Marty Sugar Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Tessa was scheduled to face Dark Sheik in Vancouver; the trans wrestler from Hoodslam. Sheik tweeted that hopefully she just planned "to be sick that day" and it wasn't a direct issue with Sheik being trans... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobholly138 Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Tessa was suppose to work the Texas All Star show today,but after the news got out recently she was unbooked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 5 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyld Samurai Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 On 1/23/2020 at 4:02 AM, AxB said: Well, YouTube views are collated Worldwide, whilst TV ratings are collated nationally, so even if the NWA show seems to be rating higher, it probably isn't actually being watched by more people. Impact has TV deals in many countries, and puts highlights on YouTube, and has the whole twitch/ subscription service as well. I'd say more people would know Sienna from Impact than would know Allysin Kay from NWA. I couldn't tell you how to watch current Impact with a gun to my head. NWA for me might be the easiest promotion in the world to follow. Tessa I only know from NXT, and if you were to ask me to name any other female from Impact I'd draw a blank...even for the men I know of only 2 of the top of my head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paintedbynumbers Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 20 hours ago, West Newbury Bad Boy said: she still hasn't apologized or admitted wrongdoing. #impactforlife 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 On 1/28/2020 at 2:58 PM, West Newbury Bad Boy said: STOP. TALKING. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEN! Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 She said she didn't say the n-word. She shouldn't apologize if she didn't do it. The rest is whatever. Locker room shit should be settled internally not publicly. And just so some people can expand their sample size past one. TELEVISION PARTNERS/COUNTRIES IMPACT 12/67 NWA 0/0 YOUTUBE SUBSCRIBERS IMPACT 3.08M NWA 183K TWITTER FOLLOWERS IMPACT 547.7K Tessa Blanchard 153.4K Allysin Kay 85.8K NWA 71.1K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peck Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 O.J. said he didn't do it too, so, YMMV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEN! Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 She hasn't said how she would've said it though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paintedbynumbers Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 There is currently a conference call happening between Impact and the AXS HR team regarding Tessa. Curious what comes from it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Sugar Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 6 hours ago, paintedbynumbers said: There is currently a conference call happening between Impact and the AXS HR team regarding Tessa. Curious what comes from it. There was a set list of what she would discuss, though. The title, Sami, being a trendsetter...that's about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 On 1/28/2020 at 3:28 PM, Oyaji said: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamBroken Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 Tessa said she chose to step away from social media for a little while because of what was going on. She added that she knows everyone isn't going to like her. Tessa did admit to facing challenges and making mistakes in the past. "I've never used a racial slur of any kind", she added. "It's just not in my heart, it's not something that I've done. It's not something that I will do. It's just not true." "Some people, they look at social media and someone will make an accusation, someone will say something, and then everyone hops on the bandwagon. We've all got our own stories. There's a side of everyone's life that's public and there's a part that's private. There's a part that's for all the world to see and can be judged by anyone that's actually interested in it, and it's very unfortunate that some people resort to saying certain things, but it's just not true." She continued, "To see your coworkers and to see your peers say things about you, some things that are just not true about you, it did hit me very hard, but I'm the kind of person who has extreme mental strength." Tessa also explained that she used the recent controversy to push herself to be her best version that weekend, so she could be a role model to young girls and other young wrestlers. "Not everyone is gonna like you. I'm going to build my own legacy based on my work ethic, not by trying to win some popularity contest," she said" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikoBaltimore Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 That's all well and good, but with multiple people confirming what she did her statement just doesn't hold water for me. FFS at least admit that she made mistakes that she's not proud of or something along those lines. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 (edited) I love the logic of well she couldn't have possible done what they claim because the NWA has no ratings (because it is a youtube show dummies) and Allsyin Kay has fewer twitter followers. so if the women who most people believe was the person called the N word has more twitter followers than Tessa than she is guilty. Edited February 11, 2020 by hammerva 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supremebve Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 On 2/7/2020 at 12:16 AM, DreamBroken said: "I've never used a racial slur of any kind", she added. "It's just not in my heart, it's not something that I've done. It's not something that I will do. It's just not true." Any time I hear someone claim they aren't racist based on their heart, I don't believe them. It is just them saying, "ignore what you see, hear, smell, feel, or even taste...because even if all of those things are super racist, my heart is not." Like all observations of their racism are irrelevant based on something that is only observable to them. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 I fucking hate when people say shit like "I don't say racist things because it's not in my heart." That's like 100% guaranteed that person has said some racist shit. It's like a kid saying that they swear they didn't do something, like them swearing is going to make a difference. There's a chance she didn't say anything she's being accused of, but I feel like all we're missing from racist bingo on Tessa's end is her saying there's no evidence of her saying those things beyond what others are saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 18 minutes ago, supremebve said: Any time I hear someone claim they aren't racist based on their heart, I don't believe them. It is just them saying, "ignore what you see, hear, smell, feel, or even taste...because even if all of those things are super racist, my heart is not." Like all observations of their racism are irrelevant based on something that is only observable to them. I was typing my post out and got sidetracked, finished it and posted it, and you had already said the same thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 "My heart isn't racist, but my brain is" - Tessa Blanchard 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 She hasn't used the Shane Vendrell explanation yet. The "My use of racist language wasn't coming from a place of racism, I just wanted to fight them and was trying to provoke them into throwing the first punch" explanation. Which, you can see that they might think there's a logic to that, but it's just bullshit. Pretty racist to assume that every member of a minority group has so little self control. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 Her response to this should have been incredibly simple...You say that in the past you made comments to a peer that you're ashamed of because you be fucking ashamed of it and you're sorry for hurting others with your comments and behavior. You knew what you said wasn't ok, came from a place of hate, and you were weak enough to say it because you were trying to bully and intimidate someone else. In the time since then, you aren't that person anymore and you've grown and changed. You don't expect people to accept your apology and move on, but you will continue trying to set a good example for your peers to hopefully one day regain their trust. This isn't something hard to say, but Tessa and countless others can't fucking do it because they're so afraid of being vulnerable or looking like they got caught or looking like they're fallible. Instead, in Tessa's case, she just keeps digging the hole deeper. Fucking DUMB. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 The amazing thing is these assholes don't even have to believe the apology (though I hope they do), but still can't bring themselves to do it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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