WATCH: Tessa Blanchard criticizes knockouts division in TNA Promo

Tessa Blanchard made it quite apparent that she is not here to follow the rules. Blanchard gave a biting promotional speech during the most recent TNA iMPACT tapings in San Antonio, addressing the Knockouts division directly and defending her decision to skip the 10-woman fight royal.

She posted a video on her Twitter handle saying, "Let's make things very clear- Tessa Blanchard is not gonna be in that 10-woman battle royal tonight. Why, you might ask? Because I'm not about to be in there with nine other women teaming up against me. No, no, no, I'm too smart for that."

Blanchard went on to say that her presence intimidated the other members of the lineup. Blanchard's remarks set the stage for what may turn out to be a significant reorganization inside the Knockouts section.  “I know what everybody else knows—that these women, they all have some professional jealousy towards me. They are out to get me because they want to get rid of me, and they are threatened by me. But I don’t play by their rules.”

Watch the video here:

Tessa Blanchard WILL NOT be in the Knockouts Battle Royal!

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— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) February 7, 2025

Blanchard declared herself Diamante de la Lucha Libre, stating that she has no accountability to anybody. She also challenged the Knockouts division to attempt to stop her. What might be a significant reorganization inside the Knockouts section was put in motion by Blanchard's remarks. It won't be long until she returns to the ring to demonstrate why the rest of the locker room should be concerned. 

Tessa Blanchard has returned to TNA Wrestling

After defeating Jordynne Grace at TNA Genesis, Tessa Blanchard has returned to TNA Wrestling and is obviously having a great run. But her notoriety precedes her since, among other things, La Rosa Negra claimed Blanchard spit on her after using the N-word. However, it seems that Blanchard also experienced a lot of backstage problems while she was a member of CMLL. 

Now that she's back in the mix, it won't be long until she enters the ring to demonstrate why the rest of the locker room ought to be concerned.