Tessa Blanchard has been stripped of the Impact World Championship and her promotion contract terminated.
Impact released a statement to PWInsiderwhat later aware on your site, saying:
“Impact Wrestling confirmed that her relationship with Tessa Blanchard has ended and stripped her of the Impact Wrestling World Championship.”
Blanchard had not competed for Impact since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Her contract expired before Slammiversary next month, but it had been announced for the event as part of a 4-way title defense against Trey Miguel, Eddie Edwards, Ace Austin and a fourth competitor.
The 24-year-old fighter is living in Mexico at the moment and reportedly did not send promotional images for a recent episode of Impact, which took her to Aguas Calientes.
Blanchard won the Impact World title in January amid a wave of controversy.
As previously reported, the former Impact star Sienna, also known as Allysin Kay, went public that weekend about an incident that took place in Japan in 2017 involving Tessa and a fighter named Black Rose. According to Sienna, Tessa called Black Rose the n word in the locker room and spit in her face. The woman in question backed up her claims and other women stepped forward on allegations of bullying.
Tessa has denied the allegations, saying she has never used a racial slur of any kind in her life.
