The Real Reason Tessa Blanchard Lost At Impact's Slammiversay 2019
The real reason why The Queen of the Carolinas lost against Sami Callihan.
At last night’s Impact Slammiversary PPV, the main event saw Sami Callihan defeat Tessa Blanchard in an intergender match which saw both competitors take plenty of hard-hitting shots.
Many fans were expecting Tessa to get the victory in this one, yet Dave Meltzer has confirmed that there was never once a time when Blanchard – the daughter of the legendary Tully – was going to be the one getting the victory at Slammiversary.
Despite being booked to be on the losing side of the encounter, Blanchard still looked like a total badass throughout the match as she went toe-to-toe with one of the most brutal players in the business right now. In fact, after the match there was a showing of respect where Callihan presented Tessa with her baseball bat.
Meltzer added that one of the main reasons for not having The Queen of the Carolinas win the match was because Impact didn’t want to give her too much exposure or for Tessa to be seen as forced down the fans’ throats. Seemingly, Impact is being careful not to put Tessa Blanchard in a Roman Reigns-esque spot where the fans rejected Roman due to him being the focal point of every show and always standing tall at the end of a fight.
Unphased by her Slammiversary defeat, Blanchard has since taken to Twitter to offer her thoughts.