until proven guilty?
This isn't a criminal case, she's not entitled to a wrestling contract. Multiple rumors from multiple parties that don't know each other is good enough for her to be blacklisted.
@@duckmercy11 that's not good enough for me, just because someone says something, doesn't make it true, on the same side it also doesn't make it false, but you can't ruin someone's life on a rumour.
@@davidhandley9007 You certainly can when it's multiple parties in different places that dont know each other. You can be convicted in court based off eyewitness testimony, what makes you think it's not good enough for a damn wrestling contract?
Whats chelsa green have to say.. bet chelsa green won't say nothing or else they ain't giving her the USA women tittle.. that dream match chelsa green vs Tessa blanchard. Chelsa Hayes her.😅😅 for real.😅😅😅
NO she shouldn’t. She said something stupid in an argument and has apologized to that person. She is a world class wrestler and deserves another chance. Cancel culture is OVER in 2025.
Good for her. "Guilty" or not of accusations, people should be offered a second chance. We incarcerate criminals for far worse offenses and ultimately allow them to serve their punishments and reintegrate into society. Why not Tessa Blanchard, Hulk Hogan, or anyone else in pro wrestling? The number of outraged morons in the comments screeching about this is ridiculous.
I wonder if anyone at TNA is darkly amused that a woman they fired for not dropping the title also didn’t drop a title on her way back to them. Or, you know, worried that nothing has changed, because I’d take that as a sign.
so true, its like aew ignoring kylie rae and making her sign a nda
Yeah, I was just thinking that as well. And I don't necessarily mind that she's returning to TNA. Though I thought she fit in with CMLL Amazonas.
But in a show of good faith drop the tag title before leaving.
The irony is insane 😂
WWE took Punk back after getting into fight with co-workers and making the boss look like an emasculated doofus in public. Let's face it, ppl are being utter hypocrites about this. What Punk did was way worse than anything Tessa did/allegedly did, and yet the internet was happy that WWE was willing to take him back.
@@connerhuston2613 Agreed with you and @samoanjoseph1457
And what's appalling is barely anyone is talking about this. All they're bringing up is the insults towards La Rosa Negra, which was very old news in comparison to Tessa holding the Impact World Title for ransom, which is arguably what blackballed her officially from American/Canadian wrestling
After the hell of a year it was for TNA after it returned, how could they end 2024 on the sourest of notes?! How?!
Because it’s in their DNA. This is who TNA is; this is what TNA does. We have 20+ years of evidence that shows they’re gonna do something stupid like this.
Leave Tessa Alone 😤
What’s sour about it they’re going to lose grace might as well get another star to replace her
@Superman5000The it's business it doesn't always go the way you want just like aew continues too Deteriorate every week
Were the allegations proven?
I assume Garrett will be featured more since he lets Dave ramble on, which Bryan decided not to anymore
Briiiaaannnn!!
Garrett does the Post-Observer shows almost all the time.
Garrett sucks so bad
@@Aj6711 Honestly, I really like there shows together.
I hear Velveteen Dream is next to come to TNA
To work exclusively with Tessa in submission matches
I'd rename him 'VD' with the same attitude. It could be hilariously successful.
Why not
She can't help it-she inherited Tully's genetics of being a big mouthed, superiority complexed, heat magnet.
"Well, with Grace leaving, we've certainly lost alot of or women's roster over this past year. Who can we bring in?"
Su Yung
I do believe in second chances but I do hope she is fine mentally. It’s a pity that she is feuding against Grace which she is leaving once her contract expires & going to WWE after that. Heard rumors that Grace is against working with Tessa but she’ll have to suck it up & do it.
sounds like the thing of since your leaving prop up the person we wanna push so grace might not wanna work with her but might wanna do right by tna before she is out the door to wwe.
just to bad that person they wanna prop up has to be tessa. and look i do agree with second chances but tessa hasn't really earned the benefit of the doubt here she hasn't proven she has changed and seeing the dislikes on her debut almost being 50 50 its clear a lotta of people and not forgetting about everything.
@ You may have a point but so far after the WOW debacle & even though she & that other wrestler have buried the hatchet over what happened, I haven’t heard any information or any backstage drama when she was in CMLL. I’d guess wait & see on what happens during this second chance she’s getting in TNA. I do know this if this works out, she might work at either AEW or WWE but I do not want to see that happening even if she did change. The risk is not worth the reward when it comes to AEW or WWE management.
@emilyjones212 she's already made a mends with the wrestler she had a incident with, there's photos of them online with the peace sign, she's worked in other promotions since with no incidents and right now with Grace supposedly leaving I can't imagine a bigger star heel right now back to TNA
I just don't see TNA losing any viewers over this. There may be some 'online backlash' but I don't see anyone not going to a TNA event because Tessa 'Bah Gawd' Blanchard is back.
Never give her any title. But knowing TNA, they brought her back to give her a championship.
I love Dave making this about WWE versus AEW when we're talking about a TNA signing.
I wonder if this has any to do with Rhino recently saying he’s done with TNA and he’s not coming back.
Meltzer should be first in line and on his knees asking for apology for all the lies and BS he has said for decades.
AEW fans turned on Chris Jericho over the Kylie Rae stuff. Meltzer doesn't know what he's talking about...
Didn’t she literally hold the TNA title hostage just as her contract was about up last time?
It was a lot of he said she said pandemic bollocks. The fact is - we don't what happened and it is likely that both parties are to blame
I see plenty of fake outrage from people who definitely don't watch TNA.
No one watches that shit.
@@MrRyanlennie2005 speak for yourself it's way better then that spoiled rich kid playing booker company aew
Does anybody watch it?
@@MrRyanlennie2005Yet people claim they're about to beat AEW 😂
@@MrRyanlennie2005Tbf they sell more tickets since getting the old/ real name back (not sure about TV numbers though). But the product is still dull as dishwater imo.
i dont know who is Tessa Blanchard but she looks awesome and i love her return
Short version, she's the female CM Punk. Tons of controversy whenever she leaves a big company. Punk has the big charisma, Blanchard the big Hall of Fame level talent.
@@CaptDingDong being a cm punk fan myself im surprised thank you for the information about her
Welcome back, she’s arguably the best women wrestler. Everyone deserves a second chance
Even Marty scrull? You know? The guy who sexually assaulted a woman?!
@707zacbuster Complain about Marty Scrull but probably cheer Jericho who was a creep to Kylie Rae
She's even top 50 😂. Maybe if you count North America only.
Loltna is back baby, I missed them.
hopefully, she learned her lesson during the purgatory run
TNA is taking a page from WWE's playbook by bringing back wrestlers that the last administration wanted nothing to do with.
Why does Dave insist on putting his camera so low that it's 3/4 background?
So you don’t see the back of Tony Khans head
@@55hole😂😂😂
Meltzer thinks people should make public apologies. How 'bout he start the shame parade - he can even pick from the litany of things he'd said wrong.
He should make a public apology for what he said about Dutch Mantell. And she should apologise for what she did.
@@franklingoodwin Yes and yes.
He should apologize for adding such a useless cohost like garrett
@@tliving6 🤣
Get a life
TNA is one thing, but I can't see how WWE would ever bring her back. She has such a negative reputation with the office and with the other talent that it sounds like it would be a PR nightmare.
I mean, you know it's bad when you get your own level of heat aka Tessa Blanchard heat.
What did she actually do ?
She was accused of doing a racism (which Moose came out and denied), but there's also the time she won the TNA World Title only to leave the company without dropping the belt.
@ isn’t more than half of America accused of being a “racist” after the election?
Seems like it’s being blown out of proportion by the super smart IWC
@ isn’t more than half the country considered “racist” after the election?
This seems blown way out of proportion by the IWC elite
Allysin Kay said she spit in La Rosa Negra's face and called her the N bomb while on a Stardom tour in Japan. She also held the TNA world title hostage during the pandemic and has been accused of poor locker room behavior for years going back to 2016 in various companies.
She cheated on her pro wrestling husband with another wrestler in the same locker room
im glad she is back im a big fan of Tessa Blancard dont care what the haters say
I have seen maybe one match of hers. For me, it's just good to see someone get a chance after being "canceled" my the losers with pitchforks. Next let's get Enzo Amore back in the business - Not exactly a technical wizard in the ring, but another victim of those times.
@@doug2731 Enzo's story is fundamentally different. He was accused of rape, won the case and it was discovered that the person was lying because she admited it. He was fired because he failed to provide information that he had a case against him. Many WWE Superstars had accusations (Theory, Riddle, Devlin) and were not fired because WWE conducted an investigation that led nowhere. Tessa is not the same thing, women from several different locker rooms, companies and countries who don't even know each other have testified to her racism, her insults, her backstage blacklisting policies and even physical attacks. She even recognized it. Whether or not she should be forgiven is up to everyone but it is documented that she is a horrible person (or was, maybe she has changed)
It's would be ridiculous is Tessa loses to women after she beat guys like Brian Cage and Sami Calihan.
That why u never give a woman a male world title. Mid card titles and below are fine
@@furryweeber8711 It went much further than just refusing to lose and it didn't just date back to when she was a TNA main eventer
That seems like a good attitude for Tessa fans to have…
She has a 2nd chance here. Hopefully she doesn't blow it.
LOLTNA
Classic TNA. One step forward. Two steps back.
TNA are gonna TNA
If tessa can come back but Dream cant, then things ain't right
I think TNA is just desperate to have something meaningful right now after Scott left. I am not against giving people a second chance but the fact she never publicly apologized till now. Like just give a fake apology so people can move on
Something meaningful- like Dolph Ziggler's Slapnuts tribute, JBL doing his 911 impression, screwing Joe Hendry while he's hot?
Its 2024 and Donald Trump is the President elect despite being a fellon. Tessa will be fine as long as she hasnt lost her talent.
No AJ styles appearance & Tessa is back wtf 😂
The amount of times TNA shot itself in the foot this year makes Russo proud
Now let’s forgive Marty Scurll
if we can forgive chris jericho over kylie rae why not for marty
Hello FBI
This guy right here
Apology tour?! You guys are so soft.
jericho never had to say sorry to kylie rae just got kahn to make her sign a nda, maybe they did that to tessa
Soft for wanting an apology for racism?
@@SeeingShadows You can say whatever you want as an adult if people dont like it then screw them
@SeeingShadows yup. Soft.
@@nolanalexander-n3g so you’re advocating for racism?
Listen what are we talking about here??? You can say whatever you want as an adult if people dont like it then screw them
LOLTNA.
Now. Then. Forever.
It's lol aew now days
How is signing one of the best female wrestlers a bad move?
@ for the very reason AEW and even NXT haven’t touched her with a 50ft pole the entire time they’ve existed. Her father was employed by AEW and she couldn’t even get a match on Dark as she’s so toxic.
Because they’re worried about a few whining people on X when Triple H and all his friends objectively did worse. Punk and Andrade hit people in AEW.
The mere fact ahe didnt leave cmll the "right" way by dropping the belts shows she hasnt changed.still the same selfish immature child.
What Dave is saying about Tessa, how she should apologize, that's kinda what the Bucks, Hangman and Jack Perry should be doing, they should be apologizing to everyone in AEW for costing the company a lot of fans and money by causing their only draw, CM Punk to leave.
Smh
cm punk caused the issues tho.
@@bankai7623 He was right to, that company is ran by 40 year old children.
I won't tolerate any Tessa hate.
The woman (probably the most talented of her generation mic work/ ring work) lost almost half a decade of her career without physically harming anyone. It's time for her to get back on track.
Her detractors are probably fans on Abdullah the Butcher (a dangerous weirdo), New Jack (a violent threat to his colleagues) and John Cena (horrible backstage politics).
Meanwhile, the less talented hacks that made a career out of being on a moral pedestal and dragging Tessa's name (CHELSEA GREEN) were under the spotlight for years.
I thought it was because she was racist
^ Trump supporter
Until mind reading device to tell if she is racist, the IWC will never forgive. But maybe the mainstream casual viewer in wwe can
I advise her to do a public apology. Dave are you going to apologize to Dutch? You are a joke!
You dont see wwe act like andre the giant never existed and he was a bully and said racial slurs
Social media wasn't around then. Most people don't know about the Bad News Allen story, although it was included in his graphic novel biography.
When savage dropped the ring bell on steamboat, i thought steamboat was done. But steamboat showed he had alot of fight left, and came back to win the ic title from Savage at wrestlemania 3. Tessa Blanchard is in tna
Unhinged
@@55hole what's that?
Wwf ic title match@@55hole
Tessa was awesome in impact back when. When aew started tna got unwatchable.
People are criticizing TNA for bringing Blanchard back. I don't know anything about what controversies there were, but I do know who she is, even as someone who never watches TNA. I know she won the World Championship. Basically what I'm saying is, this is getting a lot of attention, and any publicity is good publicity for a small company.
Dave Meltzer is the Perez Hilton of wrestling. He's a gossip columnist, nothing more
TNA gonna TNA, yo
He acts like wrestlers are paramounts of nobility. Most were drunk coke heads. 🤣
did she even apologize for what she did ?
Who does she need to apologize to?
@@mrrobert9176 All the people she bullied and mistreated, from La Rosa Negra to Isla Dawn to Victoria to Ricochet.
@@mrrobert9176Chelsea and Isla to start
Appearently, TNA management thinks she deserves another shot. Tessa better not blow it.
I thought the current ideology was about being kind to people and forgiveness (but we all know you only get that if you follow a certain way of thinking) Tessa deserves a second chance now to prove she has changed and if she hasn't then there is no coming back. She could bend the knee and claim a "lived experience" and spout the usual BS or she can do her talking in the ring and to be honest the latter is what i am sure the majority of wrestling fans care about. She is currently 29 did the main incident not happen long before 2020 when it all came out ? do only certain people get passes for being young and uninformed ???
Tessa Blanchard>>>AEW Womens Division
She ain't better than Storm, Hayter or Athena.
Were any of the allegations proven ? or like most situations, dummies just take twitter gossip as fact.
The personal stuff she did to other were alot of claims made by the wrestlers themselves but the holding the title hostage was absolutely a thing
They don't need to be proven. She's not entitled to a wrestling contract. Multiple accusations from various people across multiple promotions is sufficient enough for anyone to distance themselves from her.
Apologize for what?
This business is not about apologizing it's about actions
Tessa is getting a second chance to make up for her blunders from 4 years ago but remember AAA gave her another chance so TNA will take the gamble. TNA brought back the Hardy’s after they left TNA and it has worked out. Tessa has already apologize to the person she said those things so he doesn’t have to apologize to anyone else Meltzer. It’s in the past
she does need to apologize because a lot of ppl hate her just on her conduct. its not just the racist part fyi.
Omg this guy Dave can’t keep WWE D out he’s mouth wtf does this have to do with WWE Dave ? Damn u always doing this weak ass shit stay on topic man
TNA: One step forward. Two steps back. Stupid bringing back Blanchard.
Get over it
Apologize, then try to play heel on tv? Seem counterintuitive. Just apologize in private, and if everyone believes you’re really a bully, use that for heat
Glad she's back, people deserve second chances.
If she goes to wwe no one will care because the machine wont allow it to be done
This will not end well 😆🤦♂️
Mark Briscoe was not forgiven until his brother died.
It was Jay who was kept off TV by WB, not Mark.
@@snappums And they’re hypocrites for it. They kept Amber Heard and Ezra Miller in big movies, despite what they’ve done.
@@snappums both of them were kept off tv, wbd feared the backlash from fans.
Was any of the allegations actually proven, or are they just allegations? IF there has been nothing proven, then isn't it innocent until proven guilty?
This isn't a criminal case, she's not entitled to a wrestling contract. Multiple rumors from multiple parties that don't know each other is good enough for her to be blacklisted.
The holding the title belt hostage is 100% true.
@@duckmercy11 that's not good enough for me, just because someone says something, doesn't make it true, on the same side it also doesn't make it false, but you can't ruin someone's life on a rumour.
@@NatePuderbaugh that's happened loads in wrestling.
@@davidhandley9007 You certainly can when it's multiple parties in different places that dont know each other. You can be convicted in court based off eyewitness testimony, what makes you think it's not good enough for a damn wrestling contract?
Whats chelsa green have to say.. bet chelsa green won't say nothing or else they ain't giving her the USA women tittle.. that dream match chelsa green vs Tessa blanchard. Chelsa Hayes her.😅😅 for real.😅😅😅
TNA is not under the radar Meltzer! AEW is under the radar because of falling ratings.
Tessa should remain canceled
NO she shouldn’t. She said something stupid in an argument and has apologized to that person. She is a world class wrestler and deserves another chance. Cancel culture is OVER in 2025.
Good for her. "Guilty" or not of accusations, people should be offered a second chance. We incarcerate criminals for far worse offenses and ultimately allow them to serve their punishments and reintegrate into society. Why not Tessa Blanchard, Hulk Hogan, or anyone else in pro wrestling? The number of outraged morons in the comments screeching about this is ridiculous.
Hogan is still an idiot my dude 😶
Okay, Klansman.
Depends on the person tbh
Hogan was always a pretty shotty guy. Lies, politing, racism etc
I doesn't feel genuine from him, everyone else, who knows
Because clearly neither Hogan nor Tessa are sorry for what they did.
We found the racist