With a talent like this, one would think she should be in WWE. But Dave Meltzer of WON via WrestlingNewSource said that WWE passed on signing her due to “attitude issues” when she appeared in the Mae Young Classic.
While her win is being hailed as history-making, there was trouble 24 hours online when several women accused her of bullying them at other wrestling shows. She was accused of a more heinous charge of calling a black female wrestler the N-Word in Japan back in 2017.
Tessa Blanchard denied this ever happened, but AEW Wrestler Big Swole confirmed that the event did happen and from the looks of it, actually tried to mend fences between the two.
Tessa Blanchard did cut a promo after she won the world title which was (loosely) in response to the allegations. She said: (H/T Wrestling Inc)
With regards to WWE not signing her, Meltzer said that people were aware of the stories and her troubling history. As a result, WWE didn’t give her a developmental deal because of “attitude issues.”
It’ll be interesting how this story is going to take shape in the weeks to come.
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