Tessa Blanchard's star was on the rise when, in early 2020, she faced multiple accusations of bullying and racism from other professional wrestlers. Blanchard, the daughter of the legendary Tully Blanchard, denied those claims.
However, her public image was damaged and chatter of a possible WWE debut seemed to abruptly end. Blanchard continued competing for various overseas promotions and recently made her return to TNA.
Now, it's widely believed she could get a second chance in WWE.
Some feel Blanchard shouldn't get one in any promotion but WWE Hall of Famer Booker T has come to her defence on his Hall of Fame with Booker T & Brad Gilmore podcast.
"Tessa Blanchard is back in TNA, and the thing is, I’ve already seen criticism of Tessa Blanchard being back, and people still wanting to try to cancel her. Get off of it, man. Get off of it. The thing is, if something was said, if an apology was made and fences were mended, we should be able to move on. One thing about certain things, for instance, that get out there on the social media sphere, everybody knows about it, but nobody knows what’s really going on. Everybody knows about the story, but nobody knows what’s going on. "
"I would just like to say, for instance, I had two girls at Reality of Wrestling that had beef. I said, ‘You need to straighten this out. You need to squash that beef.’ On social media, perhaps on social media, they picked it up, but social media doesn’t know that these two have mended that fence, they have been down the road working together, they have tagged together, and everything is all good. So my thing is, guys, get off of all of this hate and let Tessa Blanchard hopefully try to resurrect her career and go out there and re-do this thing all over again. Let’s look at it as that, as a re-do."
The iconic former WCW star added, "I was one that made a hell of a mistake in my life, and somebody gave me a second chance. The reason I’m here right now is because of that second chance. I can’t be the one who just casts someone out and throws them away like trash without giving them a second chance."
Blanchard's return to wrestling in North America was always going to divide opinions but provided she's learned from past mistakes and doesn't intend to repeat them, there's surely no reason not to give her a shot at redemption.
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