Tessa Blanchard

Wrestler

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And I'm so grateful to have that family name and continue my family's legacy, but I'm also very excited to create my own.

I am a huge fan of intergender wrestling. It's something that I would love to see Impact evolve to one day.

Not a lot of people know this story but I actually got into the business without even telling anyone in my family. It was something I did on my own and I had been training for six to eight months before I told my dad and my step-dad.

Female-wise, one person that I really, really, really would like to share the ring with is Gail Kim. I say that because I believe her to be one of the best women's wrestlers in the world!

Everywhere I go, the styles are different. When you wrestle in Japan, it's more strong style. When I go to Mexico, it's definitely more high-flying. And in my matches I've had with Taya in Impact, it's been a lot more ground-based.

I do feel like since I am a third-generation wrestler, I do have to hold myself - and there are a lot of people that expect certain things out of me - I'm an athlete, and I'm a top athlete.

I try not to get my hopes up too high with anything, because I'll never be let down that way.

Watching promos of my dad and stepdad... it's a lot to live up to. I don't want to make them look stupid.

Taya has never beaten me in a fair fight one-on-one. Taya has always needed a stipulation or a special guest referee or something that puts the odds in her favor.

I don't want to be good, I want to be great.

I would like to face everyone on the Impact roster. It is filled with amazing performers, I would be honored to share the ring with any of them.

I've wrestled some of the best wrestlers in the world - both male and female.

In a perfect world, I would love to be great at everything.

You got to be able to work hard. And that's what I do. I work hard, because that's what's necessary. You have to go that extra mile.

Carrying on the Blanchard name is a huge honor for me because my grandfather, my father and my step-father - they've all put a lot into their legacy and for me to carry that on, it's a lot of weight on my shoulders.

I never wanted to be a wrestler, I wanted to get into musical theater. I always wanted to be on Broadway.

I train seven days a week. I'm mentally and physically prepared for any situation that I might be thrown in, and that's what puts me in the upper echelon compared to other Knockouts.

One person that I really love to wrestle again is AR Fox and Brian Cage again too because those are two of my most favorite matches.

No matter what it is, I wanna be great. I wanna be be the best at it.

I was a music theater nerd in high school.

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